THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
The First Census of Israel
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the
tabernacle of witness, on the first day of the second month, in the
second year of their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to
their families, according to the houses of their fathers' families,
according to their number by their names, according to their heads:
every male
3 from twenty years old and upwards, everyone that goes forth in the
forces of Israel, take account of them with their strength; you and
Aaron take account of them.
4 And with you there shall be each one of the rulers according to the
tribe of each: they shall be according to the houses of their families.
5 “And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
6 of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zuri-shaddai;
7 of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
8 of Issachar, Nathanel the son of Zuar;
9 of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;
10 of the sons of Joseph, of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamalliel the son of Pedahzur;
11 of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
12 of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
13 of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;
14 of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
15 of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”
16 These were famous men of the congregation, heads of the tribes
according to their families: these are heads of thousands in Israel.
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were called by name.
18 And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the
month in the second year; and they registered them after their lineage,
after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty
years old and upwards, every male according to their number;
19 as the Lord commanded Moses, so they were numbered in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20 And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel according to their
families, according to their divisions, according to the houses of
their families, according to the number of their names, according to
their heads, were all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone
that went out with the army. 21 The numbering of them of the
tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand four hundred.
22 For the children of Simeon according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the army,
23 the numbering of them of the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 For the sons of Gad according to their families, according to their
divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the
number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty
years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,
25 the numbering of them of the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 For the sons of Judah according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,
27 the numbering of them of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 For the sons of Issachar according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,
29 the numbering of them of the tribe of Issachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 For the sons of Zebulun according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the army,
31 the numbering of them of the tribe of Zebulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 For the sons of Joseph, the sons of Ephraim, according to their
families, according to their divisions, according to the houses of
their families, according to the number of their names, according to
their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that
goes out with the army,
33 the numbering of them of the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand five hundred.
34 For the sons of Manasseh according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the army,
35 the numbering of them of the tribe of Manasseh was thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 For the sons of Benjamin according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,
37 the numbering of them of the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 For the sons of Dan according to their families, according to their
divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the
number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty
years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,
39 the numbering of them of the tribe of Dan was sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 For the sons of Asher according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from
twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the army,
41 the numbering of them of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 For the sons of Naphtali according to their families, according to
their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according
to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from
twenty years old and upward, everyone who goes forth with the army,
43 the numbering of them of the tribe of Naphtali was fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 This is the numbering which Moses and Aaron and the rulers of
Israel, being twelve men, conducted. There was a man for each tribe,
they were according to the tribe of the houses of their family.
45 And the whole numbering of the children of Israel with their army
from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out to set himself
in battle array in Israel, came to
46 six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel.
48 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
49 “See, you shall not muster the tribe of Levi, and you shall
not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.
50 And you shall set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and
over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they
shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the
tabernacle.
51 And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and
in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger
that advances to touch it die.
52 And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order,
and every man according to his company, with their army.
53 But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness
fronting it, and so there shall be no sin among the children of Israel;
and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of
witness.”
54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord
commanded Moses and Aaron, so did
they.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 2
The Order of Encampment and Marching
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 “Let the children of Israel encamp facing each other, every man
keeping his own rank, according to their standards, according to the
houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round
about the tabernacle of witness.
3 And they that encamp first toward the east shall be the order of the
camp of Judah with their army, and the prince of the sons of Judah,
Nahshon the son of Amminadab.”
4 His forces that were numbered were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
5 “And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Issachar,
and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nathanel the son of
Zuar.”
6 His forces that were numbered were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
7 “And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Zebulun,
and the prince of the sons of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of
Helon.”
8 His forces that were numbered were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
9 All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred and
eighty-six thousand four hundred. “They shall move first with
their forces.
10 “This is the order of the camp of Reuben: their forces shall
be toward the south, and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be
Elizur the son of Shedeur.”
11 His forces that were numbered were forty-six thousand five hundred.
12 “And they that encamp next to him shall be of the tribe of
Simeon, and the prince of the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son
of Zuri-shaddai.”
13 His forces that were numbered were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
14 “And they that encamp next to them shall be the tribe of Gad;
and the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.”
15 His forces that were numbered were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
16 All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and
fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. “They with their
forces shall proceed in the second place.
17 And then the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the
camp of the Levites shall be between the camps; as they shall encamp,
so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his
fellow according to their companies.
18 “The station of the camp of Ephraim shall be westward with
their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama
the son of Ammihud.”
19 His forces that were numbered are forty thousand five hundred.
20 “And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Manasseh,
and the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamalliel the son of
Pedahzur.”
21 His forces that were numbered were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
22 “And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Benjamin,
and the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of
Gideoni.”
23 His forces that were numbered were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred and
eight thousand one hundred. “They with their forces shall set out
third.
25 “The order of the camp of Dan shall be northward with their
forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.”
26 His forces that were numbered were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
27 “And they that encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher;
and the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran.”
28 His forces that were numbered were forty-one thousand five hundred.
29 “And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Naphtali;
and the prince of the children of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
30 His forces that were numbered were fifty-three thousand four
hundred.
31 All that were numbered of the camp of Dan, were a hundred and
fifty-seven thousand six hundred. “They shall set out last
according to their order.”
32 This is the numbering of the children of Israel according to the
houses of their families: all the numbering of the camps with their
forces was six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did all things that the Lord commanded
Moses; thus they encamped in their order, and thus they began their
march in succession each according to their divisions, according to the
houses of their
families.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 3
The Sons of Aaron
1 And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in Mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.
4 And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange
fire before the Lord, in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no
children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office
with Aaron their father.
The Duties of the Levites
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Take the tribe of Levi, and you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,
7 and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of
Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the
tabernacle.
8 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness,
and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the
tabernacle.
9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests;
they are given for a gift to Me of the children of Israel.
10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of
witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things
belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that
touches them shall die.”
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 “Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the
children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from
among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the
Levites shall be Mine.
13 For every firstborn is Mine; in the day in which I struck every
firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself every firstborn
in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be Mine: I am the
Lord.”
A Census of the Levites
14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 “Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses
of their families, according to their divisions; and number every male
from a month old and upwards.”
16 And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
18 and these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei;
19 and the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izehar, Hebron and Uzziel;
20 and the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi;
these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their
families.
21 To Gershon belongs the family of Libni, and the family of Shimei: these are the families of Gershon.
22 The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a
month old and upwards, their numbering was seven thousand and five
hundred.
23 And the sons of Gershon shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.
24 And the ruler of the household of the family of Gershon was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of witness
was the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the
tabernacle of witness,
26 and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the
court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.
27 To Kohath belonged one division, that of Amram, and another
division, that of Izehar, and another division, that of Hebron, and
another division, that of Uzziel: these are the divisions of Kohath,
according to number.
28 Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.
30 And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Kohath was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and
the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy
service, and the veil, and all their works.
32 And the chief over the chief of the Levites was Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.
33 To Merari belonged the family of Mahli, and the family of Mushi: these are the families of Merari.
34 The mustering of them according to their number, every male from a month old and upwards, was six thousand and fifty.
35 And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp by the side of the
tabernacle northwards.
36 The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari included the
boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, its pillars, its sockets and
all their furniture, and their works,
37 and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, their pins, and their cords.
38 They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall
be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary
according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger
that touches them shall die.
39 All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by
the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a
month old and upwards, were twenty-two thousand.
The Redemption of the Firstborn
40 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Count every firstborn
male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take
the number by name. 41 And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am
the Lord—instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and
the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle
of the children of Israel.”
42 And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 And all the male firstborn in number by name, from a month old and
upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand two
hundred and seventy-three.
44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the sons of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the
Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord.
46 And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which
exceed the Levites in number of the firstborn of the sons of Israel,
47 you shall even take five shekels a head; you shall take them according to the holy shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
48 And you shall give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.”
49 And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.
50 He took the silver from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, a
thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy
shekel.
51 And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his
sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 4
The Kohathites
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 “Take the sum of the children of Kohath from the midst of the
sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their
fathers' households,
3 from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, everyone
that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of
witness.
4 “And these are the works of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.
5 And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move,
and shall take down the shadowing veil, and they shall cover with it
the ark of the Testimony.
6 And they shall put a cover on it of blue skin, a garment of all blue, and they shall put the poles through the rings.
7 And they shall put on the table set forth for showbread a cloth all
of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the
vessels with which one offers drink offerings; and the continual loaves
shall be upon it.
8 And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it
with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the poles into it.
9 And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the lampstand that
gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all
the vessels of oil with which they minister.
10 And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers.
11 And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and
shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its poles.
12 And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they
minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and
shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon poles.
13 And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.
14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister
upon it, and the firepans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the
cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a
blue cover of skins, and shall put in its poles; and they shall take a
purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it
into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.
15 And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and
all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the
sons of Kohath shall go in to take up the furniture; but shall not
touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Kohath
bear in the tabernacle of witness.
16 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer—the oil of the
light, and the incense of composition, and the daily grain offering and
the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole
tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the
works.”
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
18 “You shall not destroy the family of Kohath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.
19 But do this in regard to them, and they shall live and not die, when
they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and
they shall place them each in his post for bearing.
20 And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.”
The Gershonites and Merarites
21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
22 “Take the sum of the children of Gershon, and these according
to the houses of their lineage, according to there families.
23 Take the number of them from twenty-five years old and upwards until
the age of fifty, everyone that goes in to minister, to do his business
in the tabernacle of witness.
24 This is the public service of the family of Gershon, to minister and to bear.
25 And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle
of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and
the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
26 And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of
witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they
minister with they shall attend to. 27 According to the direction of
Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gershon, in all
their ministries, and in all their works; and you shall take account of
them by name in all things borne by them.
28 This is the service of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of
witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
29 “Take the number of the sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage.
30 Take the number of them from twenty-five years old and upwards until
fifty years old, everyone that goes in to perform the services of the
tabernacle of witness.
31 And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to
all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its
sockets, and the veil, and there shall be their sockets, and their
pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle.
32 And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there
shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of
the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their
cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service.
And you shall take their number by name, and all the articles of the
charge of the things borne by them.
33 This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all
their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the
son of Aaron the priest.”
Census of the Levites
34 And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the
sons of Kohath according to their families, according to the houses of
their lineage,
35 from twenty-five years old and upwards to the age of fifty years,
everyone that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of
witness.
36 And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.
37 This is the numbering of the family of Kohath, everyone that
ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered
them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
38 And the sons of Gershon were numbered according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage,
39 from twenty-five years old and upward till fifty years old, everyone
that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of
witness.
40 And the numbering of them according to their families, according to
the houses of their lineage, was two thousand six hundred and thirty.
41 This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Gershon, everyone
who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron
numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
42 And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to
their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;
43 from twenty-five years old and upward till fifty years old, everyone
that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.
44 And the numbering of them according to their families, according to
the houses of their lineage, was three thousand two hundred.
45 This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom
Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
46 All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of
Israel numbered, namely, the Levites, according to their families and
according to the houses of their lineage,
47 from twenty-five years old and upward till fifty years old, everyone
that goes in to the service of the works, and the charge of the things
that are carried in the tabernacle of witness.
48 And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49 He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses,
appointing each man severally over their respective work, and over
their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 5
Unclean Persons
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Command the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of
the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and everyone
who is unclean from a dead body.
3 Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they
shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.”
4 And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Confession and Restitution
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Every man or woman
who shall commit any sin that is common to man, or if that soul shall
have neglected the commandment and transgressed,
7 that person shall confess the sin which he has committed, and shall
make restitution for his trespass: he shall pay the principal, and
shall add to it the fifth part, and shall make restoration to him
against whom he has trespassed.
8 But if a man should have no close relative, so as to make
satisfaction for his trespass to him, the trespass offering paid to the
Lord shall be for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which he
shall make atonement with it for him.
9 And every firstfruits in all the sanctified things among the children
of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be for the
priest himself.
10 And the sanctified things of every man shall be his; and whatever
man shall give anything to the priest, the gift shall be his.”
Concerning an Unfaithful Wife
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘If any man’s wife shall transgress against him, and slight
and despise him,
13 and supposing anyone shall lie with her carnally, and the thing
shall be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it
and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she
should not be taken;
14 and there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should
be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or there should come upon
him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she
should not be defiled,
15 then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring his
gift for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal. He shall not
pour oil upon it, neither shall he put frankincense upon it; for it is
a sacrifice of jealousy, a sacrifice of memorial, recalling sin to
remembrance.
16 ‘And the priest shall bring her, and cause her to stand before the Lord.
17 And the priest shall take pure running water in an earthen vessel,
and he shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle of
witness, and the priest, having taken it, shall cast it into the water.
18 And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before the Lord, and
shall uncover the head of the woman, and shall put into her hands the
sacrifice of memorial, the sacrifice of jealousy; and in the hand of
the priest shall be the water of this conviction that brings the curse.
19 And the priest shall adjure her, and shall say to the woman,
‘If no one has lain with you, and if you have not transgressed so
as to be polluted, being under the power of your husband, be free from
this water of the conviction that causes the curse.
20 But if being a married woman you have transgressed, or been polluted, and anyone has lain with you, beside your husband,
21 then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this
curse,’ and the priest shall say to the woman, ‘The Lord
bring you into a curse and under an oath in the midst of your people,
in that the Lord should cause your thigh to rot and your belly to
swell;
22 and this water bringing the curse shall enter into your womb to
cause your belly to swell, and your thigh to rot.’ And the woman
shall say, ‘So be it, So be it.’
23 ‘And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall
blot them out with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction
that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the
curse shall enter into her.
25 And the priest shall take from the hand of the woman the sacrifice
of jealousy, and shall present the sacrifice before the Lord, and shall
bring it to the altar.
26 And the priest shall take a handful of the sacrifice as a memorial
of it, and shall offer it up upon the altar; and afterwards he shall
cause the woman to drink the water.
27 And it shall come to pass, if she has been defiled, and has
altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the
conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall
swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for
a curse in the midst of her people.
28 But if the woman has not been polluted, and is clean, then shall she be guiltless and shall conceive seed.
29 ‘This is the law of jealousy, in which a married woman should happen to transgress, and be defiled;
30 or in the case of a man on whomsoever the spirit of jealousy should
come, and he should be jealous of his wife, and he should place his
wife before the Lord, and the priest shall execute towards her all this
law.
31 Then the man shall be clear from sin, and that woman shall bear her
sin.’”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 6
The Nazarites
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate
oneself with purity to the Lord,
3 he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall
drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is
made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes
or raisins,
4 all the days of his vow: he shall eat none of the things that come from the vine, wine from the grape stones to the husk,
5 all the days of his separation—a razor shall not come upon his
head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord. He shall
be holy, cherishing the long hair of his head,
6 all the days of his vow to the Lord: he shall not come near to any dead body,
7 to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he
shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow
of God is upon him, on his head.
8 All the days of his vow he shall be holy unto the Lord.
9 ‘And if anyone should die suddenly by him, immediately the head
of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever
day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle doves, or two young
pigeons, to the priest, to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
11 And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for
a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him in the
things in which he sinned respecting the dead body, and he shall
sanctify his head in that day,
12 in which he was consecrated to the Lord, all the days of his vow.
And he shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass offering; and
the former days shall not be reckoned, because the head of his vow was
polluted.
13 ‘And this is the law of him that has vowed: in whatever day he
shall have fulfilled the days of his vow, he shall himself bring his
gift to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
14 And he shall bring his gift to the Lord; one male lamb of a year old
without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of a year old
without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for a
peace offering;
15 and a basket of unleavened bread of fine flour, even loaves kneaded
with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and their grain
offering, and their drink offering.
16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering.
17 And he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the
Lord with the basket of unleavened bread; and the priest shall offer
its grain offering and its drink offering.
18 And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by
the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the
fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offering.
19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and shall put
them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved off his holy
hair.
20 And the priest shall present them as an offering before the Lord; it
shall be the holy portion for the priest beside the breast of the heave
offering and beside the shoulder of the wave offering: and afterwards
the Nazirite shall drink wine.
21 ‘This is the law of the Nazirite who shall have vowed to the
Lord his gift to the Lord, concerning his vow, besides what he may be
able to afford according to the value of his vow, which he may have
vowed according to the law of separation.’”
The Priestly Benediction
22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
23 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them,
24 ‘The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and have mercy upon you;
26 the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.’
27 And they shall put My name upon the children of Israel, and I the
Lord will bless them.”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 7
Offerings of the Leaders
1 And it came to pass in the day in which Moses finished the setting up
of the tabernacle, that he anointed it, and consecrated it, and all its
furniture, and the altar and all its furniture; he anointed them, and
consecrated them.
2 And the princes of Israel brought gifts, twelve princes of their
fathers' houses: these were ten heads of tribes, these are they that
presided over the numbering.
3 And they brought their gift before the Lord: six covered wagons, and
twelve oxen; a wagon from two princes, and a calf from each; and they
brought them before the tabernacle.
4 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
5 “Take of them, and they shall be for the works of the services
of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall give them to the Levites,
to each one according to his ministration.”
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
7 And he gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their ministrations.
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari
according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave them not, because they have the
ministrations of the sacred things: they shall bear them on their
shoulders.
10 And the rulers brought gifts for the dedication of the altar, in the
day in which he anointed it, and the rulers brought their gifts before
the altar.
11 And the Lord said to Moses, “One chief each day, they shall
offer their gifts, a chief each day, for the dedication of the
altar.”
12 And he that offered his gift on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, prince of the tribe of Judah.
13 And he brought his gift, one silver charger of a hundred and thirty
shekels was its weight, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to
the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
14 One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense.
15 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering;
16 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
17 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nahshon
the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nathanel son of Zuar, the prince of the tribe of Issachar, brought his offering.
19 And he brought this gift: one silver charger, its weight a hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
20 One censer of ten golden shekels, full of incense.
21 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
22 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
23 And for a sacrifice, a peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Nathanel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon came.
25 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
26 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
27 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
28 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
29 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elisur the son of Sediur, the prince of the children of Reuben, came.
31 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
32 One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense.
33 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
34 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
35 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Elisur the son of Sediur.
36 On the fifth day came the prince of the children of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zuri-shaddai.
37 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight one hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
38 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
39 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
40 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
41 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Shelumiel the son of Zuri-shaddai.
42 On the sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel came.
43 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
44 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
45 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
46 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud came.
49 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight was a hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
50 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
51 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
52 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamalliel the son of Pedahzur came.
55 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight one hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain
offering.
56 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
57 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
58 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offering two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Gamalliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni came.
61 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain
offering.
62 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
63 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
64 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
65 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai came.
67 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a grain
offering.
68 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
69 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
70 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
71 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old. This was the gift of
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day the prince of the sons of Asher, Phageel the son of Ocran came.
73 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for grain
offering.
74 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
75 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
76 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
77 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Phageel the son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan came.
79 He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and
thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the
holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain
offering.
80 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.
81 One calf of the herd, one ram, one male lamb of a year old for a burnt offering,
82 and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
83 And for a sacrifice of peace offering, two heifers, five rams, five
male goats, and five ewe lambs of a year old: this was the gift of
Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the altar in the day in which Moses
anointed it, by the princes of the sons of Israel; twelve silver
chargers, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden censers:
85 each charger of a hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl of
seventy shekels: all the silver of the vessels was two thousand four
hundred shekels, the shekels according to the holy shekel.
86 Twelve golden censers full of incense: all the gold of the shekels, a hundred and twenty shekels.
87 All the cattle for burnt offerings, twelve calves, twelve rams,
twelve male lambs of a year old, and their grain offerings, and their
drink offerings; and twelve kids of the goats for sin offering.
88 All the cattle for a sacrifice of peace offering, twenty-four
heifers, sixty rams, sixty male goats of a year old, sixty ewe lambs of
a year old without blemish; this is the dedication of the altar, after
that Moses consecrated Aaron, and he anointed him.
89 When Moses went into the tabernacle of witness to speak to God, then
he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from off the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark of the Testimony, between the two cherubim; and
He spoke to him.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 8
The Seven Lamps
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him, ‘Whenever you
shall set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite
the lampstand.’”
3 And Aaron did so. On one side opposite the lampstand he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.
4 And this is the construction of the lampstand: it is solid,
golden—its stem, and its lilies were all solid; according to the
pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so he made the lampstand.
Consecration and Service of the Levites
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.
7 And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall sprinkle
them with the water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the
whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be
clean.
8 And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its grain offering,
fine flour mingled with oil; and you shall take a calf of a year old of
the herd for a sin offering.
9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and
you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
10 And you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
11 And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from
the children of Israel; and they shall be prepared to perform the works
of the Lord.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves;
and you shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
13 And you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and
before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord.
14 And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be Mine.
15 And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the
tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them
before the Lord.
16 For these are given to Me for a present out of the midst of the
children of Israel: I have taken them to Myself instead of all the
firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
17 For every firstborn among the children of Israel is Mine, whether of
man or beast: in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land
of Egypt, I sanctified them to Myself.
18 And I took the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the children of Israel.
19 And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out
of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the
children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement
for the children of Israel; thus there shall be none among the sons of
Israel to draw near to the holy things.”
20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
21 So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments, and
Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made
atonement for them, to purify them.
22 And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in
the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the
Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “This is the ordinance for the Levites: From twenty-five years
old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of
witness.
25 And from fifty years old the Levites shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
26 And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep the
charges, but he shall not do the works: so shall you do to the Levites
in their charges.”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 9
The Passover at Sinai
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the second
year after they had gone forth from the land of Egypt, in the first
month, saying,
2 “Speak, and let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its season.
3 On the fourteenth day of the first month at evening, you shall keep
it in its season; you shall keep it according to its law, and according
to its ordinance.”
4 And Moses ordered the children of Israel to sacrifice the Passover,
5 on the fourteenth day of the first month in the Wilderness of Sinai,
as the Lord appointed Moses, so the children of Israel did.
6 And there came men who were unclean by reason of a dead body, and
they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came
before Moses and Aaron on that day.
7 And those men said to Moses, “We are unclean by reason of the
dead body of a man: shall we therefore fail to offer the gift to the
Lord in its season in the midst of the children of Israel?”
8 And Moses said to them, “Stand there, and I will hear what command the Lord will give concerning you.”
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whatever man
shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or on a journey far off,
among you, or among your posterity; he shall then keep the Passover to
the Lord,
11 in the second month, on the fourteenth day; in the evening they
shall offer it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs shall they eat
it.
12 They shall leave none of it until morning, and they shall not break
a bone of it; they shall sacrifice it according to the ordinance of the
Passover.
13 And whatsoever man shall be clean, and is not far off on a journey,
and shall fail to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from
his people, because he has not offered the gift to the Lord in its
season; that man shall bear his iniquity.
14 And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, and should
keep the Passover to the Lord, he shall keep it according to the law of
the Passover and according to its ordinance. There shall be one law for
you, both for the stranger, and for the native of the
land.’”
The Cloud and the Fire
15 And in the day in which the tabernacle was pitched the cloud covered
the tabernacle, the place of the testimony; and in the evening there
was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire till the morning.
16 So it was continually: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
17 And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, then after that the
children of Israel departed; and in whatever place the cloud rested,
there the children of Israel encamped.
18 The children of Israel shall encamp by the command of the Lord, and
by the command of the Lord they shall journey; all the days in which
the cloud overshadows the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall
encamp.
19 And whenever the cloud shall be drawn over the tabernacle for many
days, then the children of Israel shall keep the command of God, and
they shall not journey.
20 And it shall be, whenever the cloud overshadows the tabernacle a
number of days, they shall encamp by the word of the Lord, and shall
journey by the command of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass, whenever the cloud shall remain from the
evening till the morning, and in the morning the cloud shall go up,
then shall they journey by day or by night.
22 When the cloud continues a full month overshadowing the tabernacle,
the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart.
23 For they shall depart by the command of the Lord: they kept the
charge of the Lord by the command of the Lord by the hand of
Moses.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 10
The Silver Trumpets
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Make to yourself two silver trumpets: you shall make them of
hammered work; and they shall be to you for the purpose of calling the
assembly, and of removing the camps.
3 And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness.
4 And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers, even the princes of Israel, shall come to you.
5 And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.
6 And you shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward
shall move; and you shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched
westward shall move forward; and you shall sound a fourth alarm, and
they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound
an alarm at their departure.
7 And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm.
8 And the priests, the sons of Aaron, shall sound with the trumpets;
and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your
generations.
9 And if you shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies
that are opposed to you, then shall you sound with the trumpets; and
you shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and you shall be saved
from your enemies.
10 And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your
new moons, you shall sound with the trumpets at your burnt offerings,
and at the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and there shall be a
memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”
Departure from Sinai
11 And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the
twentieth day of the month, that the cloud went up from the tabernacle
of witness.
12 And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the
Wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the Wilderness of Paran.
13 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
14 And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children
of Judah with their host; and over their host was Nahshon, son of
Amminadab.
15 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nathanel son of Zuar.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gershon
shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.
18 And the order of the camp of Reuben set forward with their host; and over their host was Elisur the son of Sediur.
19 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zuri-shaddai.
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 And the sons of Kohath shall set forward bearing the holy things,
and the others shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.
22 And the order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their
forces; and over their forces was Elishama the son of Sammihud.
23 And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasseh was Gamalliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 And the order of the camp of the sons of Dan shall set forward the
last of all the camps, with their forces: and over their forces was
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
27 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
28 These are the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.
29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Jethro the Midianite, the
father-in-law of Moses, “We are going forward to the place
concerning which the Lord said, ‘This will I give to you’:
Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has spoken good
concerning Israel.”
30 And he said to him, “I will not go, but I will go to my land and to my kindred.”
31 And he said, “Do not leave us, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder among us.
32 And it shall come to pass if you will go with us, it shall even come
to pass that in whatsoever things the Lord shall do us good, we will
also do you good.”
33 And they departed from the mount of the Lord on a three days'
journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, a
three days' journey to provide rest for them.
34 And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp.
35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
“Arise, O Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered: let all that
hate You flee.”
36 And in the resting he said, “Turn again, O Lord, the thousands
and tens of thousands in
Israel.”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 11
Complaining in the Desert
1 And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard
them and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord,
and devoured a part of the camp.
2 And the people cried to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.
3 And the name of that place was called Burning; for a fire was kindled among them from the Lord.
4 And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and
the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, “Who shall
give us meat to eat?
5 We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt; and the cucumbers,
and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.
6 But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna!”
7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance of it was like bdellium.
8 And the people went through the field and gathered, and ground it in
the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made
cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of a wafer made
with oil.
9 And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it.
10 And Moses heard them weeping by their families, everyone in his
door. And the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight
of Moses.
11 And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You afflicted Your
servant, and why have I not found grace in Your sight, that You should
lay the weight of this people upon me?
12 Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? That You say
to me, Take them into your bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling,
into the land which You swore to their fathers?
13 Where am I to get the meat to give to all these people? For they
weep to me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’
14 I shall not be able to bear these people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.
15 And if You do thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favor with You, that I may not see my affliction.”
The Seventy Elders
16 And the Lord said to Moses, “Gather Me seventy men from the
elders of Israel, whom you yourself know that they are the elders of
the people, and their scribes; and you shall bring them to the
tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with you.
17 And I will go down, and speak there with you; and I will take of the
spirit that is upon you, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear
together with you the burden of the people, and you shall not bear them
alone.
18 And to the people you shall say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for
tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you wept before the Lord, saying,
‘Who shall give us meat to eat?’ For it was well with us in
Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat meat, and you shall eat
meat.
19 You shall not eat one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;
20 you shall eat for a full month, until the meat comes out of your
nostrils; and it shall be loathsome unto you, because you disobeyed the
Lord, who is among you, and wept before Him, saying, ‘What had we
to do to come out of Egypt?’”
21 And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred
thousand footmen; and You said, ‘I will give them meat to eat,
and they shall eat a whole month.’
22 Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them?
Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and
shall it suffice them?”
23 And the Lord said to Moses, “Shall not the hand of the Lord be
fully sufficient? Now shall you know whether My word shall come to pass
to you or not.”
24 And Moses went out, and spoke the words of the Lord to the people.
And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and he set
them round about the tabernacle.
25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the
spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were
elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and
ceased.
26 And there were two men left in the camp, the name of the one was
Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon
them, and these were of the number of them that were enrolled, but they
did not come to the tabernacle; and they prophesied in the camp.
27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and spoke, saying, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, who attended on Moses, the chosen one, said, “My lord Moses, forbid them.”
29 And Moses said to him, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish
that all the Lord's people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put
His Spirit upon them.”
30 And Moses departed into the camp, himself and the elders of Israel.
The Lord Sends Quail
31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over
from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day's journey on
this side, and a day's journey on that side, round about the camp, as
it were two cubits from the earth.
32 And the people rose up all the day, and all the night, and all the
next day, and gathered quails; he that gathered least gathered ten
measures; and they refreshed themselves round about the camp.
33 The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the
Lord was angry with the people, and the Lord struck the people with a
very great plague.
34 And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.
35 The people departed from the Graves of Lust to Asheroth; and the
people halted at Asheroth.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 12
Aaron and Miriam Jealous of Moses
1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian
woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, “Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? Has He not also spoken to us?” And the Lord heard it.
3 And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.
4 And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Miriam,
“Come forth, all three of you, to the tabernacle of
witness.”
5 And the three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord
descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the
tabernacle of witness. And Aaron and Miriam were called; and both came
forth.
6 And He said to them, “Hear My words: If there should be a
prophet of the Lord among you, I will be made known to him in a vision,
and in sleep will I speak to him.
7 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all My house.
8 I will speak plainly to him, mouth to mouth, and not in riddles; and
he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were you not afraid to speak
against My servant Moses?”
9 And the great anger of the Lord was upon them, and He departed.
10 And the cloud departed from the tabernacle. And behold, Miriam
became leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and
behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said to Moses, “I beseech you, my lord, do not lay
this sin upon us, for we were ignorant in which we have sinned.
12 Let her not be like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother's
womb, when the disease devours the half of the flesh.”
13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, “O God, I beseech You, heal her.”
14 And the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only spit in
her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be set apart
seven days outside the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.”
15 And Miriam was separated outside the camp for seven days; and the people did not move forward until Miriam was cleansed.
16 And afterwards the people set forth from Asheroth, and encamped in
the Wilderness of Paran.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 13
Spies Sent into Canaan
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Send for yourself some men, and let them spy the land of the
Canaanites, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a
possession—one man for a tribe, you shall send them away
according to their families, everyone of them a prince.”
3 And Moses sent them out of the Wilderness of Paran by the word of the Lord; all these were the princes of the sons of Israel.
4 And these are their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Samuel the son of Zachur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Suri.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sudi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Mannasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gamalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Gaddiel the son of Macchi.
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Oshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them,
“Go up by this wilderness; and you shall go up to the mountain,
18 and you shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwell on
it, whether they are strong or weak, or whether they are few or many.
19 And what the land is on which they dwell, whether it is good or bad;
and what the cities are in which these dwell in, whether they dwell in
walled or unwalled cities.
20 And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees
in it or not, and you shall persevere and take of the fruits of the
land.” Now the days were the days of spring, the forerunners of
the grape.
21 And they went up and surveyed the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men go in to Hamath.
22 And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Hebron;
and there was Ahiman, Seshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. Now
Hebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.
23 And they came to the Valley of the Cluster and surveyed it; and they
cut down from there a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and
carried it on poles, and they took of the pomegranates and the figs.
24 And they called that place, The Valley of the Cluster, because of
the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
25 And they returned from there, having surveyed the land, after forty days.
26 And they proceeded and came to Moses and Aaron and all the
congregation of the children of Israel, to the Wilderness of Paran
Kadesh; and they brought word to them and to all the congregation, and
they showed the fruit of the land.
27 And they reported to him, and said, “We came into the land
into which you sent us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is
the fruit of it.
28 Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very
great and strong-walled towns, and we saw the children of Anak there.
29 And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and
the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill
country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the River
Jordan.”
30 And Caleb quieted the people from speaking before Moses, and said to
him, “No, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it,
for we shall surely prevail against them!”
31 But the men that went up together with him said, “We shall not
go up! For we shall by no means be able to go up against the nation,
for it is much stronger than we.”
32 And they brought a fearful report of that land of which they
surveyed unto the children of Israel, saying, “The land which we
passed by to survey it, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all
the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature.
33 And we saw giants there; and we were as mere insects in our own
sight, and so we were before them.”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 14
The People Rebel
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them,
3 “If only we would have died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we
would have died in this wilderness! And why does the Lord bring us into
this land to fall in war? Our wives and our children shall be for a
prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.”
4 And they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return into Egypt.”
5 And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those that spied out the land, tore their clothes,
7 and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land which we surveyed is indeed very good.
8 If the Lord delights in us, He will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
9 Only do not depart from the Lord; and do not fear the people of the
land, for they shall be as food to us; for the season of prosperity has
departed from them, but the Lord is among us; do not fear them.”
10 And all the congregation said to stone them with stones; and the
glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to
all the children of Israel.
Moses Intercedes for the People
11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people
provoke Me? And how long do they refuse to believe Me for all the signs
which I have done among them?
12 I will strike them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of
you and of your father's house a great nation, and much greater than
this.”
13 And Moses said to the Lord, “So Egypt shall hear, for You have brought up this people from them by Your might.
14 Moreover all the inhabitants of this land have heard that You are
Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, are seen by them face to
face, and Your cloud rests upon them, and You go before them by day in
a pillar of cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.
15 And if You shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard Your name shall speak, saying,
16 ‘Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land
which He swore to them, He has overthrown them in the
wilderness.’
17 And now, O Lord, let Your strength be exalted, as You spoke, saying,
18 ‘The Lord is longsuffering and merciful, and true, removing
transgressions and iniquities and sins, and He shall by no means clear
the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the
third and fourth generation.’
19 Forgive this people their sin according to Your great mercy, as You were favorable to them from Egypt until now.”
20 And the Lord said to Moses, “I am gracious to them according to your word.
21 But as I live, and as My name lives, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth.
22 For all the men who see My glory, and the signs which I have done in
Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me this tenth time, and
have not hearkened to My voice,
23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers;
but their children which are with Me here, as many as do not know good
or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them shall I give the land; but
none who have provoked Me shall see it.
24 However My servant Caleb, because there was different spirit in him,
and he has followed Me, I will bring him into the land into which he
entered, and his descendants shall inherit it.
25 Now Amalek and the Canaanite dwell in the valley. Tomorrow, turn and
depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”
Death Sentence on the Rebels
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
27 “How long shall I endure this wicked congregation? I have
heard their murmurings against Me, even the murmuring of the children
of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you.
28 Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘surely as you spoke into My ears, so will I do to you.
29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all of you that
were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years
old and upward, all that murmured against Me,
30 you shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out My hand
to establish you upon it; except only Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
31 And your little ones, who you said should be a prey, them will I
bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which you have
rejected.
32 And your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your sons shall be fed in the wilderness forty years, and they
shall bear your fornication, until your carcasses are consumed in the
wilderness.
34 According to the number of the days during which you spied the land,
forty days, a day for a year, you shall bear your sins forty years, and
you shall know My fierce anger.
35 I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil
congregation that has risen up together against Me. In this wilderness
they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die.”’
36 And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and
murmured against it to the assembly, so as to bring out evil words
concerning the land,
37 the men that spoke evil reports against the land, died of the plague before the Lord.
38 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh still lived among those men that went to spy out the land.
An Attempted Invasion is Repulsed
39 And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.
40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the
mountain, saying, “Behold, we that are here will go up to the
place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned.”
41 And Moses said, “Why do you transgress the word of the Lord? You shall not prosper.
42 Do not go up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall you fall before the face of your enemies.
43 For Amalek and the Canaanite are there before you, and you shall
fall by the sword; because you have disobeyed the Lord and turned
aside, and the Lord will not be among you.”
44 And having forced their passage, they went up to the top of the
mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses did not
leave the camp.
45 And Amalek and the Canaanite that dwelt in that mountain came down,
and routed them, and destroyed them unto Herman; and they returned to
the camp.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 15
Various Offerings
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘When you have come into the land of your habitation, which I
give to you,
3 and you will offer burnt offerings to the Lord, a burnt offering or a
grain offering to perform a vow, or a freewill offering, or to offer in
your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savor to the Lord, whether of the herd
or the flock:
4 then he that offers his gift to the Lord shall bring a grain offering
of fine flour, a tenth part of an ephah mingled with oil, even with the
fourth part of a hin.
5 And for a drink offering you shall offer the fourth part of a hin on
the burnt offering, or on the grain offering: for every lamb you shall
offer so much, as a sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.
6 And for a ram, when you offer it as a burnt offering or as a
sacrifice, you shall prepare as a grain offering two tenths of fine
flour mingled with oil, the third part of a hin.
7 And you shall offer for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord wine for a drink offering, the third part of a hin.
8 And if you sacrifice a young bull from the herd for a burnt offering
or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow or a peace offering to the Lord,
9 then the worshipper shall offer upon the calf a grain offering, three
tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, the half of a hin. 10 And
wine for a drink offering the half of a hin, a sacrifice for an aroma
of sweet savor to the Lord.
11 Thus shall you do to one calf or to one ram, or to one lamb of the sheep or kid of the goats.
12 According to the number of what you shall offer, so shall you do to each one, according to their number.
13 Every native of the country shall do thus to offer such things as sacrifices for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.
14 And if there should be a stranger among you in your land, or one who
should be born to you among your generations, and he will offer a
sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord—as you do, so the
whole congregation shall offer to the Lord.
15 There shall be one law for you and for the strangers abiding among
you, a perpetual law for your generations: as you are, so shall the
stranger be before the Lord.
16 There shall be one law and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides among you.’”
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
18 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘When you are entering into the land, into which I bring you,
19 then it shall come to pass, when you shall eat of the bread of the
land, you shall separate a heave offering, a special offering to the
Lord, the firstfruits of your dough.
20 You shall offer your bread as a heave offering: as a heave offering from the threshing floor, so shall you separate it,
21 even the firstfruits of your dough, and you shall give the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.
Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin
22 ‘But whenever you shall transgress, and not perform all these commands, which the Lord spoke to Moses;
23 as the Lord appointed you by the hand of Moses, from the day which
the Lord appointed you and forward throughout your generations,
24 then it shall come to pass, if a trespass be committed unwillingly,
unknown to the congregation, then shall all the congregation offer a
calf of the herd without blemish for a burnt offering of sweet savor to
the Lord, and its grain offering and its drink offering according to
the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
25 And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and the trespass shall be forgiven them, because it
is involuntary; and they have brought their gift, a burnt offering to
the Lord for their trespass before the Lord, even for their involuntary
sins.
26 And it shall be forgiven as respects all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and the stranger that is abiding among you, because
it is involuntary to all the people.
27 ‘And if one soul sins unwillingly, he shall bring one female goat of a year old for a sin offering.
28 And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that committed the
trespass unwillingly, and that sinned unwillingly before the Lord, to
make atonement for him.
29 There shall be one law for the native among the children of Israel,
and for the stranger that abides among them, whosoever shall commit a
trespass unwillingly.
30 ‘And whatever soul either of the natives or of the strangers
shall do anything with a presumptuous hand, he will provoke God; that
soul shall be cut off from his people,
31 for he has despised the word of the Lord, and broken His commands;
that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin is upon
him.’”
Penalty for Violating the Sabbath
32 And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
33 And they who found him gathering sticks on the Sabbath day brought
him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of
Israel.
34 And they placed him in custody, for they had not yet determined what they should do to him.
35 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Let the man by all means
be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with
stones.”
36 And all the congregation brought him forth out of the camp; and all
the congregation stoned him with stones outside the camp, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
37 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
38 “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall tell them; and
let them make for themselves fringes upon the borders of their garments
throughout their generations; and you shall put blue lace upon the
fringes of the borders.
39 And it shall be on your fringes, and you shall look on them, and you
shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them. And you shall
not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes
in the things after which you whore after,
40 that you may remember and perform all My commands, and you shall be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to
be your God: I am the Lord your
God.”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 16
Rebellion Against Moses and Aaron
1 And Korah the son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi, and
Dathan and Abiron, sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth the son of
Reuben, spoke;
2 and rose up before Moses, and two hundred and fifty men of the sons
of Israel, chiefs of the assembly, chosen counselors, and men of
renown.
3 They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, “Let it be
enough for you that all the congregation is holy, and the Lord is among
them; and why do you set up yourselves against the congregation of the
Lord?”
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
5 And he spoke to Korah and all his assembly, saying, “God has
visited and known those that are His and who are holy, and has brought
them to Himself; and whom He has chosen for Himself, He has brought to
Himself.
6 Therefore do this: take to yourselves censers, Korah and all his company;
7 and put fire on them, and put incense on them before the Lord
tomorrow; and it shall come to pass that the man whom the Lord has
chosen, he shall be holy: let it be enough for you, you sons of
Levi!”
8 And Moses said to Korah, “Listen to me, you sons of Levi.
9 Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated
you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to Himself to
minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand
before the tabernacle to minister for them?
10 And He has brought you near and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you, and do you seek to be priests also?
11 Thus it is with you and all your congregation which is gathered
together against God: and who is Aaron, that you murmur against
him?”
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab; and they said, “We will not go up.
13 Is it a little thing that you have brought us up to a land flowing
with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and that you
altogether rule over us?
14 You are a prince, and have you brought us into a land flowing with
milk and honey, and have you given us an inheritance of land and
vineyards? Would you have put out the eyes of those men? We will not go
up!”
15 And Moses was exceeding indignant, and said to the Lord, “Take
no heed to their offering; I have not taken away the desire of anyone
of them, neither have I hurt anyone of them.”
16 And Moses said to Korah, “Sanctify your company, and be ready before the Lord, you and Aaron and they, tomorrow.
17 And take each man his censer, and you shall put incense upon them,
and shall bring each one his censer before the Lord, two hundred and
fifty censers, and you and Aaron shall bring each his censer.”
18 And each man took his censer, and they put fire on them, and laid
incense on them; and Moses and Aaron stood by the doors of the
tabernacle of witness.
19 And Korah raised up against them all his company by the door of the
tabernacle of witness; 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 consume them at once.”
22 And they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of
spirits and of all flesh, if one man has sinned, shall the wrath of the
Lord be upon the whole congregation?”
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Depart from the company of Korah round about.’”
25 And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and all the elders of Israel went with him.
26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Separate yourselves
from the tents of these stubborn men, and touch nothing that belongs to
them, lest you be consumed with them in all their sin.”
27 And they moved away from the tent of Korah round about; and Dathan
and Abiram went forth and stood by the doors of their tents, and their
wives and their children and their belongings.
28 And Moses said, “Hereby shall you know that the Lord has sent
me to perform all these works, that I have not done them of myself.
29 If these men shall die according to the death of all men, if also
their visitation shall be according to the visitation of all men, then
the Lord has not sent me.
30 But if the Lord shall show by a wonder, and the earth shall open her
mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all
that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then you
shall know that these men have provoked the Lord.”
31 And when he ceased speaking all these words, the ground split apart beneath them.
32 And the ground opened, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that were with Korah, and their cattle.
33 And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Hades;
and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the
congregation.
34 And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for
they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up, too!”
35 And fire went forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36 And the Lord said to Moses,
37 and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, “Take up the
bronze censers out of the midst of the men that have been burned, and
scatter the strange fire away from here, for they have sanctified the
censers
38 of these sinners against their own souls, and make for them hammered
plates as a covering for the altar, because they were brought before
the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of
Israel.”
39 So Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took the bronze censers,
which the men who had been burned brought near, and they put them as a
covering on the altar,
40 a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger might draw
near, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, to offer incense before
the Lord; so he shall not be as Korah and as they that conspired with
him, as the Lord spoke to him by the hand of Moses.
Complaints of the People
41 And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and
Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”
42 And it came to pass when the congregation had gathered against Moses
and Aaron, that they ran quickly to the tabernacle of witness; and the
cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron entered the tabernacle of witness.
44 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
45 “Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once.” And they fell upon their faces.
46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer, and put on it fire
from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into
the camp, and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from
the presence of the Lord, and it has begun to destroy the
people.”
47 And Aaron did as Moses commanded him, and he ran among the
congregation, for the plague had already begun among the people; and he
put in the incense, and made atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.
49 And those that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of
witness, and the plague
ceased.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 17
The Budding of Aaron’s Rod
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them,
according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their
princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and
write the name of each on his rod.
3 And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for
each; they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their
families.
4 And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to you.
5 And it shall be, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall
blossom; and I will remove from Me the murmuring of the children of
Israel, which they murmur against you.”
6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave
him a rod each, for one chief a rod, according to the house of their
families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was in the midst of the
rods.
7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
8 And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses and Aaron went into
the tabernacle of witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house
of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and
produced almonds.
9 And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the
sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod.
10 And the Lord said to Moses, “Lay up the rod of Aaron before
the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the
disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from Me, and they shall not
die.”
11 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.
13 Everyone that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly?”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 18
Duties of Priests and Levites
1 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, “You and your sons and
your father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and you and
your sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 And take to yourself your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the family of
your father, and let them be joined to you, and let them minister to
you; and you and your sons with you shall minister before the
tabernacle of witness.
3 And they shall keep your charges, and the charges of the tabernacle;
only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both
they and you shall not die.
4 And they shall be joined to you, and shall keep the charges of the
tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a
stranger shall not approach to you.
5 And you shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of
the altar, and so there shall not be anger among the children of
Israel.
6 And I have taken your brothers the Levites out of the midst of the
children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the
services of the tabernacle of witness.
7 And you and your sons after you shall keep up your priestly
ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that
which is within the veil; and you shall minister in the services as the
office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall
die.”
The Priests’ Portion
8 And the Lord said to Aaron, “Behold, I have given you the
charge of the firstfruits of all things consecrated to Me by the
children of Israel; and I have given them to you as an honor, and to
your sons after you for a perpetual ordinance.
9 And let this be to you from all the holy things that are consecrated
to Me, even the burnt offerings, from all their gifts, and from all
their sacrifices, and from every trespass offering of theirs, and from
all their sin offerings, whatever things they give to Me of all their
holy things, they shall be yours and your sons'.
10 In the most holy place shall you eat them; every male shall eat them, you and your sons: they shall be holy to you.
11 And this shall be to you of the firstfruits of their gifts, of all
the wave offerings of the children of Israel; to you have I given them
and to your sons and your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance;
every clean person in your house shall eat them.
12 Every first offering of oil, and every first offering of wine, their
firstfruits of grain, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to you have
I given them.
13 All the firstfruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall
offer to the Lord, shall be yours: every clean person in your house
shall eat them.
14 Every devoted thing among the children of Israel shall be yours.
15 And everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they
bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours: only the
firstborn of men shall be surely redeemed, and you shall redeem the
firstborn of unclean cattle.
16 And the redemption of them shall be from a month old; their
valuation of five shekels—it is twenty gerahs according to the
holy shekel.
17 But you shall not redeem the firstborn of calves and the firstborn
of sheep and the firstborn of goats; they are holy; and you shall pour
their blood upon the altar, and you shall offer the fat as a burnt
offering for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.
18 And the flesh shall be yours, as also the breast of the wave offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be yours.
19 Every special offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children
of Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to
your sons and to your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance; it is
a covenant of salt forever before the Lord, for you and your
descendants after you.”
20 And the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in
their land, neither shall you have any portion among them, for I am
your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the children of
Israel.
Tithes for Support of the Levites
21 “And behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in
Israel for an inheritance for their services, the work in which they
perform in the tabernacle of witness.
22 And the children of Israel shall no more draw near to the tabernacle of witness to incur fatal guilt.
23 And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle
of witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual
statute throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children
of Israel they shall not receive an inheritance.
24 Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an
inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall
offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the
children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”
The Tithe of the Levite
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26 “You shall also speak to the Levites, and shall say to them,
‘If you take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have
given you from them for an inheritance, then shall you separate from it
a heave offering to the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.
27 And your heave offerings shall be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor, and an offering from the winepress.
28 So shall you also separate them from all the offerings of the Lord
out of all your tithes, whatsoever you shall receive from the children
of Israel; and you shall give to them of the Lord’s offering, to
Aaron the priest.
29 Of all your gifts you shall offer an offering to the Lord, and of every firstfruit the consecrated part from it.
30 And you shall say to them, ‘When you shall offer the
firstfruits from it, then shall it be reckoned to the Levites as
produce from the threshing floor, and as produce from the winepress.
31 And you shall eat it in any place, you and your families; for this
is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.
32 And you shall not bear sin by reason of it, for you shall have
offered an offering of firstfruits from it, and you shall not profane
the holy things of the children of Israel, so that you shall not
die.’”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 19
Laws of Purification
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 “This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has
commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them
take for you a red heifer without spot, and on which no yoke has been
put.
3 And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest; and they shall bring
her out of the camp into a clean place, and shall kill her before his
face.
4 And Eleazar shall take of her blood, and sprinkle of her blood seven times in front of the tabernacle of witness.
5 And they shall burn her to ashes before him; and her skin and her flesh and her blood, with her dung, shall be consumed.
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool, and
they shall cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
7 And the priest shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water,
and afterwards he shall go into the camp, and the priest shall be
unclean till evening.
8 And he that burns her shall wash his garments, and bathe his body, and shall be unclean till evening.
9 And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them
up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the
congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of
sprinkling, a purification.
10 And he that gathers up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his
garments, and shall be unclean until evening; and it shall be a
perpetual statute for the children of Israel and for the strangers
joined to them.
11 ‘He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean for seven days.
12 He shall be purified on the third day and the seventh day, and shall
be clean; but if he is not purged on the third day and the seventh day,
he shall not be clean.
13 Everyone that touches the body of a man who has died, and has not
been purified, has defiled the tabernacle of the Lord: that soul shall
be cut off from Israel, because the water of sprinkling has not been
sprinkled upon him; he is unclean, his uncleanness is yet upon him.
14 ‘And this is the law; if a man dies in a house, everyone that
goes into the house, and all things in the house, shall be unclean for
seven days.
15 And every open vessel which has not a covering bound upon it, shall be unclean.
16 And everyone who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or tomb, shall be unclean for seven days.
17 And they shall take for the unclean of the burnt ashes of
purification, and they shall pour upon them running water into a
vessel.
18 And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and
sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that
are in there, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain
man, or the corpse, or the tomb.
19 And the clean man shall sprinkle the water on the unclean on the
third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he shall
purify himself; and the other shall wash his garments, and bathe
himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
20 ‘And whatever man shall be defiled and shall not purify
himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation,
because he has defiled the holy things of the Lord, because the water
of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
21 And it shall be to you a perpetual statute; and he that sprinkles
the water of sprinkling shall wash his garments; and he that touches
the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until evening.
22 And whatsoever the unclean man shall touch shall be unclean, and the
soul that touches it shall be unclean till
evening.’”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 20
Moses’ Error at Kadesh
1 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into
the Wilderness of Zin, in the first month, and the people stayed in
Kadesh. And Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the congregation. And they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.
3 And the people reviled Moses, saying, “If only we had died in the destruction of our brothers before the Lord!
4 And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our cattle?
5 And why is this? You have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should
come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither
figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to
drink.”
6 And Moses and Aaron went from before the assembly to the door of the
tabernacle of witness, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of
the Lord appeared to them.
7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
8 “Take your rod, and call the assembly, you and Aaron your
brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its
waters; and you shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and
give drink to the congregation and their cattle.”
9 And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded.
10 And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and
said to them, “Hear me, you disobedient; must we bring you water
out of this rock?”
11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice;
and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their
cattle.
12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not
believed Me to sanctify Me before the children of Israel, therefore you
shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given
them.”
13 This is the Water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and He was sanctified in them.
Passage Through Edom Refused
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying,
“Thus says your brother Israel; ‘You know all the distress
that has come upon us. 15 And how our fathers went down into
Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted
us and our fathers.
16 And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an
angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of
Kadesh, at the extremity of your coasts.
17 We will pass through your land. We will not go through the fields,
nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of your cistern;
we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right
hand or to the left, until we have passed your borders.’”
18 And Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet you in war.”
19 And the children of Israel said to him, “We will pass by the
mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of your water, I will pay you:
but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.”
20 And he said, “You shall not pass through me”; and Edom
went forth to meet him with a great army, and a mighty hand. 21 So Edom
refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned
away from him.
The Death of Aaron
22 And they departed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, and came to Mount Hor.
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron on Mount Hor, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying,
24 “Let Aaron be added to his people; for you shall certainly not
go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because you
provoked Me at the Water of Strife.
25 Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor before all the congregation;
26 and take Aaron's garment from off him, and put it on Eleazar his
son: and let Aaron die there and be added to his people.”
27 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to Mount Hor, before all the congregation.
28 And he took off Aaron's garments, and put them on Eleazar his son,
and Aaron died on the top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came
down from the mountain.
29 And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead. And all the house
of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 21
The Bronze Serpent
1 And Arad the Canaanite king who dwelt by the wilderness, heard that
Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he made war against Israel, and
carried off some of them as captives.
2 So Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If you will
deliver this people into my power, I will devote it and its cities to
You.”
3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the
Canaanite into his power; and Israel devoted him and his cities, and
they called the name of that place Anathema.
4 And having departed from Mount Hor by the way leading to the Red Sea,
they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the
way.
5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying,
“Why is this? Have you brought us out of Egypt to slay us in the
wilderness? For there is neither bread nor water, and our soul loathes
this light bread.”
6 And the Lord sent deadly serpents among the people, and they bit them, and many people of the children of Israel died.
7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the Lord, and against you: pray therefore to the
Lord, and let Him take away the serpent from us.”
8 And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to
Moses, “Make for yourself a serpent, and put it on a staff; and
it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man,
everyone so bitten that looks upon it shall live.”
9 And Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a staff. And it
came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the
bronze serpent, he lived.
The Journey to Moab
10 And the children of Israel departed and encamped in Oboth. 11 And
having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Ije Abarim, on the farther
side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.
12 And from there they departed, and encamped in the Valley of Zered.
13 And they departed from there and encamped on the other side of the
Arnon in the wilderness, the country which extends from the coasts of
the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the
Amorites.
14 Therefore it is said in a book, “A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooks of Arnon.
15 And He has appointed brooks to reach Ar to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.”
16 And from there they came to the well; this is the well of which the
Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people, and I will give them
water to drink.”
17 Then Israel sang this song at the well: “Sing of the well;
18 the princes dug it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in
their lordship sank it in the rock.” And they went from the well
to Mattaniah,
19 and from Mattaniah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and
from Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab as seen from the
top of the quarried rock that looks toward the wilderness.
King Sihon Defeated
20 And Moses sent ambassadors to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,
21 “We will pass through your land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.
22 We will not drink water out of your well; we will go by the king's highway, until we have past your boundaries.”
23 And Sihon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and
Sihon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array
against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jahaz, and set the
battle in array against Israel.
24 And Israel struck him with the slaughter of the sword, and they
became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jabbok, as far as the
children of Ammon (for Jahaz is the border of the children of Ammon).
25 And Israel took all their cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all cities belonging to it.
26 For Heshbon is the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites; and he
before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land,
from Aroer to Arnon.
27 Therefore those who speak in parables say, “Come to Heshbon, that the city of Sihon may be built and prepared.
28 For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the city of
Sihon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of
Arnon.
29 Woe to you, Moab! You are lost, O people of Chemosh! Their sons are
sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Sihon king
of the Amorites.
30 And their descendants shall perish from Heshbon to Dibon; and their women have kindled a fire against Moab.”
31 And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out the Amorites that dwelt there.
King Og Defeated
33 And having returned, they went up the road that leads to Bashan. And
Og the king of Bashan went forth to meet them, and all his people, to
war at Edrei.
34 And the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him; for I have
delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into your hands;
and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who
dwelled in Heshbon.”
35 And he struck him and his sons, and all his people, until he left
none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his
land.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 22
Balak Summons Balaam to Curse Israel
1 And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by the Jordan toward Jericho.
2 And when Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel did to the Amorites,
3 then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and
Moab was grieved before the face of the children of Israel.
4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now shall this assembly
lick up all that are round about us, as a calf would lick up the green
herbs of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at
that time.
5 And he sent ambassadors to Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor, which
is on a river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him,
saying, “Behold, a people have come out of Egypt, and behold,
they have covered the face of the earth, and have encamped close to me.
6 And now come here, and curse this people for me, for they are
stronger than us. Perhaps we may be able to strike some of them, and
cast them out of the land; for I know that whomsoever you bless, they
are blessed, and whomsoever you curse, they are cursed.”
7 And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Midian, and their
divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and
spoke to him the words of Balak.
8 And he said to them, “Tarry here the night, and I will answer
you the things which the Lord shall say to me.” And the princes
of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9 And God came to Balaam, and said to him, “Who are these men with you?”
10 And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying,
11 ‘Behold, a people has come forth out of Egypt, and has covered
the face of the land, and they have encamped near to me; and now come,
curse them for me, if indeed I shall be able to strike them, and cast
them out of the land.’”
12 And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them, neither shall you curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak,
“Depart quickly to your master; God does not permit me to go with
you.”
14 And the princes of Moab rose, and came to Balak, and said, “Balaam will not come with us.”
15 And Balak yet again sent more princes, and more honorable than they.
16 And they came to Balaam, and they said to him, “Thus says
Balak the son of Zippor: ‘I beseech you, do not delay to come to
me.
17 For I will greatly honor you, and will do for you whatsoever you
shall say; come then, curse this people for me.’”
18 And Balaam answered and said to the princes of Balak, “If
Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be
able to go beyond the word of the Lord God, to make it little or great
in my mind.
19 And now, you also tarry here this night, and I shall know what the Lord will yet say to me.”
20 And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, “If these
men have come to call you, rise and follow them; nevertheless the word
which I shall speak to you, this shall you do.”
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel
22 And God was very angry because he went. And the Angel of the Lord
rose up to withstand him. Now he had mounted his donkey, and his two
servants were with him.
23 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing opposite her
in the road, and His sword drawn in His hand, then the donkey turned
aside out of the way, and went into the field. And Balaam struck the
donkey with his staff to direct her back onto the road.
24 And the Angel of the Lord stood in the avenues of the vines, a fence being on this side and that.
25 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she thrust herself
against the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall, and he
struck her again.
26 And the Angel of the Lord went farther, and came and stood in a
narrow place where it was impossible to turn to the right or the left.
27 And when the donkey saw the Angel of God, she lay down under Balaam.
And Balaam was angry, and struck the donkey with his staff.
28 And God opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,
“What have I done to you, that you have struck me this third
time?”
29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me;
and if I had a sword in my hand, I would now have killed you.”
30 And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which
you have ridden since your youth, to this day? Did I ever do thus to
you, utterly disregarding you?” And he said, “No.”
31 And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of the Lord
opposing him in the road, and His sword drawn in His hand, and he
stooped down and worshipped on his face.
32 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck
your donkey this third time? Behold, I came out to stand against you,
for your way is unseemly before Me. And when the donkey saw Me, she
turned away from Me this third time.
33 And if she had not turned out of the way, surely I would have killed you, and I would have saved her alive.”
34 And Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for
I did not know that You were standing opposite me in the road, to meet
me; and now, if it is not pleasing to You for me to go on, I shall
return.”
35 And the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men:
nevertheless the word which I shall speak to you, you shall take heed
to speak.” And Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 And when Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him,
to a city of Moab, which is on the borders of the Arnon, which is on
the extreme part of the borders.
37 And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to call you?
Why have you not come to me? Shall I not indeed be able to honor
you?”
38 And Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have now come to you:
shall I be able to say anything? The word which God shall put into my
mouth, that I shall speak.”
39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to the cities of streets.
40 And Balak offered sheep and calves, and sent to Balaam and to his princes who were with him.
Balaam’s First Oracle
41 And it was morning; and Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the
pillar of Baal, and showed him from there the extent of the
people.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 23
1 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven calves, and seven rams.”
2 And Balak did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.
3 And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your sacrifice, and I will
go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which He
shall show me, I will report to you.” And Balak stood by his
sacrifice.
4 And Balaam went to inquire of God; and he went straight forward, and
God appeared to Balaam. And Balaam said to Him, “I have prepared
the seven altars, and I have offered a calf and a ram on every
altar.”
5 And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, “You shall return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
6 And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his burnt
offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God
came upon him.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, “Balak king of Moab sent
for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying,
‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, call for a curse upon Israel
for me.’
8 How can I curse whom the Lord has not cursed? Or how can I denounce whom God has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills
I shall observe him. Behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall
not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Who has calculated the descendants of Jacob, and who shall number
the families of Israel? Let my soul die with the souls of the
righteous, and let my descendants be as their descendants.”
11 And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I called
you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have greatly blessed
them!”
12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?”
Balaam’s Second Oracle
13 And Balak said to him, “Come yet with me to another place
where you shall not see the people, but you shall only see a part of
them, and shall not see them all; and curse them for me from
there.”
14 And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the
quarried rock, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and
a ram on every altar.
15 And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God.”
16 And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
17 And he returned to him. And there he was, standing by his whole
burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said
to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
18 And he took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken as a witness, you son of Zippor.
19 God is not as a man that He should waver, nor as a son of man that
He should be threatened; shall He say and not perform? Shall He speak
and not keep His word?
20 Behold, I have received a commandment to bless: so bless I will do, and I will not turn back.
21 There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in
Israel; the Lord his God is with him, the glories of rulers are in him.
22 It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has the glory of a unicorn.
23 For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in
season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt
himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he has eaten the prey,
and he shall drink the blood of the slain.”
25 And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.”
26 And Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you,
saying, ‘Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I
do?’”
Balaam’s Third Oracle
27 And Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to another
place, if it shall please God, and curse them for me from there.”
28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness.
29 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven calves, and seven rams.”
30 And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 24
1 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not
go according to his custom, to seek to use sorcery, but turned his face
toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and beheld Israel encamped by their tribes. And the Spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable and said, “The utterance of Balaam son of Beor, the man whose eyes are truly open,
4 he who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep, his eyes were opened, says,
5 ‘How wonderful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwellings, O Israel!
6 As shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters.
7 There shall come a man out of his descendants, and he shall rule over
many nations; and the kingdom of God shall be exalted, and his kingdom
shall be increased.
8 God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
He shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their
marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.
9 He lies down, he rests as a lion; and as a young lion, who shall
rouse him? Those that bless you are blessed, and those that curse you
are cursed.’”
10 And Balak was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together. And
Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemy, and behold
you have decidedly blessed him this third time.
11 Now therefore flee to your place. I said, I will honor you, but now the Lord has deprived you of glory.”
12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not speak to your messengers also whom you sent to me, saying,
13 ‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I
shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord, to make it good
or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I
speak.’
14 And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise you of
what this people shall do to your people in the last days.”
Balaam’s Fourth Oracle
15 And he took up his parable and said, “The utterance of Balaam
the son of Beor, the man whose eyes are truly open, 16 who hears the
oracles of God, who receives knowledge from the Most High, and has seen
a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.
17 I will point to Him, but not now; I bless Him, but He draws not
near: a Star shall arise out of Jacob, a man shall spring forth out of
Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the
sons of Seth.
18 And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel does valiantly.
19 And One shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes.”
20 And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said,
“Amalek is the first of the nations; yet his descendants shall
perish.”
21 And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said,
“Your dwelling place is strong; yet though you should put your
nest in a rock,
22 and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding place, the Assyrians shall carry you away captive.”
23 And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, “Alas, who shall live, when God shall do these things?
24 And one shall come forth from the hands of the Cyprians, and shall
afflict Asshur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish
together.”
25 And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balak
went to his own home.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 25
Worship of Baal of Peor
1 And Israel sojourned in Acacia Grove, and the people profaned
themselves by committing harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.
3 And Israel consecrated themselves to Baal of Peor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.
4 And the Lord said to Moses, “Take all the princes of the
people, and make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of
the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from
Israel.”
5 And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, “Every one of you kill his friend that is consecrated to Baal of Peor.”
6 And behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought his
brother to a Midianite woman before Moses, and before all the
congregation of the children of Israel; and they were weeping at the
door of the tabernacle of witness.
7 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest saw it,
and rose out of the midst of the congregation, and took a javelin in
his hand,
8 and went in after the Israelite man into the chamber, and pierced
them both through, both the Israelite man and the woman through her
womb; and the plague was stopped from the children of Israel.
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has
caused My wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was
exceedingly jealous among them, and I did not consume the children of
Israel in My jealousy.
12 Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace;
13 and he and his descendants after him shall have a perpetual covenant
of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement
for the children of Israel.’”
14 Now the name of the smitten Israelite man, who was smitten with the
Midianite woman, was Zambri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the
tribe of Simeon.
15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was smitten, was Cozbi,
daughter of Zur, a prince of the nation of Hommoth: it is a chief house
among the people of Midian.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
17 ‘Harass the Midianites as enemies, and strike them,
18 for they are enemies to you by the treachery in which they ensnare
you through Peor, and through Cozbi their sister, daughter of a prince
of Midian, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of
Peor.’”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 26
The Second Census of Israel
1 And it came to pass after the plague that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying,
2 “Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of
Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of
their lineage, everyone that goes forth to battle in Israel.”
3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying,
4 “This is the numbering from twenty years old and upward as the
Lord commanded Moses.” And the sons of Israel that came out of
Egypt are as follows:
5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel: and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and
the family of Hanoch; to Pallu belongs the family of the Palluites.
6 To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: to Carmi, the family of Carmi.
7 These are the families of Reuben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
8 And the son of Pallu was Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram: these are
renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against
Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Korah, in the rebellion against the
Lord.
10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Korah,
when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred
and fifty, and they were made a sign.
11 But the sons of Korah did not die.
12 And the sons of Simeon according to their families were: of Nemuel,
the family of the Nemuelites; to Jamin the family of the Jaminites; to
Jachin the family of the Jachinites.
13 To Zerah the family of the Zarhites; to Saul the family of the Saulites.
14 These are the families of Simeon according to their numbering: twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad according to their families were: to Zephon, the
family of the Zephonites; to Haggi, the family of the Haggites; to
Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
16 to Ozni, the family of the Oznites; to Eri, the family of the Erites;
17 to Arodi, the family of the Arodites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites.
18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to their numbering: forty-four thousand five hundred.
19 And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And these were the sons of Judah, according to their families: of
Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the
Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
21 And the sons of Perez were: to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; to Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Judah according to their numbering: seventy-six thousand five hundred.
23 And the sons of Issachar according to their families were: of Tola,
the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites.
24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
25 These are the families of Issachar according to their numbering: sixty-four thousand four hundred.
26 The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the
family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of
Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
27 These are the families of Zebulun according to their numbering: sixty thousand five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph according to their families were: Mannasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Mannasseh: of Machir the family of the Machirites; and
Machir fathered Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30 And these are the sons of Galaad: of Abiezer, the family of the Abiezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
31 of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
32 of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33 And to Zelophedad the son of Hopher there were no sons, but
daughters: and these were the names of the daughters of Zelophedad:
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcha, and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of Mannasseh according to their numbering: fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
35 And these are the children of Ephraim: of Shuthelah, the family of
the Shuthalhites; of Tanach, the family of the Tanachites.
36 These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37 These are the families of Ephraim according to their numbering:
thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the families of the
children of Joseph according to their families.
38 The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the
family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of
Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
39 of Sophan, the family of the Sophanites.
40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; to Adar, the family of the Adarites; and to Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering: thirty-five thousand five hundred.
42 And the sons of Dan according to their families: to Shuham, the
family of the Shuhamites; these are the families of Dan according to
their families.
43 All the families of Shuhamites according to their numbering were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
44 The sons of Asher according to their families were: to Jimna, the
family of the Jimnites; to Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; to
Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
45 To Hober, the family of the Hoberites; to Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47 These are the families of Asher according to their numbering; forty-three thousand four hundred.
48 The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: to Jahziel,
the family of the Jahzielites; to Guni, the family of the Gunites.
49 To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; to Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naphtali, according to their numbering: forty thousand three hundred.
51 This is the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
53 “To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names.
54 To the greater number you shall give the greater inheritance, and to
the lesser number you shall give the lesser inheritance: to each one,
as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given.
55 The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families.
56 You shall divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few.”
57 And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gershon, the
family of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; to
Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the
Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Korahites,
and the family of the Musites; and Kohath fathered Amram.
59 And the name of his wife was Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore
these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and
Miriam their sister.
60 And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61 And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.
62 And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand,
every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered
among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the
midst of the children of Israel.
63 And this is the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who
numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at the Jordan by
Jericho.
64 And among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron,
whom, even the children of Israel, they numbered in the Wilderness of
Sinai.
65 For the Lord said to them, “They shall surely die in the
wilderness”; and there was not left even one of them, except
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of
Nun.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 27
The Daughters of Zelophehad
1 And the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hopher, the son of Gilead,
the son of Machir, of the tribe of Mannasseh, of the sons of Joseph,
came near; and these were their names, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah.
2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes, and before all the congregation at the door of the
tabernacle of witness, saying,
3 “Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst
of the congregation that rebelled against the Lord in the gathering of
Korah; for he died for his own sin, and he had no sons. Let not the
name of our father be blotted out of the midst of his people, because
he has no son—give us an inheritance in the midst of our father's
brothers.”
4 And Moses brought their case before the Lord.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “The daughters of Zelophehad have spoken rightly: you shall
surely give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of their
father's brothers, and you shall assign their father's inheritance to
them.
7 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying,
8 ‘If a man dies and has no son, you shall assign his inheritance to his daughter.
9 And if he has no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brother.
10 And if he has no brother, you shall give his inheritance to his father's brother.
11 And if there be no brother of his father, you shall give the
inheritance to his nearest relation of his tribe, to inherit his
possessions.” And this shall be to the children of Israel an
ordinance of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Joshua Appointed as Moses’ Successor
12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go up to the mountain that is in
the country beyond the Jordan, this Mount Nebo, and behold the land of
Canaan, which I shall give to the sons of Israel for a possession.
13 And you shall see it, and you also shall be added to your people, as Aaron your brother was added,
14 because you transgressed My commandment in the Wilderness of Zin,
when the congregation refused to hallow Me; you did not hallow Me at
the water before them.” (This is the water of Strife in Kadesh,
in the Wilderness of Zin.)
15 And Moses said to the Lord,
16 “Let the Lord God of spirits and of all flesh look out for a man over this congregation,
17 who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and
who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the
congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a
shepherd.”
18 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take to yourself Joshua
the son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit in him, and you shall lay your
hands upon him.
19 And you shall set him before Eleazar the priest, and you shall give
him a charge before all the congregation, and you shall give a charge
concerning him before them.
20 And you shall put of your glory upon him, that the children of Israel may hearken to him.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and they shall ask of
him before the Lord the judgment of the Urim. They shall go forth at
his word, and at his word they shall come in, he and the children of
Israel with one accord, and all the congregation.”
22 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.
23 And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 28
Daily Offerings
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Command the children of Israel, and you shall speak to them,
saying, ‘You shall observe to offer My gifts to Me in My feasts,
My presents, and My burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling savor.’
3 And you shall say to them, ‘These are the burnt offerings, all
that you shall bring to the Lord: two lambs of a year old without
blemish daily, for a burnt offering, perpetually.
4 You shall offer one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the second lamb towards evening.
5 And you shall offer the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a
grain offering, mingled with oil, with the fourth part of a hin.
6 It is a perpetual burnt offering, a sacrifice offered in the Mount of Sinai for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.
7 And its drink offering, the fourth part of a hin to each lamb; in the
holy place shall you pour strong drink as a drink offering to the Lord.
8 And the second lamb you shall offer toward evening; you shall offer
it according to its grain offering and according to its drink offering
for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.
Sabbath Offerings
9 ‘And on the Sabbath day you shall offer two lambs of a year old
without blemish, and two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for
a grain offering, and a drink offering.
10 It is a burnt offering of the Sabbaths on the Sabbath days, besides the continued burnt offering, and its drink offering.
Monthly Offerings
11 ‘And at the new moons you shall bring a burnt offering to the
Lord, two calves of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs of a year old
without blemish.
12 Three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for one calf, and
two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for one ram.
13 A tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for each lamb, as a
grain offering, a sweet-smelling savor, a burnt offering to the Lord.
14 Their drink offering shall be the half of a hin for one calf; and
the third of a hin for one ram; and the fourth part of a hin of wine
for one lamb: this is the burnt offering monthly throughout the months
of the year.
15 And he shall offer one kid of the goats for a sin offering to the
Lord; it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering and its
drink offering.
Offerings at Passover
16 ‘And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month is the Passover to the Lord.
17 And on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
18 And the first day shall be to you a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work.
19 And you shall bring burnt offerings, a sacrifice to the Lord, two
calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be
to you without blemish.
20 And their grain offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three
tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram. 21 You shall
offer a tenth for each lamb, for the seven lambs.
22 And you shall offer one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.
23 Beside the perpetual burnt offering in the morning, which is a whole burnt sacrifice for a continuance,
24 these shall you thus offer daily for seven days, a gift, a sacrifice
for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord; beside the continual burnt
offering, you shall offer its drink offering.
25 And the seventh day shall be to you a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work in it.
Offerings at the Feast of Weeks
26 ‘And on the day of the new grain, when you shall offer a new
sacrifice at the Feast of Weeks to the Lord, there shall be to you a
holy convocation; you shall do no customary work,
27 and you shall bring burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling savor to
the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs without blemish.
28 Their grain offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; there
shall be three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one
ram.
29 A tenth for each lamb separately, for the seven lambs; and a kid of the goats,
30 for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; beside the perpetual burnt offering: and
31 you shall offer to Me their grain offering. They shall be to you
unblemished, and you shall offer their drink
offerings.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 29
Offerings at the Feast of Trumpets
1 ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there
shall be to you a holy convocation: you shall do no customary work: it
shall be to you a day of blowing the trumpets.
2 And you shall offer burnt offerings for a sweet savor to the Lord,
one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without
blemish.
3 Their grain offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram:
4 a tenth deal for each several ram, for the seven lambs.
5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.
6 Beside the burnt offerings for the new moon, and their grain
offerings, and their drink offerings, and their perpetual burnt
offering; and their grain offerings and their drink offerings according
to their ordinance for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.
Offerings on the Day of Atonement
7 ‘And on the tenth of this month there shall be to you a holy
convocation; and you shall afflict your souls, and you shall do no
work.
8 And you shall bring near burnt offerings for a sweet-smelling savor
to the Lord; burnt sacrifices to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one
ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you without blemish.
9 Their grain offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram.
10 A tenth deal for each several lamb, for the seven lambs.
11 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make atonement for
you; beside the sin offering for atonement, and the continual burnt
offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering according to its
ordinance for an aroma of sweet savor, a burnt sacrifice to the Lord.
Offerings at the Feast of Tabernacles
12 ‘And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month you shall have
a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work, and you shall keep
it a feast to the Lord for seven days.
13 And you shall bring near burnt offerings, a sacrifice for an aroma
of sweet savor to the Lord, on the first day thirteen calves of the
herd, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old; they shall be without
blemish.
14 Their grain offerings shall be fine flour mingled with oil; there
shall be three tenth deals for one calf, for the thirteen calves; and
two tenth deals for one ram, for the two rams.
15 A tenth deal for every lamb, for the fourteen lambs.
16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering: there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
17 ‘And on the second day twelve calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.
18 Their grain offering and their drink offering shall be for the
calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according
to their ordinance.
19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the perpetual
burnt offering; their grain offerings and their drink offerings.
20 ‘On the third day eleven calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.
21 Their grain offering and their drink offering shall be to the calves
and to the rams and to the lambs according to their number, according
to their ordinance.
22 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering; there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
23 ‘On the fourth day ten calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without spot.
24 There shall be their grain offerings and their drink offerings to
the calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number,
according to their ordinance.
25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
26 ‘On the fifth day nine calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without spot.
27 Their grain offerings and their drink offerings shall be to the
calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according
to their ordinance.
28 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the perpetual
burnt offering; there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
29 ‘On the sixth day eight calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.
30 There shall be their grain offerings and their drink offerings to
the calves and rams and lambs according to their number, according to
their ordinance.
31 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the perpetual
burnt offering; there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
32 ‘On the seventh day seven calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.
33 Their grain offerings and their drink offerings shall be to the
calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according
to their ordinance.
34 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering; there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
35 ‘And on the eighth day there shall be to you a release: you shall do no customary work in it.
36 And you shall offer burnt offerings as sacrifices to the Lord, one calf, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without spot.
37 There shall be their grain offerings and their drink offerings for
the calf and the ram and the lambs according to their number, according
to their ordinance.
38 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering; there shall be their grain offerings and their drink
offerings.
39 ‘These sacrifices shall you offer to the Lord in your feasts,
besides your vows; and you shall offer your freewill offerings and your
burnt offerings, and your grain offerings and your drink offerings, and
your peace offerings.’”
40 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the
Lord commanded Moses.
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The Law Concerning Vows
1 And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,
saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:
2 “Any man that shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or
bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his
word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.
3 ‘And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself
with an obligation in her youth in her father's house; and her father
should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her
soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows
shall stand,
4 and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul shall remain to her.
5 But if her father should strictly forbid her in the day in which he
shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted
upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her
guiltless, because her father forbade her.
6 ‘But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her
according to the utterance of her lips, in respect of the obligations
which she has contracted upon her soul,
7 and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her in the day in
which he should hear, then thus shall all her vows be binding, and her
obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand.
8 But if her husband should strictly forbid her in the day in which he
should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has
contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has
disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.
9 ‘And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatsoever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her.
10 ‘And if her vow be made in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath,
11 and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her, and not
disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and all the obligations
which she contracted against her soul, shall stand against her.
12 But if her husband should utterly cancel the vow in the day in which
he shall hear it, none of the things which shall proceed out of her
lips in her vows, and in the obligations contracted upon her soul,
shall stand to her; her husband has canceled them, and the Lord shall
hold her guiltless.
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.
14 But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he
bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations
which she has bound upon herself, because he held his peace at her in
the day in which he heard her.
15 And if her husband should in any way cancel them after the day in
which he heard them, then he shall bear his iniquity.’”
16 These are the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a
man and his wife, and between a father and daughter in her youth in the
house of her father.
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War Against Midian
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Midianites,
and afterwards you shall be added to your people.” 3 And
Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for
war, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Midian, to
inflict vengeance on Midian from the Lord.
4 Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.”
5 And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of each tribe, twelve thousand; these were armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them away, a thousand of every tribe with their
forces, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest.
And the holy instruments, and the signal trumpets were in their hands.
7 And they set themselves in array against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
8 And they killed the kings of Midian together with their slain
subjects; even Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of
Midian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with
their other slain.
9 And they made a prey of the women of Midian, and their little ones,
and their cattle, and all their possessions; and they spoiled their
forces.
10 And they burned with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation, and they burned their villages with fire.
11 And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
Return from the War
12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the
children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to
the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at the Jordan by Jericho.
13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.
14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the army, the heads of
thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle array.
15 And Moses said to them, “Why have you saved every female alive?
16 For they were the occasion to the children of Israel by the word of
Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because
of Peor, and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now then, kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman who has known a man intimately.
18 And as for all the captivity of women who have not known a man intimately, keep them alive.
19 And you shall remain outside the camp for seven days; whoever has
killed, and whoever has touched a dead body, shall be purified on the
third day, and you and your captivity shall purify yourselves on the
seventh day.
20 And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and
all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.”
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the army that came from
the battle array, “This is the ordinance of the law which the
Lord has commanded Moses.
22 Beside the gold, the silver, the brass, the iron, the lead, and the tin,
23 everything that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean,
nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and
whatsoever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.
24 And on the seventh day you shall wash your garments and be clean; and afterwards you shall come into the camp.”
Division of the Plunder
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26 “Take the sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and
beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families of the
congregation.
27 And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.
28 And you shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that
went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men and from
the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the
donkeys; and you shall take from their half.
29 And you shall give them to Eleazar the priest as the firstfruits of the Lord.
30 And from the half belonging to the children of Israel you shall take
one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and
from the donkeys, and from all the cattle; and you shall give them to
the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.”
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
32 And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took was six hundred and seventy-five thousand, among the sheep,
33 and oxen, seventy-two thousand;
34 and donkeys, sixty-one thousand;
35 and of women who had not known a man intimately were thirty-two thousand.
36 And the half, even the portion of them that went out to war, from
the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand
five hundred.
37 And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
38 And the oxen, thirty-six thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.
39 And donkeys, thirty thousand five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord was sixty-one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord was thirty-two souls.
41 And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;
42 from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.
43 And the half taken from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred.
44 And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;
45 and the donkeys, thirty thousand five hundred;
46 and persons, sixteen thousand.
47 And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the
fiftieth part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites
who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
48 And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the
army, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses,
and said to Moses,
49 “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.
50 And we have brought our gift to the Lord, every man who has found an
article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a
bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the
Lord.”
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every fashioned ornament.
52 And all the gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord,
was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains
of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
53 For the men of war took plunder, every man for himself.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of
thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the
tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the
Lord.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 32
The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan
1 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a multitude of
cattle, very great. And they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of
Gilead; and the place was a place for cattle.
2 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad came and spoke to
Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the
congregation, saying,
3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,
4 the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of
Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle.”
5 And they said, “If we have found grace in your sight, let this
land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to
pass over the Jordan.”
6 And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war, and shall you sit here?
7 And why do you pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they
should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?
8 Did not your fathers do thus, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land?
9 And they went up to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied the land, and
turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not
go into the land, which the Lord gave them.
10 And the Lord was very angry in that day, and swore, saying,
11 ‘Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years
old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I
swore to give to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely
followed after Me;
12 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who was set apart, and Joshua the
son of Nun, for they closely followed after the Lord.’
13 And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years He
caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which
did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct.
14 Behold, you have risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination
of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord
against Israel.
15 For you will turn away from Him to desert Him yet once more in the
wilderness, and you will sin against this whole congregation.”
16 And they came to him, and said, “We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions;
17 and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the
children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place;
and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the
inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel have been distributed, each to his own inheritance.
19 And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of
the Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the
side beyond the Jordan eastward.”
20 And Moses said to them, “If you will do according to these
words, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle,
21 and everyone of you will pass over the Jordan fully armed before the
Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,
22 and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you
shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards to
Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.
23 But if you will not do so, you will sin against the Lord; and you shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.
24 And you shall build for yourselves cities for your little ones, and
folds for your cattle; and you shall do that which proceeds out of your
mouth.”
25 And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as our Lord commands.
26 Our little ones, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Gilead.
27 But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as the Lord says.”
28 And Moses appointed to them for judges Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of
Israel.
29 And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Reuben and the sons of
Gad will pass over the Jordan with you, everyone armed for war before
the Lord, and you shall subdue the land before you, then you shall give
to them the land of Gilead for a possession.
30 But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the
Lord, then shall you cause to pass over their possessions and their
wives and their cattle before you into the land of Canaan, and they
shall inherit with you in the land of Canaan.”
31 And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad answered, saying,
“Whatsoever the Lord says to His servants, that will we do.
32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and
you shall give us our inheritance beyond the Jordan.”
33 And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of
Reuben, and to the half tribe of Mannasseh of the sons of Joseph, the
kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of
Bashan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land
round about.
34 And the sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
35 Sophar, Jazer, and they set them up,
36 and Nimrah, and Beth Haran, strong cities, and folds for sheep.
37 And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 and Baal Meon, surrounded with walls, and Shibma; and they called
the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.
39 And a son of Machir the son of Mannasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and destroyed the Amorites who dwelt in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Mannasseh, and he dwelt there.
41 And Jair the son of Mannasseh went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.
42 And Nobah went and took Kohath and her villages, and called them
Nobah after his name.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 33
The Stages of Israel’s Journey from Egypt
1 And these are the stages of the children of Israel, as they went out
from the land of Egypt with their armies by the hand of Moses and
Aaron.
2 And Moses wrote their removals and their stages, by the word of the Lord: and these are the stages of their journeying.
3 They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day
of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of
Israel went forth with a high hand before all the Egyptians.
4 And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the
Lord struck, every firstborn in the land of Egypt; also the Lord
executed vengeance on their gods.
5 And the children of Israel departed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth;
6 and they departed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is a part of the wilderness.
7 And they departed from Etham and encamped at the mouth of Hahiroth,
which is opposite Baal Zephon, and encamped opposite Migdol.
8 And they departed from before Hahiroth, and crossed the middle of the
sea into the wilderness; and they went a journey of three days through
the wilderness, and encamped in Marah.
9 And they departed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were
twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees, and they encamped
there by the water.
10 And they departed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
11 And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the Wilderness of Zin.
12 And they departed from the wilderness of Zin, and encamped in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
14 And they departed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water there for the people to drink.
15 And they departed from Rephidim, and encamped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
16 And they departed from the Wilderness of Sinai, and encamped at the Graves of Lust.
17 And they departed from the Graves of Lust, and encamped in Asheroth.
18 And they departed from Asheroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
19 And they departed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez.
20 And they departed from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.
21 And they departed from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
22 And they departed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
23 And they departed from Kehelathah, and encamped in Saphar.
24 And they departed from Saphar, and encamped in Haradah.
25 And they departed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.
26 And they departed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
27 And they departed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
28 And they departed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.
29 And they departed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
31 And they departed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.
32 And they departed from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in the Mount Hagidgad
33 And they departed from the Mount Hagidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.
34 And they departed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.
35 And they departed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
36 And they departed from Ezion Geber, and encamped in the Wilderness
of Zin; and they departed from the Wilderness of Zin, and encamped in
the Wilderness of Paran; this is Kadesh.
37 And they departed from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor near the land of Edom.
38 And Aaron the priest went up by the command of the Lord, and died
there in the fortieth year of the departure of the children of Israel
from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the
month.
39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old, when he died in Mount Hor.
40 And Arad the Canaanite king, (he too dwelt in the land of Canaan)
having heard when the children of Israel were entering the land,
41 then they departed from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
43 And they departed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
44 And they departed from Oboth, and encamped in Gai, on the other side, on the borders of Moab.
45 And they departed from Gai, and encamped in Dibon Gad.
46 And they departed from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
47 And they departed from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped on the mountains of Abarim, over against Nebo.
48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.
49 And they encamped by Jordan between Jesimoth, as far as Belsa to the west of Moab.
Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan
50 And the Lord spoke to Moses at the west of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,
51 “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘You are to pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan.
52 And you shall destroy all that dwell in the land before your face,
and you shall abolish their high places, and all their molten images
you shall destroy, and you shall demolish all their pillars.
53 And you shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land, and you shall
dwell in it, for I have given their land to you for an inheritance.
54 And you shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the
greater number you shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller
you shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part a man's name
shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: you shall inherit
according to the tribes of your families.
55 But if you will not destroy the inhabitants of the land from before
you, then it shall come to pass that whomsoever of them you shall leave
shall be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and they shall
be enemies to you on the land on which you shall dwell;
56 and it shall come to pass that as I had determined to do to them, so
I will do to you.’”
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The Boundaries of Canaan
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Command the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘You are entering into the land of Canaan: it shall be to you for
an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its boundaries.
3 And your southern side shall be from the Wilderness of Zin to the
border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of
the Salt Sea eastward.
4 And your border shall go round you from the south to the Ascent of
Akrabbim, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall
be southward to Kadesh Barnea, and it shall go forth to the village of
Arad, and shall proceed by Azmon.
5 And the border shall compass from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the boundary.
6 ‘And you shall have your border on the west, the great sea
shall be the boundary; this shall be to you the border on the west.
7 And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea you shall
measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain.
8 And you shall measure to yourselves the mountain from Mount Hor at
the entering in to Hamath, and the termination of it shall be the
coasts of Zedad.
9 And the border shall go out to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar Enan; this shall be your border from the north.
10 ‘And you shall measure to yourselves the eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
11 And the border shall go down from Shepham to Bela eastward to the
fountains, and the border shall go down from Bela behind the Sea
Chinnereth eastward.
12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the termination
shall be the Salt Sea; this shall be your land and its borders round
about.’”
13 And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, “This is the
land which you shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us, to
give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Mannasseh.
14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben, and the tribe of the
children of Gad have received their inheritance according to their
families; and the half-tribe of Mannasseh have received their
inheritances.
15 Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond
the Jordan by Jericho eastward, towards the sunrise.”
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17 “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to
you for an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And you shall take one ruler from each tribe to divide the land to you by lot.
19 And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 Of the tribe of Dan the prince was Bukki the son of Jogli.
23 Of the sons of Joseph of the tribe of the sons of Mannasseh, the prince was Hanniel the son of Suphi.
24 Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince was Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25 Of the tribe of Zebulun, the prince was Eliazaphan the son of Parnach.
26 Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27 Of the tribe of the children of Asher, the prince was Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28 Of the tribe of Naphtali, the prince was Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
29 These did the Lord command to distribute the inheritances to the
children of Israel in the land of
Canaan.
NUMBERS CHAPTER 35
Cities for the Levites
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2 “Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to
the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and
they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about
them.
3 And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their enclosures shall be for their cattle and all their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities which you shall give to the Levites,
shall be from the wall of the city and outwards two thousand cubits
round about.
5 And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand
cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side
two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and
your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities
as described.
6 And you shall give the cities to the Levites, the six cities of
refuge which you shall give for the manslayer to flee there, and in
addition to these, forty-two cities.
7 You shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their suburbs.
8 And as for the cities which you shall give out of the possession of
the children of Israel, from those that have much you shall give much,
and from those that have less you shall give less: they shall give of
their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which
they shall inherit.”
Cities of Refuge
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,
‘You are to cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan.
11 And you shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you
cities of refuge for the manslayer to flee to, everyone who has killed
another unintentionally. 12 And the cities shall be to you places
of refuge from the avenger of blood, and the manslayer shall not die
until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
13 And the cities which you shall assign, even the six cities, shall be places of refuge for you.
14 You shall assign three cities on the other side of the Jordan, and you shall assign three cities in the land of Canaan.
15 It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for
the stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall
be for a place of refuge, for everyone to flee there who has killed a
man unintentionally.
16 ‘And if he should strike him with an iron instrument, and the
man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put
to death.
17 And if he should strike him with a stone thrown from his hand,
whereby a man may die, and he thus dies, he is a murderer; let the
murderer by all means be put to death.
18 And if he should stike him with an instrument of wood from his hand,
whereby he may die, and he thus dies, he is a murderer; let the
murderer by all means be put to death.
19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: whenever he shall meet him, he shall put him to death.
20 And if he should thrust him, out of hatred, or cast anything upon him from an ambush, and the man should die,
21 or if he has stricken him with his hand through anger, and the man
should die, let the man that struck him be put to death by all means,
he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death; the
avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.
22 But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast anything upon him, not from an ambush,
23 or strike him with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and
it should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy,
nor sought to hurt him;
24 then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, according to these judgments.
25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the avenger of
blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge,
where he fled for refuge; and he shall dwell there till the death of
the high priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil.
26 But if the manslayer should in any way go out beyond the bounds of the city where he fled for refuge,
27 and the avenger of blood should find him outside the bounds of the
city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood should kill the manslayer,
he is not guilty.
28 For he ought to have remained in the city of refuge till the high
priest died; and after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall
return to the land of his possession.
29 ‘And these things shall be to you for an ordinance of judgment throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whoever kills a man, you shall slay the murderer on the testimony of
witnesses; and one witness shall not testify against a soul that he
should die.
31 And you shall not accept ransoms for life from a murderer who is worthy of death, for he shall be surely put to death.
32 You shall not accept a ransom to excuse his fleeing to the city of
refuge, so that he should again dwell in the land, until the death of
the high priest.
33 So shall you not pollute with murder the land in which you dwell;
for this blood pollutes the land, and the land shall not be purged from
the blood shed upon it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34 And you shall not defile the land on which you dwell, on which I
dwell in the midst of you; for I am the Lord dwelling in the midst of
the children of
Israel.’”
NUMBERS CHAPTER 36
Marriage of Female Heirs
1 And the heads of the tribe of the sons of Gilead the son of Machir
the son of Mannasseh, of the tribe of the sons of Joseph, drew near,
and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the
heads of the houses of the families of the children of Israel.
2 And they said, “The Lord commanded our lord Moses to render the
land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord
appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to
his daughters.
3 And they will become wives in one of the tribes of the children of
Israel. So their inheritance shall be taken away from the possession of
our fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe into
which the women shall marry, and shall be taken away from the portion
of our inheritance.
4 And if there shall be a release of the children of Israel, then shall
their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which
the women marry, and their inheritance shall be taken away from the
inheritance of our family's tribe.”
5 And Moses charged the children of Israel by the commandment of the
Lord, saying, “Thus says the tribe of the children of Joseph.
6 This is the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of
Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry where they please, only let
them marry men of their father's tribe.
7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel go about from
tribe to tribe, for the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue
each in the inheritance of his family's tribe.
8 And whatever daughter is heiress to a property of the tribes of the
children of Israel, such women shall be married each to one of her
father's tribe, that the sons of Israel may each inherit the property
of his father's tribe.
9 And the inheritance shall not go about from one tribe to another, but
the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in his own
inheritance.’”
10 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did they to the daughters of Zelophehad.
11 So Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married their cousins;
12 they were married to men of the tribe of Mannasseh of the sons of
Joseph; and their inheritance was attached to the tribe of their
father's family.
13 These are the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments,
which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at
the Jordan by Jericho.