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The People Rebel
14 Then all the congregation [a]lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept [b]that night. 2 And all the sons of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “(B)Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, (C)to fall by the sword? (D)Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 So they said to one another, “(E)Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
5 (F)Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “(G)The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 (H)If Yahweh is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—(I)a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 But as for you, only (J)do not rebel against Yahweh; and do not (K)fear the people of the land, for they are our [c]bread. Their [d]protection has been removed from them, and Yahweh is with us; do not fear them.” 10 (L)But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then (M)the glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.
Moses Prays for the People
11 (N)Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will (O)they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have done in their midst? 12 I will strike them with [e](P)pestilence and dispossess them, and I (Q)will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”
13 (R)But Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your power You brought up this people from their midst, 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O Yahweh, are in the midst of this people, for (S)You, O Yahweh, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if You put this people to death as one man, (T)then the nations who have heard of Your fame will [f]say, 16 ‘Because Yahweh (U)was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to them, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ 17 So now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have [g]declared, 18 ‘(V)Yahweh is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but (W)He will by no means clear the guilty, (X)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children [h]to the third and the fourth generations.’ 19 (Y)Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
Evil Complainers
20 So Yahweh said, “(Z)I have pardoned them according to your word; 21 but indeed, (AA)as I live, [i](AB)all the earth will be filled with the glory of Yahweh. 22 Surely (AC)all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I have done in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet (AD)have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, 23 (AE)shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it. 24 But My servant Caleb, (AF)because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, [j](AG)I will bring into the land [k]which he entered, and his seed shall take possession of it. 25 (AH)Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the [l]Red Sea.”
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are (AI)grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are [m]making against Me. 28 Say to them, ‘(AJ)As I live,’ declares Yahweh, ‘just as (AK)you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you; 29 (AL)your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all (AM)your [n]numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me. 30 Surely you shall not come into the land in which I [o]swore to make you dwell, (AN)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 (AO)Your little ones, however, who you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, so that they will know the land which you have rejected. 32 (AP)But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. 33 And your sons shall be shepherds for (AQ)forty years in the wilderness, and they will [p]suffer for your [q]unfaithfulness, until your corpses come to an end in the wilderness. 34 According to the (AR)number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your [r]guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition. 35 (AS)I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall come to an end, and there they will die.’”
36 (AT)As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, 37 even (AU)those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a (AV)plague before Yahweh. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
Israel Struck Down
39 Then Moses spoke (AW)these words to all the sons of Israel, and (AX)the people mourned greatly. 40 In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the [s]ridge of the hill country, saying, “(AY)Here we are; we will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised because we have indeed sinned.” 41 But Moses said, “(AZ)Why then do you trespass against the [t]command of Yahweh, when it will not succeed? 42 (BA)Do not go up, for Yahweh is not among you, so that you are not [u]defeated before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following Yahweh. And Yahweh will not be with you.” 44 But they went up heedlessly to the [v]ridge of the hill country; neither (BB)the ark of the covenant of Yahweh nor Moses moved from the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as (BC)Hormah.
Offerings When Entering Canaan
15 Now Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “(BD)Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land of your places of habitation, which I am going to give you, 3 then make (BE)an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [w](BF)fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your (BG)appointed times, to make a (BH)soothing aroma to Yahweh, from the herd or from the flock. 4 (BI)And the one who brings his offering near shall bring near to Yahweh a grain offering of one-tenth of an [x]ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a [y]hin of oil, 5 and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for (BJ)each lamb. 6 Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; 7 and for the drink offering you shall bring near one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to Yahweh. 8 And when you prepare (BK)a bull from the herd as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to [z]fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh, 9 then you shall bring near with the bull from the herd a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil; 10 and you shall bring near as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.
11 ‘Thus it shall be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs, or of the goats. 12 According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for everyone according to their number. 13 All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in bringing near an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.
Statute for the Sojourner
14 And if a sojourner sojourns with you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he [aa]offers an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh, just as you do so he shall do. 15 As for the assembly, there shall be (BL)one statute for you and for the sojourner who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner be before Yahweh. 16 There shall be (BM)one law and one judgment for you and for the sojourner who sojourns with you.’”
Jesus Before His Accusers
53 (A)Then they led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together. 54 And Peter followed Him at a distance, (B)right into (C)the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the [a]officers and (D)warming himself at the [b]fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the whole [c](E)Sanhedrin were seeking to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any. 56 For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent. 57 And some, standing up, were giving false testimony against Him, saying, 58 “We ourselves heard Him say, ‘(F)I will destroy this [d]sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’” 59 And not even in this way was their testimony consistent. 60 And the high priest stood up in their midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?” 61 (G)But He kept silent and did not answer. (H)Again the high priest was questioning Him and *said to Him, “Are You the [e]Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see (I)the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and (J)coming with the clouds of heaven.” 63 (K)And tearing his tunics, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? 64 You have heard the (L)blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. 65 And some began to (M)spit at Him, and [f](N)to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “(O)Prophesy!” And the officers [g]received Him with [h]slaps in the face.
Peter’s Denials
66 (P)And as Peter was below in (Q)the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, 67 and seeing Peter (R)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with the (S)Nazarene, Jesus.” 68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he (T)went out into the entryway.[i] 69 And when the servant-girl saw him, she began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” 70 But again (U)he was denying it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, (V)for you are also a Galilean.” 71 But he began to [j]curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!” 72 And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said the statement to him, “Before (W)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” [k]And throwing himself down, he began to cry.
There Is No One Who Does Good
For the choir director. According to [a]Mahalath. A [b]Maskil of David.
53 (A)The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God,”
They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice;
(B)There is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is (C)anyone who has insight,
Anyone who (D)seeks after God.
3 (E)Every one of them has turned back; together they have become [c]worthless;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Do the workers of iniquity (F)not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread
And do not call upon God?
5 There they were in great dread (G)where no dread had been;
For God (H)scattered the bones of [d]him who encamped against you;
You (I)put them to shame, because (J)God had rejected them.
6 Oh, that (K)the salvation of Israel [e]would come out of Zion!
When God [f]restores His captive people,
[g]May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.
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