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¹⁵ “And afterward, the Levites shall go in to serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And you shall purify them and offer them as a Shake Offering.

¹⁶ “For they are freely given to Me from among the children of Israel. I have taken to Me all who open any womb, all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

¹⁷ “For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are Mine, both of man and beast. Since the day that I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for Myself.

¹⁸ “And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel,

¹⁹ “and have given the Levites to Aaron as a gift, and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, so that there is no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the Sanctuary.”

²⁰ Then Moses and Aaron and all the Congregation of the children of Israel did with the Levites according to all that the LORD had Commanded Moses concerning the Levites. So did the children of Israel to them.

²¹ So the Levites were purified and washed their clothes. And Aaron offered them as a Shake Offering before the LORD. And Aaron made an atonement for them, to purify them.

²² And after that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had Commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

²³ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁴ “This also pertains to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to execute their office in the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

²⁵ “And after the age of fifty years, they shall cease from executing the office, and shall serve no more.

²⁶ “But they shall minister with their brothers in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to keep things committed to their charge. But they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their charge.”

9 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year, after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

² “The children of Israel shall also celebrate the Passover at the time appointed.

³ “On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it, in its due season. According to all the Ordinances of it and according to all its ceremonies shall you keep it.”

⁴ Then Moses spoke to the children of Israel, to celebrate the Passover.

⁵ And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that the LORD had Commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

⁶ And certain men were defiled by a dead man, so that they might not keep the Passover on the same day. And they came before Moses and before Aaron on the same day.

⁷ And those men said to him, “We are defiled by a dead man. Why are we kept back so that we may not offer an offering to the LORD in the time appointed among the children of Israel?”

⁸ Then Moses said to them, “Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will Command concerning you.”

⁹ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁰ “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘If any among you, or of your posterity, shall be unclean by the reason of a corpse, or be on a long journey, he shall keep the Passover to the LORD.

¹¹ ‘On the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and sour herbs.

¹² ‘They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any bone of it. According to all the Ordinance of the Passover shall they keep it.

¹³ ‘But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and is negligent to keep the Passover, the same person shall be cut off from his people. Because he did not bring the offering of the LORD in its due season, that man shall bear his sin.

¹⁴ ‘And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the Passover to the LORD, as the Ordinance of the Passover, and as is its manner, so shall he do. You shall have one Law for both the stranger and for him who was born in the same land.’”

¹⁵ And when the Tabernacle was raised up, a cloud covered the Tabernacle—the Tabernacle of the Testimony. And from evening until morning there was the appearance of fire upon the Tabernacle.

¹⁶ So it was always. The cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.

¹⁷ And when the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle, then afterward the children of Israel journeyed. And in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

¹⁸ At the Commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed. And at the Commandment of the LORD, they pitched. As long as the cloud stayed upon the Tabernacle, they lay still.

¹⁹ And when the cloud lingered upon the Tabernacle a long time, the children of Israel kept the watch of the LORD and did not journey.

²⁰ So when the cloud stayed a few days upon the Tabernacle, they stayed in their tents, according to the Commandment of the LORD. For they journeyed at the Commandment of the LORD.

²¹ And though the cloud stayed upon the Tabernacle from evening until the morning, if the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed. Whether by day or by night the cloud was taken up, then they journeyed.

²² Or if the cloud lingered two days, or a month, or a year upon the Tabernacle, staying there, the children of Israel stayed still, and did not journey. But when it was taken up, they journeyed.

²³ At the Commandment of the LORD they pitched, and at the Commandment of the LORD they journeyed, keeping the watch of the LORD at the Commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them out of hammered work, so that you may use them for the assembling of the Congregation and for the departure of the camp.

³ “And when they shall blow with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to you, before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

⁴ “But if they blow with one, then the Princes or heads over the thousands of Israel shall come to you.

⁵ “But if you blow an alarm, then the camp that is pitched on the east part shall go forward.

⁶ “If you blow a second alarm, then the camp of those who lie on the south side shall march. They shall blow an alarm when they leave.

⁷ “But in the assembling the Congregation, you shall blow without an alarm.

⁸ “And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall blow the trumpets. And you shall have them as a Law forever in your generations.

⁹ “And when you go to war in your land, against the enemy that troubles you, you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and shall be saved from your enemies

¹⁰ “(also, on the day of your gladness and on your Feast days, and on the beginning of your months). You shall also blow the trumpets over your Burnt Sacrifices and over your Peace Offerings, so that they may be a remembrance for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

¹¹ And in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

¹² And the children of Israel departed on their journeys, out of the desert of Sinai. And the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

¹³ So they first took their journey at the Commandment of the LORD, by the hand of Moses.

¹⁴ In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah, according to their armies. And Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was over his band.

¹⁵ And over the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

¹⁶ And over the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

¹⁷ When the Tabernacle was taken down, then the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari went forward, bearing the Tabernacle.

¹⁸ Afterward, the standard of the host of Reuben departed, according to their armies. And over his band was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

¹⁹ And over the band of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

²⁰ And over the band of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.

²¹ The Kohathites also went forward and bore the Sanctuary (for which the Tabernacle had been set up).

²² Then the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim went forward, according to their armies. And over his band was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

²³ And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

²⁴ And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

²⁵ Last, the standard of the camp of the children of Dan marched, gathering all the camps according to their armies. And over his band was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁶ And over the band of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ocran.

²⁷ And over the band of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.

²⁸ This was the setting out of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they marched.

²⁹ Afterward, Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We go into the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do you good. For the LORD has promised good to Israel.”

³⁰ And he answered him, “I will not go. But I will depart to my own country, and to my kindred.”

³¹ Then he said, “Please do not leave us. For you know our camping places in the wilderness. Therefore, you may be our guide.

³² “And if you go with us, what goodness the LORD shall show to us, the same will we show to you.”

³³ So they departed from the Mount of the LORD, three days’ journey. And the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD went before them on the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

³⁴ And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

³⁵ And when the Ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, LORD, and let Your enemies be scattered. And let those who hate You, flee before You.”

³⁶ And when it rested, he said, “Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.”

11 When the people became murmurers, it displeased the LORD. And the LORD heard it; therefore, His wrath was kindled. And the fire of the LORD burnt among them and consumed the outermost part of the camp.

² Then the people cried to Moses. And when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched.

³ And he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

⁴ And a number of people who were among them fell into lust and turned away. And the children of Israel also wept, and said, “Who shall give us meat to eat?

⁵ “We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.

⁶ “But now our soul is dried away. We can see nothing but this Manna.”

⁷ Now, the Manna was like coriander seed and its color like the color of bdellium.

⁸ The people went about and gathered and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars and baked it in a cauldron and made cakes from it. And the taste of it was like the taste of fresh oil.

⁹ And when the dew fell down upon the camp at night, the Manna fell with it.

¹⁰ Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent. And the wrath of the LORD was greatly kindled. Moses was also grieved.

¹¹ And Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, seeing You have put me in charge of all these people?

¹² “Have I conceived all these people? Or have I begotten them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse bears the sucking child, to the land which You swore to their fathers?’

¹³ “Where should I get meat to give to all these people? For they weep to me, saying, ‘Give us meat so that we may eat.’

¹⁴ “I am not able to bear all these people alone, for it is too heavy for me.

¹⁵ “Therefore, if You deal this way with me, please kill me (if I have found favor in Your sight) so that I do not see my misery.”

¹⁶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather to Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and governors over them. And bring them to the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And let them stand there with you.

¹⁷ “And I will come down and talk with you there and take from the Spirit Which is upon you and put it upon them. And they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so you shall not bear it alone.

¹⁸ “Furthermore, you shall say to the people, ‘Be sanctified for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat. For you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, “Who shall give us meat to eat? For we were better in Egypt.” Therefore, the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.

¹⁹ ‘You shall eat not for one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

²⁰ ‘but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and is loathsome to you, because you have despised the LORD, Who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?”’”

²¹ And Moses said, “Among my people there are six-hundred thousand foot soldiers; and You say, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a month.’

²² “Shall the sheep and the cattle be slaughtered for them to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them?”

²³ And the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’s hand shortened? You shall see now whether My Word shall happen to you or not.”

²⁴ So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD and gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and set them all around the Tabernacle.

²⁵ Then the LORD came down in a cloud and spoke to him and took from the Spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy ancient men. And when the Spirit rested upon them, then they prophesied and did not cease.

²⁶ But two of the men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad. And the name of the other, Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them, for they were of those who were listed but did not go out to the Tabernacle. And they prophesied in the camp.

²⁷ Then, a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

²⁸ And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, “Are you jealous for my sake? Indeed, I wish that all the LORD’s people were Prophets, and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them.”

³⁰ And Moses returned into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

³¹ Then there went forth a wind from the LORD and brought quails from the sea and let them fall upon the camp, a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, all over the camp, about two cubits above the earth.

³² Then, the people arose all that day and all that night and all the next day and gathered the quails. He who gathered the least, gathered ten homers full. And they spread them throughout for their use, all around the camp.

³³ While the meat was still between their teeth, `before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people. And the LORD struck the people with an exceedingly great plague.

³⁴ So, the name of the place was called, Kibroth Hattaavah. For there they buried the people who lusted.

³⁵ From Kibroth Hattaavah, the people took their journey to Hazeroth and stayed at Hazeroth.

12 Afterward, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the woman from Ethiopia whom he had married (for he had married a woman from Ethiopia).

² And they said, “What? Has the LORD spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us?” And the LORD heard.

³ Now, Moses was a very humble man, above all the men who were upon the Earth.

⁴ And by and by, the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tabernacle of the Congregation.” And they three came forth.

⁵ Then the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud and stood in the door of the Tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both came forth.

⁶ And He said, “Hear now My Words. If there is a Prophet of the LORD among you, I will be known to him by a vision, and will speak to him by dream.

⁷ “My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all My House.

⁸ “To him I will speak mouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in dark words. But he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant, Moses?”

⁹ Thus the LORD was very angry with them and departed.

¹⁰ Also, the cloud departed from the Tabernacle. And behold, Miriam was leprous like snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam. And behold, she was leprous.

¹¹ Then Aaron said to Moses, “Alas, my lord, I beg you, do not lay the sin upon us which we have foolishly committed, and in which we have sinned.

¹² “Please do not let her be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

¹³ Then Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “O God, I beg You, heal her now.”

¹⁴ And the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, should she not have been ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days. And afterward she shall be received.”

¹⁵ So Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days. And the people did not set out until Miriam was brought in again.

13 Then afterward, the people set out from Hazeroth and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

² And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

³ “Send men out to search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. You shall send a man from every tribe of their fathers, all rulers among them.”

⁴ Then Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Paran at the Commandment of the LORD. All those men were heads of the children of Israel.

⁵ Now their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

⁶ of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;

⁷ of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

⁸ of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

⁹ of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;

¹⁰ of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;

¹¹ of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;

¹² of the tribe of Joseph (of the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi the son of Susi;

¹³ of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;

¹⁴ of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;

¹⁵ of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;

¹⁶ of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

¹⁷ These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called the name of Hoshea, the son of Nun, Joshua.

¹⁸ So Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way toward the south; and go up into the mountains.

¹⁹ “And consider the land, what it is. And the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many.

²⁰ “Also, the land that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad and what cities that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents or in walled towns.

²¹ “And the land, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it or not. And be of good courage. And bring from the fruit of the land.” For then was the time of the first ripe grapes.

²² So they went up and searched out the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to go to Hamath.

²³ And they ascended toward the south and came to Hebron, where were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak. And Hebron was built seven years before Zoan, in Egypt.

²⁴ Then they came to the river of Eshcol. And there they cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes. And they bore it upon a bar between two of them, and brought some pomegranates and some figs.

²⁵ That place was called the River Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down there.

²⁶ Then, after forty days, they turned away from searching out the land.

²⁷ And they came to Moses and to Aaron, and to all the Congregation of the children of Israel, in the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh. And they brought tidings to them and to all the Congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

²⁸ And they told him, and said, “We came to the land where you have sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey. And here is some of its fruit.

²⁹ “Nevertheless, the people are strong who dwell in the land and the cities are walled and exceedingly great. And moreover, we saw the sons of Anak there.

³⁰ “The Amalekites dwell in the south country. And the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coasts of Jordan.”

³¹ Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and possess it, for undoubtedly we shall overcome it.”

³² But the men who went up with him, said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than us.”

³³ So they brought back a bad report of the land which they had searched for the children of Israel, saying, “The land which we have gone through to search is a land that eats up its inhabitants. For all the people we saw in it were men of great stature.

³⁴ “For there we saw giants (the sons of Anak, who come from giants), so that we seemed in our own sight like grasshoppers. And so we were in their sight.”

14 Then all the Congregation lifted up their voice and cried. And the people wept that night.

² And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness. If only we were dead.

³ “Why has the LORD brought us into this land to fall upon the sword now? Our wives and our children shall be a prey. Would it not be better for us to return into Egypt?”

⁴ And they said to one another, “Let us make a captain and return into Egypt.”

⁵ Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the Congregation of the children of Israel.

⁶ And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh (two of them who searched the land), tore their clothes

⁷ and spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, “The land through which we walked to search is a very good land!

⁸ “If the LORD loves us, He will bring us into this land and give it to us. It is a land that flows with milk and honey!

⁹ “But do not rebel against the LORD or fear the people of the land. For they are as bread to us! Their shield has departed from them; and the LORD is with us! Do not fear them!”

¹⁰ And all the multitude said, “Stone them with stones!” But the Glory of the LORD appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel.

¹¹ And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people provoke Me? And how long will it be before they believe Me, with all the signs which I have shown among them?

¹² “I will strike them with the pestilence and destroy them and will make you a greater and mightier nation than they.”

¹³ But Moses said to the LORD, “When the Egyptians shall hear it (for You brought this people by Your power from among them),

¹⁴ “then they shall say to the inhabitants of the land (for they have heard that You, LORD, are among this people, and that You, LORD, are seen face to face, and that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night)

¹⁵ “that You will kill this people as one man. So, the heathen which have heard the fame of You, shall then say,

¹⁶ ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to them, therefore He has killed them in the wilderness.’

¹⁷ “And now, I beg you, let the power of my LORD be great, as You have spoken, saying,

¹⁸ ‘The LORD is slow to anger and of great mercy and forgiving iniquity and sin, but not making the wicked innocent and visiting the wickedness of the fathers upon the children in the third and fourth generation.’

¹⁹ “Be merciful, I beg You, to the iniquity of this people, according to Your great mercy and as You have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”

²⁰ And the LORD said, “I have forgiven it, according to your request.

²¹ “Nevertheless, as I live, all the Earth shall be filled with the Glory of the LORD.

²² “For all those men who have seen My Glory and My miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and have tempted Me these ten times and have not obeyed My Voice,

²³ “certainly they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers. Nor shall any who provoke Me see it.

²⁴ “But My servant, Caleb, because he had another spirit and has followed Me still, him will I bring into the land where he went. And his seed shall inherit it.

²⁵ “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites remain in the valley. Turn tomorrow and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”

²⁶ Afterward, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

²⁷ “How long shall I allow this wicked multitude to murmur against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against Me.

²⁸ “Tell them, ‘As I live (says the LORD) I will surely do to you just as you have spoken in My Ears.

²⁹ ‘Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, all you who were counted through all your numbers—from twenty years old and above—who have murmured against Me.

³⁰ ‘Except for Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, you shall doubtless not come into the land for which I lifted up My Hand to make you dwell in.

³¹ ‘But your children, which you said should be a prey, them I will bring in. And they shall know the land which you have refused.

³² ‘But even your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

³³ ‘And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years and shall bear your whoredoms until your carcasses are wasted in the wilderness.

³⁴ ‘After the number of the days in which you searched out the land—forty days—for every day you shall bear your iniquity one year. For forty years you shall feel My breach of promise.

³⁵ ‘I the LORD have said, “Certainly I will do so to all this wicked company who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed. And there they shall die.

³⁶ “And the men whom Moses had sent to search the land (who, when they came back, made all the people murmur against him, and brought up a slander upon the land),

³⁷ “even those men who brought up that vile slander upon the land, shall die by a plague before the LORD.

³⁸ “But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those men who went to search the land, shall live.”’”

³⁹ Then Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel. And the people sorrowed greatly.

⁴⁰ And they rose up early in the morning and went up into the top of the mountain, saying, “Lo, we are ready to go up to the place which the LORD has promised. For we have sinned.”

⁴¹ But Moses said, “Why do you transgress the Commandment of the LORD? It will not go well.

⁴² “Do not go up, (for the LORD is not among you) lest you be overthrown before your enemies.

⁴³ “For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you. And you shall fall by the sword. For inasmuch as you are turned away from the LORD, the LORD will also not be with you.”

⁴⁴ Yet they obstinately presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. But the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, and Moses, did not depart out of the camp.

⁴⁵ Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and struck them and beat them back to Hormah.

15 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,

³ ‘and make an offering by fire to the LORD—a Burnt Offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a Free Offering or in your Feasts—to make a sweet savor to the LORD—from the herd or from the flock,

⁴ ‘then let him who offers his offering to the LORD bring a Meat Offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mingled with one fourth of a hin of oil.

⁵ ‘Also, you shall prepare one fourth of a hin of wine, to be poured on a lamb for the Burnt Offering or any offering.

⁶ And for a ram, you shall prepare for a Meat Offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mingled with one third of a hin of oil.

⁷ ‘And for a Drink Offering, you shall offer one third of a hin of wine, for a sweet savor to the LORD.

⁸ ‘And when you prepare a bullock for a Burnt Offering, or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a Peace Offering to the LORD,

⁹ ‘then let him offer with the bullock a Meat Offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mingled with half a hin of oil.

¹⁰ ‘And you shall bring for a Drink Offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire of a sweet savor to the LORD.

¹¹ ‘Thus shall it be done for a bullock or for a ram or for a lamb or for a kid.

¹² ‘According to the number that you prepare, so shall you do to everyone, according to their number.

¹³ ‘All who are born in the country shall do these things in this way, to offer an offering made by fire of sweet savor to the LORD.

¹⁴ ‘And if a stranger sojourns with you (or whoever is among you in your generations) and will make an Offering by fire of a sweet savor to the LORD, as you do, so he shall do.

¹⁵ ‘One Ordinance shall be both for you of the Congregation and also for the stranger who dwells with you, an Ordinance forever in your generations. As you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

¹⁶ ‘One Law and one manner shall serve both for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.’”

¹⁷ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁸ “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you have come into the land to which I bring you,

¹⁹ ‘and when you shall eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer a Heave Offering to the LORD.

²⁰ ‘You shall offer up a cake from the first of your dough, for a Heave Offering. As the Heave Offering of the barn, so you shall lift it up.

²¹ ‘From the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD a Heave Offering, in your generations.

²² ‘And if you have erred, and not observed all these Commandments which the LORD has spoken to Moses—

²³ ‘all that the LORD has Commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day that the LORD Commanded Moses and hence forward among your generations—

²⁴ ‘and if this is committed unintentionally by the Congregation, then all the Congregation shall give a bullock for a Burnt Offering, for a sweet savor to the LORD, with its Meat Offering and Drink Offering (according to the manner) and a male goat for a Sin Offering.

²⁵ ‘And the Priest shall make an atonement for all the Congregation of the children of Israel. And it shall be forgiven them, for it is unintentional. And they shall bring their offering for an offering made by fire to the LORD, and their Sin Offering before the LORD, for their ignorance.

²⁶ ‘Then all the Congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who dwells among them. For all the people were in ignorance.

²⁷ ‘But if any one person sins through ignorance, then he shall bring a female goat of a year old for a Sin Offering.

²⁸ ‘And the Priest shall make an atonement for the ignorant person, when he sins by ignorance before the LORD, to make reconciliation for him. And it shall be forgiven him.

²⁹ ‘He who is born among the children of Israel, and the stranger who dwells among them, shall both have one Law, whoever sins by ignorance.

³⁰ ‘But the person who does anything treacherously, whether he is born in the land or a stranger, the same blasphemes the LORD. Therefore, that person shall be cut off from among his people,

³¹ ‘because he has despised the Word of the LORD and has broken His Commandment. That person shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be upon him.’”

³² And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man who gathered sticks upon the Sabbath Day.

³³ And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and to Aaron and to all the Congregation.

³⁴ And they put him in prison, for it was not declared what should be done to him.

³⁵ Then the LORD said to Moses, “This man shall die the death. And let all the multitude stone him with stones outside the camp.”

³⁶ And all the Congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones. And he died, as the LORD had Commanded Moses.

³⁷ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

³⁸ “Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make themselves fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations. And put a ribbon of blue silk upon the fringes of the borders.

³⁹ “And you shall have the fringes so that when you look upon them you may remember all the Commandments of the LORD and do them; and that you will not seek after your own heart or after your own eyes, after which you fornicate.

⁴⁰ “So that you may remember and do all My Commandments and be holy to your God.

⁴¹ “I am the LORD, your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD, your God.”

16 Now Korah (the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi) went with Dathan and Abiram (the sons of Eliab) and On (the son of Peleth), sons of Reuben.

² And they rose up against Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty captains of the assembly, famous in the Congregation and men of renown.

³ They gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You take too much upon yourself, seeing all the Congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD among them. Why then do you lift yourselves above the Congregation of the LORD?”

⁴ But when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face

⁵ and spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, “Tomorrow, the LORD will show who is His and who is holy and who ought to approach Him. And whom He has chosen, He will cause to come near Him.

⁶ “Do this: Take censers, Korah and all his company,

⁷ “and put fire and incense in them before the LORD tomorrow. And the man whom the LORD chooses, the same shall be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

⁸ Again Moses said to Korah, “Please hear, you sons of Levi.

⁹ “Does it seem a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you near to Himself to do the service of the Tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the Congregation and to minister to them.

¹⁰ “And that He has taken you and all your brothers to Himself, you and the sons of Levi? And yet you seek also the office of the Priest?

¹¹ “For which cause, you and all your company have gathered together against the LORD. And what is Aaron, that you murmur against him?”

¹² And Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, who answered, “We will not come up.

¹³ “Is it a small thing that you have brought us out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, unless you make yourself lord and ruler over us?

¹⁴ “Also, you have not brought us to a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.”

¹⁵ Then Moses became very angry, and said to the LORD, “Do not look upon their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them. Nor have I hurt any of them.”

¹⁶ And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company be before the LORD tomorrow — you, they, and Aaron.

¹⁷ “And every man take his censer and put incense in it, and every man bring his censer before the LORD (two hundred and fifty censers), including you and Aaron, everyone his censer.”

¹⁸ So every man took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and stood in the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation with Moses and Aaron.

¹⁹ And Korah gathered the whole multitude against them at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Then the Glory of the LORD appeared to all the Congregation.

²⁰ And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

²¹ “Separate yourselves from among this Congregation, so that I may consume them at once.”

²² And they fell upon their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, has not only one man sinned? And will You be angry with all the Congregation?”

²³ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁴ “Speak to the Congregation, and say, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

²⁵ Then Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram. And the elders of Israel followed him.

²⁶ And he spoke to the Congregation, saying, “Please depart from the tents of these wicked men! And touch nothing of theirs, lest you perish in all their sins!”

²⁷ So they got away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little children.

²⁸ And Moses said, “By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works. For I have not done them of my own will.

²⁹ “If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited after the visitation of all men, the LORD has not sent me.

³⁰ “But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the Earth opens her mouth and swallows them up with all that they have. And they go down quickly into the pit, then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.”

³¹ And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.

³² And the Earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, with their families and all the men who were with Korah and all their goods.

³³ So they and all that they had went down, alive, into the pit. And the earth covered them. So they perished from among the Congregation.

³⁴ And all Israel who were around them fled at the cry of them. For they said, “Let us flee, lest the Earth swallow us up!”

³⁵ But there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

³⁶ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

³⁷ “Speak to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, so that he takes up the censers out of the burning and scatters the fire beyond the Altar. For they are hallowed,

³⁸ “the censers of these sinners against themselves. And let them make broad plates from them, for a covering of the Altar. For they offered them before the LORD. Therefore, they shall be Holy. And they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”

³⁹ Then Eleazar the Priest took the brazen censers which those who were burnt had offered and made broad plates from them, for a covering of the Altar.

⁴⁰ It is a remembrance to the children of Israel that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron comes near to offer incense before the LORD, so that he is not like Korah and his company, as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

⁴¹ But the next day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the LORD.”

⁴² And when the Congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, then they turned their faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And behold, the cloud covered it. And the Glory of the LORD appeared.

⁴³ Then Moses and Aaron came before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

⁴⁴ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁵ “Get away from among this Congregation. For I will consume them quickly.” Then they fell upon their faces.

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire in it from the Altar. And put incense in it. And go quickly to the Congregation and make an atonement for them. For wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.”

⁴⁷ Then Aaron took as Moses commanded him and ran into the midst of the Congregation. And behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put in the incense and made an atonement for the people.

⁴⁸ And when he stood between the dead and those who were alive, the plague was stopped.

⁴⁹ So fourteen thousand seven hundred died of this plague, in addition to those who died in the conspiracy of Korah.

⁵⁰ And Aaron again went to Moses before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the plague was stopped.

17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel and take a branch from every one of them, after the House of their fathers, from all their princes, according to the family of their fathers (twelve branches). You shall write every man’s name upon his branch.

³ “And write Aaron’s name upon the branch of Levi. For every branch shall be for the head of the House of their fathers.

⁴ “And you shall put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Ark of the Testimony, where I will declare Myself to you.

⁵ “And the man’s branch whom I choose shall blossom. And I will make the complaints of the children of Israel cease from Me, which they bring against you.”

⁶ Then Moses spoke to the children of Israel. And all their Princes gave him a branch, one branch for every Prince, according to the Houses of their fathers, twelve branches. And the branch of Aaron was among their branches.

⁷ And Moses laid the branches before the LORD in the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

⁸ And when Moses went into the Tabernacle of the Testimony the next day, behold, the branch of Aaron (for the House of Levi) had budded and brought forth buds, and brought forth blossoms and bare ripe almonds.

⁹ Then Moses brought out all the branches from before the LORD to all the children of Israel. And they looked at them. And every man took his branch.

¹⁰ Afterward, the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Aaron’s branch before the Testimony again, to be kept as a token to the rebellious children. And you shall cause their murmurings to cease from Me, so that they do not die.”

¹¹ So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. So did he.

¹² And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we are dead. We perish. We are all lost!

¹³ “Whoever comes near or approaches the Tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Shall we be consumed with death?”

18 And the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons, and your father’s House with you, shall bear the iniquity of the Sanctuary. Both you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your Priest’s office.

² “And also bring with you your brothers from the tribe of Levi, of the family of your father, who shall be joined with you and minister to you. But you and your sons with you shall minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

³ “And they shall keep My charge, even the charge of all the Tabernacle. But they shall not come near the instruments of the Sanctuary, nor to the Altar, lest they die, both they and you.

⁴ “And they shall be joined with you and keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation for all the service of the Tabernacle. And no stranger shall come near to you.

⁵ “Therefore, you shall keep the charge of the Sanctuary, and the charge of the Altar, so no more wrath

⁶ “For lo, I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from among the children of Israel (who, as a gift of yours, are given to the LORD, to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation).

⁷ “But you, and your sons with you, shall keep your Priest’s office for all things of the Altar, and within the Veil. Therefore, you shall serve. I have made your Priest’s office an office of service. Therefore, the stranger who comes near shall be killed.”

⁸ Again the LORD spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I have given you the keeping of My Offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you for the anointing’s sake, and to your sons, for a perpetual Ordinance.

⁹ “This shall be yours of the Most Holy things, reserved from the fire. All their offering of all their Meat Offering and of all their Sin Offering and of all their Trespass Offering, which they bring to Me, that shall be Most Holy to you, and to your sons.

¹⁰ “You shall eat it in the Most Holy Place. Every male shall eat from it. It is Holy to you.

¹¹ “This also shall be yours: the Heave Offering of their gift, with all the Shake Offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, to be a duty forever. All the clean in your house shall eat from it.

¹² “All the fat of the oil and all the fat of the wine, and of the wheat, which they shall offer to the LORD for their firstfruits, I have given them to you.

¹³ “And the first ripe of all that is in their land which they shall bring to LORD shall be yours. All the clean in your house shall eat from it.

¹⁴ “Everything separate from the common use in Israel shall be yours.

¹⁵ “All that first opens the womb of any flesh which they shall offer to the LORD, of man or beast, shall be yours. But the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of the unclean beast you shall redeem.

¹⁶ “And those who are to be redeemed you shall redeem from the age of a month (according to your estimation) for the sum of five shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

¹⁷ “But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood at the Altar. And you shall burn their fat. It is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweet savor to the LORD.

¹⁸ “And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the shake breast and as the right shoulder shall be yours.

¹⁹ “All the Heave Offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel shall offer to the LORD I have given you, and your sons, and your daughters with you, to be a duty forever. It is a perpetual Covenant of Salt before the LORD, to you and to your seed with you.”

²⁰ And the LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land. Nor shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

²¹ “For behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

²² “Nor shall the children of Israel come near the Tabernacle of the Congregation anymore, lest they sustain sin and die.

²³ “But the Levites shall do the service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation; and they shall bear their sin. It is a Law, forever, in your generations, that among the children of Israel they possess no inheritance.

²⁴ “For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they shall offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore, I have said to them, ‘You shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.’”

²⁵ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁶ “Also speak to the Levites, and say to them, “When you shall take the tithes from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall take a Heave Offering of it for the LORD (one tenth of the tithe).

²⁷ “And your Heave Offering shall be reckoned to you as the corn of the barn or as the abundance of the winepress.

²⁸ “So you shall also offer a Heave Offering to the LORD from all your tithes which you shall receive from the children of Israel. And you shall give the LORD’s Heave Offering from it to Aaron the Priest.

²⁹ “You shall offer all the LORD’s Heave Offerings from all your gifts. From all the fat of them you shall offer the holy things.

³⁰ “Therefore, you shall say to them, ‘When you have offered the fat of them, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the corn floor or as the increase of the winepress.

³¹ ‘And you shall eat it in all places, you and your households, for it is your wages for your service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

³² ‘And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have offered the fat of it. Nor shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.’”

19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

² “This is the Ordinance of the Law, which the LORD has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel so that they bring you a red cow, without blemish, in which is no spot, upon which never came yoke.

³ ‘And you shall give her to Eleazar the Priest, so that he may bring her outside the camp and cause her to be killed before his face.

⁴ ‘Then, Eleazar the Priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seven times,

⁵ ‘and cause the cow to be burnt in his sight. He shall burn her with her skin and her flesh and her blood and her dung.

⁶ ‘Then the Priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet lace and cast them in the midst of the fire where the cow burns.

⁷ ‘Then the Priest shall wash his clothes; and he shall wash his flesh in water and then come into the camp. And the Priest shall be unclean until the evening.

⁸ ‘Also, he who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and wash his flesh in water, and be unclean until evening.

⁹ ‘And a clean man shall take up the ashes of the cow and put them outside the camp in a clean place. And it shall be kept for the Congregation of the children of Israel for a sprinkling water. It is a Sin Offering.

¹⁰ ‘Therefore, he who gathers the ashes of the cow shall wash his clothes and remain unclean until evening. And it shall be a Statute, forever, to the children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them.

¹¹ ‘He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean for seven days.

¹² ‘He shall purify himself with the water on the third day; and the seventh day he shall be clean. But, if he does not purify himself on the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

¹³ ‘Whoever touches the corpse of any man who is dead, and does not purge himself, defiles the Tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel, because the sprinkling water was not sprinkled upon him. He shall be unclean; and his uncleanness shall remain upon him.

¹⁴ ‘This is the Law: When a man dies in a tent, all who come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean for seven days.

¹⁵ ‘And all the vessels that are open, which have no covering fastened upon them, shall be unclean.

¹⁶ ‘Also, whoever touches one who is killed with a sword in the field, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

¹⁷ ‘Therefore, for an unclean person, they shall take from the burnt ashes of the Sin Offering; and pure water shall be put on them in a vessel.

¹⁸ ‘And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it upon the tent and upon all the vessels and on the people who were inside, and upon him who touched the bone, or the killed, or the dead, or the grave.

¹⁹ ‘And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day and the seventh day. And he shall purify himself on the seventh day, and wash his clothes, and wash himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

²⁰ ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the Congregation, because he has defiled the Sanctuary of the LORD; and the sprinkling water has not been sprinkled upon him. He shall be unclean.

²¹ ‘And it shall be a perpetual Law to them, that he who sprinkles the sprinkling water shall wash his clothes and he who touches the sprinkling water shall be unclean until evening.

²² ‘And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean. And the person who touches him shall be unclean until the evening.’”

20 Then the children of Israel came with the whole Congregation to the desert of Zin in the first month. And the people stayed at Kadesh, where Miriam died and was buried.

² But there was no water for the Congregation; and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron.

³ And the people argued with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had perished when our brothers died before the LORD!

⁴ “Why have you brought the Congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, so that we and our cattle should die here?

⁵ “Why now have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this miserable place, which is no place of seed or figs or vines or pomegranates? Nor is there any water to drink.”

⁶ Then Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and fell upon their faces. And the Glory of the LORD appeared to them.

⁷ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

⁸ “Take the branch, and you and your brother Aaron gather the Congregation together. And speak to the rock before their eyes. And it shall give forth its water. And you shall bring them water out of the rock. So you shall give the Congregation and the beasts drink.”

⁹ Then Moses took the branch from before the LORD, as He had Commanded him.

¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation before the rock and said to them, “Hear now you rebels! Shall we bring you water out of this rock?”

¹¹ Then Moses lifted up his hand; and with his rod, he struck the rock twice. And the water came out, abundantly. So the Congregation, and their beasts, drank.

¹² Again, the LORD said to Moses, and to Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me (to sanctify Me in the presence of the children of Israel), therefore you shall not bring this Congregation into the land which I have given them.”

¹³ This is the Water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD. And He was sanctified in them.

¹⁴ Then Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, “Thus says your brother, Israel, ‘You know all the trouble that we have had:

¹⁵ “how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

¹⁶ “But when we cried to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel, and has brought us out of Egypt. And behold, we are in the city, Kadesh, in your utmost border.

¹⁷ “Please let us pass through your country. We will not go through the fields or the vineyards, nor will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go by the King’s Way and turn neither to the right hand nor to the left, until we are past your borders.’”

¹⁸ And Edom answered him, “You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword.”

¹⁹ Then the children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway. And if I or my cattle drink from your water, then I will pay for it. I will only go through on foot, nothing else.”

²⁰ He answered again, “You shall not go through.” Then Edom came out against him with many people, and with a mighty power.

²¹ Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his country. Therefore, Israel turned away from him.

²² And when the children of Israel, with all the Congregation, departed from Kadesh, they came to Mount Hor.

²³ And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron on Mount Hor, near the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

²⁴ “Aaron shall be gathered to his people. For he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel because you disobeyed My Commandment at the Water of Meribah.

²⁵ “Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up onto Mount Hor,

²⁶ “and cause Aaron to take off his garments, and put them upon Eleazar, his son. For Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers and shall die there.”

²⁷ “And Moses did as the LORD had commanded. And they went up onto Mount Hor, in the sight of all the Congregation.

²⁸ And Moses took off Aaron’s clothes and put them upon Eleazar, his son. So Aaron died there, on top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came down from off the mountain.

²⁹ When all the Congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the House of Israel wept for Aaron for thirty days.

21 When King Arad the Canaanite (who dwelt toward the south) heard that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

² So Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If You will deliver and give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

³ And the LORD heard the voice of Israel and delivered the Canaanites. And they utterly destroyed them and their cities and called the name of the place, Hormah.

⁴ Afterward, they departed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea to surround the land of Edom. And the soul of the people became very discouraged along the way.

⁵ And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, “Why have You brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is neither bread nor water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

⁶ Therefore the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people, so that many of the people of Israel died.

⁷ Therefore the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned. For we have spoken against the LORD and against You. Pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.” And Moses prayed for the people.