1And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness in Sinai, in the tent of testimony, on the first day of the second month of the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Take a census of the entire congregation of Israel according to family, according to ancestral households, according to the number of names, based on their head. 3 Every male from twenty years and over, every one who goes forth in the military forces of Israel, you will number them according to their troops; you and Aaron will number them. 4 And each one will be with you, according to the tribe of each of the rulers, and they will be according to the ancestral households. 5 And these are the names of the men who will be present with you: From the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. 6 From those of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 7 From those of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab. 8 From those of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar. 9 From those of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. From those of the sons of Joseph, from those of Ephraim, Elishama son of Emioud; 10 from those of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 11 From those of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. 12 From those of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 13 From those of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran. 14 From those of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel. 15 From those of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” 16 These are called on from the congregation, rulers of the tribes according to paternal lines; they are leaders of thousands in Israel. 17 And so Moses and Aaron took these men, these who had been called out by name. 18 And so they gathered the entire assembly on the first day of the month of the second year and registered them according to their generations, according to their paternal lines, according to the number of their names, from twenty years and over, every male head by head, 19 the way the Lord commanded Moses; and they were numbered in the wilderness in Sinai. 20 And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out in military strength. 21 The visitation of those from the tribe of Reuben: forty-six thousand five hundred. 22 For the sons of Simeon, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 23 the census of those from the tribe of Simeon: fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 24 a For the sons of Judah, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, all males from twenty years and over, every one who went out into military service: 25 the census of those from the tribe of Judah: seventy-four thousand six hundred. 26 For the sons of Issachar, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 27 the census of those from the tribe of Issachar: fifty-four thousand four hundred. 28 For the sons of Zebulun, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 29 the census of those from the tribe of Zebulun: fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 30 For the sons of Joseph, the sons of Ephraim, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 31 the census of those from the tribe of Ephraim: forty thousand five hundred. 32 For the sons of Manasseh, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 33 the census of those from the tribe of Manasseh: thirty-two thousand three hundred. 34 For the sons of Benjamin, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 35 the census of those from the tribe of Benjamin: thirty-five thousand four hundred. 36 b For the sons of Gad, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 37 the census of those from the tribe of Gad: forty-fivethousand, six hundred and fifty. 38 For the sons of Dan, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 39 the census of those from the tribe of Dan: sixty-two thousand seven hundred. 40 For the sons of Asher, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 41 the census of those from the tribe of Asher: forty-one thousand five hundred. 42 For the sons of Naphtali, according to their kinships, according to their clans, according to their ancestral households, according to the number of their names, head by head, every male from twenty years and over, every one who went forth into military service: 43 the census of those from the tribe of Naphtali: fifty-three thousand four hundred. 44 This is the census, which Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel, carefully recorded—twelve men, one man from each tribe, according to the tribe of the ancestral households. 45 And the entire census of the sons of Israel in their hosts from twenty years and over was every one who went forth in battle array in Israel: 46 six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. 47 But the Levites from the tribe of their family were not included among the sons of Israel. 48 The Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, 49 “Look, you will not include the tribe of Levi, or enroll their number among sons of Israel. 50 And as for you, set the Levites over the tent of testimony and over all its implements and over everything that is in it. They themselves will care for the tent and all its various implements, and they themselves will minister in it, and they will encamp in the vicinity of the tent. 51 And when the tent is taken down, the Levites will take it down, and when the tent is set up, they will set it up; and the stranger who advances up to it will die! 52 And the sons of Israel will pitch camp, each man in his own appointed group and place, and each man according to his own regiment, together with their own military men. 53 And the Levites will encamp before the Lord in the vicinity of the tent of testimony, and there will be no threatening offence among the sons of Israel, and the Levites themselves will keep guard over the tent of testimony.” 54 And the sons of Israel did according to everything which the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.
2And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “The sons of Israel shall encamp, each person with his respective group according to military standard, and according to their ancestral households. The sons of Israel shall encamp opposite and all around the tent of testimony. 3 “And those encamping toward the south and toward the east will be the regiment of the encampment of Judah together with their hosts and the ruler of the sons of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab. 4 His hosts who were numbered: seventyfour thousand six hundred. 5 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Issachar and the ruler of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar. 6 His hosts who were numbered: fiftyfour thousand four hundred. 7 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Zebulun and the ruler of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. 8 Their hosts who were numbered: fiftyseven thousand four hundred. 9 All those who were numbered from the encampment of Judah were one hundred and eightysix thousand four hundred, together with their hosts. They are the first ones who will break camp. 10 “The group of the encampment of Reuben will be toward the south, their hosts and the ruler of the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 His hosts who were numbered: forty-six thousand five hundred. 12 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Simeon and the ruler of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 13 His hosts who were numbered: fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 14 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Gad and the ruler of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel. 15 His hosts who were numbered: forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty. 16 All those who were numbered from among the encampment of Reuben were one hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty, together with their hosts. They are the second ones who will break camp. 17 “And the tent of testimony will be set out, and the encampment of the Levites will be in the middle of the encampment; and just as they pitch camp, just so, also, they will break camp, each one keeping together with respect to their company. 18 “The group of the encampment of Ephraim will be beside the sea, together with their hosts and the ruler of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud. 19 His hosts who were numbered: forty thousand five hundred. 20 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Manasseh and the ruler of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 21 His hosts who were numbered: thirty-two thousand four hundred. 22 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Benjamin and the ruler of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. 23 His hosts who were numbered: thirty-five thousand four hundred. 24 All those who were numbered of the encampment of Ephraim were one hundred and eight thousand one hundred, together with their hosts. They will be the third group who break camp. 25 “The group of the encampment of Dan will be toward the north, together with their hosts, and the ruler of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 26 His hosts that were numbered: sixty-two thousand five hundred. 27 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Asher, and the ruler of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran. 28 His hosts, those who were numbered: forty-one thousand five hundred. 29 And those encamping next to him, the tribe of Naphtali and the ruler of the sons of Naphtalites, Ahira son of Enan. 30 His hosts that were numbered: fifty-three thousand four hundred. 31 All those who were numbered of the encampment of Dan: one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. As the last ones they will break camp according to their own group.” 32 This was the census of the sons of Israel according to their ancestral households; the entire census of the encampments together with their hosts: six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not included among them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 34 And the sons of Israel did everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. Accordingly they pitched camp according to their groups, and thus they set out, each one, maintaining order according to their clans, according to their ancestral households.
3Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses on the day the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 Now these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests who ratified their hands to serve as priests. 4 Now Nadab and Abihu died into the presence of the Lord since they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and so they had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar served as priest with Aaron, their father. 5 And the Lord spoke with Moses, saying, 6 “Take the tribe of Levi and present them before Aaron, the priest, and they will assist him in ministry. 7 And they will carry out responsibilities for him and duties for the sons of Israel in the confines of the tent of the testimony, performing the duties connected with the tent. 8 And they will watch over all the implements of the tent of testimony and the responsibilities toward sons of Israel with respect to all the duties connected with the tent. 9 And you will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons who serve as priests; they have been given as a gift on my behalf from the sons of Israel. 10 And you will establish Aaron and his sons over the tent of the testimony, and they will carry out their priestly office, and everything with respect to the altar and inside the veil; and the stranger who touches anything will be put to death.” 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “And look, I myself have taken the Levites of the sons of Israel in place of all the firstborn who open the womb among the sons of Israel. They will be a ransom for them, and so the Levites will be mine. 13 For every firstborn is mine. On that day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified every firstborn among Israel for myself, from human to animal; they will be mine. I am the Lord.” 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 “Examine the sons of Levi according to their ancestral households, according to their clans; every male from a month old and over, number them.” 16 And so Moses and Aaron carefully recorded them on account of the voice of the Lord, the way the Lord had commanded them. 17 Now 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 and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari according to their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their ancestral households. 21 Gershon had the clan of Libni and the clan of Shimei; these are the clans of Gershon. 22 The census of them, according to the number of every male from a month old and over, the census of them was seven thousand five hundred. 23 And the sons of Gershon will pitch camp behind the tent toward the sea. 24 And the ruler of the ancestral household of the clan of Gershon was Eliasaph son of Dael. 25 And the responsibility of the sons of Gershon with respect to the tent of testimony were the tent and the veil and the covering for the entrance of the tent of testimony, 26 and the curtains of the courtyard and the veil of the entrance of the courtyard, which is fastened on the tent, and the remaining tasks of all its functions. 27 Kohath had the clan of the Amramites and the clan of the Izharites and the clan of the Hebronites and the clan of the Uzzielites. These are the clans of Kohath, 28 by number: every male from a month old and over, eight thousand six hundred, who attended to the responsibilities concerning the holy things. 29 The clans of the sons of Kohath will pitch camp along the sides of the tent, toward the south. 30 And the ruler of the ancestral household of the clans of Kohath: Elizaphan son of Uzziel. 31 And their responsibility was the ark and the table and the lampstand and the altars and the implements of the holy place, the things by which they minister with them, and the veil and all their functions. 32 And the chief ruler over the rulers of the Levites is Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, appointed to carry out the responsibilities of the holy things. 33 Merari had the clan of Mahli and the clan of Mushi; these are the clans of Merari. 34 Their census by number: every male from a month old and over, six thousand and fifty. 35 And the ruler of the household lineage of the clan of Merari, Zuriel son of Abihail; they will pitch camp toward the north along the sides of the tent. 36 The oversight, the responsibility of the sons of Merari was the capitals of the tent and its stabilizing bars and its pillars and its bases, and all their implements and their functions, 37 and also the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases and pegs and their cords. 38 Now those encamping at the front of the tent of testimony toward sunrise are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who are responsible for the obligations concerning the holy place, for the responsibilities pertaining to the sons of Israel; and any other unauthorized person who touches anything will be put to death. 39 The entire census of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the direction of the Lord, according to their clans, every male from a month old and over, were twenty-two thousand. 40 And then the Lord said to Moses, saying, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and over, and take the number by name. 41 And you will take the Levites as mine (I am the Lord) in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the livestock of the sons of Israel.” 42 And so Moses numbered the way the Lord had commanded, every firstborn among the sons of Israel. 43 And so they were, all the firstborn males according to the number by name, from a month old and over from their numbering, twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy three. 44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock, and so the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord. 46 And the ransom price will be two hundred and seventy-three with respect to those who exceed the number of Levites from the firstborn of the sons of Israel. 47 And you will take five shekels, with respect to each person, according to the holy double-drachma, you will take twenty obels per shekel. 48 And you will give the silver to Aaron and to his sons as a ransom price for the excess number among them.” 49 And so Moses received the ransom silver for the excess numbers beyond the redemption provided by the Levites. 50 He received the silver from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the holy place. 51 And Moses offered the redemption of the excess numbers for Aaron and for his descendants through the voice of the Lord, the way the Lord commanded Moses.
4And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi with respect to their clans according to their ancestral households, 3 from twenty-five years and over and up to fifty years, everyone who is permitted to perform ministry, to carry out all the duties with respect to the tent of testimony. 4 Now these are the duties of the sons of Kohath with respect to the tent of testimony, holy of holies. 5 And Aaron and his sons will enter in whenever the encampment breaks up, and they will take down the shadowing veil and cover the ark of testimony with it. 6 And they will place a covering of blue leather on it. And they will toss on that a covering entirely of blue on top and put the carrying poles through. 7 And on the table of presentation, they will put on it an all-purple cloth and the dishes and the censers and the cups and the libation bowls, by which someone pours libations, and the bread; these things will be on it at all times. 8 And they will place a cloth of scarlet on it and will cover it with a covering of blue skin and put the carrying poles through it. 9 And they will take a blue cloth and will cover the lampstand which provides light, and its lamps and its snuffers and its oil canisters and all the containers for the olive oil, by which they minister by them. 10 And they will place it and all its implements in a covering of blue leather, and they will place it on carrying poles. 11 And they will cover the gold altar with a blue cloth and will cover it with a covering of blue leather and put its carrying poles into place. 12 And they will take all the implements for ministering, that they minister with them with the holy things, and they will place them in a blue cloth and will cover them with a covering of blue leather, and they will place them on carrying poles. 13 And he will place the covering on the altar and so cover it with an all-purple cloth. 14 And they will place all the implements on it with which they minister on it by them, and so the censers and the flesh-hooks and the bowls and the covering and all the implements for the altar, and they will place a covering of blue leather on it and put its carrying poles into place. And they will take a purple cloth and cover the basin and its base, and they will place it into a covering of blue leather, and they will place these on poles. [1] 15 And Aaron and his sons will finish covering up the holy things and all the holy implements when the encampment is taken down, and following these procedures, the sons of Kohath will go in to transport these things, and they will not touch the holy things, so that they do not die. The sons of Kohath will care for these things with respect to the tent of testimony. 16 The overseer is Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, with respect to the oil for the light and the especially compounded incense and the daily sacrifice and the anointing oil; he is the guardian over the whole tent and whatever is in it with respect to the holy place, with respect to all its functions.” 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 18 “Do not destroy the clan of Kohath from the tribe of the Levites. 19 Do this for them, and they will live, and they will not die when they advance to the holies of holies. Let Aaron and his sons come forward, and they will organize them, each one according to his assignment. 20 And they shall not let them enter in to look at the holy things for a moment and so die.” The Gershonites 21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 22 “Take a census of the sons of Gershon, and those according to their ancestral households according to their clans, 23 from twentyfive years old and over, up to fifty years old, and number them, every one who is permitted to perform religious duties to perform his functions in the tent of testimony. 24 This is the religious duty for the clan of Gershon when ministering and executing their tasks. 25 And they will carry the curtains for the tent, and the tent of testimony and its covering, and the blue veil that is on it above, and the covering of the door of the tent of testimony. 26 And the curtains of the court, which are on the tent of testimony, and the excess or remainder of the curtains, and all the vessels for ministering, whatever things they minister with them, they will work with. 27 According to the instructions of Aaron and his sons, the religious duties of the sons of Gershon will be done with regard to all their religious duties and with regard to all the works on account of them, and you will number them by names concerning all the things taken up by them. 28 This is the religious responsibility of the sons of Gershon concerning the tent of testimony and their duty by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron, the priest.” The Merarites 29 “As for the sons of Merari, according to their clans with respect to their ancestral households, number them. 30 From twenty-five years old and over to fifty years old, number them, every one who goes in to perform religious duties, the ministries of the tent of testimony. 31 And these are the directions of the things taken up by them according to all duties that are in the tent of testimony: The capitals of the tent and the stabilizing bars and its pillars and its bases and the covering and their sockets and their pillars and the covering veil of the entrance of the tent, 32 and the pillars of the court encircling it and their bases, and the pillars for the covering veil of the entrance of the court, and their bases and their pegs and their cords and all their vessels, and all their liturgical accessories—you will number them by names, and all the vessels of the charge concerning those things transported by them. 33 This is the religious responsibility of the clan of the sons of Merari concerning all their functions concerning the tent of testimony by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.” Census of the Levites 34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief rulers of Israel numbered the sons of Kohath according to their clans with respect to their ancestral households. 35 From twenty-five years old and over, up to fifty years old, every one who goes in to perform religious duties and to minister in the tent of testimony. 36 And so the census of them was according to their clans, two thousand two hundred and fifty. 37 This is the census of the clan of Kohath, every one who ministers in the tent of testimony, just as Moses and Aaron numbered them at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 38 And the sons of Gershon were numbered according to their clans with respect to their ancestral households, 39 from twenty-five years old and over, up to fifty years old, every one who goes in to perform ministry, and to perform duties in the tent of testimony. 40 And the census of them was according to their clans, with respect to their ancestral households, two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 This is the census of the clan of the sons of Gershon, every one who ministers in the tent of testimony, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 42 And the clan of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their clans with respect to their ancestral households, 43 from twenty-five years old and over, up to fifty years old, every one who goes in to perform ministry, for the functioning of the tent of testimony. 44 And so the census of them was according to their clans, with respect to their ancestral households, three thousand two hundred. 45 This is the census of the clan of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 46 All persons who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief rulers of Israel numbered, the Levites, according to clans and with respect to ancestral households, 47 from twenty-five years old and over, up to fifty years of age, every one who enters for the purpose of the work of ministry and for the things that are transported with respect to the tent of testimony. 48 And so the ones numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. 49 He numbered them by the hand of Moses at the command of the Lord, each one with respect to their functions and with respect to those things that they transport; and they were numbered the way the Lord had charged Moses.
5And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the sons of Israel and have them send out from the encampment everyone who is leprous and everyone who has a discharge and everyone unclean on the person. 3 Whether male or female send them outside the encampment, and they will certainly not pollute their encampments, in which I myself dwell among them.” 4 And the sons of Israel did so, and they sent them outside the encampment; just as the Lord spoke to Moses, so the sons of Israel did. Confession and Making Recompense 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Any man or who commits any of the human sins, and that person disregarding with disregard and tresspassing with tresspass, 7 will confess the sin that he committed and will make recompense for the trespass with the sum, and he will add to it a fifth more and repay it to whoever he made an offense against him. 8 But if the person has no next of kin, so as for the trespass offering to be given to him on behalf of him, the compensation presented to the Lord will be for the priest, except for the ram of atonement, through which atonement is made by it concerning him. 9 And all firstfruit offerings with respect to all the sacred offerings by the sons of Israel, whatever they may bring to the Lord, will go to the priest himself. 10 And the sacred gifts to each person are his own; the one who gives to the priest, it will be his.’ ” Unfaithful Wives 11 And then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, 12 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘Concerning a man a man,a if his wife goes astray and despises him disdainfully, 13 and someone lies with her in bed of seed, but it escapes the eyes of her husband, and she hides it, and she is polluted, but a witness was not there with her, and she was not caught, 14 and a spirit of jealousy comes on him and he becomes jealous of his wife, and she is defiled, or a spirit of jealousy comes on him and he become jealous of his wife, but she is not polluted, 15 then the man will lead his wife to the priest and present the gift concerning her, a tenth of a measure of an ephah of meal from barley; he will not pour oil on it, nor will he place frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial grain offering that recalls sin. 16 And the priest will bring her and make her stand before the Lord. 17 And the priest will take pure living water in a clay vessel and some of the earth that is on the floor of the tent of testimony. And when the priest has taken it, he will place it in the water. 18 And the priest will make the woman stand in the presence of the Lord and will uncover the head of the woman and will place the memorial offering in her hands, the offering of jealousy; but the water of this conviction will be in the hand of the priest, which brings a curse. 19 And the priest will adjure her and will say to the woman, “If no one has slept with you, if you have not transgressed, so as to be defiled while under your own husband, be guiltless from this convicting water that brings a curse. 20 But if you yourself have transgressed, being a married woman, or are polluted, and someone has given his bed in you except for your husband;” 21 Then the priest will adjure the woman by the words of this curse, and the priest will say to the woman, “The Lord pay you in a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord causes your thigh to deteriorate and your belly to become swollen. 22 And the water that brings on this curse will enter in into your belly, causing your womb to swell and deteriorating your thigh.” And the woman will say, “Indeed, may it happen.” 23 And the priest will write these curses in the book and wipe them off into the water of conviction, which brings a curse. 24 And he will cause the woman to drink the water of conviction which brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse of conviction will enter into her. 25 And the priest will take the offering of jealousy from the hand of the woman, and he will place the offering before the Lord and present it on the altar. 26 And the priest will take a handful of her memorial grain offering and carry it up to the altar, and after these things he will have the woman drink the water. 27 “ ‘And it will be, if she is polluted and in fact has escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of conviction that brings on a curse will enter into her, and her belly will become swollen, and her thigh will deteriorate, and the woman will become a curse to her people. 28 But if the woman is not polluted, but is pure, she will be unpunished, and she will conceive seed. 29 “ ‘This is the law of jealousy, in the situation when the married woman goes astray and is polluted. 30 Or a man, for whomever a spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he becomes jealous of his wife. Then he will set his wife before the Lord, and the priest will do this entire law to her. 31 And the husband will be free from liability of sin, but that wife will accept her sin.’ ”
6And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘A man or woman who, with great solemnity, firmly vows a vow to separate, in purity to the Lord, 3 from wine and strong drink, he will be free from wine, and he will not drink vinegar prepared from wine, and vinegar prepared from beer. And he will not drink whatever is prepared from grapes, and he will not eat fresh grapes or dried grapes. 4 All the days of his vow, he will not eat anything that comes from the vine, from wine of pressed grapes to a grapestone. 5 For all the days of purification, no razor will come on his head until the days are completed, whatever number he vowed to the Lord. He will be holy, growing hair, head hair. 6 All the days of his vow to the Lord he will not go near any dead person. 7 With respect to father or with respect to mother or concerning brother or concerning sister, he will not defile himself with respect to them when they die because his vow to God is on him, on his head. 8 All the days of his vow, he will be holy to the Lord. 9 But if someone dies suddenly near him, the head of his vow will immediately be defiled, and he will shave his head; on whatever day he is cleansed, on the seventh day he will be shaved. 10 And on the eighth day he will bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doors of the tent of testimony. 11 And the priest will use one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and the priest will make atonement for him for the things he sinned with respect to the dead person. And he will sanctify his head, for the days of his vow, on that day 12 in which he was consecrated to the Lord, and he will bring a one-year-old lamb for a trespass offering, and the previous days will be considered void, because the head of his vow was defiled. 13 “ ‘Now this is the law of one who makes a vow, on the day when the days of his vow are fulfilled: He himself will present a gift at the doors of the tent of testimony. 14 And he will bring his gift to the Lord, a one-year-old unblemished lamb for a burnt offering and a one-year-old unblemished lamb for a sin offering and an unblemished ram for an offering of well-being, 15 and a basket of unleavened bread of fine wheat flour, bread prepared with olive oil, and unleavened thin cakes, basted with olive oil, and their accompanying offerings and their drink offering. 16 And the priest will bring them before the Lord and will execute his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17 And then he will execute the ram as a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord along with the basket of unleavened bread, and the priest will do his offering and his drink offering. 18 And the one who has vowed will shave the head of his vow beside the doors of the tent of testimony, and he will place the hair on the fire, which is under the sacrifice of well-being. 19 And the priest will take the boiled shoulder of the ram and one unleavened loaf from the basket and one unleavened cake, and he will place them in the hands of the one who made the vow after his vow has been shaved. 20 And the priest will present these things as a heave offering before the Lord; it will be holy for the priest on the breast of the heave offering and on the shoulder of the separated portion. Then, after these things, the one who has vowed may drink wine. 21 This is the law concerning the person who makes a vow, who vows to the Lord his gift to the Lord with respect to his vow, apart what his hand may have, with respect to the worth of his vow, which he may vow according to the law of purity.’ ” Aaron’s Blessing 22 And then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘You will bless the sons of Israel like this, addressing them: 24 May the Lord bless and protect you, 25 and may the Lord cause his face to shine on you, and may he show mercy to you. [2] 26 May the Lord lift up his face on you, and may he give you peace.’ ” 27 And they will place my name on the sons of Israel, and I, the Lord, will bless them.
7And so it was that on the day Moses completed these things, so that he had set up the tent and anointed it and consecrated it and all its implements and the altar and all its implements, and had anointed these things and consecrated them, 2 and the rulers of Israel, the twelve rulers of their ancestral houses, brought an offering. These were rulers of tribes; they were the ones who presided over the inspection. 3 And they brought their gift before the Lord, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, each wagon from two rulers, and a young bull from each, and they approached near the front of the tent. 4 And the Lord said to Moses, saying, 5 “Receive these from them, and they will be for the ministering functions of the tent of testimony, and you will give these things to the Levites, to each one according to his religious duties.” 6 And so when Moses had taken the wagons and the oxen, he gave them to the Levites. 7 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon according to their religious duties. 8 Then he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their religious ministries, through Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 9 But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because they have charge of the holy liturgical ministrations and accessories; they will carry them on their shoulders. 10 And then the rulers brought gifts for the consecration of the altar on the day he anointed it, and the rulers brought their gifts to the front of the altar. 11 And the Lord said to Moses, “One ruler each day, a ruler each day, let them bring forward their gifts for the consecration of the altar.” 12 And the one who presented his gift on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, ruler of the tribe of Judah. 13 And he brought his gift: one silver cup; its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 14 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 15 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 16 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 17 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers and five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Nahshon son of Amminadab. 18 On the second day Nethanel of the sons of Zuar, the ruler of the tribe of Issachar, presented an offering. 19 And he offered his gift: one silver cup; its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 20 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 21 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 22 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 23 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Nethanel son of Zuar. 24 On the third day, the ruler of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. 25 His gift: one silver cup, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 26 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 27 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 28 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 29 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Eliab son of Helon. 30 On the fourth day, the ruler of the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Edisour. 31 His gift: one silver cup, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 32 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 33 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 34 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 35 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Elizur son of Shedeur. 36 On the fifth day, the ruler of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 37 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 38 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 39 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 40 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 41 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 42 On the sixth day, the ruler of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel. 43 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 44 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 45 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 46 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 47 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Eliasaph, son of Reuel. 48 On the seventh day, the ruler of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud. 49 His gift: one silver cup, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 50 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 51 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 52 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 53 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Elishama son of Ammihud. 54 On the eighth day, the ruler of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 55 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 56 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 57 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 58 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 59 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 60 On the ninth day, the ruler of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. 61 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 62 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 63 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 64 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 65 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Abidan son of Gideoni. 66 On the tenth day, the ruler of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 67 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 68 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 69 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 70 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 71 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 72 On the eleventh day, the ruler of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran. 73 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 74 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 75 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 76 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 77 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Pagiel son of Ochran. 78 On the twelfth day, the ruler of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan. 79 His gift: one silver cup, its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel, both filled with fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for an offering; 80 one censer of ten gold shekels, filled with fragrant incense; 81 one young bull from the herd, and one ram, a year-old lamb for a whole burnt offering; 82 and one young goat from the goats for a sin offering; 83 and for a sacrifice of well-being, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five one-year-old ewe lambs; this was the gift of Ahira son of Enan. 84 This was the dedication offering of the altar, on the day he anointed it, from the sons of Israel: twelve silver cups and dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold censers, 85 one cup of a hundred and thirty shekels, and one bowl of seventy shekels; all the silver of the vessels was two thousand four hundred shekels, in the holy shekel. 86 There were twelve gold censers, full of fragrant incense; all the gold of the censers was a hundred and twenty gold shekels. 87 All the cattle for burnt offerings were: twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve oneyear-old lambs, and their sacrifices and their drink offerings, and twelve kids from the goats for a sin offering. 88 All the cattle for a sacrifice of well-being: twenty-four heifers and sixty rams, sixty one-year-old lambs without blemish; sixty he-goats. This was the dedication offering of the altar, after his hand-filling and after his anointing. 89 When Moses entered into the tent of the testimony to talk with him, then he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony between the two cherubim, and so he would address him.
8And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘Whenever you attach the lamps from the part of the lampstand, the seven lamps will cast light toward the front of the lampstand.’ ” 3 And Aaron did just so; he fastened its lamps out from one side toward the face of the lampstand. 4 And this is the construction of the lampstand: solid gold, its stem and its ornamental petals, entirely solid. According to the image that the Lord showed Moses, so he made the lampstand. Purification of the Levites 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Take the Levites out from the middle of the sons of Israel and purify them. 7 And accordingly, you will perform their purification for them. You will sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor will go over their entire body, and they will wash their garments, and they will be clean. 8 And they will take one young bull from the herd and its offering, fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil; and you will take another one-year-old young bull from the herd for a sin offering. 9 And you will bring the Levites before the tent of testimony and gather the whole gathering of the sons of Israel. 10 And you will bring the Levites before the Lord, and the sons of Israel will place their hands on the Levites. 11 And Aaron will set the Levites apart as a gift offering before the Lord, from the sons of Israel, and they will be so as to perform the work of the Lord. 12 And the Levites will place their hands on the heads of the young bulls and will offer one for a sin offering and the other one for a whole burnt offering to the Lord to make atonement for them. 13 And you will present the Levites before the Lord, before Aaron and before his sons, and you will present them as a gift offering before the Lord. 14 And you will separate out the Levites from the midst of sons of Israel, and they will be mine. 15 And after these things, the Levites will come in to perform the work of the tent of testimony, and so you will purify them and will present them before the Lord. 16 Because these persons are being given to me as a gift offering from among the sons of Israel in place of those that open every womb of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel; I have taken them to myself. 17 For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is mine, from humans to animals; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart to myself. 18 And I took the Levites in place of every firstborn among the sons of Israel. 19 And I gave the Levites, as a gift offering given to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the children of Israel, to perform the duties of the sons of Israel in the tent of testimony, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel. And there will be no-one of the sons of Israel who approaches the holy things.” 20 And Moses and Aaron and the entire community of Israel did to the Levites just as the Lord had commanded Moses about the Levites; so the sons of Israel did to them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments, and Aaron presented them as a gift offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them. 22 And after these things, the Levites entered to perform religious duties, their public religious service in the tent of testimony before Aaron and before his sons; just as the Lord had charged Moses with respect to the Levites, so they did concerning them. 23 And then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This is the regulation concerning the Levites: They of twenty-five years old and over will enter to perform duties in the tent of testimony. 25 And from fifty years old, they will cease religious duties and not work any longer, 26 and his brother may serve in the tent of testimony to observe and perform guard duty, but he shall work no work; this is how you will manage the Levites while on their duties.” The Passover
9And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the second year after they came out from the land of Egypt in the first month, saying, 2 “Say to and have the sons of Israel observe the Passover according to its set time. 3 On the fourteenth day of the first month you will observe it toward evening, you will observe it according to its set time with respect to its law, and according to its ruling.” 4 And Moses directed the sons of Israel to carry out the Passover, 5 starting with the fourteenth day of the month in the wilderness of Sinai; just as the Lord had charged Moses, so the sons of Israel acted. 6 And men came who were unclean at a human soul, and they were not able to observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And so those men said to him, “We are unclean with respect to a human soul. So shall we miss presenting our gift to the Lord at its appointed time along with the sons of Israel?” 8 And Moses said to them, “Wait here, and I will listen to what the Lord instructs concerning you.” 9 And the Lord directed Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘Whenever a person, a person who becomes unclean at a human soul, whether on a journey distant for you, or among your offspring, and he shall offer the Passover to the Lord 11 in the second month on the fourteenth day. They will observe it toward evening; they will eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They will not leave any of it until morning, and they will break no bone of it; they will observe it according to the regulations of the Passover. 13 But a person who is clean and is not on a distant journey but fails to observe the Passover, that person will be utterly destroyed from his people, because he did not bring the gift to the Lord according to its appointed time; that person will accept his sin. 14 And when a resident alien approaches you in your land, and he would observe the Passover to the Lord, then according to the regulations of the Passover and according to its procedures he may offer it; the same law will be for you and for the stranger and for the native inhabitant of the land.’ ” The Cloud and the Fire 15 And on the day in which the tent was erected, the cloud enveloped the tent, the house of the testimony, and in the evenings it was on the tent as an appearance of fire until morning. 16 And so it was all the time; the cloud covered it during the day and an appearance of fire throughout the night. 17 And whenever the cloud lifted from the tent, then, after these things, the sons of Israel set out, and in the location where the cloud stopped, there the sons of Israel pitched camp. 18 At the command of the Lord the sons of Israel will pitch camp, and at the command of the Lord they will set out, during all the days in which the cloud overshadows the tent, the sons of Israel will pitch camp. 19 And whenever the cloud is drawn over the tent many days, then the sons of Israel will keep the charge of God, and they will not set out. 20 And it will happen that whenever the cloud continues to overshadow the tent a number of days, at the direction of the Lord they will pitch camp, and at the command of the Lord they will set out. 21 And it will happen that whenever the cloud may remain from evening until morning, then the cloud goes up during the morning, then they will set out during the day or during the night. 22 When during a month of multiplying days the cloud continues to overshadow it, the sons of Israel will pitch camp, and they will not set out. 23 For they set out through the command of the Lord—the charge of the Lord, which they kept through the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
10And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make for yourself two trumpets of beaten silver; you will shape for yourself, and they will be for you to call together the assembly and to move out the encampments. 3 And you will signal by them and bring together all the community at the door of the tent of testimony. 4 But when by one sound they signal, then all the rulers, the leaders of Israel, will come to you. 5 And you will sound the trumpet as a signal, and the encampments, those camping on the east, will break camp. 6 And you will sound the trumpet as a signal a second time, and the encampments, those who are encamping to the south, will break camp; and you will sound the trumpet as a signal a third time, and the encampments, those who are encamping toward the sea, will break camp; and you will sound the trumpet as a signal a fourth time, and the encampments, those who are encamping toward the north, will break camp. When they break camp, they will sound the trumpet as a signal. 7 And whenever you gather the assembly, you will sound the trumpet, but not as a signal of alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, will signal with the trumpets, and it will be for you a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations. 9 And when you go forth to war in your land against your enemies who oppose you, and you sound an alarm with the trumpets, then you will be remembered before the Lord, and you will be delivered from your enemies. 10 And in the days of your joyous celebrations and in your feasts and in your new moons, you will sound the trumpets over your whole burnt offerings and over your sacrifices of well-being, and it will be for you an occasion of remembrance before your God. I am the Lord your God.” Departure from Sinai 11 And it happened in the second year in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud lifted from the tent of testimony. 12 And the sons of Israel set out together with their baggage in the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud stood in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And those who were first set out at the direction of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 And so the group from the encampment of the sons of Judah set out as the first ones, together with their hosts, and over their hosts Nahshon son of Amminadab. 15 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel son of Zuar. 16 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon. 17 And they will take down the tent, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who will carry the tent, will break camp. 18 And the group from the encampment of Reuben set out together with their hosts, and over their hosts was Elizur son of Shedeur. 19 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 21 And then the sons of Kohath will break camp, carrying the holy things, and others will set up the tent by the time they arrive. 22 And the group from the encampment of Ephraim will set out, together with their hosts; over their hosts was Elishama son of Ammihud. 23 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 And the group from the encampment of the sons of Dan will break camp as the last ones of all the encampments, together with their hosts, and over their hosts was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ochran. 27 And over the hosts of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan. 28 These were the forces of the sons of Israel; and so they set out, together with their hosts. 29 And then Moses said to Jobab son of Reuel, the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out for the place concerning which the Lord said, ‘This I will give to you!’ Come with us, and we will do you well, because the Lord has pronounced good things on Israel.” 30 And he said to him, “I will not go along, but I will go into my own land and to my own people.” 31 And he said, “Do not leave us in as much as you were with us in the wilderness, and you will be among us as an elder guide. 32 And it will be that if you travel along with us, then it will happen that those good things, whatever good the Lord may do for us, then we will do good for you.” 33 And they set out from the mountain of the Lord a journey of three days, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went on ahead of them a journey of three days, seeking out for them a resting place. 35 And it happened that when the ark moved out, then Moses would say, “Arise, O Lord, let your enemies be scattered, let all those who hate you flee!” 36 And when it rested, he would say, “Return, O Lord, the thousands, even myriads, in Israel.” 34 And the cloud was overshadowing them during the day and when they moved out from their encampment.
11And the people were murmuring wickedly before the Lord, and the Lord heard, and he was provoked with anger. And a fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and it devoured a certain portion of the encampment. 2 And the people complained bitterly to Moses, and Moses entreated toward the Lord, and the fire was extinguished. 3 And the name of that place was called “Burning” because a fire was kindled among them from the Lord. 4 And the mixed multitude who were among them craved a craving, and, sitting down, the sons of Israel also wept, and they said, “Who will feed us meat? 5 We remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt without cost and the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic. 6 But now our soul is parched; our eyes are nothing but into the manna.” 7 Now the manna is like coriander seed, and its appearance is the appearance of hoarfrost. [3] 8 And the people would go through and gather it and would grind it between the millstones and crush it in the mortar and would boil it in the earthen pot and form it into loafs, and the taste of it was like the taste of a wafer with olive oil. 9 And whenever the dew descended on the encampment during the night, the manna would come down on it. 10 And Moses heard them wailing, every one of their clans, every person at his door. And the Lord was provoked with anger exceedingly, and in the opinion of Moses the situation was unjust. 11 And Moses said to the Lord, “For what purpose have you afflicted your servant, and why have I not found favor before you, so that the impulsive behavior of this people has been laid on me? 12 Have I conceived all these people in my womb, or did I birth them, so that you are telling me, ‘Take them to your bosom, just as a nurse takes up her suckling child, into the land that you swore to their fathers’? 13 From where is there meat available to me to supply all this people, since they are crying out against me, saying, ‘Supply meat for us, so that we may eat’? 14 I myself alone am not able to carry this people, because this matter is too heavy for me. 15 And if this is how you yourself are going to deal with me, slay me utterly, if I have found mercy with you, so that I may not experience my suffering and distress.” The Seventy Elders 16 And the Lord said to Moses, “Gather together to me seventy men from among the elders of Israel, whom you know for yourself that these persons are the elders of the people and their scribes, and lead them to the tent of testimony, and they will stand there with you. 17 And I will come down, and I will speak with you there, and I will take from the spirit that is on you, and I will place it on them, and they will assist you concerning the impulsive behavior of the people, and you will not bear them yourself alone. 18 And say to the people: ‘Purify yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, since you have cried out before the Lord, saying, “Who will feed us with meat, because it was good for us in Egypt?” And the Lord will give you meat to eat, and you will eat meat. [4] 19 Not one day will you eat, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, not even twenty days! 20 Up to a month of days you will eat, until meat comes out of your noses, and it will become unpalatable to you, because you were rebellious against the Lord who is among you and have cried out before him, saying, “For what benefit was it to us to come out of Egypt?” ’ ” 21 And then Moses said to the Lord, “Six hundred thousand footmen are the people whom I am living among, and you yourself have declared, ‘I will supply meat for them to eat, and they will eat a month of days.’ 22 Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, so that it would be sufficient for them, or all the fish of the sea be collected for them, and it would be sufficient for them?” 23 And the Lord said to Moses, “Will the hand of the Lord not be sufficient? Now you will know whether my word will take effect for you or not!” 24 And Moses went forth and spoke to the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered seventy men from among the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. 25 And the Lord descended in a cloud and spoke to him and took from the spirit that was on him and placed it on the seventy men, the elders. And when the spirit rested on them, then they prophesied, but they did not continue. 26 And two men were left in the encampment, the name to the one, Eldad, and the name to the second, Medad; and the spirit rested on them, and they were from those who were enrolled, but they had not come to the tent, but they prophesied in the camp. 27 And, having run ahead, a young man announced to Moses and spoke, saying, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!” 28 And, responding, Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant to Moses, the chosen one, said, “O lord, Moses, forbid them!” 29 But Moses said to him, “Are you not jealous on account of me? Indeed, who might give all the people of the Lord as prophets, whenever the Lord gives his Spirit to rest on them!” 30 And Moses went away into the encampment, he himself and the elders of Israel. The Lord Sends Quail 31 And so a wind came from the Lord and swept along quails from the sea and blew them on the encampment, a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on that side, encircling the encampment, about two cubits above the earth. 32 And the people, rising up during the entire day and during the entire night and during the entire day following, gathered the quails. The one with the smallest number gathered ten kors,a and they slaughtered many for themselves all around the encampment. 33 The meat was still in their teeth before it came to an end, and the Lord became provoked against his people, and the Lord struck the people with an exceedingly great and serious plague. 34 And the name of that place was called “Graves of Craving”; there they buried the people who lusted. 35 From Graves of Craving the people set out for Hazeroth, and the people were in Hazeroth.
12And Miriam and Aaron complained against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom Moses had married, that he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the Lord spoken to Moses alone? Has he not also spoken to us?” And the Lord heard. 3 Now the man, Moses, was exceedingly meek, more than any humans existing on the earth. 4 And the Lord said to Moses and Miriam and Aaron, “Go forth, you yourselves, the three of you, to the tent of testimony.” And so they went out, the three of them, to the tent of testimony. 5 And the Lord descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent of testimony, and Aaron and Miriam were called, and both of them went forth. 6 And he said to them, “Hear my words: If there may be a prophet from among you to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and while he is sleeping, I will speak to him. 7 Not so with my servant Moses; in my whole household he is trustworthy. 8 Mouth to mouth I will speak to him, in appearance and not through riddles. And he has beheld the glory of the Lord. And why are you not fearful of speaking against my servant, Moses?” [5] 9 And the wrathful anger of the Lord was on them, and he departed. 10 And the cloud drew away from the tent, and, look, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron looked on Miriam, and, look, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, “I beseech, my lord, that sin not be laid on us, because we did not realize that we sinned. 12 Let her not become the same as dead, like an untimely birth coming forth from the mother’s womb, eating up half of her flesh.” [6] 13 And Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, I beseech you to heal her.” 14 And the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had indeed spit in her face, would she not be turned out for seven days? Let her be shut out for seven days outside the encampment. And afterward she will reenter the camp.” 15 And Miriam was separated outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was cleansed.
13bAnd after this the people moved out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. 2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 3 “Send on your behalf men, and let them spy out the land of the Canaanites (which I myself am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession), one man for each tribe, sending them according to their ancestral clans, every one a leader from among them.” 4 And so Moses sent them forth from the wilderness of Paran at the direction of the Lord; all these were men who were leaders of the sons of Israel. 5 And these are their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Samuel son of Zaccur; 6 of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; 7 of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 8 of the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 9 of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; 10 of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; 11 of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; 12 of the tribe of Joseph, of the sons of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; 13 of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; 14 of the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; 15 of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; 16 of the tribe of Gad, Gaddiel son of Machi. 17 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to seek out the land. And Moses renamed Hoshea, son of Nun: Joshua. 18 And so Moses sent them to seek out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up through the wilderness and go on up into the hill country. 19 And now look over the land, what it is like, and the people who dwell on it, whether they are quite strong or weak, whether they are few or many. 20 And see what the land, on which these people who are dwelling on it, whether it is good or bad, and what the cities, which these people are dwelling in them, whether with walls or without walls. 21 And see what the land is like, whether rich and fertile or infertile and poor, whether there are in it trees or not; and putting forth great care and effort, take some of the fruit of the land.” Now the season was the season of spring, heralding the grape season. 22 And when they went up, they inspected the land from the wilderness of Zin, as far as Rahab, where travelers enter in at Lebo-hamath. 23 And they went up through the wilderness and came as far as Hebron, and there was found Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, offspring of Anak. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 24 And they came to a ravine producing clusters of grapes, and they inspected it, and while there cut off a vine branch with one cluster of grapes attached to it. And then they carried it with carrying poles, and also they took some pomegranates and some cucumbers. 25 That place they named “Cluster Ravine” because of the cluster of grapes that the sons of Israel cut off there. The Report of the Spies 26 And after scouting out the land, they returned from there after forty days. 27 And proceeding on they came to Moses and Aaron and to the whole assembly of the sons of Israel in the wilderness area of Paran Kadesh, and they related to them a verbal report and to all the assembly, and they showed the fruit of the land. 28 And they gave a thorough report to him and said, “We went into the land to which you sent us, a land flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 29 But the people dwelling on it are strong, and cities are fortified with walls and exceedingly large, and indeed we have seen the offspring of Anak there. 30 And Amalekites inhabit the land in the area to the south, and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Jebusites and the Amorites inhabit the hill country, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea.” 31 And Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said to him, “No! But going up we will go on up and gain possession of it, because we, powerful, will overpower them!” 32 And the people, who went up together with him said, “We will not go up, because we are not able to go up against the people, because they are very much stronger than we are.” 33 And they brought about a terrifying trance on the land, which they inspected among the sons of Israel, saying, “The land that we passed through to spy out is a land that consumes the people who dwell on it; all the people whom we have seen there in it are men of great stature. 34 And there we have seen the giants, and we were, compared to them, like locusts; and surely we appeared likewise before them.”
14And the entire community lifted up and sounded with a voice, and the people wept throughout that night. 2 And all the sons of Israel continued to mutter against Moses and Aaron, and the entire congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, only if we had died! 3 And for what purpose is the Lord leading us into this land to fall in war? Our wives and children will become spoil. Now, therefore, it is better for us to return to Egypt.” 4 And they said one to another, “Let us appoint a leader, and let us return to Egypt.” 5 And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the entire congregation of the sons of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, from those who had closely inspected the land, tore their garments. 7 And they spoke to the whole assembly of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land that we examined is very exceedingly good. 8 If the Lord chooses us, he will lead us into this land and will give it to us, a land that is flowing with milk and honey. 9 But do not rebel against the Lord, and you yourselves do not fear the people of the land, because they are something to be devoured by us; for indeed, the time of success and prosperity has removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do fear not them!” 10 And all the congregation said that they should stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud on the tent of testimony to all the sons of Israel. Moses Intercedes 11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people provoke me, and how long will they not trust in me by the means of all the signs that I performed among them? 12 I will strike them with death, and I will destroy them, and I will also make you and the house of your father into a great nation, exceedingly more numerous than this people.” 13 And Moses said to the Lord, “And Egypt will hear, for you brought up this people by your power from among them. 14 But also all those dwelling on this land have heard that you yourself are the Lord, among this people, who, appears to them eyes to eyes, O Lord, and your cloud is settled on them and in a pillar of cloud went along in front of them during the day, and then in a pillar of fire during the night. 15 And if you wipe out this people as if they were as single person, then the nations, the ones who have heard your name, will say, saying, 16 ‘Since the Lord was not able to lead this people into the land that he swore to them, he destroyed them in the wilderness.’ 17 And now let your strength be exalted, O Lord, the way you said, saying, 18 ‘The Lord, longsuffering and full of mercy and truth, one who forgives transgression and injustice and sin, but by purification he does not acquit the guilty. And he visits the sin of the fathers on the children up to the third and the fourth generation.’ 19 Forgive the sin of this people based on your great mercy, just as you were merciful to them since they came from Egypt until right now.” 20 And so the Lord said to Moses, “I am being merciful to them based on your plea. 21 But as I myself live, and as my name also lives, the glory of the Lord will fill all the earth. 22 For all the men who have seen my glory and the signs that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and they have put me to the test this tenth time and have not obeyed my voice. 23 If indeed they will not see the land that I swore to their fathers, but rather their children who are with me here, who do not know good or evil, every inexperienced young person, to them I will give the land. And all those who are provoking me will not see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because there was a different spirit in him, and he followed me closely, I will bring him into the land, into which he entered, and his seed will inherit it. 25 But Amaleka and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, so tomorrow you yourselves turn around and move out into the wilderness area by way of the Red Sea.” 26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying. 27 “How long will I endure this wicked assembly? They themselves are murmuring against me; even the murmuring of the sons of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you, I have heard. 28 Say to them, ‘As I myself live,’ says the Lord, ‘if indeed you have spoken into my ears like this so I will deal with you. 29 In this wilderness your corpses will fall, even the entire census numbering for you, indeed those of you who were recorded, from twenty years and over, the ones who murmured against me. 30 Cursed if you will go into the land on which I stretched out my hand to settle you on it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 And the children, which you said would be as spoil, I will lead them into the land, and they will inherit the land that you yourselves have withdrawn from. 32 And your corpses will fall in this wilderness. 33 But your sons will feed in the wilderness for forty years, and they will pay for your faithlessness until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 For a period of days equal to the time you inspected the land, forty days, a day for each year, you will bear your sins for forty years, and so you will experience the wrath of my anger. 35 I, the Lord, have spoken. If I will not act accordingly with this wicked assembly who have gathered together against me in this wilderness, they will be utterly destroyed, and there they will die.’ ” 36 Now the people whom Moses sent to seek out the land, and afterward came and muttered with respect to it to the congregation, presenting discouraging words concerning the land, 37 now the people who had spoken disparagingly with evil things concerning the land died by the plague before the Lord. 38 But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from among those people who went to scout out the land. 39 And Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly. 40 And so, rising up early in the morning, they went up into the high regions of the mountainous areas, saying, “Look, we ourselves will go on up to the place concerning which the Lord asserted that we sinned.” 41 And Moses said, “Why are you yourselves going against the word of the Lord? It will not be successful for you. 42 Do not go on up! For the Lord is not with you, and so you will fall before your enemies. 43 Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there ahead of you, you will fall by the sword, because, disobeying the Lord, you have turned away, and so the Lord will not be among you!” 44 And so, being persistent and forceful, they went up to the high regions of the hill country, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses did not move from the encampment. 45 And so Amalek and the Canaanites who were living in that mountainous area came down and put them to flight and cut them down as far as Hormah, and they turned away toward the encampment.[7]
15And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘Whenever you enter into the land for your habitation, which I myself am giving to you, 3 and you will prepare whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a sacrifice to honor a vow or with respect to a voluntary offering or during your feasts, in order to make a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord, whether from herd animals or from flock animals. 4 And the one who is presenting his gift to the Lord will bring an offering of fine wheat flour, a tenth of an ephah, prepared with olive oil, a fourth part of a hin. 5 And you will make a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering on the whole burnt offering or on the sacrifice; for each lamb you will prepare this burnt offering as a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord. 6 And for a ram, whenever you offer it either as a whole burnt offering or as a sacrifice, you will prepare an offering with two tenths of fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil, a third of a hin. 7 And also you will offer a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, as a sweet smelling aroma to the Lord. 8 And when you prepare a whole burnt offering from the animals of the herd or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, an offering of well-being to the Lord, 9 and he will offer in addition to the young bull a sacrifice of the finest wheat flour, three tenths of a measure, prepared with olive oil, half of a hin, 10 an offering by fire, a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord. 11 You will do likewise for each young herd animal or for each ram or for each lamb from the flock or from the goats. 12 Depending on the number of those that you may offer, thus you will do for each one based on their number. 13 Every native will sacrifice according to such matters in order to present offerings by fire as a sweetsmelling aroma to the Lord. 14 And if an alien takes up residence among you in your land, or a person who may become one among you during your generations, and would make a burnt offering as a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord, the way you yourselves perform, likewise the congregation will sacrifice to the Lord. 15 One law will be for you and for the resident aliens residing among you, an eternal law unto your generations; as you are, the resident alien will also be before the Lord. 16 There will be one instruction, and there will be one just ordinance for you and for the resident alien who resides among you.’ ” 17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter into the land, into which I myself am leading you there, 19 then it will be that whenever you yourselves eat from the food of the land, you will separate out a choice part as a separate offering to the Lord. 20 With respect to the first portion of your kneaded bread loaf as a separate choice offering, separate it as a choice offering from a threshing floor; just so you will separate it. 21 The best and first produce of your kneaded bread, indeed, you will give to the Lord, a choice part of your sacrifice throughout your generations. 22 “ ‘And whenever you completely fail and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses, 23 according to what the Lord commanded to you by the hand of Moses, from the time that the Lord charged you, and from that time on throughout your generations, 24 then it will be if it occurred involuntarily away from the eyes of the assembly, then all the congregation should sacrifice a young bull, one out of the herd, without blemish, as a whole burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord, and the sacrifice for this and its drink offering, according to its proper procedure, and one young he-goat from among the goats as a sin offering. 25 Then the priest shall make atonement with it on behalf of the entire congregation of the sons of Israel, and it will be forgiven them, because it was involuntary, and they themselves have carried their gift as a burnt offering to the Lord for their sin into the presence of the Lord with respect to their unwitting sin. 26 Then it will be forgiven with respect to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel and with respect to the resident alien who resides among you, because it occurred to all the people inadvertently. 27 But if one person sins involuntarily, he will bring one one-year-old goat for a sin offering. 28 Then the priest will make atonement for the person who inadvertently sinned and erred involuntarily before the Lord, to make atonement for him. 29 For the native among the sons of Israel and for the resident alien who resides among them, one law will be for them, whoever may act involuntarily. 30 But any person, whoever will act with an arrogant hand, whether from among the indigenous persons or from among the resident aliens, this person provokes God. That person will be utterly destroyed from among his people. 31 Since he has despised the words of the Lord and he broke his commandments, indeed that person will be utterly destroyed; his sin is on him.’ ” Death for the Sabbath-Breaker 32 And the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 And the ones who found him gathering wood on the Sabbath day brought him to Moses and Aaron and before the entire assembly of the sons of Israel. 34 And they put him under guard, for they had not decided what they should do concerning him. 35 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Let the man be put to death. You, the entire congregation, are to stone him with stones.” 36 And so the entire congregation brought him out, outside of the encampment, and the entire congregation stoned him outside of the encampment. And the entire congregation stoned him with stones outside of the encampment, just as the Lord charged Moses. Fringes on Garments 37 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them that they should make fringes for themselves on the flaps of their garments throughout their generations, and place a blue thread on the fringes of the flaps. 39 And so it will be for you in the borders, and you will see these things, and you will recall all of the commandments of the Lord, and you will do them; and you will not distort them after your intentions and your eyes, by which you committed fornication by going after them, 40 so that you will recall and observe all my commandments and will be holy to your God. 41 I am the Lord, your God, the one who led out you of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord, your God.”
16And they spoke, Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, son of Reuben. 2 And they stood up into the presence of Moses, and men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, called together by a council, men of renown. 3 They stood together against Moses and Aaron and said, “Let it obtain to you the entire congregation, all are holy, and the Lord is among them; and so on account of what are you setting yourself over against the congregation of the Lord?” 4 And when Moses heard this, he fell on his face. 5 And he spoke to Korah and to all his gathering, saying, “God has carefully examined and knows those who are his and those who are holy, and he led them to himself. And those whom he chose for himself he led to himself. 6 Do this, Korah and all his group: Take censers for you yourselves 7 and put them into fire and put them on incense in the presence of the Lord tomorrow, and it will be that the man whom the Lord calls out, this man is holy; let this be enough with respect to you, sons of Levi.” 8 And Moses said to Korah, “Hear me carefully, sons of Levi. 9 Is this thing too small for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from among the congregation of Israel and has brought you to himself to administer the religious duties of the tent of the Lord and to stand before the tent to minister for them? 10 And he has brought you and all your brothers, the sons of Levi with you, and so are you seeking to serve as priests as well? 11 So it is with you and all your group that is gathered together against God; and Aaron, who is he that you are muttering against him?” 12 And Moses sent to summon Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up! 13 Is this a small thing that you brought us up into a land flowing with milk and honey to slay us in the wilderness, so that you proceed as ruler over us? 14 And if you had led us into a land flowing with milk and honey and had given us an inheritance of land and vineyards, should you put out the eyes of those people? We will not go up!” 15 And Moses was very weighted down and said to the Lord, “Do not give heed to their sacrifice; I have not taken an object of desire of any of them, nor have I mistreated any of them.” [8] 16 And Moses said to Korah, “Sanctify your gathering and be ready in the presence of the Lord, they and you and Aaron, tomorrow. 17 And take, each one, his censer, and place on them incense. And you will approach the presence of the Lord, each one with his censer, two hundred and fifty censers, and you and Aaron, each one with his censer.” 18 And each one took his censer and placed on them fire and added to that incense. And they stood beside the entrance of the tent of testimony with Moses and Aaron. 19 And so Korah drew up against them his entire assembly beside the entrance of the tent of testimony; and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation. 20 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 21 “Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation, and I will utterly consume them immediately.” 22 And they fell on their faces and said, “O God, God of spirits and of all flesh, if one person has sinned, shall the anger of the Lord come on the entire congregation?” 23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Instruct the congregation, saying, ‘Withdraw from around the gathering of Korah.’ ” [9] 25 And Moses arose and proceeded to Dathan and Abiram, and all the elders of Israel came along with him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Separate yourselves from the tents of these stubborn people, and do not touch anything that is theirs, lest you be destroyed with all your personal belongings.” 27 And they stood apart from the tent of Korah all around, and Dathan and Abiram went forth and stood beside the entrances of their tents, and their wives and their children and their households. 28 And Moses said, “By this you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds, that they are not of myself. 29 If in the manner of the death of all people these will die, and if according to the visitation of all people their visitation will be, the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if by a sign the Lord shows it clearly, and, after opening up its mouth, the earth swallows them and their households and their tents and everything that belongs to them, so that they descend while still alive into Hades, then you will know that these people have provoked the Lord.” 31 And when he ceased speaking all these words, the earth split under them. 32 And the earth opened and swallowed them and their households and all the people who were with Korah, as well as their livestock. 33 And they themselves and whatever was theirs went down alive into Hades, and the earth enveloped them, and they perished out of the midst of the congregation. 34 And all Israel, who had encircled them, fled from their cries; for they were saying, “What if the earth devours us?” 35 And fire came out from the Lord and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who had offered the incense. 36 a And the Lord said to Moses 37 and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, “Remove the brass censers from the midst of those consumed, and as for the foreign fire, scatter this there, because the censers of these sinners have become holy against their own souls; 38 and so make them into beaten plates around the altar, because they were brought into the presence of the Lord and became holy; and they became a sign for the sons of Israel.” 39 And Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, took the brass censers that the ones who were burned up brought and added them as plating to the altar, 40 a memorial for the sons of Israel, in order that no unqualified person, one who was not from the seed of Aaron, would approach to place incense before the Lord, and so would not become like Korah and his group, just as the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses to him. 41 And the sons of Israel murmured on the next morning against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You yourselves have killed the people of the Lord.” 42 And it happened that when the congregation turned about on Moses and Aaron and rushed to the tent of testimony, then the cloud enveloped it itself, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron entered by the front of the tent of testimony. 44 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 45 “Separate yourselves from the midst of this gathering, and I will utterly destroy them immediately.” And they fell on their faces. 46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and place fire on it from the altar, and add to it incense, and swiftly carry it away into the encampment, and make atonement for them! For indeed anger has gone forth from the face of the Lord; it has begun to smite the people.” 47 And Aaron did just as Moses spoke to him and ran among the gathering, and already the plague has made atonement among the people; and so he cast on incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood among the dead and the living, and the plague stopped among the people. 49 And the dead persons by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides the dead on account of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of testimony, and the plague stopped.
17And then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and take from them staff, staff according to their ancestral households, from all their rulers according to their ancestral households, twelve staffs, and write on the staff each of their names. 3 And write the name ‘Aaron’ on the staff of Levi; for indeed there is to be one staff for each tribe of their ancestral household that they will give. 4 And place them in the tent of testimony before the testimony, where I will be made known to you there. 5 And it will be that the man whom I choose, his staff will sprout, and so I will remove from me the murmuring of the sons of Israel, which they themselves are murmuring against you.” 6 And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their rulers gave to him a staff for the ruler, to each one a staff, for each ruler according to their ancestral households, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. 7 And Moses put up the staffs before the Lord in the tent of testimony. 8 And so it happened that on the next day, Moses and Aaron entered into the tent of testimony and, behold, the staff of Aaron in the house of Levi had sprouted and brought forth a shoot and put out blossoms and sprouted almonds. 9 And then Moses brought forth all the staffs from the face of the Lord to all the sons of Israel, and they saw, and each one took his staff. 10 And the Lord said to Moses, “Put aside the staff of Aaron before the testimony for preservation as a sign to the sons of the disobedient, and let their murmuring cease from me, so that they will not die.” 11 So Moses and Aaron did accordingly; as the Lord charged Moses, just so they did. 12 And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Look, we are perishing; we are utterly destroyed; we are consumed! 13 Everyone who touches anything of the tent of the Lord is dying, until we may die completely out.”
18And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, “You and your sons and your ancestral household will bear the offering with respect to the holy things; you and your sons will bear the sins with respect to your priestly office. 2 And now, bring your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the family of your father, to yourself, and let them be added to you, and let them minister to you, as you and your sons with you minister before the tent of testimony. 3 And they will keep your charges and the responsibilities of the tent, only with respect to the holy vessels and with respect to the altar they will not come forward, so that they will not die, both they and you. 4 And they will be joined with you and will maintain the responsibilities with respect to the tent of testimony in accordance with all the religious duties with respect to the tent, but an unauthorized person will not come to you. 5 And so you will observe the obligations for the holy things and the responsibilities for the altar, and there will not be wrath among the sons of Israel. 6 And I myself have taken your brothers, the Levites, from among the midst of the sons of Israel, as a gift granted by the Lord, to administer the liturgical services of the tent of testimony. 7 And you yourself and your sons with you will closely attend to your priestly office according to all procedures relating to the altar, and with respect to what is within the veil. And you will perform the liturgical services as a gift of your priestly office; but the unauthorized person who comes forward will die.” Offerings of the Levites 8 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, “And look, I myself have given to you the charge of the firstfruits from among all the things consecrated to me from the sons of Israel. I have given them to you as a gift of honor and to your sons after you as a perpetual ordinance. 9 And let be this yours from among the consecrated holy things of the burnt offerings, from among all of their gifts, and from among all the offerings, and from among every trespass offering of theirs and from among all the sin offerings, whatever they have given to me from among all the holy things; it will be yours and your sons’. 10 You will eat them in the holy of holies; every male will eat them; you yourself and your sons, it will be holy to you. 11 And this will be for you: firstfruits of their gifts from among all the contributions of the sons of Israel; to you I have given them and to your sons and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Every clean person in your household will eat them. 12 Every first offering of olive oil and every first offering of wine grain, first offerings from them, whatever they may give to the Lord, to you I have given them. 13 All the first fruits that are in their land, whatever they may bring to the Lord, to you it will be. Every clean person in your household will eat them. 14 Every thing devoted among the sons of Israel will be yours. 15 And so everything opening the womb from all flesh, whatever they bring to the Lord, from human to animal, will be yours, but for a ransom price the firstborn of humans will be redeemed, and you will redeem the firstborn of unclean livestock. 16 Now its ransoming will be from a month old, the valuation of five shekels according to the holy shekel, they are twenty obels. 17 But the firstborn of young cattle and the firstborn of the flock and the firstborn of the goats you will not redeem; they are consecrated, and their blood you will pour out on the altar, and the fat you will send up as a burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord. 18 And the meat will be yours, and the breast of the wave offering and likewise with respect to the right shoulder, it will be yours. 19 Every choice offering of the holy things, whatever the sons of Israel may offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord to you and to your seed after you.” 20 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, “In their land you will not have an inheritance, and there will not be a portion for you among them, because I myself am your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel. 21 “And to the sons of Levi, look, I have given every tithe in Israel as a share in return for their work of ministry, with respect to whatever they themselves render as ministry pertaining to their religious duties in the tent of testimony. 22 And the sons of Israel will no longer come near to the tent of testimony and so incur mortal sin. 23 And the Levite himself will perform the religious duties of the tent of testimony, and they themselves will take up their sins; this is a perpetual ordinance throughout their generations. And among the sons of Israel they will not receive an inheritance. 24 For the tithes of the sons of Israel, whatever they set aside to the Lord as choice designated offerings, I have given to the Levites as a share; for this reason I have said to them, ‘In the midst of the sons of Israel they will not receive an inheritance.’ ” 25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “And you will speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘Whenever you receive the tithe from the sons of Israel, which I have given to you from them as a share, then you yourselves will separate out from it a portion to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe. 27 And it will be reckoned to you with respect to your special choice gifts, as grain from a threshing floor and a choice offering from the wine press. 28 So in this way, you yourselves shall also separate them from the special choice sacrifices of the Lord from all your tithes, whatever you receive from the sons of Israel, and you will give a portion from them to Aaron the priest. 29 From all your gifts you will separate out the choice portions for the Lord or from all the firstfruits the consecrated portion from it.’ 30 And you will say to them, ‘Whenever you remove the first choice offerings from it, then it will be reckoned to the Levites as produce from a threshing floor, and as produce from the winepress. 31 And you and your households may eat it in any place because this is wages for you in return for your work of ministry with respect to those things done in the tent of testimony. 32 And so you will not bear sin, on account of this, because you removed the first choice offerings from it. And you will not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel, lest you die.’ ”
19And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “This is the injunction of the law, concerning things the Lord commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel and let them deliver to you a red heifer without blemish, which has no flaw in it and a yoke has not been placed on it. 3 And you will give it to Eleazar, the priest, and they will take her outside of the encampment to a clean place, and they shall slay her in his presence. 4 And Eleazar will take some of its blood and sprinkle it before the front of the tent of testimony from its blood seven times. 5 And they will burn it in front of him, and the skin and its flesh and its blood together with its dung will be burned to ashes. 6 And the priest will take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and they will toss it into the midst of the flames consuming the heifer. 7 And the priest will wash his garments and bathe his body with water. And after these things, he will enter into the encampment, but the priest will be unclean until evening. 8 And the one who burned it will wash his garments and will bathe his body and will be unclean until evening. 9 And a clean person will gather up the ashes of the heifer and will store them outside the encampment in a clean place, and it will be for the congregation of the sons of Israel to preserve. It will serve as water of purification for sprinkling. 10 And the one who gathered up the ashes of the heifer will wash his garments, and he will be unclean until evening; and this will be a perpetual ordinance for the sons of Israel and for the resident aliens residing among you. 11 “ ‘The one who touches the corpse of any human being will be unclean for seven days. 12 This person will be purified on the third day, and on the seventh day and he will be clean, but if he is not purified on the third day and the seventh day, he will be not clean. 13 Anyone who touches the corpse of a human being, if it has died, but has not been purified, he has polluted the tent of the Lord; that person will be destroyed from among Israel because the water for sprinkling was not sprinkled on him. He is unclean; his same impurity still remains in him. 14 And this is the law: If a person dies in his house, everyone who goes into the house, and whatever is in the house, will be unclean for seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which is not bound with a binding in it, is unclean. 16 And everyone who may touch a fatally wounded man on the surface of the field or a corpse or a human bone or a grave marker will be unclean for seven days. 17 And they will take for the unclean person some of the ashes from what was burnt for purification and pour them on living water in a vessel. 18 And a clean man will take hyssop and dip it in water and will sprinkle the house and the various vessels and the persons, whoever may be there, and the one who touched the bone of a human or a fatally wounded man or a corpse or a grave marker. 19 And the clean person will sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. And he will be purified on the seventh day, and he will wash his garments and will bathe with water, but he will still be unclean until evening. 20 And a man who becomes polluted and is not purified, that person will be utterly destroyed from among the midst of the congregation because he defiled the holy things of the Lord, since water for sprinkling was not sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 21 And it will be for you a perpetual ordinance, and the one who sprinkles the water for sprinkling will wash his garments, and the one who touches the water for sprinkling will be unclean until evening. 22 And everything that the unclean person may touch will be polluted, and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening.’ ”
20And then the sons of Israel, the entire congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. And the people remained in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there. 2 Now there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered themselves against Moses and Aaron. 3 And the people railed against Moses, saying, “Would that we had died in the destruction of our brothers in the presence of the Lord! 4 And for what purpose did you bring up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness to slay us and our livestock? 5 And for what purpose is this? You led us out of Egypt to come into this place, a place where there is no sowing of seeds nor figs nor vines nor pomegranates, nor even water to drink.” 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the face of the congregation to the entrance of the tent of testimony, and they fell on their faces, and then the glory of the Lord appeared to them. 7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take the staff and convene with the congregation, you and Aaron, your brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it will produce its water; and bring forth for them water from the rock, and you shall give drink to the congregation and their livestock.” 9 And Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as the Lord commanded. 10 And Moses and Aaron summoned the congregation before the rock, and Moses said to them, “Hear me, rebels! Shall we bring forth water out of this rock for you?” 11 And after raising his hand, Moses struck the rock with the staff twice, and then abundant water came forth, and the congregation and their livestock drank. 12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me sufficiently to sanctify me before the sons of Israel, for this reason you yourselves will not lead this congregation into the land that I have given to them. 13 These are the waters of strife and controversy, because the sons of Israel scoffed in the presence of the Lord, and he was made holy among them.” Edom Denies Israel Passage 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, “Your brother Israel says these things: ‘You yourself are aware of all the hardship that has befallen us. 15 And that our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt many days; and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. 16 And that we cried out to the Lord, and the Lord listened to our cries, and sending forth a messenger, he led us out from Egypt. And now we are in the city of Kadesh, along the boundaries of your borders. 17 We would now pass through your land; we will not go through the fields nor through vineyards, nor will we drink water from your cisterns; we will proceed by the king’s highway; and we will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we cross your borders.’ ” 18 And Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, or else I will go out in battle array to confront you.” 19 And the sons of Israel said to him, “By the hill country we will pass by, and if we drink your water, whether I or the livestock, I will pay the price to you. But the issue is nothing, for by the hill country we will pass by.” 20 But the king of Edom said, “You will not pass through me!” And Edom went forth for a confrontation with him with a great multitude and with a strong hand. 21 And Edom was not willing to permit Israel to pass through their territory; and Israel turned away from them. The Death of Aaron 22 And they set out from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, the entire congregation, arrived at Mount Hor. 23 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, at the borders of the land of Edom, saying, 24 “Let Aaron be added to his people, because you will certainly not enter into the land that I have given to the sons of Israel, since you provoked me at the water of strife. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, and have them go up into Mount Hor, in the presence of all the congregation. 26 And then strip from Aaron of his garment, and clothe Eleazar, his son; and Aaron, being added to his people, let him die there.” 27 And Moses did just as the Lord had charged and had him go up into Mount Hor, in front of all the congregation. 28 And he stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar, his son; and Aaron died at the top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29 And then the entire congregation saw that Aaron was dead. And all the household of Israel wept over Aaron for thirty days.
21And the Canaanite, King Arad, who was dwelling by the wilderness, heard (for Israel came by way of Atharim), and he made war against Israel and carried off some of them as captives of war. 2 And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will deliver this people to me, into my authority, I will devote it and its cities to you.” 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel and delivered the Canaanites into his authority, and Israel devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema.a The Bronze Serpent 4 And when they set out from Hor, through territory leading by the way of the Red Sea, they circled around the land of Edom, and the people became weary on the way. 5 And the people railed against God and against Moses, saying, “For what purpose is this, that you have led us out of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? Because there is no food or water, and our soul is weary with this meager food.” 6 And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and many people died from among the sons of Israel. 7 And, after coming forward, the people said to Moses, “We have sinned because we spoke against the Lord and against you; entreat, therefore, the Lord, and have him remove from us the serpent.” And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make yourself a serpent and set it on a standard, and it will happen that if a serpent bites a person, anyone who has been bitten, on looking at it, will live.” 9 And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a standard; and so it happened whenever a serpent bit a person, and he looked on the bronze serpent, he lived. 10 And the sons of Israel set out and pitched camp in Oboth. 11 And after setting out from Oboth, and they pitched camp at Iye-abarim toward the farther side in the desert wilderness, which is along the face of Moab, toward the east. 12 From there they set out and pitched camp at Ravine Zered. 13 From there, after setting out, they pitched camp on the other side of the Arnon in the desert wilderness that extends from the borders of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the boundary limit of Moab between Moab and between the Amorites. 14 For this reason it is said in a book,a A War of the Lord: “The Zoob is set on fire, and the flowing streams of the Arnon. 15 And he established the flowing streams, causing Er to dwell there, and it lies by the borders of Moab.” 16 And from there they moved to the well, this is the well concerning which the Lord said to Moses, “Gather together the people, and I will give them water to drink.” 17 At that time Israel sang this song concerning the well: “Begin to sing it. 18 The well, the rulers dug it, the kings of the nations hewed it, in their kingdom, by their authority.” And from the well they moved to Mattanah, 19 and from Mattanah to Manael, and from Manael to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to Ianen, which is in the plain of Moab from the height of the Quarried Rock as seen looking down toward the wilderness. The Defeat of Sihon and Og 21 And Moses sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with a peaceful message, saying, 22 “We will be passing through your land; we will proceed along the main road; we will not turn aside, neither into a field nor into a vineyard; we will not drink water from your well. We will proceed along the king’s highway until we pass cross your borders.” 23 But Sihon did not grant Israel passage through his borders, and Sihon gathered all his people and came forth in battle array against Israel in the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and prepared to battle against Israel. 24 And Israel struck him, slaying him with the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon, for Jazer is the boundary limit of the sons of Ammon. 25 And Israel took over all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all the villages adjacent to it. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites; he was also the one who made war with the king of Moab in the past and had taken all his land from Aroer, as far as the Arnon. 27 For this reason those who speak in riddles will say: “Come to Heshbon, in order that it may be built, and the city of Sihon be fully furnished. 28 For fire went forth from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon, and has devoured as far as Moab and devoured the sacred pillars of Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! Their sons are given over to be maintained and their daughters as captives to the king of the Amorite Sihon. 30 And so their seed will perish at Heshbon as far as Dibon, and the women still more caused a flaming fire against Moab.” [10] 31 And Israel inhabited all those cities of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to scout out Jazer, and they seized it and its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were dwelling there. 33 And after returning, they went up by the way that leads to Bashan. And Og, king of Bashan, along with all his people, came forth to confront them for war at Edrei. 34 And the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and all his land into your hands, and you will do to him just as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon.” 35 And he struck him and his sons and all his people until there was no living captive of his, and they inherited their land.
22And so, after setting out, the sons of Israel pitched camp on the west of Moab, beside the Jordan, down by Jericho. 2 And when Balak son of Zippor saw everything that Israel did to the Amorites, 3 Moab feared the people greatly because they were many, and Moab was provoked at the face of the sons of Israel. 4 And Moab spoke to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up everything that is around us as an ox licks up the green herbs of the field.” Now Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 5 And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on the river of the land of the sons of his people, to summon him, saying, “Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and look, it covers the surface of the land, and this people is encamping beside me. 6 And now, come! Curse this people for me, for this people is stronger than we are, so that perhaps we may be able to strike some of them, and then I will cast them out of the land; for I know that those, whomever you yourself may bless, are blessed, and those whom you yourself place under a curse are under a curse.” 7 And the council of elders of Moab and the council of elders of Midian proceeded, and the oracle was in their hands. And they came to Balaam and said to him the words of Balak. 8 Then he said to them, “Remain here during the night, and I will give an answer to you concerning the things that the Lord may speak to me.” And the rulers of Moab remained with Balaam. 9 Then God came beside Balaam and said to him, “Why are these people with you?” 10 Then Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying, 11 ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and look, it covers the face of the land; and this people is encamping beside me. And now, come! Curse him for me; if so, then I will be able to strike him, and I will cast him out of the land.’ ” 12 And God said to Balaam, “You will not proceed with them, nor will you curse the people, for the people is blessed.” 13 And when Balaam arose in the morning, he said to the leaders of Balak, “Depart to your ruler; God is not permitting me to go along with you.” 14 And after arising, the rulers of Moab came to Balak and said, “Balaam was not willing to come with us.” 15 And Balak continued further to send rulers, more numerous and more honorable than those. 16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Balak the son of Zippor says these things: ‘I entreat you that you do not hesitate to come to me. 17 For I will honor you honorably, and whatever you may say I will do for you; and so come! Put a curse for me on this people.’ ” 18 And Balaam answered and said to the rulers of Balak, “Even if Balak gives me his house filled with silver and gold, I am not able to transgress the command of the Lord God, to perform something small or great by my mind. 19 So now you yourselves remain here during this night, and I will find out what the Lord will continue to say to me.” 20 And God came to Balaam and spoke to him, “If these people have come to summon you, rise up and follow them. But only the word that I will speak to you, this will you do.” Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel 21 And when Balaam arose early in the morning, he loaded up his donkey and went with the distinguished rulers of Moab. 22 But God became angry with wrath because he was going, and so the messenger of God took up a position to withstand him. Now he himself went along on his donkey, and his two servants with him. 23 And when the donkey saw the messenger of God blocking the way and the drawn sword in his hand, then the donkey turned out of its way and went out into the field. And he struck the donkey with a rod to correct it back onto the roadway. 24 And the messenger of God stood in the lanes of the vineyards, a fence on one side and a fence on the other side. 25 And the donkey, seeing the messenger of God, pressed itself against the wall and mashed the foot of Balaam, and he continued to further whip it. 26 And the messenger of God continued forward and, after moving on, stood in a narrow place into which there was no place to maneuver to the right or to the left. 27 And when the donkey saw the messenger of God, it lay down under Balaam, and Balaam became provoked and struck the donkey with a rod. 28 And God opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” 29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, and if I had a sword in hand, I would have killed you already.” 30 But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have been riding from your youth until this very day? Have I ever treated you with utter contempt, disregarding you in this way?” And Balaam said, “No.” 31 And God uncovered the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the messenger of the Lord blocking the way and the drawn sword in his hand; and bending over, he lowered his face. 32 And the messenger of God said to him, “Why did you strike your donkey these three times? And behold, I myself came forth to oppose you, because your journey is not appropriate before me. 33 And having seen me, the donkey turned aside from me these three times, and if it had not turned aside now, therefore, I would have slain you; but I would have kept it alive.” 34 And Balaam said to the messenger of the Lord, “I have erred, for I did not know that you yourself were opposing me in the road to confront me, and now, if it does not seem good to you, I will turn back.” 35 And the messenger of God said to Balaam, “Go along with the people, but only the word that I may speak to you, this you will be careful to speak.” And Balaam proceeded to go along with the distinguished rulers of Balak. 36 And Balak, hearing that Balaam had come, went forth to meet him at a city of Moab, which is on the borders of the Arnon, which is at the outer edges of the border. 37 And then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me, as if I really would not be able to reward you?” 38 And Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you; now will I be able to speak anything? Only the word that God may place into my mouth, this I will speak.” 39 And Balaam went along with Balak, and they came to Cities of Villages. 40 And Balak sacrificed sheep and oxen and sent to Balaam and to the rulers with him. 41 And early morning came, and Balak, taking along Balaam, brought him up to the pillar of Baal. And there he pointed out to him a certain portion of the people.
23And Balaam said to Balak, “Construct for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven oxen and seven rams.” 2 And Balak did just as Balaam said to him and sacrificed an ox and a ram on each altar. 3 And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your sacrifice, and I will proceed. If God appears to me in a meeting, and the matter which perhaps he will show to me, I will report to you.” And Balak stood nearby beside his sacrifice; and Balaam proceeded to inquire from God; and he went forth immediately. 4 And God appeared to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, “The seven altars I have prepared, and I offered up an ox and a ram on each altar.” 5 And God placed a word into the mouth of Balaam and said, “Turn and go back to Balak; thus you will speak.” 6 And Balaam returned to him, and he stood by his whole burnt offerings, and all the rulers of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came on him. 7 And taking up his poetic discourse, he said, “Out from Paddan-aram Balak sent for me, the king of Moab, out of the mountainous hill country of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come entreat curses against Israel for me.’ 8 How may I curse whom the Lord has not cursed? Or how may I condemn whom God has not condemned? 9 For from the height of the mountainous hill country I will see him, and from high places I will perceive him. Behold a people will dwell alone and will not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can calculate the seed of Jacob? And who can number the multitude of Israel? May my soul die among the souls of the righteous, and may my seed be as the seed of these people.” 11 And Balak responded to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I summoned you to curse my enemies, and now, look, you have spoken well of them with a blessing.” 12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Is it not that whatever things God may place into my mouth, this I will be careful to speak?” 13 And so Balak said to him, “Come yet with me to a different place from which you will not see them from there, only some part of them you will see, but you will see not all; and curse them for me from there.” 14 And so he took him to a high projection of land to the summit of a hewn stone, and he constructed there seven altars and offered up an ox and a ram on each altar. 15 And Balaam said to Balak, “Remain here by your sacrifice, and I myself will go on to inquire from God.” 16 And so God met Balaam and placed a word into his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and you will speak the following things.” 17 And Balaam returned to him; and he was standing by his whole burnt offering, and all the rulers of Moab with him, and Balak said to him, “What did the Lord say?” 18 And so, taking up his poetic discourse, Balaam said, “Rise up, Balak, and listen; hearken as a witness, son of Zippor! 19 God is not like a human to deceive, nor like a son of humanity to be threatened. He himself, having spoken, will he not act? Will he proclaim and not remain firm? 20 Look, I am compelled to bless! I will bless, and I will not turn back from it. 21 There will be no trouble in Jacob, nor will grief be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him; the glory of distinguished rulers is among him. 22 God, the one who brought them out of Egypt, as it were the splendor of the unicorn is his. 23 For there is no omen in Jacob nor divination in Israel. At the appointed time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel what God will bring to pass. 24 Lo, a people, like a lion’s whelp, will rise up, and like a lion will be exalted; he will not sleep until he consumes prey and the blood of the slain is drunk.” 25 And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse him with curses for me, neither bless him by blessing.” 26 And in reply Balaam said to Balak, “Have I not told you, saying, ‘The word that God may speak, this I will deliver’?” 27 And Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you along to another place, in case it will please God, and you call down curses for me against him from there.” 28 And Balak took along Balaam to the summit of Peor, which extends into the desert wilderness. 29 And Balaam said to Balak, “Construct for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven oxen and seven rams.” 30 And Balak did just as Balaam said to him and sacrificed an ox and ram on the altar.
24Now Balaam, seeing that it was pleasing before the Lord to bless Israel, did not proceed according to earlier practice to consult the omens but turned his face toward the desert wilderness. 2 And lifting up his eyes, Balaam looked down on Israel, encamped according to tribes; then the Spirit of God came on him. 3 And taking up his poetic discourse, he said, “Balaam son of Beor says, the person who sees clearly says; 4 the one who hears the oracles of God says, who saw visions from God as in sleep, his eyes being open: 5 ‘How fair are your houses, O Jacob; your tents, O Israel. 6 Like shady glens and like an orchard beside streams and like tents that the Lord has pitched, like cedar trees beside water. 7 A man will come forth from his seed and prevail over many peoples, and he will be raised up higher than the kingdom of Gog, and his kingdom will increase. 8 God led him out of Egypt, like the splendor of the unicorn to him. He will dine on the nations of his enemies, and he will suck their strength from them, and he will strike down the enemy with his arrows. 9 Lying down, he rested as a lion and as a lion’s whelp; who will raise up him? Those who bless you are blessed, and those who curse you are under a curse.’ ” 10 And Balak became provoked against Balaam and struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemy, and, behold, blessing, you have indeed blessed them this third time. 11 Now, therefore, get back to your own territory. I said I would reward you, but now the Lord has deprived you of honor.” 12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Have I not spoken, in fact, to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, 13 ‘Even if Balak would give to me his house filled with silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord in reporting it as ominous or as well meaning, as far as I am concerned. Whatever things God may say, I will say these things.’ 14 And now, behold, I am about to depart to my territory. Come! I will advise you concerning what this people will do to your people during the latter days.” 15 And then, taking up his poetic discourse, he said, “Balaam son of Beor says, the person who sees the truth says, 16 ‘The one who hears the oracles of God, who is acquainted with the knowledge from the Most High, and the one who sees the vision from God as in sleep, his eyes being open, 17 I will show him, but not just now, I bless, but he is not near. A star will rise up out of Jacob, and a person will be established out of Israel, and he will shatter the rulers of Moab and will plunder all the sons of Seth. [11] 18 And Edom will be an inheritance, and Esau, his enemy, will be an inheritance; and Israel does mightily. 19 And he will stir forth out of Jacob, and he will slay anyone being rescued from the city.’ ” 20 And when he looked on Amalek, then, taking up his poetic discourse, he said, “A head of the nations is Amalek, but their seed will be destroyed.” 21 And when he looked on the Kenite, then, taking up his poetic discourse, he said, “Secure is your dwelling place, and although you should have located your nest in stone, 22 and if a nest of cunning happens to Beor, Asshur will take you captive.” 23 And looking on Og, then, taking up his poetic discourse, he said, “Alas! Alas! Who will survive whenever God sets these things in place? [12] 24 And one will come forth from the hand of the Kittim and afflict Assyria, and afflict the Hebrews, but they themselves will be destroyed all together.” 25 And rising, Balaam departed, returning to his territory. And Balak departed to his own place.
25Now Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people were profaned by whoring with the daughters of Moab. 2 They called them to the sacrifices for their idols, and the people ate their offerings and bowed down and worshiped their idols, 3 and Israel was consecrated to Baal-peor. And the Lord was incensed with wrath against Israel. 4 And the Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and punish them as an example for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord will be turned away from Israel.” 5 And Moses said to the tribes of Israel: “Slay, each one, anyone of his household who is now consecrated to Baal-peor.” 6 And behold, a man of the sons of Israel went and brought his brother to a Midianite woman in front of Moses and before the entire congregation of the sons of Israel, and they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of testimony. 7 And seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, rose up out of the midst of the congregation and took a barbed lance in his hand. 8 He went in after the Israelite man into the furnace and pierced both of them, both the Israelite man and the woman, through her womb. Then the plague was ceased from the sons of Israel. 9 Now those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand. 10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, caused my wrath to cease from the sons of Israel, in which I was zealous in my zeal against them; and I did not entirely destroy the sons of Israel in my fervent zeal. 12 So say thus: ‘Look, I myself am granting to him a covenant of peace. 13 And it will be to him and to his seed after him as a covenant of priesthood for all time, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel.’ ” 14 Now the name of the Israelite man who was struck down, who was smitten along with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, a ruler of an ancestral household of Simeon. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was struck down was Cozbi daughter of Shur, a ruler of the people of Ommoth, that is of an ancestral household of Midian. 16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 17 ‘Be hostile toward the Midianites and strike them, 18 for they themselves are at enmity with you through the treachery with respect to the things dealt out treacherously toward you through Peor, and on account of Cozbi, daughter of a ruler of Midian, their sister, who was smitten at the time of the plague because of Peor.’ ”
26aAnd it happened after the plague, and the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar, the priest, saying, 2 “Take a census of the entire congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years and over, according to their ancestral households, every one who goes forth to battle in Israel.” 3 Then Moses and Eleazar, the priest, spoke in Arabothb of Moab, beside the Jordan, down by Jericho, saying, 4 “From twenty years and over, the way the Lord commanded to Moses, you and the sons of Israel, who came forth from Egypt.” 5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; and the sons of Reuben: Enoch, and the clan of Enoch; to Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6 to Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; to Carmi, the clan of Carmi. 7 These are the clans of Reuben; and their inspection was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; these were chosen men of the congregation. These men were the ones who assembled together against Moses and Aaron among the assembly of Korah at the uprising against the Lord. 10 And so the earth, opening its mouth, swallowed them and Korah in his assembly when fire completely consumed the two hundred and fifty. And they served as a sign. 11 But the sons of Korah did not die. 12 And the sons of Simeon: the clan of the sons of Simeon: to Nemuel, the clan of Nemuelites; to Jamin, the clan of Jaminites; to Jachin, the clan of Jachinites; 13 to Zerah, the clan of Zerahites; to Shaul, the clan of Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of Simeon according to their inspection, twenty-two thousand two hundred. 15 aAnd the sons of Judah: Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 16 And the sons of Judah according to their clans: to Shelah, the clan of Shelanites; to Perez, the clan of Perezites; to Zerah, the clan of Zerahites. 17 And the sons of Perez: to Hezron, the clan of Hezronites; to Hamul, the clan of Hamulites. 18 These are the clans of Judah according to their numbering, seventy-six thousand five hundred. 19 And the sons of Issachar according to their clans: to Tola, the clan of Tolaites; to Puvah, the clan of Punites; 20 to Jashub, the clan of Jashubites; to Shimron, the clan of Shimronites. 21 These are the clans of Issachar according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand three hundred. 22 The sons of Zebulun according to their clans: to Sered, the clan of Seredites; to Elon, the clan of Elonites; to Jahleel, the clan of Jahleelites. 23 These are the clans of Zebulun according to their numbering, sixty thousand five hundred. 24 bThe sons of Gad according to their clans: to Ziphion, the clan of Zephonites; to Haggi, the clan of Haggi; to Shuni, the clan of Shuni; 25 to Ozni, the clan of Ozni; to Eri, the clan of Eri; 26 to Arod, the clan of Arod; to Ariel, the clan of Arelites. 27 These are the clans of the sons of Gad according to their numbering: forty-four thousand five hundred. 28 cThe sons of Asher according to their clans: to Imnah, the clan of Imnites; to Ishvi, the clan of Ishvites; to Beriah, the clan of Beriites; 29 to Heber, the clan of Heberites; to Malchiel, the clan of Malchielites. 30 And the name of the daughter of Asher, Kara. 31 These are the clans of Asher according to their numbering, forty-three thousand six hundred. 32 The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 33 d The sons of Manasseh: to Machir, the clan of Machirites, and Machir gave birth to Gilead; to Gilead, the clan of Gileadites. 34 And these are the sons of Gilead: to Iezer, the clan of Iezerites; to Helek, the clan of Helekites; 35 Azriel, the clan of Asrielites; to Shechem, the clan of Shechemites; 36 to Shemida, the clan of Shemidaites; and Hepher, the clan of Hepherites. 37 And to Zelophehad son of Hepher there were not to him sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of the daughters of Zelophehad: Mahlah and Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah. 38 These are the clans of Manasseh according to their numbering, fifty-two thousand seven hundred. 39 Now these are the sons of Ephraim: to Shuthelah, the clan of Shuthelahites; to Taanach, the clan of Tahanites. 40 These are the sons of Shuthelah: to Eran, the clan of Eranites. 41 These are the clans of Ephraim according to their numbering, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the clans of the sons of Joseph according to their clans. 42 The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: to Bela, the clan of Belaites; to Ashbel, the clan of Ashbelites; to Ahiram, the clan of Ahiramites; 43 to Shephupham, the clan of Shuphamites. 44 And these were the sons of Bela, Adar, and Naaman. 45 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans according to their numbering, thirty-five thousand five hundred. 46 And the sons of Dan according to their clans: to Shuham, the clan of Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans. 47 All the clans of Shuhamites according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand six hundred. 48 The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: Jahzeel, the clan of Jahzeelites; to Guni, the clan of Guni; 49 to Jezer, the clan of Jezerites; to Shallum, the clan of Shallumites. 50 These are the clans of Naphtali according to their numbering, thirty thousand three hundred. 51 So this is the census taken of the sons of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “To these the land will be distributed to hold in inheritance based on the number of names. 54 To those more numerous you will increase the inheritance, and to those fewer in number you will reduce their inheritance; to each one, just as they were numbered, their inheritance will be given. 55 By the use of lots the land will be distributed by names; according to their ancestral tribes they will receive an inheritance. 56 By the indication of the lot you will divide up their inheritance between the many and the few.” 57 And the sons of Levi according to their clans: to Gershon, the clan of Gershonites; to Kohath, the clan of Kohathites; to Merari, the clan of Merari. 58 These are the clans of the sons of Levi: the clan of Libni, the clan of Hebronites, the clan of Korahites, and the clan of Mushi; and Kohath gave birth to Amram. 59 Now the name of his wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who bore them for the tribe of Levi in Egypt, and so she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses and Miriam, their sister. 60 And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abihu and Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 Now Nadab and Abihu died when they brought unauthorized fire before the Lord in the desert wilderness of Sinai. 62 And there were according to their numbering twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and over; indeed, they were not included along with the sons of Israel because a share was not given to them among the sons of Israel. 63 Now this is the inspection of Moses and Eleazar, the priest, who inspected the sons of Israel at Arabotha of Moab beside the Jordan, down by Jericho. 64 Now among these there was no man of those who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron, whom they numbered, with respect to the sons of Israel, in the desert wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said to him, “They will die by death in the desert wilderness, and there will not be left from them even one person, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.”
27And the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, of the clan of Manassite, of the sons of Joseph, came forward; and these are their names: Mahlah and Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah. 2 And so having taken their place before Moses and before Eleazar, the priest, and before the distinguished rulers and before the entire gathering at the entrance of the tent of testimony, they said, 3 “Our father died in the desert wilderness, but he himself was not among the gathering who gathered together against the Lord in the assembly of Korah; because on account of his own sin, he died, and he had no sons. 4 Let the name of our father not be wiped out from the midst of his clan because he has no son. Give us a possession among the brothers of our father.” 5 And Moses brought their case before the Lord. 6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad have spoken rightly; you will give a gift to them, a possession of an inheritance among the brothers of their father, and assign the inheritance of their father to them. 8 And you will speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘When a person dies and he has no son, pass on his inheritance to his daughter. 9 And if he has no daughter, you will give the inheritance to his brother. 10 And if he has no brothers, you will give the inheritance to the brother of his father. 11 And if his father has no brothers, you will give the inheritance to his nearest relation from his tribe; he will inherit his things. And this will constitute to the sons of Israel an ordinance of justice, just as the Lord charged Moses.’ ” Joshua is Moses’ Successor 12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go on up into the mountainous region, which is in the region on the other side, that is Mount Nebo, and view the land of Canaan, which I myself am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession. [13] 13 Then view it, and you will be added to your people, even you yourself, just as Aaron, your brother, was added in at Mount Hur, 14 because you transgressed my word in the desert wilderness of Zin, when the congregation refused to sanctify me; you did not sanctify me with regard to the water in their presence; this is the water of strife and controversy at Meribath-kadesh in the desert wilderness of Zin.” 15 Then Moses said to the Lord, 16 “Let the Lord, the God of spirits and of all flesh, diligently attend to a person over this congregation, 17 someone who will go out before the face of them and who will enter in before them and who will lead them out and who will lead them in. Then the congregation of the Lord will not be like sheep for whom there is no shepherd.” 18 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take to yourself Joshua son of Nun, a man who has the spirit in himself, and place your hands on him. 19 And you will present him before Eleazar, the priest, and will charge him before the entire congregation and give a charge concerning him before them. 20 Then you will place your authority on him, so that the sons of Israel will hearken to him. 21 And he will stand before Eleazar, the priest, and they will ask him about the judgment of the lightsa before the Lord; at his instruction they will go forth, and at his instruction they will come in, he himself and the sons of Israel together, even the entire congregation.” 22 And Moses did just as the Lord had commanded to him. And taking Joshua, he stood him before Eleazar, the priest, and before the entire congregation. 23 And he placed his hands on him and appointed him just as the Lord had charged Moses.
28And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Charge the sons of Israel and speak to them, saying, ‘My gifts, my donations, my offerings by fire for a sweet-smelling aroma, be careful to bring them to me at my feasts.’ 3 And you will say to them, ‘These are the offerings by fire for whatever you will bring to the Lord: a lamb, a year old, without blemish, two each day for a perpetual whole burnt offering. 4 The one lamb you will offer each morning, and the second lamb you will offer each evening. 5 And you will offer fine wheat flour, a tenth of an ephah, for a sacrifice, prepared with olive oil of a fourth part of a hin, 6 as perpetual whole burnt offering, which was begun at Mount Sinai, for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord. 7 And its drink offering will be a fourth of a hin with the one lamb; in the holy place you will pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. 8 And you will offer the second lamb at evening, according to its sacrifice and according to its drink offering. You will offer it for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord.’ ” Sabbath Offerings 9 “ ‘And on the Sabbath day you will bring two lambs, a year old, without blemish, and two-tenths of a measure of fine wheat flour prepared in olive oil for a sacrifice and drink offering, 10 as a whole burnt offering for the Sabbaths on the Sabbath days besides the perpetual whole burnt offering and its drink offering.’ ” Monthly Offerings 11 “ ‘And on the new moons you will bring whole burnt offerings to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd and one ram, seven one-year-old lambs without blemish. 12 Three tenths of a measure of fine wheat flour prepared in olive oil for one young bull, and two tenths of a measure of fine wheat flour prepared with olive oil for the one ram. 13 A tenth of a measure of the finest wheat flour prepared with olive oil for the one lamb, a sacrifice, a sweet-smelling aroma, a burnt offering to the Lord. 14 The drink offering for them will be a half of a hin for the one young bull, and a third of a hin for the one ram, and a fourth of a hin for the one lamb with respect to wine; this is the monthly whole burnt offering for each month during the months of the year. 15 And one male kid from among the goats as a sin offering to the Lord; beside the perpetual whole burnt offering it will be offered and its drink offering.’ ” Passover Offerings 16 “ ‘And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, there will be a Passover to the Lord. 17 And on the fifteenth day of this month there will be a feast; for seven days you will eat unleavened bread. 18 And the first day will be designated holy for you; you will not perform any common labor. 19 And you will bring whole burnt offerings, offerings by fire, to the Lord: two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven one-year-old lambs; they will be without blemish to you. 20 And their sacrifice of the finest wheat flour prepared in olive oil, three-tenths of a measure for the one young bull and two-tenths of a measure for the one ram, 21 you will make a tenth a tenth for the one lamb and for the seven lambs. 22 And you will offer one young he-goat from among the goats for a sin offering to make atonement for you, 23 besides the perpetual early morning whole burnt offering, which is a perpetual whole burnt offering. 24 You will execute these things according to these procedures each day for seven days, a burnt offering for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord; beside the perpetual whole burnt offering, you will offer its drink offering. 25 And the seventh day will be a holy assembly for you; you will not do any common labor on it.’ ” Offerings at the Feast of Weeks 26 “ ‘And on the day of the firstfruits, whenever you are bringing a new sacrifice to the Lord, during the Festival of Weeks, there will be a holy assembly for you; you will not do any common labor. 27 And you will bring whole burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord: two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven lambs, a year old, without blemish. 28 The sacrifice for them will be of the finest wheat flour prepared with olive oil, three-tenths of a measure for the one young bull and two-tenths of a measure for the one ram. 29 A tenth of a measure for the one lamb and for the seven lambs. 30 And there will be one young he-goat from among the goats for a sin offering to make atonement for you 31 besides the perpetual whole burnt offering. And you will prepare their sacrifice for me and their drink offerings; they will be without blemish to you.’ ”
29“ ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there will be a holy assembly for you. You will not do any common labor; it will become a day of giving a signal for you. 2 And you will perform whole burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord: one young bull from the herd, one ram, seven one-year-old lambs without blemish. 3 The sacrifice for them will be of the finest wheat flour prepared with olive oil, three-tenths of a measure for the one young bull and two-tenths of a measure for the one ram. 4 A tenth of a measure for the one lamb and for the seven lambs. 5 And one young he-goat from among the goats for a sin offering to make atonement for you, 6 besides the whole burnt offerings of the new moon and their sacrifices and their drink offerings and the perpetual whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices and their drink offerings, according to their instructions, for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord. 7 “ ‘And on the tenth day of this month will be a holy assembly for you, and you will afflict your souls, and you will not do any work. 8 And you will offer whole burnt offerings as a sweet-smelling aroma, offerings by fire to the Lord: one young bull from the herd, one ram, seven one-year-old lambs; they will be unblemished to you. 9 The accompanying sacrifice for them will be of the finest wheat flour prepared with olive oil, three-tenths of a measure for the one young bull, and two-tenths of a measure for the one ram. 10 A tenth of a measure for the one lamb, and for the seven lambs. 11 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering to make atonement for you, besides the one for a sin offering for atonement, and the perpetual whole burnt offering with its accompanying offerings and its drink offering, according to its instructions, for a sweet-smelling aroma, a burnt offering, to the Lord. 12 “ ‘And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month, there will be a holy assembly for you. You will not do any common labor and will celebrate it as a festival to the Lord for seven days. 13 And you will bring whole burnt offerings, offerings by fire, for a sweet-smelling aroma to the Lord on the first day, thirteen young bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen oneyear-old lambs; without blemish shall they be. 14 Their sacrifices will be of the finest wheat flour prepared with olive oil, three-tenths of a measure for the one young bull, and so for the thirteen young bulls, and two-tenths of a measure for the one ram, and so for the two rams. 15 A tenth of a measure for the one lamb, and so for the fourteen lambs. 16 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering and their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 17 And on the second day, twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old lambs without blemish. 18 The offering for them and their drink offering will be for the young bulls and for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 19 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 20 On the third day, eleven calves, two rams, 14 one-year-old lambs without blemish. 21 The offering for them and their drink offering will be for the young bulls and for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 22 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 23 On the fourth day, ten young bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old lambs without blemish. 24 Their sacrifices and their drink offerings will be for the young bulls and for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 25 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 26 On the fifth day, nine calves, two rams, fourteen one-year-old lambs without blemish; 27 their sacrifices and their drink offerings will be for the young bulls and for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 28 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 29 On the sixth day, eight calves, two rams, fourteen one-year-old lambs without blemish. 30 Their sacrifices and their drink offerings will be for the young bulls and for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 31 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 32 On the seventh day, seven young bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old lambs. 33 Their sacrifices and their drink offerings for the young bulls and for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 34 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 35 And on the eighth day, there will be a finale for you; you will not do any common work on it. 36 And you will bring whole burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling aroma, offerings by fire to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, seven one-year-old lambs without blemish. 37 The sacrifices for them and their drink offerings for the young bull and for the ram and for the lambs, according to their number and according to their instructions. 38 And one young he-goat from the goats for a sin offering, in addition to the perpetual whole burnt offering with their sacrifices and their drink offerings. 39 “ ‘These offerings you will offer to the Lord during your feasts, besides your vow offerings and your freewill offerings and your whole burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your drink offerings and your peace offerings.’ ”
30And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. 2 And Moses spoke to the rulers of the tribes of Israel, saying, “This is the matter concerning which the Lord has given a charge. 3 A person, a person who vows a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to an obligation or binds himself concerning his soul, he will not profane his commitment. All that may come out from his mouth, he will do. 4 And if a woman vows a vow to the Lord or binds herself to an obligation while in the house of her father, while in her youth, 5 and her father hears of her vows and her obligations that she has bound herself to with respect to her soul, and her father keeps silent about it, then all her vows will be in effect, and all the obligations about which she has bound herself with respect to her soul remain in effect for her. 6 But if her father, disclaiming, disclaims on whatever day he hears of all her vows and the obligations about which she has been bound with respect to her soul, they will not remain in effect, and the Lord will excuse her because her father disclaimed. 7 And if she becomes a man’s wife and her vows are still on her according to the assertions of her own lips, concerning which she has bound herself with respect to her own soul, 8 and if her husband hears and keeps silent with respect to it on whichever day he hears, then accordingly will all her vows be in effect and her obligations that she has bound herself to with respect to her soul will stand. 9 But if her husband firmly refuses on the day he hears, all her vows and her obligations that she has bound herself to with respect to her soul will not stand, because her husband disclaimed her vows from her, and so the Lord will excuse her. 10 And the vow of a widow and of a divorced woman, whatever she vows with respect to her soul will remain in effect for her. 11 And if, while in the house of her husband, her vow or obligation was made with respect to her soul by means of an oath, 12 and if her husband hears and keeps silent with respect to it and does not refuse her, then all her vows will stand, and all her obligations that she has bound herself to with respect to her soul will be in effect with respect to her. 13 But if her husband, voiding, voids them on the day that he hears, everything that came out of her lips with respect to her vows and with respect to the obligations, the ones with respect to her soul, will not remain in effect for her; her husband canceled them, and the Lord will clear her. 14 Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband will make stand for her, and her husband will make void. 15 But if, keeping silent, he in fact continues to be silent toward her day by day, then he will make all her vows stand with respect to her, and he will make the obligations that are on her stand with respect to her, because he kept silent toward her on the day that he learned. 16 But if he, voiding, voids them after the day on which he heard, then he will accept his own sin. 17 These are the righteous ordinances that the Lord commanded Moses between a husband and his wife and between a father and a daughter while a youth in the house of her father.”
31And the Lord said to Moses, saying, 2 “Avenge the vengeance of the sons of Israel on the Midianites, and you will finally be gathered to your people.” 3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Completely arm men from among you to draw up in battle array before the Lord against Midian in order to execute vengeance from the Lord against Midian. 4 A thousand from one tribe, a thousand from another tribe, from all the tribes of Israel, send them to draw up in battle array.” 5 And there were counted out from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousands, armed for battle. 6 And Moses sent them, a thousand from one tribe, a thousand from another tribe, along with their hosts, and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, along with the holy vessels and the trumpets for communicating signals in their hands. 7 And they set themselves in battle array against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they slew every male. 8 And they killed the kings of Midian together with their men, slain in battle, and Evi and Shur and Rekem and Hur and Reba, five kings of Midian; and they killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword, along with their men slain in battle. 9 And they took as plunder the women of Midian and their household wealth and their livestock and all their acquired possessions, and they took their forces as plunder. 10 And all their cities that were in their settled areas and their unwalled villages they burned with fire. 11 And they took all the plunder and all their spoils from human to animal. 12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar, the priest, and to all the sons of Israel, the captives and the spoils and the plunder into the encampment to Araboth in Moab, which is beside the Jordan, down by Jericho. 13 And Moses came forth along with Eleazar, the priest, and all the rulers of the congregation for a meeting with them outside the encampment. 14 And Moses became angry at the commanders of the military forces, the leaders over thousands and the leaders over hundreds, with those coming from the battle engagements of the war. 15 And Moses said to them, “For what reason did you capture every female alive? 16 For these very ones were, to the sons of Israel, with regard to the word of Balaam, the cause of turning from and disregard for the word of the Lord on account of Peor, and a plague came among the assembly of the Lord. 17 And now kill every male in every household, and slay every woman who has known a male through intercourse. 18 Every household of women who have not known a male through intercourse, keep them alive. 19 And you yourselves pitch camp outside the central encampment for seven days. Everyone who kills and touches a slain person will be purified on the third day and on the seventh day, yourselves and your captives. 20 And every garment and every vessel of skin and every item produced from goat’s hair and every vessel of wood you will purify.” 21 And Eleazar, the priest, said to the men of the military forces who came from the battle engagements of the war, “This is the just ordinance of the law, which the Lord commanded Moses: 22 Besides the gold and the silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin, 23 every object will go through fire, indeed will be purified, but by the water of purification it will be purified, and everything that does not go through fire will pass through water. 24 And you will wash your garments on the seventh day, and you will be purified, and after these procedures you will enter into the encampment.” Dividing the Spoils 25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “Calculate the total amount of the spoils of the captives, from human to animal, you and Eleazar, the priest, along with the rulers of the fathers’ families of the congregation. 27 And divide up the spoils between the combatants of those who went forth into battle array and among the entire congregation. 28 And you will separate out a tribute to the Lord from the people who were combatants, who went forth into battle array: one living thing out of five hundred, from the humans and from the livestock and from the oxen and from the sheep and from the goats. 29 And so out of their half you will take, and you will give to Eleazar, the priest, the choice offerings for the Lord. 30 And out of the half of the sons of Israel you will take one out of fifty, from the humans and from the oxen and from the sheep and from the donkeys and from all the livestock, and you will give them to the Levites who keep charge over the services in the tent of the Lord.” 31 And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did just as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 And the excess of the plunder, which the men who were combatants took as spoils, was from the sheep six hundred and seventyfive thousand, 33 and oxen, seventy-two thousand, 34 donkeys, sixty-one thousand, 35 and living persons, from the women who had not known a man through intercourse, all the women were thirty-two thousand. 36 And the half share of those who went forth into battle from the number of the sheep was three hundred thirty-five thousand five hundred, 37 and the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred seventy-five; 38 and the oxen, thirty-six thousand, and the tribute to the Lord, seventy-two; 39 and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one; 40 and living persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute for them to the Lord, thirty-two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the choice portion for God, to Eleazar, the priest, just as the Lord commanded Moses. 42 From the half from the sons of Israel, whom Moses separated from the military men: 43 The half from the sheep belonging to the congregation was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred, 44 and cattle, thirty-six thousand, 45 donkeys, thirty thousand five hundred, 46 and human beings, sixteen thousand. 47 And Moses took from the half of the sons of Israel, one from fifty from the humans and from the livestock, and gave them to the Levites who keep watch over the services of the tent of the Lord, the way the Lord had charged Moses. 48 And they came to Moses, all the appointed leaders for the units of a thousand of the military forces, leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds. 49 And they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a sum of the military men who are with us, and not a single person is missing from them. 50 And so we have brought a gift to the Lord, each man, whatever he found—a gold vessel or a bracelet or armlet or ring or an armlet for the right arm or a necklace—to make atonement for us before the Lord.” 51 And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, received the gold from them every crafted article. 52 And all the gold, the choice offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels from the leaders over thousands and from the leaders over hundreds. 53 And the men who were combatants took plunder, each one for himself. 54 And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, received the gold from the leaders over thousands and from the leaders over hundreds. And they brought it into the tent of testimony as a memorial of the sons of Israel before the Lord.
32Now much livestock was to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, a great multitude. And they observed the territory of Jazer and the territory of Gilead, and the area was an area for livestock. 2 And on coming, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses and to Eleazar, the priest, and to the rulers of the congregation, saying, 3 “Ataroth and Dibon and Jazer and Nimrah and Heshbon and Elealeh and Sebam and Nebo and Beon, 4 the land that the Lord delivered over before the sons of Israel, is a land for pasturing livestock. And your servants have livestock.” 5 And they said, “If we have found favor before you, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and then do not make us cross over the Jordan.” 6 And Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Your brothers are going to go into war, and you yourselves will remain here? 7 And for what purpose are you diverting the intentions of the sons of Israel, to not cross over into the land that the Lord is granting to them? 8 Did not your fathers act in just this way when I sent them out from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land? 9 And they went up to the Valley of the Cluster and examined the land and discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel, so that they would not enter into the land that the Lord gave to them. 10 And the Lord was incensed greatly on that day and swore, saying, 11 ‘These people who came up out of Egypt from the age of twenty years and over, who are capable of discerning between evil and good, cursed if they will see the land that he promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, for they did not closely follow after me, 12 except for Caleb son of Jephunneh, who is set apart, and Joshua the son of Nun, because he carefully followed after the Lord.’ 13 And the Lord became angry with wrath against Israel, and he led them astray in the desert wilderness for forty years until all the generation, the ones who did evil things in the presence of the Lord, had perished. 14 Look, you have risen up in place of your fathers as a body of sinful persons, to add still more to the wrath of the anger of the Lord against Israel. 15 For you will have turned back from him to proceed once again to forsake him in the desert wilderness, and you will have behaved wickedly toward this whole congregation.” 16 And they came to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our households, 17 and we are arming ourselves for battle as an advanced guard for the sons of Israel, until we bring them into their own territory, but our households will dwell in walled cities, because of the ones dwelling in the land. 18 We will not turn back to our houses until the sons of Israel have been apportioned, each one into his inheritance. 19 And we will receive no further inheritance among them from the other side of the Jordan and from this time on, because we have fully obtained our inheritance on the other side of the Jordan in the east.” 20 And Moses said to them, “If you act according to this commitment, if you arm yourselves before the Lord for battle, 21 and every heavily armed soldier from you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord until his enemy is destroyed from the face of him, 22 and the land is subdued before the Lord, then after these events you will return and will be guiltless before the Lord and from Israel, and this land will be yours as a possession before the Lord. 23 But if you do not perform in just this way, you will sin against the Lord, and you will experience your sin whenever afflictions seize you. 24 And so build for yourselves cities for your households and unwalled villages for your livestock. But what has proceeded out of your mouth, this you will do!” 25 And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as our lord will command. 26 Our households and our women and all our livestock will be in the cities of Gilead. 27 But your servants will pass over the Jordan, everyone armed and organized for battle before the Lord for war, the way the lord says.” 28 And Moses appointed for them Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the rulers of the fathers’ families of the tribes of Israel. 29 And Moses said to them, “Whenever the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, every one armed to go into battle before the Lord, cross over the Jordan with you, and you subdue the land before you, then you will give to them the land of Gilead as a possession. 30 But if they do not cross over armed for battle along with you for war before the Lord, then carry over their household possessions and their women and their livestock ahead of you into the land of Canaan, and they will receive an inheritance among you in the land of Canaan.” 31 And the sons of Reuben and sons of Gad responded, saying, “Whatever the Lord says to the servants, accordingly we will act. 32 We ourselves will cross over armed for battle before the Lord into the land of Canaan and you will give an inheritance to us on the other side of the Jordan.” 33 And Moses granted to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh from the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, the land and the cities along its border territory, the cities of the surrounding land. 34 And the sons of Gad constructed Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer 35 and Atroth-shophan and Jazer; and they set them up 36 along with Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and unwalled sheepfolds for the sheep. 37 And the sons of Reuben constructed Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim. 38 And they surrounded Baal-meon with walls, and Sibmah; and they named the names of the cities that they built according to their own names. 39 And then a son of Machir son of Manasseh went forth to Gilead and took it and destroyed the Amorites who dwelt in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt there. 41 And then Jair the son of Manasseh went forth and took their villages and renamed them “Villages of Jair.” 42 And Nebo went forth and took Kenath and its villages and renamed them “Nobah” based on his own name.
33Now these are the stages of the sons of Israel, when they came forth from the land of Egypt with their hosts by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 Moses wrote down their departure points according to the stages at the spoken instructions of the Lord, and these are the stages of their travel. 3 They set out from Rameses in the first month on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day following the Passover. The sons of Israel went forth with an upraised hand in defiance before all the Egyptians. 4 And the Egyptians were burying the dead among them, everyone whom the Lord struck, every firstborn in the land of Egypt. And the Lord worked vengeance on their gods. 5 And after setting out from Rameses, the sons of Israel pitched camp at Succoth. 6 And they set out from Succoth and pitched camp at Etham, which is part of the wilderness. 7 And they set out from Etham and pitched camp at the mouth of Hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-zephon, and encamped opposite Migdol. 8 And they set out from before Hahiroth and crossed through the midst of the sea into the desert wilderness and proceeded on a journey of three days through the desert wilderness and pitched camp in Bitternesses. 9 And they set out from Bitternesses and came into Elim. And in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they pitched camp there beside the water. 10 And they set out from Elim and encamped beside the Red Sea. 11 And they set out from the Red Sea and encamped by the wilderness of Zin. 12 And they set out from the wilderness of Zin and encamped at Dophkah. 13 And they set out from Dophkah and encamped in Alush. 14 And they set out from Alush and encamped in Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink there. 15 And they set out from Rephidim and pitched camp in the desert wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and encamped at “The Graves of Craving.” 17 And they set out from “The Graves of Craving” and pitched camp at Hazeroth. 18 And they set out from Hazeroth and encamped at Rithmah. 19 And they set out from Rithmah and pitched camp in Rimmon-perez. 20 And they set out from Rimmon-perez, and they pitched camp in Libnah. 21 And they set out from Libnah and encamped at Rissah. 22 And they set out from Rissah and encamped at Kehelathah. 23 And they set out from Kehelathah and pitched camp at Shepher. 24 And they set out from Shepher and encamped at Haradah. 25 And they set out from Haradah and pitched camp at Makheloth. 26 And they set out from Makheloth and encamped at Tahath. 27 And they set out from Tahath and pitched camp at Terah. 28 And they set out from Terah and encamped at Mithkah. 29 And they set out from Mithkah and encamped at Hashmonah. 30 And they set out from Hashmonah and pitched camp in Moseroth. 31 And they set out from Moseroth and pitched camp at Benaiah. 32 And they set out from Benaiah and encamped in the hill country of Horhaggidgad. 33 And they set out from the hill country of Horhaggidgad and pitched camp in Setebatha. 34 And they set out from Setebatha and encamped at Sebrona. 35 And they set out from Sebrona and pitched camp at Ezion-geber. 36 And they set out from Ezion-geber and encamped in the desert wilderness of Zin. And they set out from the desert wilderness of Zin and encamped at the desert wilderness of Paran, that is, Kadesh. 37 And they set out from Kadesh and encamped at Hur, the mountain next to the land of Edom. 38 And Aaron, the priest, went up on account of the command of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year of the departure of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. 39 Now Aaron was a hundred and twentythree years old when he died in Hur, on the mountain. 40 And so the Canaanite king of Arad heard (this man dwelt in the land of Canaan), as the sons of Israel were coming. 41 And then they set out from Hur, the mountain, and so encamped at Hashmonah. 42 And they set out from Hashmonah and encamped at Punon. 43 And they set out from Punon and pitched camp at Soboth. 44 And they set out from Soboth and encamped in Iye-abarim, on the other side in the borders of Moab. 45 And they set out from Iyim and encamped at Dibongad. 46 And they set out from Dibon-gad and pitched camp at Almon-diblathaim. 47 And they set out from Almondiblathaim and pitched camp on the mountainous regions of Abarim before Nebo. 48 And they set out from the mountainous hill country of Abarim and encamped on the west of Moab, beside the Jordan, down by Jericho. 49 And they pitched camp beside the Jordan between Aisimoth as far as Abel-shittim toward the west of Moab. 50 And the Lord spoke to Moses, on the west of Moab beside the Jordan down by Jericho, saying, 51 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You yourselves are crossing the Jordan into the land of Canaan. 52 And you will destroy all the inhabitants in the land before you and take down their high places, and all their idols cast from metal, you will destroy them; and take down all their sacred pillars. 53 And you will destroy all the inhabitants of the land and dwell permanently in it; for to you I have given their land as an inheritance. 54 And you get their land by inheritance, by lot according to their tribes; to the more numerous you will increase their inheritance, and the ones fewer in number, you will reduce their inheritance; according to whatever his name comes forth, there his own share will be. According to the tribes of your fathers’ families you will receive an inheritance. 55 But if you do not destroy the inhabitants on the land from the face of you, then it will be the case that those whom you leave behind of them will become splinters in your eyes and darts in your side, and they will be hostile on the land where you yourselves will dwell permanently. 56 And it will be the case that just as I had thought to do for them, I will do for you.’ ”
34And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Charge the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You yourselves are entering into the land of Canaan, which will be for you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan along with its border territories. 3 And the area to the south from the wilderness of Zin as far as the area holding Edom will be yours, and the borders to the south from the side of the salt sea eastward will be yours. 4 And your boundary will circle from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and will pass by Zin, and its termination will be to the south by Kadesh-barnea and will run to the fold of Arad and will pass by Azmon. 5 And the boundary will run from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the sea will serve as the termination point. 6 And a boundary of the sea will be for you: the great sea will serve as a boundary; this will serve for you as the boundary of the sea. 7 And this will be your boundary to the north: From the great sea you will measure out for yourselves up to the mountainous region of the mountain the mountain.a 8 And from the mountain you will measure out the mountain for yourselves to where travelers enter into Hamath, and their termination will be the boundary territory of Zedad. 9 And the boundary will run out to Ziphron, and its termination will be at Hazar-enan; this will be a boundary for you from the north. 10 And you will measure out for yourselves the eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 And the boundary will come down from Shepham to Riblah eastward to the springs, and the boundary will come down by Bela on the back of the sea of Chinnereth eastward. 12 And the boundary will come down to the Jordan, and its termination will be the salt sea; this will be your land and its boundary limits around it.’ ” 13 And Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land that you will inherit by lot, the way the Lord charged Moses to give it to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe of Manasseh. 14 For the tribe of the sons of Reuben and the tribe of the sons of Gad received their inheritance according to their ancestral households; and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. 15 Two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the other side of the Jordan down by Jericho from the south toward the east.” 16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “These are the names of the men who will distribute the inheritance of the land to you: Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you will take a ruler, one for each tribe, to distribute the land to you. 19 And these are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of Simeon, Shemuel son of Semioud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad son of Chislon; 22 from the tribe of Dan, as ruler, Bukki son of Jogli; 23 from the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, as ruler, Hanniel son of Souphi; 24 from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, as ruler, Kemuel son of Sabtah; 25 from the tribe of Zebulun, as ruler, Eli-zaphan son of Parnach; 26 from the tribe of the sons of Issachar, as ruler, Paltiel son of Uzzah; 27 from the tribe of the sons of Asher, as ruler, Achior son of Shelomi; 28 from the tribe of Naphtali, as ruler, Pedahel son of Ammihud.” 29 The Lord charged these ones to distribute inheritances to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.
35And the Lord spoke to Moses at the west of Moab beside the Jordan, down by Jericho, saying, 2 “Order the sons of Israel, and they will give, from the inheritances to the Levites, possessions of their cities to settle in; and the surrounding pasture land of those cities encircling them, they will grant to the Levites. 3 And the cities will be for them to settle in, and the areas marked for them will be for their livestock and for all their animals. 4 And the contiguous areas of the cities that you will give to the Levites will stretch from the wall of the city and outward, encircling two thousand cubits. 5 And you will measure outside of the city, the side toward the east, two thousand cubits; and the side toward the south, two thousand cubits; and the side toward the sea, two thousand cubits; and the side toward the north, two thousand cubits. And the city will be in the middle of this for you, as well as the border areas of the city. 6 And you will give the cities to the Levites, the six cities of refuge, which you will provide for the person who has slain someone to flee there, and to these forty-two cities. 7 All the cities you will provide for the Levites, forty-eight cities; these cities and their surrounding pasture land. 8 And the cities that you will provide out of the possessions of the sons of Israel, from those who have more, much, and from those who have little, few; each one, according to their own inheritance, which they will receive, they will give from their cities for the Levites.” Cities of Refuge 9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You yourselves are crossing the Jordan into the land of Canaan. 11 And you will assign among yourselves cities; they will be cities of refuge for you as a place where the manslayer can flee—that is, the one who strikes down a person accidentally. 12 And the cities will serve you as cities of refuge from the avenger of blood, so that the one who killed will not die until he stands before the assembly for a judgment. 13 And the cities that you will provide, the six cities, will be cities of refuge for you. 14 Three cities you will appoint on the other side of the Jordan, and three cities you will appoint in the land of Canaan. 15 A place of refuge they will be for the sons of Israel, and for the resident alien, the sojourner who is among you. These cities will serve as cities of refuge for everyone who has struck down a soul accidentally, to escape there. 16 But if a person should strike him with an iron instrument and he dies, he is a murderer; have the murderer be put to death by death. 17 And if a person should strike him with a stone from the hand, and by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer; have the murderer be put to death by death. 18 And if a person should strike him with a wooden instrument from the hand, and by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer; have the murderer be put to death by death. 19 The avenger of blood, this man will kill the murderer. Whenever he happens to meet him, this man will kill him. 20 And if on account of hatred he pushes a person or hurls any article against him from an ambush, and he dies, 21 or on account of wrath he struck him with his hand, and he dies, have the one who struck be put to death by death. The one who struck him is a murderer; have the murderer be put to death by death. The avenger of blood will kill the murderer when he meets him. 22 But if suddenly, not on account of hatred, he shoves him or hurls any vessel against him, not from ambush, 23 or with any stone by which someone dies from it, not on purpose, and it should fall on him, and he dies, but he himself was not his enemy, nor seeking to harm him, 24 then the assembly will render judgment between the one who struck and between the avenger of blood according to these judgments. 25 And the assembly will deliver the killer from the avenger of blood; and the assembly will restore him in the city of his refuge, to which he fled, and he should dwell there until the high priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil, dies. 26 But if, going out, the killer goes forth beyond the boundary limits of the city into which he fled, 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundary limits of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood slays the killer, he is not guilty. 28 For he should have dwelt in the city of refuge until the high priest died. After the death of the high priest, the killer may return to the land of his possession. 29 And these procedures will be for you for righteous acts of judgment throughout your generations in all your settlements. 30 Everyone who strikes a person—by means of witnesses you will slay the murderer, but one witness does not bear witness against a soul to die. 31 And you will not accept a ransom price for a person from the murderer who is subject to being put to death; he shall be put to death by death. 32 You will not accept a ransom price from a fugitive who is in a city of refuge to again settle on the land until the high priest dies. 33 And you will not pollute the land in which you yourselves are dwelling with murder, for this blood pollutes the land, and the land will be atoned for not from the blood poured on it, but by the blood of the one who sheds it. 34 And you will not defile the land on where you are dwelling on it, in which I myself dwell among you, for I am the Lord who dwells in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”
36And the rulers of the tribe of the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the tribe of the sons of Joseph, came forward, and they spoke in the presence of Moses and in the presence of Eleazar, the priest, and in the presence of the rulers of the ancestral houses of the sons of Israel, 2 and they said, “The Lord commanded our lord to give over the land of inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and the Lord commanded our lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters; 3 and they will be wives for one of the tribes of the sons of Israel, then their inheritance would be reduced from the possession of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe where they become wives, and out of the share of our inheritance it will be taken. 4 And if the remission of the sons of Israel occurs, then their inheritance would be added to the inheritance of the tribe to whom they have become wives, and so their inheritance would be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our family.” 5 And Moses commanded the sons of Israel through the command of the Lord, saying, “Thus speaks the tribe of the sons of Joseph. 6 This is the word that the Lord has commanded for the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Where it seems good in their opinion, let them become wives, except that out of the clan of their father, let them become wives.’ 7 And an inheritance belonging to the sons of Israel will not get transferred from tribe to tribe, for each tribe of the sons of Israel will also be bound by the inheritance of the tribe of its ancestral household. 8 And every daughter who exercises a right concerning an inheritance among the tribes of the sons of Israel, to someone of those from the clan of her father will they be wives, in order that the sons of Israel may have the rights, each one, a paternal inheritance. 9 And a share of land will not get transferred from one tribe to another tribe, but rather the sons of Israel will be permanently attached, each one, to his own inheritance.” 10 The way the Lord commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad acted. 11 And Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah and Noah and Mahlah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their cousins. 12 From the clan of Manasseh, sons of Joseph, they became wives, and it happened that their inheritance was with the tribe of the clan of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the righteous ordinances and the judgments that the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses on the west of Moab beside the Jordan down by Jericho.