- Numbers 1-18
- Chapter 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,
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;
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.
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his
fathers.
5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben;
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh;
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers,
heads of thousands in Israel.
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
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.
19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
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;
21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six
thousand and five hundred.
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;
23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine
thousand and three hundred.
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;
25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five
thousand six hundred and fifty.
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;
27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and
fourteen thousand and six hundred.
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;
29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four
thousand and four hundred.
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;
31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven
thousand and four hundred.
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;
33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and
five hundred.
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;
35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two
thousand and two hundred.
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;
37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five
thousand and four hundred.
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;
39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two
thousand and seven hundred.
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;
41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one
thousand and five hundred.
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;
43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three
thousand and four hundred.
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.
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;
46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five
hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the
children of Israel:
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.
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.
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.
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.
54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did
they.
- Chapter 2
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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.
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.
4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen
thousand and six hundred.
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.
6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and
four hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children
of Zebulun.
8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and
four hundred.
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.
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.
11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and
five hundred.
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.
13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and
three hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of
Reuel.
15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and
six hundred and fifty.
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.
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.
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.
19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five
hundred.
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.
21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and
two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the
son of Gideoni.
23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and
four hundred.
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.
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.
26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand
and seven hundred.
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.
28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and
five hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira
the son of Enan.
30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and
four hundred.
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.
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.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
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.
- Chapter 3
- 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with
Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
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.
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.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may
minister unto him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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;
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.
14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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.
16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are
the families of the Gershonites.
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.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son
of Lael.
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.
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.
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.
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.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be
Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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.
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.
33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the
families of Merari.
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.
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.
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,
37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their
cords.
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.
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.
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.
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.
42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of
Israel.
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.
44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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;
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:)
48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto
Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were
redeemed by the Levites:
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:
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.
- Chapter 4
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by
the house of their fathers,
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 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation,
about the most holy things:
5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take
down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
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.
7 And upon the table of showbread 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:
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.
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:
10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins,
and shall put it upon a bar.
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:
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:
13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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 basins, all the vessels of the
altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves
of it.
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.
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.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
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:
20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by
their families;
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.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
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,
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.
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.
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.
29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of
their fathers;
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.
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,
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.
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.
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,
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:
36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred
and fifty.
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.
38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by
the house of their fathers,
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,
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.
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.
42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their
families, by the house of their fathers,
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,
44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two
hundred.
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.
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,
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,
48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and
fourscore.
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.
- Chapter 5
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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:
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.
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 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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;
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.
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.
9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring
unto the priest, shall be his.
10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it
shall be his.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and
commit a trespass against him,
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;
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:
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.
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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;
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.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the
bitter water:
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.
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:
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.
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.
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall
conceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her
husband, and is defiled;
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.
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
- Chapter 6
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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:
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.
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.
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 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
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.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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,
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.
16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and
his burnt offering:
17 And he shall offer the ram 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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of
Israel, saying unto them,
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
- Chapter 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;
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:
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.
4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
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.
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.
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.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day,
for the dedicating of the altar.
12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the
tribe of Judah:
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:
14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
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:
20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
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:
26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did
offer:
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:
32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon,
did offer:
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:
38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
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:
44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim,
offered:
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:
50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of
Manasseh:
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:
56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin,
offered:
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:
62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan,
offered:
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:
68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
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:
74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
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:
80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Chapter 8
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall
give light over against the candlestick.
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
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 showed
Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
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 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.
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:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put
their hands upon the Levites:
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.
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.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an
offering unto the LORD.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites
shall be mine.
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
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.
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.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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:
25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and
shall serve no more:
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.
- Chapter 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,
2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season:
according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye
keep it.
4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the
wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children
of Israel.
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:
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?
8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command
concerning you.
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with
unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Chapter 10
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the
thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
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.
7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not
sound an alarm.
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.
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 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.
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.
12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the
cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand
of Moses.
14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to
their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of
Zuar.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set
forward, bearing the tabernacle.
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.
19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the
tabernacle against they came.
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.
23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
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.
26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when
they set forward.
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.
30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my
kindred.
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.
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.
33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the
covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting
place for them.
34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let
thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
- Chapter 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.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was
quenched.
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among
them.
4 And the mixed 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?
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 garlic:
6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our
eyes.
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a
mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste
of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 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 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?
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?
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.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty
days;
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the
camp.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and
said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people
were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, 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.
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.
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.
34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the
people that lusted.
35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
- Chapter 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.
2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?
And the LORD heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the
earth.)
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.
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.
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.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the
similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against
my servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
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.
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 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of
his mother's womb.
13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
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.
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till
Miriam was brought in again.
16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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- Chapter 13
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children
of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among
them.
3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all
those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
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.
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:
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be
strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities
they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be 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.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men
come to Hamath.
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.)
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.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the
children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto
them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely
it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled,
and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and
the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the
coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess
it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for
they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto 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.
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.
- Chapter 14
- 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that
night.
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!
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?
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of
the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that
searched the land, rent their clothes:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 showed among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a
greater nation and mightier than they.
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 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.
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,
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.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, according as thou hast
spoken, saying,
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.
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.
20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
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;
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any
of them that provoked me see it:
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.
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.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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.
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:
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,
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.
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.
32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms,
until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
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.
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.
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,
37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague
before the LORD.
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.
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned
greatly.
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.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it
shall not prosper.
42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
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.
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.
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote
them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
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- Chapter 15
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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,
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:
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.
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.
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.
7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
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:
9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled
with half an hin of oil.
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.
11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to
their number.
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.
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 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.
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land
whither I bring you,
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.
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.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your
generations.
22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath
spoken unto Moses,
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;
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.
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:
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.
27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year
for a sin offering.
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.
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.
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.
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.
32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered
sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all
the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
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.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and
he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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:
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:
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
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.
- Chapter 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:
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:
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?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will
show 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.
6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
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.
8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
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?
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?
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?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not
come up:
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?
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.
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 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they,
and Aaron, to morrow:
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.
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.
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.
20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
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?
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed
him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men
that offered incense.
36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had
offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
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.
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.
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.
43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And
they fell upon their faces.
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.
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.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them
that died about the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and
the plague was stayed.
- Chapter 17
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony,
where I will meet with you.
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.
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.
7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
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.
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.
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.
11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all
perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be
consumed with dying?
- Chapter 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of
the altar, and within the veil; 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.
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.
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.
10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy
unto thee.
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.
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.
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.
14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine.
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.
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.
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 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are
thine.
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.
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.
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.
22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
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.
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.
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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