THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
Numbers
Part1 (Chapters 1-18)
1:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first
day of the second month, in the second year after they were come
out of the land of Egypt, saying,
1:2: Take ye the sum of all the congregation
of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by
their polls;
1:3: From twenty years old and upward, all that
are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number
them by their armies.
1:4: And with you there shall be a man of every
tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
1:5: And these are the names of the men that
shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
1:6: Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1:7: Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
1:8: Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
1:9: Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
1:10: Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim;
Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
1:11: Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
1:12: Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
1:13: Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
1:14: Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
1:15: Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
1:16: These were the renowned of the congregation,
princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in
Israel.
1:17: And Moses and Aaron took these men which
are expressed by their names:
1:18: And they assembled all the congregation
together on the first day of the second month, and they declared
their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, by their polls.
1:19: As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered
them in the wilderness of Sinai.
1:20: And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest
son, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their
polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war;
1:21: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
1:22: Of the children of Simeon, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that
were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by
their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
1:23: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three
hundred.
1:24: Of the children of Gad, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:25: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred
and fifty.
1:26: Of the children of Judah, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:27: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and
six hundred.
1:28: Of the children of Issachar, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:29: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four
hundred.
1:30: Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:31: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four
hundred.
1:32: Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the
children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
1:33: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
1:34: Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:35: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two
hundred.
1:36: Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:37: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four
hundred.
1:38: Of the children of Dan, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:39: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven
hundred.
1:40: Of the children of Asher, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war;
1:41: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
1:42: Of the children of Naphtali, throughout
their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
1:43: Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four
hundred.
1:44: These are those that were numbered, which
Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve
men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
1:45: So were all those that were numbered of
the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in
Israel;
1:46: Even all they that were numbered were six
hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
1:47: But the Levites after the tribe of their
fathers were not numbered among them.
1:48: For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
1:49: Only thou shalt not number the tribe of
Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
1:50: But thou shalt appoint the Levites over
the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof,
and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle,
and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it,
and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
1:51: And when the tabernacle setteth forward,
the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to
be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that
cometh nigh shall be put to death.
1:52: And the children of Israel shall pitch
their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own
standard, throughout their hosts.
1:53: But the Levites shall pitch round about
the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation
of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge
of the tabernacle of testimony.
1:54: And the children of Israel did according
to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
2:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
2:2: Every man of the children of Israel shall
pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house:
far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
2:3: And on the east side toward the rising of
the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch
throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall
be captain of the children of Judah.
2:4: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
2:5: And those that do pitch next unto him shall
be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall
be captain of the children of Issachar.
2:6: And his host, and those that were numbered
thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
2:7: Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the
son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
2:8: And his host, and those that were numbered
thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
2:9: All that were numbered in the camp of Judah
were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand
and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first
set forth.
2:10: On the south side shall be the standard
of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain
of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
2:11: And his host, and those that were numbered
thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
2:12: And those which pitch by him shall be the
tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall
be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
2:13: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
2:14: Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain
of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
2:15: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
2:16: All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben
were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred
and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth
in the second rank.
2:17: Then the tabernacle of the congregation
shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of
the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man
in his place by their standards.
2:18: On the west side shall be the standard
of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain
of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
2:19: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
2:20: And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh:
and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.
2:21: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
2:22: Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain
of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
2:23: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
2:24: All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim
were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout
their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
2:25: The standard of the camp of Dan shall be
on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children
of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
2:26: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
2:27: And those that encamp by him shall be the
tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall
be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
2:28: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
2:29: Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain
of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
2:30: And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
2:31: All they that were numbered in the camp
of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and
six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
2:32: These are those which were numbered of
the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those
that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six
hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
2:33: But the Levites were not numbered among
the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
2:34: And the children of Israel did according
to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their
standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families,
according to the house of their fathers.
3:1: These also are the generations of Aaron
and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
3:2: And these are the names of the sons of Aaron;
Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3:3: These are the names of the sons of Aaron,
the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister
in the priest's office.
3:4: And Nadab and Abihu 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 priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
3:5: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:6: Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present
them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
3:7: And they shall keep his charge, and the
charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the
congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
3:8: And they shall keep all the instruments
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children
of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
3:9: And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron
and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children
of Israel.
3:10: And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons,
and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
3:11: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:12: And I, behold, I have taken the Levites
from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn
that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore
the Levites shall be mine;
3:13: Because all the firstborn are mine; for
on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast:
mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
3:14: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, saying,
3:15: Number the children of Levi after the house
of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old
and upward shalt thou number them.
3:16: And Moses numbered them according to the
word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
3:17: And these were the sons of Levi by their
names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
3:18: And these are the names of the sons of
Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
3:19: And the sons of Kohath by their families;
Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3:20: And the sons of Merari by their families;
Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according
to the house of their fathers.
3:21: Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites,
and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the
Gershonites.
3:22: Those that were numbered of them, according
to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even
those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five
hundred.
3:23: The families of the Gershonites shall pitch
behind the tabernacle westward.
3:24: And the chief of the house of the father
of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
3:25: And the charge of the sons of Gershon in
the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and
the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
3:26: And the hangings of the court, and the
curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle,
and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the
service thereof.
3:27: And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites,
and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites,
and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the
Kohathites.
3:28: In the number of all the males, from a
month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping
the charge of the sanctuary.
3:29: The families of the sons of Kohath shall
pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
3:30: And the chief of the house of the father
of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of
Uzziel.
3:31: And their charge shall be the ark, and
the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels
of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and
all the service thereof.
3:32: And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight
of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
3:33: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites,
and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
3:34: And those that were numbered of them, according
to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were
six thousand and two hundred.
3:35: And the chief of the house of the father
of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these
shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
3:36: And under the custody and charge of the
sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the
bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,
and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
3:37: And the pillars of the court round about,
and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
3:38: But those that encamp before the tabernacle
toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation
eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the
charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel;
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
3:39: All that were numbered of the Levites,
which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD,
throughout their families, all the males from a month old and
upward, were twenty and two thousand.
3:40: And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all
the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month
old and upward, and take the number of their names.
3:41: And thou shalt take the Levites for me
(I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children
of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings
among the cattle of the children of Israel.
3:42: And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded
him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
3:43: And all the firstborn males by the number
of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered
of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore
and thirteen.
3:44: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:45: Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn
among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead
of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
3:46: And for those that are to be redeemed of
the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of
the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
3:47: Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece
by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take
them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
3:48: And thou shalt give the money, wherewith
the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his
sons.
3:49: And Moses took the redemption money of
them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
3:50: Of the firstborn of the children of Israel
took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and
five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
3:51: And Moses gave the money of them that were
redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of
the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
4:2: Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from
among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of
their fathers,
4:3: From thirty years old and upward even until
fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work
in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:4: This shall be the service of the sons of
Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy
things:
4:5: And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron
shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering
vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
4:6: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers'
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall
put in the staves thereof.
4:7: And upon the table of shewbread they shall
spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons,
and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread
shall be thereon:
4:8: And they shall spread upon them a cloth
of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins,
and shall put in the staves thereof.
4:9: And they shall take a cloth of blue, and
cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs,
and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith
they minister unto it:
4:10: And they shall put it and all the vessels
thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it
upon a bar.
4:11: And upon the golden altar they shall spread
a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins,
and shall put to the staves thereof:
4:12: And they shall take all the instruments
of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put
them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers'
skins, and shall put them on a bar:
4:13: And they shall take away the ashes from
the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
4:14: And they shall put upon it all the vessels
thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the
fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of
the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers'
skins, and put to the staves of it.
4:15: And when Aaron and his sons have made an
end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary,
as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath
shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing,
lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath
in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:16: And to the office of Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet
incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and
the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is,
in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
4:17: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
4:18: Cut ye not off the tribe of the families
of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
4:19: But thus do unto them, that they may live,
and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron
and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service
and to his burden:
4:20: But they shall not go in to see when the
holy things are covered, lest they die.
4:21: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
4:22: Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon,
throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
4:23: From thirty years old and upward until
fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform
the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:24: This is the service of the families of
the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
4:25: And they shall bear the curtains of the
tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering,
and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it,
and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
4:26: And the hangings of the court, and the
hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the
tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and
all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for
them: so shall they serve.
4:27: At the appointment of Aaron and his sons
shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all
their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint
unto them in charge all their burdens.
4:28: This is the service of the families of
the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and
their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.
4:29: As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number
them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
4:30: From thirty years old and upward even unto
fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth
into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:31: And this is the charge of their burden,
according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation;
the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars
thereof, and sockets thereof,
4:32: And the pillars of the court round about,
and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their
instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall
reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
4:33: This is the service of the families of
the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle
of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.
4:34: And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the
congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families,
and after the house of their fathers,
4:35: From thirty years old and upward even unto
fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:
4:36: And those that were numbered of them by
their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
4:37: These were they that were numbered of the
families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle
of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according
to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
4:38: And those that were numbered of the sons
of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their
fathers,
4:39: From thirty years old and upward even unto
fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
4:40: Even those that were numbered of them,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were
two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
4:41: These are they that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service
in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did
number according to the commandment of the LORD.
4:42: And those that were numbered of the families
of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house
of their fathers,
4:43: From thirty years old and upward even unto
fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
4:44: Even those that were numbered of them after
their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
4:45: These be those that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered
according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
4:46: All those that were numbered of the Levites,
whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their
families, and after the house of their fathers,
4:47: From thirty years old and upward even unto
fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the
ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
4:48: Even those that were numbered of them,
were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
4:49: According to the commandment of the LORD
they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to
his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered
of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
5:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:2: Command the children of Israel, that they
put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue,
and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
5:3: Both male and female shall ye put out, without
the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps,
in the midst whereof I dwell.
5:4: And the children of Israel did so, and put
them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did
the children of Israel.
5:5: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:6: Speak unto the children of Israel, When
a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass
against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
5:7: Then they shall confess their sin which
they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the
principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and
give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
5:8: But if the man have no kinsman to recompense
the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD,
even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an
atonement shall be made for him.
5:9: And every offering of all the holy things
of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall
be his.
5:10: And every man's hallowed things shall be
his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
5:11: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5:12: Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass
against him,
5:13: And a man lie with her carnally, and it
be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she
be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be
taken with the manner;
5:14: And the spirit of jealousy come upon him,
and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit
of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and
she be not defiled:
5:15: Then shall the man bring his wife unto
the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth
part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it,
nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy,
an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
5:16: And the priest shall bring her near, and
set her before the LORD:
5:17: And the priest shall take holy water in
an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the
tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
5:18: And the priest shall set the woman before
the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of
memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the
priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the
curse:
5:19: And the priest shall charge her by an oath,
and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if
thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of
thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth
the curse:
5:20: But if thou hast gone aside to another
instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have
lain with thee beside thine husband:
5:21: Then the priest shall charge the woman
with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman,
The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when
the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
5:22: And this water that causeth the curse shall
go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh
to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
5:23: And the priest shall write these curses
in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
5:24: And he shall cause the woman to drink the
bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth
the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
5:25: Then the priest shall take the jealousy
offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering
before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
5:26: And the priest shall take an handful of
the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the
altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
5:27: And when he hath made her to drink the
water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and
have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth
the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly
shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a
curse among her people.
5:28: And if the woman be not defiled, but be
clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
5:29: This is the law of jealousies, when a wife
goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
5:30: Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon
him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman
before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this
law.
5:31: Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity,
and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
6:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:2: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves
to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
6:3: He shall separate himself from wine and
strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of
strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor
eat moist grapes, or dried.
6:4: All the days of his separation shall he
eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even
to the husk.
6:5: All the days of the vow of his separation
there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled,
in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be
holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6:6: All the days that he separateth himself
unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
6:7: He shall not make himself unclean for his
father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister,
when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his
head.
6:8: All the days of his separation he is holy
unto the LORD.
6:9: And if any man die very suddenly by him,
and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall
shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day
shall he shave it.
6:10: And on the eighth day he shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
6:11: And the priest shall offer the one for
a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an
atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow
his head that same day.
6:12: And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the
days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year
for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be
lost, because his separation was defiled.
6:13: And this is the law of the Nazarite, when
the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
6:14: And he shall offer his offering unto the
LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt
offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for
a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
6:15: And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes
of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread
anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
6:16: And the priest shall bring them before
the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
6:17: And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice
of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened
bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his
drink offering.
6:18: And the Nazarite shall shave the head of
his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put
it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
6:19: And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder
of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite,
after the hair of his separation is shaven:
6:20: And the priest shall wave them for a wave
offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the
wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may
drink wine.
6:21: This is the law of the Nazarite who hath
vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside
that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed,
so he must do after the law of his separation.
6:22: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:23: Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying,
On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto
them,
6:24: The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
6:25: The LORD make his face shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee:
6:26: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.
6:27: And they shall put my name upon the children
of Israel; and I will bless them.
7:1: And it came to pass on the day that Moses
had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified
it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the
vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
7:2: That the princes of Israel, heads of the
house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and
were over them that were numbered, offered:
7:3: And they brought their offering before the
LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of
the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before
the tabernacle.
7:4: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
7:5: Take it of them, that they may be to do
the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt
give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
7:6: And Moses took the wagons and the oxen,
and gave them unto the Levites.
7:7: Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the
sons of Gershon, according to their service:
7:8: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto
the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
7:9: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none:
because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that
they should bear upon their shoulders.
7:10: And the princes offered for dedicating
of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes
offered their offering before the altar.
7:11: And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall
offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating
of the altar.
7:12: And he that offered his offering the first
day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
7:13: And his offering was one silver charger,
the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both
of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:14: One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full
of incense:
7:15: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:16: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:17: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
7:18: On the second day Nethaneel the son of
Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
7:19: He offered for his offering one silver
charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:20: One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full
of incense:
7:21: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:22: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:23: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
7:24: On the third day Eliab the son of Helon,
prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
7:25: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:26: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:27: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:28: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:29: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
7:30: On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur,
prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
7:31: His offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:32: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:33: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:34: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:35: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
7:36: On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
7:37: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:38: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:39: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:40: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:41: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7:42: On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel,
prince of the children of Gad, offered:
7:43: His offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:44: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:45: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:46: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:47: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
7:48: On the seventh day Elishama the son of
Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
7:49: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:50: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:51: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:52: one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:53: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
7:54: On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the
son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
7:55: His offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:56: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:57: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:58: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:59: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
7:60: On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni,
prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
7:61: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:62: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:63: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:64: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:65: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
7:66: On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
prince of the children of Dan, offered:
7:67: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:68: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:69: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:70: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:71: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
7:72: On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran,
prince of the children of Asher, offered:
7:73: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:74: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:75: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:76: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:77: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
7:78: On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan,
prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
7:79: His offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
7:80: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
7:81: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of
the first year, for a burnt offering:
7:82: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
7:83: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
7:84: This was the dedication of the altar, in
the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve
chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
7:85: Each charger of silver weighing an hundred
and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels
weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary:
7:86: The golden spoons were twelve, full of
incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the
sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty
shekels.
7:87: All the oxen for the burnt offering were
twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year
twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for
sin offering twelve.
7:88: And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the
peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty,
the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was
the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
7:89: And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle
of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice
of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon
the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake
unto him.
8:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:2: Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When
thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over
against the candlestick.
8:3: And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof
over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
8:4: And this work of the candlestick was of
beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof,
was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had
shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
8:5: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:6: Take the Levites from among the children
of Israel, and cleanse them.
8:7: And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse
them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave
all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make
themselves clean.
8:8: 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.
8:9: And thou shalt bring the Levites before
the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the
whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
8:10: And thou shalt bring the Levites before
the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon
the Levites:
8:11: And Aaron shall offer the Levites before
the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they
may execute the service of the LORD.
8:12: And the Levites shall lay their hands upon
the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a
sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD,
to make an atonement for the Levites.
8:13: And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron,
and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
8:14: Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from
among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
8:15: 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.
8:16: For they are wholly given unto me from
among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb,
even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have
I taken them unto me.
8:17: For all the firstborn of the children of
Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every
firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
8:18: And I have taken the Levites for all the
firstborn of the children of Israel.
8:19: And I have given the Levites as a gift
to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to
do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of
the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of
Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel,
when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
8:20: And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation
of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all
that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the
children of Israel unto them.
8:21: 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.
8:22: And after that went the Levites in to do
their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron,
and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning
the Levites, so did they unto them.
8:23: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8:24: This is it that belongeth unto the Levites:
from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to
wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
8:25: And from the age of fifty years they shall
cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
8:26: But shall minister with their brethren
in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and
shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching
their charge.
9:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
9:2: Let the children of Israel also keep the
passover at his appointed season.
9:3: 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.
9:4: And Moses spake unto the children of Israel,
that they should keep the passover.
9:5: And they kept the passover on the fourteenth
day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according
to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
9:6: And there were certain men, who were defiled
by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover
on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that
day:
9:7: And those men said unto him, We are defiled
by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we
may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season
among the children of Israel?
9:8: And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and
I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
9:9: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
9:10: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason
of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep
the passover unto the LORD.
9:11: The fourteenth day of the second month
at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and
bitter herbs.
9:12: They shall leave none of it unto the morning,
nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the
passover they shall keep it.
9:13: But the man that is clean, and is not in
a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same
soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought
not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man
shall bear his sin.
9:14: 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 that was born in the land.
9:15: And on the day that the tabernacle was
reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of
the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it
were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
9:16: So it was alway: the cloud covered it by
day, and the appearance of fire by night.
9:17: And when the cloud was taken up 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.
9:18: At the commandment of the LORD the children
of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched:
as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in
their tents.
9:19: And when the cloud tarried long upon the
tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge
of the LORD, and journeyed not.
9:20: And so it was, when the cloud was a few
days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the
LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment
of the LORD they journeyed.
9:21: And so it was, when the cloud abode from
even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the
morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night
that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
9:22: Or whether it were two days, or a month,
or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining
thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed
not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
9:23: At the commandment of the LORD they rested
in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed:
they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD
by the hand of Moses.
10:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10:2: Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a
whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for
the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
10:3: And when they shall blow with them, all
the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
10:4: And if they blow but with one trumpet,
then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel,
shall gather themselves unto thee.
10:5: When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that
lie on the east parts shall go forward.
10:6: When ye blow an alarm the second time,
then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey:
they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
10:7: But when the congregation is to be gathered
together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
10:8: And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall
blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance
for ever throughout your generations.
10:9: And if ye go to war in your land 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.
10:10: Also in the day of your gladness, and
in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye
shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over
the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you
for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
10:11: And it came to pass on the twentieth day
of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken
up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
10:12: And the children of Israel took their
journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested
in the wilderness of Paran.
10:13: And they first took their journey according
to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
10:14: 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.
10:15: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
10:16: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
10:17: And the tabernacle was taken down; and
the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing
the tabernacle.
10:18: And the standard of the camp of Reuben
set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur
the son of Shedeur.
10:19: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
10:20: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
10:21: And the Kohathites set forward, bearing
the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against
they came.
10:22: And the standard of the camp of the children
of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his
host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
10:23: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
10:24: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
10:25: And the standard of the camp of the children
of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout
their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
10:26: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
10:27: And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
10:28: Thus were the journeyings of the children
of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
10:29: And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of
Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying
unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come
thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken
good concerning Israel.
10:30: And he said unto him, I will not go; but
I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
10:31: And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee;
forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness,
and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
10:32: And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea,
it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the
same will we do unto thee.
10:33: 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.
10:34: And the cloud of the LORD was upon them
by day, when they went out of the camp.
10:35: And it came to pass, when the ark set
forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies
be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
10:36: And when it rested, he said, Return, O
LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
11:1: And when the people complained, it displeased
the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and
the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that
were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
11:2: And the people cried unto Moses; and when
Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
11:3: And he called the name of the place Taberah:
because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
11:4: And the mixt multitude that was among them
fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and
said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
11:5: 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:
11:6: But now our soul is dried away: there is
nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
11:7: And the manna was as coriander seed, and
the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
11:8: 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.
11:9: And when the dew fell upon the camp in
the night, the manna fell upon it.
11:10: Then Moses heard the people weep throughout
their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger
of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11:11: And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore
hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found
favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people
upon me?
11:12: Have I conceived all this people? have
I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in
thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto
the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
11:13: Whence should I have flesh to give unto
all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh,
that we may eat.
11:14: I am not able to bear all this people
alone, because it is too heavy for me.
11:15: And if thou deal thus with me, kill me,
I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight;
and let me not see my wretchedness.
11:16: 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.
11:17: And I will come down and talk with thee
there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will
put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people
with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
11:18: And say thou unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have
wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh
to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD
will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
11:19: Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days,
nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
11:20: But even a whole month, until it come
out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that
ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before
him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
11:21: And Moses said, The people, among whom
I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I
will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
11:22: 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?
11:23: And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's
hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come
to pass unto thee or not.
11:24: And Moses went out, and told the people
the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders
of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
11:25: And the LORD came down in a cloud, and
spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and
gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when
the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
11:26: 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 out unto the tabernacle: and they
prophesied in the camp.
11:27: And there ran a young man, and told Moses,
and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
11:28: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant
of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses,
forbid them.
11:29: 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!
11:30: And Moses gat him into the camp, he and
the elders of Israel.
11:31: And there went forth a wind from the LORD,
and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp,
as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's
journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were
two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
11:32: And the people stood up all that day,
and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the
quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread
them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
11:33: 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.
11:34: And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah:
because there they buried the people that lusted.
11:35: And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah
unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
12:1: And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses
because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had
married an Ethiopian woman.
12:2: And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken
only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard
it.
12:3: (Now the man Moses was very meek, above
all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
12:4: And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses,
and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle
of the congregation. And they three came out.
12:5: And the LORD came down in the pillar of
the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called
Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
12:6: And he said, Hear now my words: If there
be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto
him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
12:7: My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful
in all mine house.
12:8: With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even
apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the
LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak
against my servant Moses?
12:9: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
them; and he departed.
12:10: And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle;
and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked
upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
12:11: And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord,
I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done
foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12:12: Let her not be as one dead, of whom the
flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
12:13: And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying,
Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
12:14: And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father
had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days?
let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that
let her be received in again.
12:15: And Miriam was shut out from the camp
seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought
in again.
12:16: And afterward the people removed from
Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
13:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13:2: 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.
13:3: 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.
13:4: And these were their names: of the tribe
of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
13:5: Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son
of Hori.
13:6: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of
Jephunneh.
13:7: Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son
of Joseph.
13:8: Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son
of Nun.
13:9: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son
of Raphu.
13:10: Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son
of Sodi.
13:11: Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the
tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
13:12: Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of
Gemalli.
13:13: Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son
of Michael.
13:14: Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son
of Vophsi.
13:15: Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of
Machi.
13:16: These are the names of the men which Moses
sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun
Jehoshua.
13:17: And Moses sent them to spy out the land
of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward,
and go up into the mountain:
13:18: And see the land, what it is; and the
people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak,
few or many;
13:19: 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;
13:20: And what the land is, whether it be fat
or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of
good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time
was the time of the firstripe grapes.
13:21: So they went up, and searched the land
from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
13:22: And they ascended by the south, and came
unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of
Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in
Egypt.)
13:23: And they came unto the brook of Eshcol,
and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes,
and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of
the pomegranates, and of the figs.
13:24: The place was called the brook Eshcol,
because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel
cut down from thence.
13:25: And they returned from searching of the
land after forty days.
13:26: 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 back word
unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the
fruit of the land.
13:27: 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.
13:28: 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.
13:29: 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.
13:30: 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.
13:31: 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.
13:32: And they brought up an evil report of
the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel,
saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is
a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people
that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
13:33: And there we saw the giants, the sons
of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight
as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
14:1: And all the congregation lifted up their
voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
14:2: And all the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said
unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or
would God we had died in this wilderness!
14:3: And wherefore hath the LORD brought us
unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children
should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
14:4: And they said one to another, Let us make
a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
14:5: Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of
Israel.
14:6: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent
their clothes:
14:7: And they spake unto all the company of
the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through
to search it, is an exceeding good land.
14:8: If the LORD delight in us, then he will
bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth
with milk and honey.
14:9: Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither
fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their
defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them
not.
14:10: But all the congregation bade stone them
with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle
of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
14:11: And the LORD said unto Moses, How long
will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they
believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
14:12: I will smite them with the pestilence,
and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and
mightier than they.
14:13: And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the
Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in
thy might from among them;)
14:14: And they will tell it to the inhabitants
of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this
people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud
standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time
in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
14:15: Now if thou shalt kill all this people
as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee
will speak, saying,
14:16: Because the LORD was not able to bring
this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore
he hath slain them in the wilderness.
14:17: And now, I beseech thee, let the power
of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
14:18: The LORD is longsuffering, and of great
mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing
the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation.
14:19: Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of
this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as
thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
14:20: And the LORD said, I have pardoned according
to thy word:
14:21: But as truly as I live, all the earth
shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
14:22: Because all those men which have seen
my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness,
and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened
to my voice;
14:23: Surely they shall not see the land which
I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked
me see it:
14:24: But my servant Caleb, because he had another
spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring
into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
14:25: (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites
dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the
wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
14:26: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
14:27: How long shall I bear with this evil congregation,
which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children
of Israel, which they murmur against me.
14:28: Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith
the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
14:29: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness;
and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number,
from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against
me,
14:30: Doubtless ye shall not come into the land,
concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb
the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
14:31: But your little ones, which ye said should
be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land
which ye have despised.
14:32: But as for you, your carcases, they shall
fall in this wilderness.
14:33: And your children shall wander in the
wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases
be wasted in the wilderness.
14:34: After the number of the days in which
ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall
ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my
breach of promise.
14:35: I the LORD have said, I will surely do
it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together
against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there
they shall die.
14:36: And the men, which Moses sent to search
the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur
against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
14:37: Even those men that did bring up the evil
report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
14:38: But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the
land, lived still.
14:39: And Moses told these sayings unto all
the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
14:40: And they rose up early in the morning,
and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be
here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised:
for we have sinned.
14:41: And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress
the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
14:42: Go not up, for the LORD is not among you;
that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
14:43: For the Amalekites and the Canaanites
are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because
ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not
be with you.
14:44: But they presumed to go up unto the hill
top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses,
departed not out of the camp.
14:45: Then the Amalekites came down, and the
Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited
them, even unto Hormah.
15:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15:2: Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations,
which I give unto you,
15:3: And will make an offering by fire unto
the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow,
or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a
sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
15:4: Then shall he that offereth his offering
unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled
with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
15:5: And the fourth part of an hin of wine for
a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or
sacrifice, for one lamb.
15:6: Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a
meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third
part of an hin of oil.
15:7: And for a drink offering thou shalt offer
the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
15:8: And when thou preparest a bullock for a
burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace
offerings unto the LORD:
15:9: Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat
offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin
of oil.
15:10: And thou shalt bring for a drink offering
half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
15:11: Thus shall it be done for one bullock,
or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
15:12: According to the number that ye shall
prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
15:13: All that are born of the country shall
do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
15:14: And if a stranger sojourn with you, or
whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye
do, so he shall do.
15:15: One ordinance shall be both for you of
the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with
you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so
shall the stranger be before the LORD.
15:16: One law and one manner shall be for you,
and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
15:17: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15:18: Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
15:19: Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of
the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto
the LORD.
15:20: Ye shall offer up a cake of the first
of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering
of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
15:21: Of the first of your dough ye shall give
unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
15:22: And if ye have erred, and not observed
all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
15:23: Even all that the LORD hath commanded
you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded
Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
15:24: Then it shall be, if ought be committed
by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all
the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering,
for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and
his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the
goats for a sin offering.
15:25: And the priest shall make an atonement
for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall
be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their
offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin
offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
15:26: And it shall be forgiven all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among
them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
15:27: And if any soul sin through ignorance,
then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
15:28: And the priest shall make an atonement
for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance
before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be
forgiven him.
15:29: Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth
through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children
of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
15:30: But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously,
whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth
the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15:31: Because he hath despised the word of the
LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly
be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
15:32: And while the children of Israel were
in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon
the sabbath day.
15:33: And they that found him gathering sticks
brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
15:34: And they put him in ward, because it was
not declared what should be done to him.
15:35: And the LORD said unto Moses, The man
shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone
him with stones without the camp.
15:36: And all the congregation brought him without
the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
15:37: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
15:38: Speak unto the children of Israel, and
bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments
throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe
of the borders a ribband of blue:
15:39: And it shall be unto you for a fringe,
that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of
the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart
and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
15:40: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments,
and be holy unto your God.
15:41: I am the LORD your God, which brought
you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your
God.
16:1: Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of
Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,
and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
16:2: And they rose up before Moses, with certain
of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the
assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
16:3: And they gathered themselves together against
Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much
upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them,
and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves
above the congregation of the LORD?
16:4: And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his
face:
16:5: And he spake unto Korah and unto all his
company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his,
and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even
him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
16:6: This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all
his company;
16:7: And put fire therein, and put incense in
them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom
the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon
you, ye sons of Levi.
16:8: And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray
you, ye sons of Levi:
16:9: Seemeth it but a small thing unto you,
that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation
of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the
tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to
minister unto them?
16:10: And he hath brought thee near to him,
and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the
priesthood also?
16:11: For which cause both thou and all thy
company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron,
that ye murmur against him?
16:12: And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram,
the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
16:13: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought
us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill
us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince
over us?
16:14: Moreover thou hast not brought us into
a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance
of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men?
we will not come up.
16:15: And Moses was very wroth, and said unto
the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one
ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16:16: And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and
all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to
morrow:
16:17: And take every man his censer, and put
incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer,
two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you
his censer.
16:18: And they took every man his censer, and
put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
16:19: And Korah gathered all the congregation
against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
16:20: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
16:21: Separate yourselves from among this congregation,
that I may consume them in a moment.
16:22: And they fell upon their faces, and said,
O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin,
and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
16:23: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:24: Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get
you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
16:25: And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan
and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
16:26: And he spake unto the congregation, saying,
Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch
nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
16:27: So they gat up from the tabernacle of
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram
came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives,
and their sons, and their little children.
16:28: And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that
the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done
them of mine own mind.
16:29: If these men die the common death of all
men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then
the LORD hath not sent me.
16:30: But if the LORD make a new thing, and
the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain
unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall
understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
16:31: And it came to pass, as he had made an
end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder
that was under them:
16:32: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto
Korah, and all their goods.
16:33: They, and all that appertained to them,
went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them:
and they perished from among the congregation.
16:34: And all Israel that were round about them
fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow
us up also.
16:35: And there came out a fire from the LORD,
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
16:36: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:37: Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter
thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
16:38: The censers of these sinners against their
own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the
altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are
hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
16:39: And Eleazar the priest took the brasen
censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they
were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
16:40: To be a memorial unto the children of
Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come
near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah,
and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
16:41: But on the morrow all the congregation
of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron,
saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
16:42: And it came to pass, when the congregation
was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked
toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud
covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
16:43: And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle
of the congregation.
16:44: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:45: Get you up from among this congregation,
that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their
faces.
16:46: And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer,
and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and
go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them:
for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
16:47: And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and
ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague
was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an
atonement for the people.
16:48: And he stood between the dead and the
living; and the plague was stayed.
16:49: Now they that died in the plague were
fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about
the matter of Korah.
16:50: And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was
stayed.
17:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17:2: Speak unto the children of Israel, and
take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their
fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their
fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
17:3: And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon
the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house
of their fathers.
17:4: And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle
of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with
you.
17:5: And it shall come to pass, that the man's
rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease
from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they
murmur against you.
17:6: And Moses spake unto the children of Israel,
and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each
prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods:
and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
17:7: And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD
in the tabernacle of witness.
17:8: And it came to pass, that on the morrow
Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod
of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds,
and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
17:9: And Moses brought out all the rods from
before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked,
and took every man his rod.
17:10: And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's
rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against
the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from
me, that they die not.
17:11: And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded
him, so did he.
17:12: And the children of Israel spake unto
Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
17:13: Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the
tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
18:1: And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and
thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity
of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the
iniquity of your priesthood.
18:2: And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi,
the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be
joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons
with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
18:3: And they shall keep thy charge, and the
charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the
vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor
ye also, die.
18:4: And they shall be joined unto thee, and
keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all
the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh
unto you.
18:5: And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary,
and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon
the children of Israel.
18:6: And I, behold, I have taken your brethren
the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are
given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
18:7: Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall
keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within
the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office
unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh
shall be put to death.
18:8: And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold,
I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all
the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have
I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an
ordinance for ever.
18:9: This shall be thine of the most holy things,
reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering
of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass
offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be
most holy for thee and for thy sons.
18:10: In the most holy place shalt thou eat
it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
18:11: And this is thine; the heave offering
of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of
Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy
daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is
clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:12: All the best of the oil, and all the best
of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they
shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.
18:13: And whatsoever is first ripe in the land,
which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one
that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
18:14: Every thing devoted in Israel shall be
thine.
18:15: Every thing that openeth the matrix in
all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men
or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt
thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt
thou redeem.
18:16: And those that are to be redeemed from
a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation,
for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
which is twenty gerahs.
18:17: But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling
of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem;
they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar,
and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
18:18: And the flesh of them shall be thine,
as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
18:19: All the heave offerings of the holy things,
which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given
thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for
ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee
and to thy seed with thee.
18:20: And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt
have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any
part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the
children of Israel.
18:21: And, behold, I have given the children
of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their
service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
18:22: Neither must the children of Israel henceforth
come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin,
and die.
18:23: But the Levites shall do the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their
iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations,
that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
18:24: But the tithes of the children of Israel,
which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given
to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among
the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
18:25: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18:26: Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto
them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which
I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall
offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part
of the tithe.
18:27: And this your heave offering shall be
reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor,
and as the fulness of the winepress.
18:28: Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering
unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children
of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering
to Aaron the priest.
18:29: Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every
heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the
hallowed part thereof out of it.
18:30: Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When
ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted
unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as
the increase of the winepress.
18:31: And ye shall eat it in every place, ye
and your households: for it is your reward for your service in
the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:32: And ye shall bear no sin by reason of
it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall
ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye
die.