Consecration of the Levites. CHAP. VIII, IX. A second passover. him, then he heard the voice of one speak- of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on ing unto him from off the mercy-seat that the day that I smote every first-born in the was upon the ark of testimony, from be- land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. tween the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. CHAP. VIII. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say-gift to Aarnold to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of ing, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, the children of Israel in the tabernacle of When thou lightest the lamps, the seven the congregation, and to make an atonelamps shall give light over against the can- ment for the children of Israel: that there dlestick. be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the 4 And this work of the candlestick was congregation of the children of Israel, did of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto to the Levites according to all that the the flowers thereof, was beaten work: ac- LORD commanded Moses concerning the cording unto the pattern which the LORD Levites, so did the children of Israel unto had shewed Moses, so he made the candle- them. stick. 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to 22 And after that went the Levites in to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying do their service in the tabernacle of the upon them, and let them shave all their congregation before Aaron, and before his flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses so make themselves clean. concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat-offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering, 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Le 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites be- vites: from twenty and five years old and fore the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: 26 But shall minister with their brethren 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites be- in the tabernacle of the congregation, to fore the LORD for an offering of the chil-keep the charge, and shall do no service. dren of Israel, that they may execute the Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touchservice of the LORD. ing their charge. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands CHAP. IX. upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the shalt offer the one for a sin-offering, and wilderness of Sinai, in the first month the other for a burnt-offering, unto the of the second year after they were come LORD, to make an atonement for the Le-out of the land of Egypt, saying, vites. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in 16 For they are wholly given unto me the wilderness of Sinai: according to all from among the children of Israel; instead that the LORD commanded Moses, so did of such as open every womb, even instead the children of Israel. of the first-born of all the children of Is 6 And there were certain men, who rael, have I taken them unto me. were defiled by the dead body of a man, 17 For all the first-born of the children that they could not keep the passover on The cloud guides the Israelites. 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The use of the silver trumpets. : that day and they came before Moses and from even unto the morning, and that the before Aaron on that day: cloud was taken up in the morning, then 7 And those men said unto him, We are they journeyed: whether it was by day or defiled by the dead body of a man: where- by night that the cloud was taken up, they fore are we kept back, that we may not of journeyed. fer an offering of the LORD in his appoint22 Or whether it were two days, or a ed season among the children of Israel? month, or a year, that the cloud tarried up8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, on the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the and I will hear what the LORD will com- children of Israel abode in their tents, and mand concerning you. journeyed not: but when it was taken up, 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, they journeyed. saying, 23 At the commandment of the LORD 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, they rested in their tents, and at the comsaying, If any man of you or of your pos- mandment of the LORD they journeyed: terity shall be unclean by reason of a dead they kept the charge of the LORD, at the body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he commandment of the LORD by the hand of shall keep the passover unto the LORD. Moses. CHAP. X. 11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it unto the 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of morning, nor break any bone of it: accord- an whole piece shalt thou make them: that ing to all the ordinances of the passover they thou mayest use them for the calling of the shall keep it. assembly, and for the journeying of the 13 But the man that is clean, and is not camps. in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the 3 And when they shall blow with them, passover, even the same soul shall be cut all the assembly shall assemble themselves off from among his people: because he to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the brought not the offering of the LORD in his congregation. appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance both for the stranger, and for him 6 When ye blow an alarm the second that was born in the land. time, then the camps that lie on the south 15 ¶ And on the day that the tabernacle side shall take their journey: they shall was reared up, the cloud covered the taber-blow an alarm for their journeys. nacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: 7 But when the congregation is to be and at even there was upon the tabernacle gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye as it were the appearance of fire, until the shall not sound an alarm. morning. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall it by day, and the appearance of fire by be to you for an ordinance for ever throughnight. out your generations. 17 And when the cloud was taken up 9 And if ye go to war in your land from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and commandment of the LORD they pitched: in your solemn days, and in the beginnings as long as the cloud abode upon the taber- of your months, ye shall blow with the trumnacle they rested in their tents. pets over your burnt-offerings, and over the 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon sacrifices of your peace-offerings; that they the tabernacle many days, then the chil- may be to you for a memorial before your dren of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, God: I am the LORD your God. and journeyed not. 11 ¶ And it came to pass on the twen 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a tieth day of the second month, in the second few days upon the tabernacle; according year, that the cloud was taken up from off to the commandment of the LORD they the tabernacle of the testimony. abode in their tents, and according to the 12 And the children of Israel took their commandment of the LORD they journeyed. journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. The Israelites go to Paran. CHAP. XI. Moses complains of his charge. 13 And they first took their journey ac- 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, cording to the commandment of the LORD yea, it shall be, that what goodness the by the hand of Moses. LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of and let them that hate thee flee before thee. Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, 18¶ And the standard of the camp of O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. CHAP. XI. A disposed the and the LORD heard it: and his anger was kindled; and 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward ac- 4 And the mixed multitude that was cording to their armies: and over his host among them fell a lusting: and the children was Elishama the son of Ammihud. of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 5 We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 25¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rere-ward of all the camps throughout 7 And the manna was as coriander-seed, their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer and the colour thereof as the colour of the son of Ammishaddai. bdellium. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 T Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the in the door of his tent: and the anger of son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father- the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also in-law, We are journeying unto the place was displeased. of which the LORD said, I will give it you: 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, come thou with us, and we will do thee Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? good: for the LORD hath spoken good con- and wherefore have I not found favour in cerning Israel. thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as thee: forasmuch as thou knowest how we a nursing-father beareth the sucking child, are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou unto the land which thou swearest unto mayest be to us instead of eyes. their fathers? Seventy elders appointed. NUMBERS. Quails are given in wrath. 13 Whence should I have flesh to give out unto the tabernacle: and they propheunto all this people? for they weep unto sied in the camp. eat. me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the ser15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, vant of Moses, one of his young men, anI pray thee, out of hand, if I have found swered and said, My lord Moses, forbid favour in thy sight; and let me not see my them. wretchedness. 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. thyself alone. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them. 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 ¶ And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, 17 And I will come down and talk with and let them fall by the camp, as it were a thee there and I will take of the spirit day's journey on this side, and as it were which is upon thee, and will put it upon a day's journey on the other side, round them; and they shall bear the burden of about the camp, and as it were two cubits the people with thee, that thou bear it not high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanc- and all that night, and all the next day, tify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye and they gathered the quails: he that shall eat flesh for ye have wept in the gathered least gathered ten homers: and ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give they spread them all abroad for themselves us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in round about the camp. Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD Smote the people with a very great plague. 20 But even a whole month, until it 34 And he called the name of that place come out at your nostrils, and it be loath- Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they busome unto you: because that ye have de- ried the people that lusted. spised the LORD which is among you, and 35 And the people journeyed from Kihave wept before him, saying, Why came broth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth: and abode we forth out of Egypt? at Hazeroth. CHAP. XII. 21 ¶ And Moses said, The people among whom 1 am, are six hundred thousand foot-Doses because of the Ethiopian woND Miriam and Aaron spake against men; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? man whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt above all the men which were upon the face see now whether my word shall come to of the earth.) pass unto thee, or not. 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto 24 ¶ And Moses went out, and told the Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, people the words of the LORD, and gather- Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of ed the seventy men of the elders of the the congregation. And they three came people, and set them round about the taber-out. nacle. 5 And the LORD came down in the pil 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, lar of the cloud, and stood in the door of and spake unto him, and took of the spirit the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Mithat was upon him, and gave it unto the riam: and they both came forth. seventy elders and it came to pass, that 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If when the spirit rested upon them, they there be a prophet among you, I the LORD prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; The names of the spies. CHAP. XIII. and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Acts and reports of the spies. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jeho 9 And the anger of the LORD was kin-shua. dled against them; and he departed. 17 ¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the 10 And the cloud departed from off the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get tabernacle; and behold, Miriam became you up this way southward, and go up into leprous, white as snow and Aaron looked the mountain: upon Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 18 And see the land, what it is; and the 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my people that dwelleth therein, whether they lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon be strong or weak, few or many; us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land is, whether it be 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech or not. And be ye of good courage, and thee. bring of the fruit of the land. Now the 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If time was the time of the first ripe grapes. her father had but spit in her face, should 21 So they went up, and searched the she not be ashamed seven days? let her land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rebe shut out from the camp seven days, and hob, as men come to Hamath. after that let her be received in again. 22 And they ascended by the south, and 15 And Miriam was shut out from the came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Shecamp seven days: and the people journey-shai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, ed not till Miriam was brought in again. were. (Now Hebron was built seven years 16 ¶ And afterward the people removed before Zoan in Egypt.) from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. CHAP. XIII. 23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say-between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. ing, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 ¶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought 4 And these were their names: Of the back word unto them, and unto all the contribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zac-gregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. cur. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the of Joseph. the son son 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 Sodi. 11 of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 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, Geuel the son of Machi. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover, we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto |