GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:4urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:4And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting , on the first of the second month , in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt , saying , Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , every male , according to their polls ; from twenty years and upward , all that go forth to military service in Israel : ye shall number them according to their hosts , thou and Aaron . And with you there shall be a man for every tribe , a man who is the head of his father's house . And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : for Reuben , Elizur the son of Shedeur ; for Simeon , Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai ; for Judah , Nahshon the son of Amminadab ; for Issachar , Nethaneel the son of Zuar ; for Zebulun , Eliab the son of Helon ; for the children of Joseph : for Ephraim , Elishama the son of Ammihud ; for Manasseh , Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur ; for Benjamin , Abidan the son of Gideoni ; for Dan , Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai ; for Asher , Pagiel the son of Ocran ; for Gad , Eliasaph the son of Deuel ; for Naphtali , Ahira the son of Enan . These were those summoned of the assembly , princes of the tribes of their fathers , the heads of the thousands of Israel . And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names , and gathered the whole assembly together on the first of the second month . And they declared their pedigrees after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , according to their polls . As Jehovah had commanded Moses , so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai . And the sons of Reuben , Israel's eldest son , their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , according to their polls , every male from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Reuben , were forty-six thousand five hundred . Of the sons of Simeon : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , those that were numbered of them , by the number of the names , according to their polls , every male from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Simeon , were fifty-nine thousand three hundred . Of the sons of Gad : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Gad , were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty . Of the sons of Judah : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Judah , were seventy-four thousand six hundred . Of the sons of Issachar : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Issachar , were fifty-four thousand four hundred . Of the sons of Zebulun : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Zebulun , were fifty-seven thousand four hundred . Of the sons of Joseph : of the children of Ephraim : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Ephraim , were forty thousand five hundred . Of the children of Manasseh : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Manasseh , were thirty-two thousand two hundred . Of the sons of Benjamin : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Benjamin , were thirty-five thousand four hundred . Of the sons of Dan : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Dan , were sixty-two thousand seven hundred . Of the sons of Asher : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Asher , were forty-one thousand five hundred . Of the sons of Naphtali : their generations , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , by the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service : those that were numbered of them , of the tribe of Naphtali , were fifty-three thousand four hundred . These are those that were numbered , whom Moses and Aaron numbered , and the princes of Israel , the twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers . And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel , according to their fathers' houses , from twenty years old and upward , all that went forth to military service in Israel , all they that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty . But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them . For Jehovah had spoken to Moses , saying , Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi , neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel . But thou , 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 its vessels ; and they shall serve it , and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp ; and when the tabernacle setteth forward , the Levites shall take it down ; and when the tabernacle encampeth , the Levites shall set it up ; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death . And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp , and every man by his own standard , according to their hosts ; but the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of testimony , that there come not wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel ; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony . And the children of Israel did so ; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses , so did they . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , The children of Israel shall encamp every one by his standard , with the ensign of their father's house ; round about the tent of meeting , afar off , opposite to it shall they encamp . And [ for ] those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [ there shall be ] the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts ; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , were seventy-four thousand six hundred . And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar ; and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nethaneel the son of Zuar ; and his host , even those that were numbered thereof , fifty-four thousand four hundred . [ With them shall be ] the tribe of Zebulun ; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon ; and his host , even those that were numbered thereof , fifty-seven thousand four hundred . All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred , according to their hosts . They shall set forth first . The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be southward according to their hosts ; and the prince of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur ; and his host , even those that were numbered thereof , forty-six thousand five hundred . And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Simeon ; and the prince of the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , fifty-nine thousand three hundred . And [ with them shall be ] the tribe of Gad ; and the prince of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty . All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty , according to their hosts . And they shall set forth second . And the tent of meeting shall set forth , the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps ; as they encamp , so shall they set forth , every man in his place , according to their standards . The standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts shall be westward ; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , forty thousand five hundred . And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh ; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , thirty-two thousand two hundred . And [ with them shall be ] the tribe of Benjamin ; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , thirty-five thousand four hundred . All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred and eight thousand one hundred , according to their hosts . And they shall set forth third . The standard of the camp of Dan shall be northward according to their hosts ; and the prince of the sons of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , sixty-two thousand seven hundred . And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher ; and the prince of the sons of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , forty-one thousand five hundred . And [ with them shall be ] the tribe of Naphtali ; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan ; and his host , even those that were numbered of them , fifty-three thousand four hundred . All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred . They shall set forth last according to their standards . These are those that were numbered of the children of Israel , according to their fathers' houses : all those that were numbered of the camps , according to their hosts , were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty . But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses : so they encamped according to their standards , and so they journeyed , every one according to their families , according to their fathers' houses . And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai . And these are the names of the sons of Aaron : Nadab the firstborn , and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar . These are the names of the sons of Aaron , the anointed priests , who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood . And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai , and they had no sons ; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Bring the tribe of Levi near , and present them before Aaron the priest , that they may minister unto him ; and they shall keep his charge , and the charge of the whole assembly , before the tent of meeting , to do the service of the tabernacle . And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting , and the charge of the children of Israel , to do the service of the tabernacle . And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons : they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel . And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office ; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , And I , behold , I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel , and the Levites shall be mine ; for every firstborn is mine . On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel , both of man and beast ; mine shall they be : I am Jehovah . And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , saying , Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses , after their families ; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them . And Moses numbered them , according to the commandment of Jehovah , -- as he had been commanded . And these are the sons of Levi by their names : Gershon , and Kohath , and Merari . And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families : Libni and Shimei . And the sons of Kohath according to their families : Amram and Izhar , Hebron and Uzziel . And the sons of Merari according to their families : Mahli and Mushi . These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses . Of Gershon , the family of the Libnites , and the family of the Shimites : these are the families of the Gershonites . Those that were numbered of them , according to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred . The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward . And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael . And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was : the tabernacle and the tent , its covering , and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting . And the hangings of the court , and the curtain of the entrance to the court , which surrounds the tabernacle and the altar , and the cords thereof for all its service . And of Kohath , the family of the Amramites , and the family of the Izharites , and the family of the Hebronites , and the family of the Uzzielites : these are the families of the Kohathites . According to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , there were eight thousand six hundred , who kept the charge of the sanctuary . The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward . And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel . And their charge was the ark , and the table , and the candlestick , and the altars , and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered , and the curtain , and all that belongs to its service . And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest : he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary . Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites , and the family of the Mushites : these are the families of Merari . And those that were numbered of them , according to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , were six thousand two hundred . And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail . They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward . And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle , and its bars , and its pillars , and its bases , and all its furniture , and all that belongs to its service , and the pillars of the court round about , and their bases , and their pegs , and their cords . And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward , before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising , were Moses , and Aaron and his sons , who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel ; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death . All that were numbered of the Levites , whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah , according to their families , all the males from a month old and upward , were twenty-two thousand . And Jehovah said to Moses , Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward , and take the number of their names . And thou shalt take the Levites for me ( I am Jehovah ) 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 . And Moses numbered , as Jehovah had commanded him , all the firstborn among the children of Israel . And all the firstborn males , by the number of the names , from a month old and upward , according to their numbering , were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , 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 Jehovah . And for those that are to be ransomed , the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel , which are in excess over the Levites , thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll , according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them , -- twenty gerahs the shekel ; and thou shalt give the money unto Aaron and unto his sons for those in excess among them who are to be ransomed . And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites ; of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money , a thousand three hundred and sixty-five [ shekels ] , according to the shekel of the sanctuary . And Moses gave the money of them that were ransomed to Aaron and to his sons , according to the commandment of Jehovah , -- as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old , all that enter into the service , to do the work in the tent of meeting . This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting : it is most holy . And when the camp setteth forward , Aaron and his sons shall go in , and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it ; and shall put thereon a covering of badgers' skin , and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue , and shall put its staves [ to it ] . And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue ; and put thereon the dishes , and the cups , and the bowls , and goblets of the drink-offering ; and the continual bread shall be thereon . And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet , and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin , and shall put its staves [ to it ] . And they shall take a cloth of blue , and cover the candlestick of the light , and its lamps , and its snuffers , and its snuff-trays , and all the oil vessels thereof , wherewith they perform its service ; and they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badgers' skin , and shall put it upon a pole . And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue , and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin , and shall put its staves [ to it ] . And they shall take all the instruments of service , wherewith they serve in the sanctuary , and put them in a cloth of blue , and cover them with a covering of badgers' skin , and shall put them upon a pole . And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes , and spread a purple cloth thereon ; and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof , wherewith they perform service about it : the firepans , the forks , and the shovels , and the bowls , -- all the utensils of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skin , and put its staves [ to it ] . And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary , and all the utensils of the sanctuary , when the camp setteth forward , then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it ; but they shall not touch the holy things , lest they die . This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting . And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light , and the fragrant incense , and the continual oblation , and the anointing oil , -- the oversight of the whole tabernacle , and of all that is therein , over the sanctuary , and over its furniture . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites , but this shall ye do unto them , that they may live , and not die , when they draw near unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in , and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden ; but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things , lest they die . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon , according to their fathers' houses , after their families . From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them ; every one that cometh to labour in the work , to perform the service in the tent of meeting . This shall be the service of the families of the Gershonites , in serving , and in carrying : they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle , and the tent of meeting , its covering , and the covering of badgers' skin that is above upon it , and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting , and the hangings of the court , and the curtain of the entrance , of the gate of the court , which surroundeth the tabernacle and the altar , and the cords thereof , and all the instruments of their service ; and all that is to be done for these things shall they perform . At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites , in all their carrying , and in all their service ; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their carrying . This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting , and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . The sons of Merari : after their families , according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them ; from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them , every one that entereth into the labour , to perform the service of the tent of meeting . And this shall be the charge of their burden , according to all their service in the tent of meeting : the boards of the tabernacle , and the bars thereof , and the pillars thereof , and bases thereof , and the pillars of the court round about , and their bases , and their pegs , and their cords , all their instruments , according to all their service ; and by name ye shall number to them the materials which are their charge to carry . This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari , according to all their service in the tent of meeting , under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the assembly numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families , and according to their fathers' houses , from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old , every one that entered into the labour , for service in the tent of meeting . And those that were numbered of them according to their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty . These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites , every one that served in the tent of meeting , whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses . And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon , after their families , and according to their fathers' houses , from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old , every one that entered into the labour , for service in the tent of meeting , even those that were numbered of them , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , were two thousand six hundred and thirty . These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon , all that served in the tent of meeting , whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah . And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , after their families , according to their fathers' houses , from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old , every one that entered into the labour , for service in the tent of meeting , even those that were numbered of them according to their families , were three thousand two hundred . These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses . All those that were numbered of the Levites , whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered , after their families and according to their fathers' houses , from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old , every one that came to serve [ in ] the work of the service , and [ in ] the work of carrying , in the tent of meeting , even those that were numbered of them , were eight thousand five hundred and eighty . According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses , every one for his service , and for his burden , and numbered by him , as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , 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 a dead person : both male and female shall ye put out ; outside the camp shall ye put them , that they defile not their camps , in the midst whereof I dwell . And the children of Israel did so , and put them outside the camp : as Jehovah had said to Moses , so did the children of Israel . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , When a man or woman shall commit any of all the sins of man to work unfaithfulness against Jehovah , and that soul is guilty , then they shall confess their sin which they have done ; and he shall recompense his trespass according to the principal thereof , and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof , and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed . And if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto , the trespass which is recompensed to Jehovah shall be the priest's , besides the ram of the atonement , wherewith an atonement is made for him . And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel , which they present unto the priest , shall be his . And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatever any man giveth the priest shall be his . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , If any man's wife go astray , and commit unfaithfulness against him , and a man lie with her carnally , and it be hid from the eyes of her husband , and she be defiled in secret , and there be no witness against her , and she have not been caught ; and the spirit of jealousy come upon him , and he be jealous of his wife , and she have been defiled , -- or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him , and he be jealous of his wife , and she have not been defiled , -- then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest , and he shall bring her offering for her , a tenth part of an ephah of barley-meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it , nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is an oblation of jealousy , a memorial oblation , bringing iniquity to remembrance . And the priest shall bring her near , and set her before Jehovah . And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and the priest shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle , and put it into the water . And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah , and uncover the woman's head , and put the memorial oblation in her hands , which is the jealousy offering ; and in the hand of the priest shall be the bitter water that bringeth the curse . And the priest shall adjure her , and say unto the woman , If no man have lain with thee , and if thou hast not gone astray in uncleanness , in being with another instead of thy husband , be free from this bitter water that bringeth the curse . But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband , and hast been defiled , and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee , -- then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing , and the priest shall say unto the woman : Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people , when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to shrink , and thy belly to swell ; and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels , to make the belly to swell , and the thigh to shrink . And the woman shall say , Amen , amen . And the priest shall write these curses in a book , and shall blot them out with the bitter water , and he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that bringeth the curse , that the water that bringeth the curse may enter into her for bitterness . And the priest shall take out of the woman's hand the oblation of jealousy , and shall wave the oblation before Jehovah , and shall present it at the altar . And the priest shall take a handful of the oblation as a memorial thereof , and burn it upon the altar ; and afterwards he shall make the woman drink the water . And when he hath made her to drink the water , then it shall come to pass , if she have been defiled , and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband , that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her , for bitterness , and her belly shall swell , and her thigh shall shrink ; and the woman shall become a curse among her people . But if the woman have not been defiled , and be clean , then she shall be clear , and shall conceive seed . This is the law of jealousies , when a wife goeth astray to another instead of her husband and is defiled , or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man , and he is jealous as regards his wife ; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah , and the priest shall do to her according to all this law . Then shall the man be free from iniquity , but that woman shall bear her iniquity . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , If a man or a woman have vowed the special vow of a Nazarite , to consecrate themselves to Jehovah ; he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink : he shall drink no vinegar of wine , nor vinegar of strong drink , neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes , nor eat grapes , fresh or dried . All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine , from the seed-stones , even to the skin . All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head ; until the days be fulfilled , that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah , he shall be holy ; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow . All the days that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah , he shall come near no dead body . He shall not make himself unclean for his father , or for his mother , for his brother , or for his sister when they die ; for the consecration of his God is upon his head . All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah . And if any one die unexpectedly by him suddenly , and he hath defiled the head of his consecration , then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing ; on the seventh day shall he shave it . And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves , or two young pigeons , to the priest , at the entrance of the tent of meeting . And the priest shall offer 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 person ; and he shall hallow his head that same day . And he shall [ again ] consecrate to Jehovah the days of his separation , and shall bring a yearling lamb for a trespass-offering . But the first days are forfeited , for his consecration hath been defiled . And this is the law of the Nazarite on the day when the days of his consecration are fulfilled : he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting . And he shall present his offering to Jehovah , one yearling he-lamb without blemish for a burnt-offering , and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish for a sin-offering , and one ram without blemish for a peace-offering ; and a basket with unleavened bread , cakes of fine flour mingled with oil , and unleavened wafers anointed with oil , and their oblation , and their drink-offerings . And the priest shall present them before Jehovah , and shall offer his sin-offering and his burnt-offering : and he shall offer the ram , a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah , with the basket of unleavened bread ; the priest shall offer also his oblation and his drink-offering . And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his consecration at the entrance to the tent of meeting , and shall take the hair of the head of his consecration , and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering . And the priest shall take the boiled 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 he hath shaven [ the hair of ] his consecration . And the priest shall wave them as wave-offering before Jehovah ; it is holy for the priest , with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering ; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine . This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed : his offering to Jehovah for his consecration , beside what his hand is able to get ; according to the vow which he vowed , so shall he do , according to the law of his consecration . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons , saying , On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel : saying unto them , Jehovah bless thee , and keep thee ; Jehovah make his face shine upon thee , and be gracious unto thee ; Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee , and give thee peace . And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them . And it came to pass on the day that Moses had completed the setting up of the tabernacle , and had anointed it , and hallowed it , and all the furniture thereof , and the altar and all its utensils , and had anointed them , and hallowed them , that the princes of Israel , the heads of their fathers' houses , the princes of the tribes , they that were over them that had been numbered , offered ; and they brought their offering before Jehovah , six covered waggons , and twelve oxen ; a waggon for two princes , and an ox for each ; and they presented them before the tabernacle . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Take it of them , and they shall be for the performance of the service of the tent of meeting , and thou shalt give them unto the Levites , to each according to his service . And Moses took the waggons and the oxen , and gave them to the Levites . Two waggons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon , according to their service ; and four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari , according to their service , -- under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none , for the service of the sanctuary was upon them : they bore [ what they carried ] upon the shoulder . And the princes presented the dedication-gift of the altar on the day that it was anointed ; and the princes presented their offering before the altar . And Jehovah said to Moses , They shall present their offering for the dedication of the altar , each prince on his day . And he that presented his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab , of the tribe of Judah . And his offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl , of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab . On the second day offered Nethaneel the son of Zuar , prince of Issachar ; he presented his offering ; one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour , mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar . On the third day , the prince of the children of Zebulun , Eliab the son of Helon : his offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon . On the fourth day , the prince of the children of Reuben , Elizur the son of Shedeur . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Elizur , the son of Shedeur . On the fifth day , the prince of the children of Simeon , Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . On the sixth day , the prince of the children of Gad , Eliasaph the son of Deuel . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel . On the seventh day , the prince of the children of Ephraim , Elishama the son of Ammihud . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud . On the eighth day , the prince of the children of Manasseh , Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . On the ninth day , the prince of the children of Benjamin , Abidan the son of Gideoni . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni . On the tenth day , the prince of the children of Dan , Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . On the eleventh day , the prince of the children of Asher , Pagiel the son of Ocran . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran . On the twelfth day , the prince of the children of Naphtali , Ahira the son of Enan . His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation ; one cup of ten [ shekels ] of gold , full of incense ; one young bullock , one ram , one yearling lamb , for a burnt-offering ; one buck of the goats for a sin-offering ; and for a sacrifice of peace-offering , two oxen , five rams , five he-goats , five yearling lambs . This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan . This was the dedication-gift of the altar , on the day when it was anointed , from the princes of Israel : twelve silver dishes , twelve silver bowls , twelve cups of gold : each silver dish of a hundred and thirty [ shekels ] , and each bowl seventy : all the silver of the vessels was two thousand four hundred [ shekels ] according to the shekel of the sanctuary ; twelve golden cups full of incense , each cup of ten [ shekels ] , according to the shekel of the sanctuary : all the gold of the cups , a hundred and twenty [ shekels ] . All the cattle for the burnt-offering was : twelve bullocks , twelve rams , twelve yearling lambs and their oblation ; and twelve bucks of the goats for a sin-offering . And all the cattle for the sacrifice of the peace-offering was : twenty-four bullocks , sixty rams , sixty he-goats , sixty yearling lambs . This was the dedication-gift of the altar , after it had been anointed . And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him , then he heard the voice speaking to him from off the mercy-seat which was upon the ark of testimony , from between the two cherubim ; and he spoke to Him . And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying , Speak unto Aaron , and say unto him , When thou lightest the lamps , the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick . And Aaron did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick , as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And this was the work of the candlestick : [ it was ] of beaten gold ; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work ; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses , so had he made the candlestick . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Take the Levites from among the children of Israel , and cleanse them . And thus shalt thou do unto them , to cleanse them : sprinkle upon them water of purification from sin ; and they shall pass the razor over all their flesh , and shall wash their garments , and make themselves clean . And they shall take a young bullock and its oblation of fine flour mingled with oil ; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering . And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting ; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel . And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah ; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites . And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel , and they shall perform the service of Jehovah . 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 , to Jehovah , to make atonement for the Levites . And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron , and before his sons , and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah . And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel , that the Levites may be mine . And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting . And thou shalt cleanse them , and offer them as a wave-offering . For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel ; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb , instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel , have I taken them unto me . For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine , both of man and beast ; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt , I hallowed them to myself . And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel . And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons , from among the children of Israel , to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting , and to make atonement for the children of Israel ; that there be no plague among the children of Israel , when the children of Israel draw near to the sanctuary . And Moses and Aaron , and all the assembly of the children of Israel , did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites : so did the children of Israel to them . And the Levites purified themselves from sin , and they washed their garments ; and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Jehovah ; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them . And afterwards the Levites came in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron , and before his sons ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites , so did they to them . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , This is that which concerneth the Levites : from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting . And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service , and shall serve no more ; but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting , and keep the charge , but he shall not serve [ in ] the service . Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges . And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt , saying , Let the children of Israel also hold the passover at its set time ; on the fourteenth day in this month between the two evenings , ye shall hold it at its set time ; according to all the rites of it , and according to all the ordinances thereof shall ye hold it . And Moses spoke to the children of Israel , that they should hold the passover . And they held the passover in the first [ month ] on the fourteenth day of the month , between the two evenings , in the wilderness of Sinai : according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses , so did the children of Israel . And there were men , who were unclean through the dead body of a man , and could not hold the passover on that day ; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day . And those men said to him , We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man : why are we kept back , that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel ? And Moses said to them , Stay , and I will hear what Jehovah commands concerning you . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , saying , If any one of you or of your generations be unclean by reason of a dead body or be on a journey afar off , yet he shall hold the passover to Jehovah . In the second month , on the fourteenth day , between the two evenings , shall they hold it ; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs shall they eat it . They shall leave none of it until the morning , nor break a bone thereof : according to every ordinance of the passover shall they hold it . But a man that is clean , and is not on a journey , and forbeareth to hold the passover , that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples ; because he presented not the offering of Jehovah at its set time : that man shall bear his sin . And if a stranger shall sojourn among you , and would hold the passover to Jehovah , according to the rite of the passover , and according to the ordinance thereof , so shall he do . Ye shall have one rite , both for the stranger and for him that is born in the land . And on the day that the tabernacle was set up , the cloud covered the tabernacle of the tent of testimony ; and at even it was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire , until the morning . So it was continually : the cloud covered it , and at night it was as the appearance of fire . And when the cloud rose from the tent , then the children of Israel journeyed ; and at the place where the cloud stood still , there the children of Israel encamped . According to the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed , and according to the commandment of Jehovah they [ remained ] encamped ; all the days that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle they encamped . And when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle many days , then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah , and journeyed not . And if it were so that the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle , according to the commandment of Jehovah they encamped , and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed . And if it were so that the cloud was there from the evening until the morning , and that the cloud was taken up in the morning , then they journeyed ; or a day and a night , and the cloud was taken up , they journeyed ; or two days , or a month , or many days , when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle , dwelling upon it , the children of Israel [ remained ] encamped , and journeyed not ; but when it was taken up , they journeyed . At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped , and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed : they kept the charge of Jehovah according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Make thee two trumpets of silver ; of beaten work shalt thou make them ; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly , and for the journeying of the camps . And when they shall blow with them , the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting . And if they blow with one , then the princes , the heads of the thousands of Israel , shall gather unto thee . And when ye blow an alarm , the camps that lie eastward shall set forward . And when ye blow an alarm the second time , the camps that lie southward shall set forward ; they shall blow an alarm on their setting forward . And when the congregation is to be gathered together , ye shall blow , but ye shall not blow an alarm : the sons of Aaron , the priests , shall blow with the trumpets ; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations . 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 Jehovah your God , and ye shall be saved from your enemies . And in the day of your gladness , and in your set feasts , and in your new moons , ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering ; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God : I am Jehovah your God . And it came to pass in the second year , in the second month , on the twentieth of the month , that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony . And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai ; and the cloud stood still in the wilderness of Paran . And they first took their journey , according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses . The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward first according to their hosts , and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon . And the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle . And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts , and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel . And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary : and [ the others ] set up the tabernacle whilst they came . And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts , and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni . And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward , the rear-guard of all the camps according to their hosts , and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran ; and over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan . These were the settings forward of the children of Israel according to their hosts : so did they set forward . And Moses said to Hobab , the son of Reuel the Midianite , Moses' father-in-law , We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said , I will give it unto you : come with us , and we will do thee good ; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel . And he said to him , I will not go ; but to mine own land , and to my kindred will I go . And he said , Leave me not , I pray thee , because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness , and thou wilt be to us for eyes . And it shall be , if thou come with us , that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us , so will we do to thee . And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah [ and went ] three days' journey ; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days' journey , to search out a resting-place for them . And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set forward out of the camp . And it came to pass when the ark set forward , that Moses said , Rise up , Jehovah , and let thine enemies be scattered ; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face . And when it rested , he said , Return , Jehovah , unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel . And it came to pass that when the people murmured , it was evil in the ears of Jehovah ; and Jehovah heard it , and his anger was kindled , and the fire of Jehovah burned among them , and consumed [ some ] in the extremity of the camp . And the people cried to Moses ; and Moses prayed to Jehovah -- and the fire abated . And they called the name of that place Taberah ; because a fire of Jehovah burned among them . And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted ; and the children of Israel also wept again and said , Who will give us flesh to eat ? We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing ; the cucumbers , and the melons , and the leeks , and the onions , and the garlic ; and now our soul is dried up : there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes . And the manna was as coriander seed , and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium . The people went about , and gathered it , and ground it with hand-mills , or beat it in mortars , and boiled it in pots , and made cakes of it ; and the taste of it was as the taste of oil-cakes . And when the dew fell upon the camp by night , the manna fell upon it . And Moses heard the people weep throughout their families , every one at the entrance of his tent ; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly ; it was also evil in the eyes of Moses . And Moses said to Jehovah , Why hast thou done evil to thy servant , and why have I not found favour in thine eyes , that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me ? Have I conceived all this people , have I brought them forth , that thou sayest to me , Carry them in thy bosom , as the nursing-father beareth the suckling , unto the land which thou didst swear unto their fathers ? Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people ? for they weep unto me , saying , Give us flesh that we may eat ! I am not able to bear all this people alone , for it is too heavy for me . And if thou deal thus with me , slay me , I pray thee , if I have found favour in thine eyes , that I may not behold my wretchedness . And Jehovah said to Moses , Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel , whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people , and their officers ; and take them to the tent of meeting , and they shall stand there with thee . 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 , and thou shalt not bear it alone . And unto the people shalt thou say , Hallow yourselves for to-morrow , and ye shall eat flesh ; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah , saying , Who will give us flesh to eat ? for it was well with us in Egypt ; and Jehovah will give you flesh , and ye shall eat . Not one day shall ye eat , nor two days , nor five days , neither ten days , nor twenty days ; [ but ] for a whole month , until it come out at your nostrils , and it become loathsome unto you ; because that ye have despised Jehovah who is among you , and have wept before him , saying , Why came we forth out of Egypt ? And Moses said , The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen ; and thou sayest , I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month . Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them , to suffice them ? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them , to suffice them ? And Jehovah said to Moses , Hath Jehovah's hand become short ? Now shalt thou see whether my word will come to pass unto thee or not . And Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah ; and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people , and set them round about the tent . And Jehovah came down in a cloud , and spoke to him , and took of the Spirit that was upon him , and put it upon the seventy men , the elders ; and it came to pass , that when the Spirit rested on them , they prophesied , but they did not repeat [ it ] . And two men remained in the camp , the name of the one , Eldad , and the name of the other , Medad ; and the Spirit rested upon them ( and they were among them that were written , but they had not gone out to the tent ) ; and they prophesied in the camp . And there ran a youth , and told Moses , and said , Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp . And Joshua the son of Nun , the attendant of Moses , one of his young men , answered and said , My lord Moses , forbid them ! But Moses said to him , Enviest thou for my sake ? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets , [ and ] that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them ! And Moses withdrew into the camp , he and the elders of Israel . And there went forth a wind from Jehovah , and drove quails from the sea , and cast them about the camp , about a day's journey on this side , and about a day's journey on the other side , round about the camp , and about two cubits above the earth . And the people rose up all that day , and the whole night , and all the next day , and they gathered the quails : he that gathered little gathered ten homers ; and they spread them abroad for themselves round about the camp . The flesh was yet between their teeth , before it was chewed , when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people , and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague . And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah ; because there they buried the people who lusted . From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth ; and they were at Hazeroth . And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken ; for he had taken a Cushite as wife . And they said , Has Jehovah indeed spoken only to Moses ? has he not spoken also to us ? And Jehovah heard it . But the man Moses was very meek , above all men that were upon the face of the earth . Then Jehovah spoke suddenly to Moses , and to Aaron , and to Miriam , Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting . And they went out , they three . And Jehovah came down in the pillar of the cloud , and stood at the entrance of the tent , and called Aaron and Miriam ; and they both came forth . And he said , Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you , I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision , I will speak to him in a dream . Not so my servant Moses : he is faithful in all my house . Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly , and not in riddles ; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold . Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant , against Moses ? And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them , and he went away ; and the cloud departed from off the tent . And behold , Miriam was leprous as snow ; and Aaron turned toward Miriam , and behold , she was leprous . Then Aaron said to Moses , Alas , my lord , I beseech thee , lay not this sin upon us , wherein we have been foolish , and have sinned ! Let her not be as one stillborn , half of whose flesh is consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb . And Moses cried to Jehovah , saying , O God , heal her , I beseech thee ! And Jehovah said to Moses , But had her father anyways spat in her face , should she not be shamed seven days ? She shall be shut outside the camp seven days , and afterwards she shall be received in [ again ] . And Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days ; and the people did not journey till Miriam was received in [ again ] . And afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth , and encamped in the wilderness of Paran . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Send thou men , that they may search out the land of Canaan , which I give unto the children of Israel . Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers , each a prince among them . And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran : according to the commandment of Jehovah , all of them heads of the children of Israel . And these are their names : for the tribe of Reuben , Shammua the son of Zaccur ; for the tribe of Simeon , Shaphat the son of Hori ; for the tribe of Judah , Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; for the tribe of Issachar , Igal the son of Joseph ; for the tribe of Ephraim , Hoshea the son of Nun ; for the tribe of Benjamin , Palti the son of Raphu ; for the tribe of Zebulun , Gaddiel the son of Sodi ; for the tribe of Joseph , for the tribe of Manasseh , Gaddi the son of Susi ; for the tribe of Dan , Ammiel the son of Gemalli ; for the tribe of Asher , Sethur the son of Michael ; for the tribe of Naphtali , Nahbi the son of Vophsi ; for the tribe of Gad , Geuel the son of Machi . These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land . And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun , Jehoshua . And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan , and said to them , Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country , and ye shall see the land , what it is ; and the people that dwell in it , whether they are strong or weak , few or many ; and what the land is that they dwell in , whether it is good or bad ; and what cities they are that they dwell in , whether in camps , or in strongholds ; and what the land is , whether it is fat or lean , whether there are trees in it , or not . And take courage , and bring of the fruit of the land . Now the time was the time of the first grapes . And they went up , and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob , where one comes towards Hamath . And they went up by the south , and came to Hebron ; and Ahiman , Sheshai , and Talmai , the children of Anak , were there . Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt . And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol , and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes , and they bore it between two upon a pole ; and [ they brought ] of the pomegranates , and of the figs . That place was called the valley of Eshcol , because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there . And they returned from searching out the land after forty days . And they came , and went to Moses and to Aaron , and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel , to the wilderness of Paran , to Kadesh ; and brought back word to them , and to the whole assembly ; and shewed them the fruit of the land . And they told him , and said , We came to the land to which thou didst send us , and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; and this is the fruit of it . Only , the people are strong that dwell in the land , and the cities are walled , very great ; moreover we saw the children of Anak there . Amalek dwells in the land of the south ; and the Hittites , and the Jebusites , and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country ; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea , and by the side of the Jordan . And Caleb stilled the people before Moses , and said , Let us go up boldly and possess it , for we are well able to do it . But the men that went up with him said , We are not able to go up against the people , for they are stronger than we . And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out , saying , The land , which we have passed through to search it out , is a land that eateth up its inhabitants ; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature ; and there have we seen giants -- the sons of Anak are of the giants -- and we were in our sight as grasshoppers , and so we were also in their sight . And the whole assembly lifted up their voice , and cried ; and the people wept that night . And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron ; and the whole assembly said to them , Would that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or in this wilderness would that we had died ! And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword , that our wives and our little ones may become a prey ? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt ? And they said one to another , Let us make a captain , and let us return to Egypt . Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel . And Joshua the son of Nun , and Caleb the son of Jephunneh , of them that searched out the land , rent their garments . And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel , saying , The land , which we passed through to search it out , is a very , very good land . If Jehovah delight in us , he will bring us into this land , and give it us , a land that flows with milk and honey ; only rebel not against Jehovah ; and fear not the people of the land ; for they shall be our food . Their defence is departed from them , and Jehovah is with us : fear them not . And the whole assembly said that they should be stoned with stones . And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel . And Jehovah said to Moses , How long will this people despise me ? and how long will they not believe me , for all the signs which I have done among them ? I will smite them with the pestilence , and destroy them , and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they . And Moses said to Jehovah , Then the Egyptians will hear it ; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them ; and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land , [ who ] have heard that thou , Jehovah , art in the midst of this people , that thou , Jehovah , lettest thyself be seen eye to eye , and that thy cloud standeth over them , and that thou goest before them , in a pillar of cloud by day , and in a pillar of fire by night ; if thou now slayest this people as one man , then the nations that have heard thy fame will speak , saying , Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them , he has therefore slain them in the wilderness . And now , I beseech thee , let the power of the Lord be great , according as thou hast spoken , saying , Jehovah is slow to anger , and abundant in goodness , forgiving iniquity and transgression , but by no means clearing [ the guilty ] , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children , upon the third and fourth [ generation ] . Pardon , I beseech thee , the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness , and as thou hast forgiven this people , from Egypt even until now . And Jehovah said , I have pardoned according to thy word . But as surely as I live , all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah ! for all those men who have seen my glory , and my signs , which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness , and have tempted me these ten times , and have not hearkened to my voice , shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers : none of them that despised me shall see it . But my servant Caleb , because he hath another spirit in him , and hath followed me fully , him will I bring into the land whereinto he came ; and his seed shall possess it . ( Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley . ) To-morrow turn you , and take your journey into the wilderness , on the way to the Red sea . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , How long [ shall I bear ] with this evil assembly , which murmur against me ? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel , which they murmur against me . Say unto them , As surely as I live , saith Jehovah , if I do not do unto you as ye have spoken in mine ears ! In this wilderness shall your carcases fall ; and all that were numbered of you , according to your whole number from twenty years old and upwards , who have murmured against me , shall in no wise come into the land , concerning which I have lifted up my hand to make you dwell in it ; save Caleb the son of Jephunneh , and Joshua the son of Nun . But your little ones , of whom ye said they should be a prey , them will I bring in , and they shall know the land that ye have despised . And as to you , your carcases shall fall in this wilderness . And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years , and bear your whoredoms , until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness . After the number of the days in which ye have searched out the land , forty days , each day for a year shall ye bear your iniquities forty years , and ye shall know mine estrangement [ from you ] . I Jehovah have spoken ; I will surely do it unto all this evil assembly which have gathered together against me ! in this wilderness they shall be consumed , and there they shall die . And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land , who returned , and made the whole assembly to murmur against him , by bringing up an evil report upon the land , even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land , died by a plague before Jehovah . But Joshua the son of Nun , and Caleb the son of Jephunneh , lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land . And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel ; then the people mourned greatly . And they rose up early in the morning , and went up to the hill-top , saying , Here are we , and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken ; for we have sinned . And Moses said , Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah ? but it shall not prosper ! Go not up , for Jehovah is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies ; for the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you , and ye shall fall by the sword ; for as ye have turned away from Jehovah , Jehovah will not be with you . Yet they presumed to go up to the hill-top ; but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah , and Moses , did not depart from the midst of the camp . And the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt on that hill , came down and smote them , and cut them to pieces , as far as Hormah . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye come into the land of your dwellings , which I give unto you , and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah , a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow , or as a voluntary offering , or in your set feasts , to make a sweet odour to Jehovah , of the herd or of the flock , then shall he that presenteth his offering to Jehovah bring as oblation a tenth part of fine flour mingled with a fourth part of a hin of oil ; and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the fourth part of a hin with the burnt-offering , or with the sacrifice , for one lamb . And for a ram thou shalt offer as oblation two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil , a third part of a hin , and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the third part of a hin ; for a sweet odour to Jehovah . And when thou offerest a bullock for a burnt-offering , or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow , or for a peace-offering to Jehovah , then shall they present with the bullock as oblation three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil ; and of wine shalt thou present half a hin , for a drink-offering , as an offering by fire , of a sweet odour to Jehovah . Thus shall it be done for one ox , or for one ram , or for a lamb , or for a kid ; according to the number that ye offer , so shall ye do to every one according to their number . And all that are born in the land shall do these things thus , in presenting an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah . And if a stranger sojourn with you , or whoever be among you throughout your generations , and will offer an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah , -- as ye do , so shall he do . As to the congregation , there shall be one statute for you , and for the stranger that sojourneth with you , an everlasting statute throughout your generations : as ye are , so shall the stranger be , before Jehovah . One law and one ordinance shall be for you , and for the stranger that sojourneth with you . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye come into the land whither I bring you , then it shall be , when ye eat of the bread of the land , that ye shall offer a heave-offering to Jehovah ; the first of your dough shall ye offer , a cake , for a heave-offering ; as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor , so shall ye offer this . Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations . And if ye sin inadvertently , and do not all these commandments , which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses , all that Jehovah hath commanded you through Moses , from the day that Jehovah gave commandment , and henceforward throughout your generations ; then it shall be , if ought be committed by inadvertence [ hid ] from the eyes of the assembly , that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering , for a sweet odour to Jehovah , and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance , and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering . And the priest shall make atonement for the whole assembly of the children of Israel , and it shall be forgiven them ; for it was a sin of inadvertence , and they have brought before Jehovah their offering , as an offering by fire to Jehovah , and their sin-offering for their [ sin of ] inadvertence ; and it shall be forgiven the whole assembly of the children of Israel , and the stranger that sojourneth among them ; for with all the people there was [ a sin of ] inadvertence . And if one soul sin through inadvertence , then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering . And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that hath done inadvertently , when he sinneth by inadvertence before Jehovah , to make atonement for him ; and it shall be forgiven him . For him that is born in the land among the children of Israel , and for the stranger that sojourneth among them -- there shall be one law for you , for him who doeth anything through inadvertence . But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand , whether born in the land , or a stranger , he reproacheth Jehovah ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people . For he hath despised the word of Jehovah , and hath broken his commandment : that soul shall surely be cut off ; his iniquity is upon him . And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day . And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron , and to the whole assembly . And they put him in custody , for it was not declared what should be done to him . And Jehovah said to Moses , The man shall certainly be put to death : the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp . And the whole assembly led him outside the camp , and stoned him with stones , and he died , as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments , throughout their generations , and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue ; and it shall be unto you for a tassel , that ye may look upon it , and remember all the commandments of Jehovah , and do them ; and that ye seek not after [ the lusts of ] your own heart and your own eyes , after which ye go a whoring ; that ye may remember and do all my commandments , and be holy unto your God . I am Jehovah your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God : I am Jehovah your God . And Korah , the son of Izhar , the son of Kohath , the son of Levi , made bold , and [ with him ] Dathan and Abiram , the sons of Eliab , and On , the son of Peleth , the sons of Reuben ; and they rose up against Moses , with two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel , princes of the assembly , summoned to the council , men of renown ; and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron , and said to them , It is enough ; for all the assembly , all of them are holy , and Jehovah is among them ; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah ? When Moses heard this , he fell on his face . And he spoke to Korah and to all his band , saying , Even to-morrow will Jehovah make known who is his , and who is holy ; and he will cause him to come near to him ; and him whom he has chosen , him will he cause to come near to him . This do : take you censers , Korah , and all his band , and put fire therein , and lay incense thereon before Jehovah to-morrow ; and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose , he shall be holy . It is enough , ye sons of Levi ! And Moses said to Korah , Hear , I pray you , ye sons of Levi ! Is it too little for you , that the God of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel , to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah , and to stand before the assembly to minister to them ? -- that he has brought thee near , and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee ; and seek ye now the priesthood also ? For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah ; and Aaron , who is he that ye murmur against him ? And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram , the sons of Eliab ; but they said , We will not come up ! Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey , to kill us in the wilderness , that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us ? Moreover , thou hast not brought us into a land flowing 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 ! Then Moses was very wroth , and said to Jehovah , Have no regard to their oblation : not one ass have I taken from them , neither have I hurt one of them . And Moses said to Korah , Be thou and all thy band before Jehovah , thou , and they , and Aaron , to-morrow . And take each his censer , and put incense thereon , and present before Jehovah every man his censer , two hundred and fifty censers ; and thou , and Aaron , each his censer . And they took each his censer , and put fire on them , and laid incense thereon , and stood before the entrance to the tent of meeting , as well as Moses and Aaron . And Korah gathered the whole assembly against them to the entrance of the tent of meeting . And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the assembly . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly , and I will consume them in a moment . And they fell on their faces , and said , O God , the God of the spirits of all flesh ! shall * one * man sin , and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly ? And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the assembly , saying , Get you up from about the habitation of Korah , Dathan , and Abiram . And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him . And he spoke to the assembly , saying , Depart , I pray you , from the tents of these wicked men , and touch nothing of theirs , lest ye perish in all their sins . And they got up from the habitation of Koran , Dathan , and Abiram , on every side . And Dathan and Abiram came out , and stood in the entrance of their tents , and their wives , and their sons , and their little ones . And Moses said , Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds , for they are not out of my own heart : if these men die as all men die , and are visited with the visitation of all men , Jehovah has not sent me ; but if Jehovah make a new thing , and the ground open its mouth , and swallow them up , and all that they have , and they go down alive into Sheol , then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah . And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words , that the ground clave apart that was under them . And the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them up , and their households , and all the men that belonged to Korah , and all their property . And they went down , they and all that they had , alive into Sheol , and the earth covered them ; and they perished from among the congregation . And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry ; for they said , Lest the earth swallow us up ! And there came out a fire from Jehovah , and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest , that he take up the censers out of the burning ; and scatter the fire afar ; for they are hallowed , the censers of these sinners who have forfeited their life ; and they shall make them into broad plates for the covering of the altar ; for they presented them before Jehovah , therefore they are hallowed ; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel . And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers , which they that were burnt had presented ; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar : as a memorial to the children of Israel , that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to burn incense before Jehovah , that he be not as Korah , and as his band , -- as Jehovah had said to him through Moses . And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron , saying , Ye have killed the people of Jehovah . And it came to pass , when the assembly was gathered together against Moses and against Aaron , that they looked toward the tent of meeting , and behold , the cloud covered it , and the glory of Jehovah appeared . And Moses and Aaron went before the tent of meeting . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Get you up from the midst of this assembly , and I will consume them in a moment . And they fell on their faces . And Moses said to Aaron , Take the censer , and put fire thereon from off the altar , and lay on incense , and carry it quickly to the assembly , and make atonement for them ; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah : the plague is begun . And Aaron took as Moses had said , and ran into the midst of the congregation ; and behold , the plague had begun among the people ; and he put on incense , and made atonement for the people . And he stood between the dead and the living ; and the plague was stayed . Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred , besides them that had died because of the matter of Korah . And Aaron returned to Moses to the entrance of the tent of meeting ; and the plague was stayed . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and take of them a staff , a staff for each father's house , of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers , twelve staves : thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff . And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi ; for one staff shall be for [ each ] head of their fathers' houses . And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony , where I meet with you . And it shall come to pass , that the man whom I shall choose , his staff shall bud forth ; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel , that they murmur against you . And Moses spoke to the children of Israel , and all their princes gave him a staff , one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses , twelve staves , and the staff of Aaron was among their staves . And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony . And it came to pass , when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony , behold , the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded , and brought forth buds , and bloomed blossoms , and ripened almonds . And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel , and they looked and took each one his staff . And Jehovah said to Moses , Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony , to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion , that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me , that they may not die . And Moses did so : as Jehovah had commanded him , so did he . And the children of Israel spoke to Moses , saying , Lo , we expire , we perish , we all perish . Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die : shall we then expire altogether ? And Jehovah said to 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 . And thy brethren also , the tribe of Levi , the tribe of thy father , bring near with thee , that they may unite with thee , and minister unto thee ; but thou and thy sons with thee [ shall serve ] before the tent of the testimony . And they shall keep thy charge , and the charge of the whole tent : only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar , that they may not die , and you as well as they . And they shall unite with thee , and keep the charge of the tent of meeting , for all the service of the tent ; and no stranger shall come near to you . And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary , and the charge of the altar ; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel . And I , behold , I have taken your brethren , the Levites , from among the children of Israel ; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting . But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar , and for that which is inside the veil ; and ye shall perform the service : I give you your priesthood as a service of gift , and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death . And Jehovah spoke to Aaron , And I , behold , I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings , of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel ; to thee have I given them , because of the anointing , and to thy sons by an everlasting statute . This shall be thine of the most holy things , [ reserved ] from the fire : every offering of theirs , of all their oblations , and of all their sin-offerings , and of all their trespass-offerings , which they render unto me , it is most holy for thee and for thy sons . As most holy shalt thou eat it : every male shall eat it ; it shall be holy unto thee . And this shall be 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 an everlasting statute ; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it . All the best of the oil , and all the best of the new wine , and of the wheat , the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah , have I given thee . The first ripe of everything that is in their land , which they shall bring to Jehovah , shall be thine ; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it . Every devoted thing in Israel shall be thine . Everything that breaketh open the womb of all flesh , which they present to Jehovah , of men or of beasts , shall be thine ; nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou in any case ransom , and the firstborn of unclean beasts shalt thou ransom . And those that are to be ransomed from a month old shalt thou ransom , according to thy valuation , for the money of five shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary , which is twenty gerahs . But the firstborn of a cow , or the firstborn of a sheep , or the firstborn of a goat , thou shalt not ransom : they are holy . Thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar , and their fat shalt thou burn as an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah . And their flesh shall be thine ; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine . All the heave-offerings of the holy things , which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah , have I given thee , and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee , by an everlasting statute : it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee . And Jehovah said to Aaron , In their land thou shalt have no inheritance , neither shalt thou have any portion among them : I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel . And to the children of Levi , behold , I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance , for their service which they perform , the service of the tent of meeting . Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting , to bear sin and die . But the Levite , he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting , and they shall bear their iniquity : it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations . And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance ; for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel , which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah ; therefore I have said of them , They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , And to the Levites shalt thou speak , 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 a heave-offering from it for Jehovah , the tenth of the tithe . And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you , as the corn from the threshing-floor , and as the fulness of the winepress . Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes , which ye take of the children of Israel ; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest . Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah , -- of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof . And thou shalt say unto them , When ye heave the best thereof from it , then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor , and as produce of the winepress . And ye shall eat it in every place , ye and your households ; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting . And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it , if ye heave from it the best of it ; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel , lest ye die . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , that they bring thee a red heifer without blemish , wherein is no defect , and upon which never came yoke ; and ye shall give it to Eleazar the priest , and he shall bring it outside the camp , and one shall slaughter it before him . And Eleazar the priest shall take of its blood with his finger , and shall sprinkle of its blood directly before the tent of meeting seven times . And one shall burn the heifer before his eyes ; its skin and its flesh , and its blood , with its dung , shall he burn . And the priest shall take cedar-wood , and hyssop , and scarlet , and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer . And the priest shall wash his garments , and he shall bathe his flesh in water , and afterwards he shall come into the camp ; and the priest shall be unclean until the even ; and he that hath burned it shall wash his garments in water , and bathe his flesh in water , and shall be unclean until the even . And a clean man shall gather the ashes of the heifer , and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place , and it shall be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel for a water of separation : it is a purification for sin . And he that hath gathered the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes , and be unclean until the even . And it shall be unto the children of Israel , and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them , an everlasting statute . He that toucheth a dead person , any dead body of a man , shall be unclean seven days . He shall purify himself with it on the third day , and on the seventh day he shall be clean ; but if he purify not himself the third day , then the seventh day he shall not be clean . Whoever toucheth a dead person , the dead body of a man that is dead , and purifieth not himself , defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah ; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel ; for the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him : he shall be unclean ; his uncleanness is yet upon him . This is the law , when a man dieth in a tent : every one that cometh into the tent , and all that is in the tent , shall be unclean seven days . And every open vessel , which hath no covering bound upon it , shall be unclean . And every one that toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields , or a dead person , or the bone of a man , or a grave , shall be unclean seven days . And they shall take for the unclean of the ashes of the purification-offering that hath been burned , and shall put running water thereon in a vessel ; and a clean man shall take hyssop , and dip it in the water , and sprinkle it on the tent , and upon all the utensils , and upon the persons that were there , and upon him that hath touched the bone , or the one slain , or the dead person , or the grave ; and the clean shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day , and on the seventh day ; and he shall purify him on the seventh day ; and he shall wash his garments , and bathe himself in water , and shall be clean at even . And the man that is unclean , and doth not purify himself , that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation , for he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled on him : he is unclean . And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them . And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments , and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even . And whatever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even . And the children of Israel , the whole assembly , came into the wilderness of Zin , in the first month ; and the people abode at Kadesh ; and Miriam died there , and was buried there . And there was no water for the assembly , and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron . And the people contended with Moses , and spoke , saying , Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah ! And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness , that we should die there , we and our beasts ? And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt , to bring us to this evil place ? it is no place of seed , or of figs , or of vines , or of pomegranates , neither is there any water to drink . And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting , and fell upon their faces ; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Take the staff , and gather the assembly together , thou , and Aaron thy brother , and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes , and it shall give its water ; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock , and shalt give the assembly and their beasts drink . And Moses took the staff from before Jehovah , as he had commanded him . And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock , and he said to them , Hear now , ye rebels : shall we bring forth to you water out of this rock ? And Moses lifted up his hand , and with his staff smote the rock twice , and much water came out , and the assembly drank , and their beasts . And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron , Because ye believed me not , to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel , therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them . These are the waters of Meribah , where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah , and he hallowed himself in them . And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom , Thus says thy brother Israel : Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us , how our fathers went down to Egypt , and we dwelt in Egypt a long time , and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers ; and when we cried to Jehovah , he heard our voice , and sent an angel , and brought us forth out of Egypt ; and behold , we are at Kadesh , a city at the extremity of thy border . Let us pass , I pray thee , through thy country ; we will not pass through fields , or through vineyards , neither will we drink water out of the wells : we will go by the king's road ; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left , until we have passed thy border . But Edom said to him , Thou shalt not pass by me , lest I come out against thee with the sword . And the children of Israel said to him , We will go by the high way ; and if we drink of thy water , I and my cattle , then I will pay for it : I will only , without anything else , go through on my feet . And he said , Thou shalt not go through . And Edom came out against him with much people , and with a strong hand . Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory ; and Israel turned away from him . And they removed from Kadesh ; and the children of Israel , the whole assembly , came to mount Hor . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron in mount Hor , on the border of the land of Edom , saying , Aaron shall be gathered unto his peoples ; for he shall not enter into the land that I have given unto the children of Israel , because ye rebelled against my commandment at the waters of Meribah . Take Aaron and Eleazar his son , and bring them up unto mount Hor , and strip Aaron of his garments , and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron shall be gathered [ to his peoples ] , and shall die there . And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded , and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly . And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments , and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there upon the top of the mountain ; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain . And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead , and they mourned for Aaron thirty days , [ even ] the whole house of Israel . And the Canaanite king of Arad , who dwelt in the south , heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim , and he fought against Israel , and took some of them prisoners . Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah , and said , If thou give this people wholly into my hand , then I will utterly destroy their cities . And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel , and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they utterly destroyed them , and their cities . And they called the name of the place Hormah . And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea , to go round the land of Edom ; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way ; and the people spoke against God , and against Moses , Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread , and no water , and our soul loathes this light bread . Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people , which bit the people ; and much people of Israel died . And the people came to Moses and said , We have sinned , in that we have spoken against Jehovah , and against thee : pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us . And Moses prayed for the people . And Jehovah said to Moses , Make thee a fiery [ serpent ] , and set it upon a pole ; and it shall come to pass , that every one that is bitten , and looketh upon it , shall live . And Moses made a serpent of brass , and put it upon a pole ; and it came to pass , if a serpent had bitten any man , and he beheld the serpent of brass , he lived . And the children of Israel journeyed , and encamped in Oboth . And they removed from Oboth , and encamped at Ijim-Abarim , in the wilderness that is before Moab , toward the sun-rising . From thence they removed , and encamped at the torrent Zered . From thence they removed , and encamped on the other side of the Arnon , which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites . For the Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and the Amorites . Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of Jehovah , Vaheb in Suphah , and the brooks of Arnon ; And the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar , And inclineth toward the border of Moab . And from thence to Beer : that is the well of which Jehovah spoke to Moses , Assemble the people , and I will give them water . Then Israel sang this song , Rise up , well ! sing unto it : Well which princes digged , which the nobles of the people hollowed out at [ the word of ] the lawgiver , with their staves . And from the wilderness [ they went ] to Mattanah ; and from Mattanah to Nahaliel ; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ; and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the fields of Moab , to the top of Pisgah , which looks over the surface of the waste . And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites , saying , Let us pass through thy land ; we will not turn into the fields , or into the vineyards ; we will not drink water out of the wells ; on the king's road will we go until we have passed thy border . But Sihon would not suffer Israel to go through his border ; and Sihon gathered all his people , and went out against Israel into the wilderness , and came to Jahaz , and fought against Israel . And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword , and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok , even unto the children of Ammon ; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong . And Israel took all these cities , and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites , at Heshbon , and in all its dependent villages . For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites ; and he had fought against the former king of Moab , and had taken all his land out of his hand , even unto the Arnon . Therefore the poets say , Come to Heshbon ; let the city of Sihon be built and established . For there went forth fire from Heshbon , a flame from the city of Sihon ; It consumed Ar of Moab , the lords of the high places of the Arnon . Woe to thee , Moab ! thou art undone , people of Chemosh : He gave his sons that had escaped , and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites . And we have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon ; and we have laid [ them ] waste even unto Nophah , which reacheth unto Medeba . And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites . And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer , and they took its dependent villages , and he dispossessed the Amorites that were there . And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan ; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them , he and all his people , for battle to Edrei . And Jehovah said to Moses , Fear him not ! for into thy hand have I given him , and all his people , and his land ; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon the king of the Amorites , who dwelt at Heshbon . And they smote him , and his sons , and all his people , so that they left him none remaining , and took possession of his land . And the children of Israel journeyed , and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho . And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites . And Moab was much afraid of the people , because they were many ; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel . And Moab said to the elders of Midian , Now will this company lick up all that is round about us , as an ox licks up the green herb of the field . Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time . And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor , to Pethor , which is on the river in the land of the children of his people , to call him , saying , Behold , a people is come out from Egypt ; behold , they cover the face of the land , and they abide over against me . And now come , I pray thee , curse me this people ; for they are mightier than I : perhaps I may be able to smite them , and drive them out of the land ; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed , and he whom thou cursest is cursed . And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed , having the rewards of divination in their hand . And they came to Balaam , and spoke to him the words of Balak . And he said to them , Lodge here this night , and I will bring you word again , according as Jehovah shall speak unto me . And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam . And God came to Balaam , and said , Who are these men with thee ? And Balaam said to God , Balak the son of Zippor , king of Moab , hath sent unto me , Behold , a people is come out of Egypt , and it covers the face of the land . Now come , curse me them : perhaps I may be able to fight against them , and drive them out . And God said to Balaam , Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people ; for they are blessed . And Balaam rose up in the morning , and said to the princes of Balak , Go into your land ; for Jehovah refuses to give me leave to go with you . And the princes of Moab rose up ; and they went to Balak , and said , Balaam has refused to come with us . Then sent Balak yet again princes , more , and more honourable than they . And they came to Balaam , and said to him , Thus says Balak the son of Zippor : Suffer not thyself , I pray thee , to be restrained from coming to me ; for very highly will I honour thee , and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do ; come therefore , I pray thee , curse me this people . And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak , If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold , I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah my God , to do less or more . And now , I pray you , abide ye also here this night , and I shall know what Jehovah will say to me further . Then God came to Balaam at night , and said to him , If the men have come to call thee , rise up , [ and ] go with them ; but only what I shall say unto thee shalt thou do . And Balaam rose up in the morning , and saddled his ass , and went with the princes of Moab . And God's anger was kindled because he went ; and the Angel of Jehovah set himself in the way to withstand him . Now he was riding upon his ass , and his two young men were with him . And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way , and his sword drawn in his hand ; and the ass turned aside out of the way , and went into the field , and Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way . And the Angel of Jehovah stood in a hollow of the vineyards , a wall being on this side , and a wall on that side . And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah , and she pressed herself against the wall , and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall ; and he smote her again . Then the Angel of Jehovah went still further , and stood in a narrow place , where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left . And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah , and lay down under Balaam ; and Balaam's anger was kindled , and he smote the ass with his staff . And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass , and she said to Balaam , What have I done to thee , that thou hast smitten me these three times ? And Balaam said to the ass , Because thou hast mocked me : I would there were a sword in my hand , for now would I kill thee ! And the ass said to Balaam , Am not I thine ass , upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine to this day ? was I ever wont to do so to thee ? And he said , No . Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam , and he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way , and his sword drawn in his hand ; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face . And the Angel of Jehovah said to him , Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times ? behold , it was I who came forth to withstand thee , for the way [ thou walkest in ] is for ruin before me . And the ass saw me , and turned from me these three times ; had she not turned from me , I had now certainly slain thee , and saved her alive . And Balaam said to the Angel of Jehovah , I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me ; and now , if it be evil in thine eyes , I will get me back again . And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam , Go with the men , but only the word that I shall speak unto thee , that shalt thou speak . And Balaam went with the princes of Balak . And when Balak heard that Balaam came , he went out to meet him , to the city of Moab , which is on the border of the Arnon , which is at the extremity of the border . And Balak said to Balaam , Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee ? why didst thou not come to me ? am I not surely able to honour thee ? And Balaam said to Balak , Lo , I am come to thee ; but shall I now be able at all to say anything ? the word that God puts in my mouth , that shall I speak . And Balaam went with Balak , and they came to Kirjath-huzoth . And Balak offered oxen and small cattle , and sent to Balaam and to the princes that were with him . And it came to pass on the morrow , that Balak took Balaam , and brought him up to the high places of Baal , and he saw from thence the extremity of the people . And Balaam said to Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . And Balak did as Balaam had said ; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [ each ] altar . And Balaam said to Balak , Stand by thy burnt-offering , and I will go ; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me ; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee . And he went to a hill . And God met Balaam ; and [ Balaam ] said to him , I have disposed seven altars , and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [ each ] altar . And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and thus shalt thou speak . And he returned to him , and behold , he was standing by his burnt-offering , he , and all the princes of Moab . And he took up his parable , and said , Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram , from the mountains of the east : Come , curse me Jacob , and come , denounce Israel ! How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed ? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce ? For from the top of the rocks I see him , and from the hills I behold him : Lo , [ it is ] a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations . Who can count the dust of Jacob , and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let my soul die the death of the righteous , and let my end be like his ! And Balak said to Balaam , What hast thou done to me ? I took thee to curse mine enemies , and behold , thou hast blessed them altogether . And he answered and said , Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth ? And Balak said to him , Come , I pray thee , with me to another place , from whence thou wilt see them ; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all , and curse me them from thence . And he took him to the watchmen's field , to the top of Pisgah , and built seven altars , and offered up a bullock and a ram on [ each ] altar . And [ Balaam ] said to Balak , Stand here by thy burnt-offering , and I will go to meet yonder . And Jehovah met Balaam , and put a word in his mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and thus shalt thou speak . And he came to him , and behold , he was standing by his burnt-offering , and the princes of Moab with him ; and Balak said to him , What has Jehovah spoken ? Then he took up his parable and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear ! hearken unto me , son of Zippor ! God is not a man , that he should lie ; neither a son of man , that he should repent . Shall he say and not do ? and shall he speak and not make it good ? Behold , I have received [ mission ] to bless ; and he hath blessed , and I cannot reverse it . He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither hath he seen wrong in Israel ; Jehovah his God is with him , and the shout of a king is in his midst . God brought him out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo . For there is no enchantment against Jacob , neither is there any divination against Israel . At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel , What hath God wrought ! Lo , the people will rise up as a lioness , and lift himself up as a lion . He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain . And Balak said to Balaam , Neither curse them at all , nor bless them at all . And Balaam answered and said to Balak , Did I not tell thee , saying , All that Jehovah shall speak , that will I do ? And Balak said to Balaam , Come , I pray thee , I will bring thee to another place ; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence . And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor , which looks over the surface of the waste . And Balaam said to Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . And Balak did as Balaam had said , and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar . And Balaam saw that it was good in the sight of Jehovah to bless Israel , and he went not , as at other times , to seek for enchantments , but he set his face toward the wilderness . And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling [ in tents ] according to his tribes ; and the Spirit of God came upon him . And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor saith , and the man of opened eye saith , He saith , who heareth the words of God , who seeth the vision of the Almighty , who falleth down , and who hath his eyes open : How goodly are thy tents , Jacob , and thy tabernacles , Israel ! Like valleys are they spread forth , like gardens by the river side , Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted , like cedars beside the waters . Water shall flow out of his buckets , and his seed shall be in great waters , And his king shall be higher than Agag , and his kingdom shall be exalted . God brought him out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo . He shall consume the nations his enemies , and break their bones , and with his arrows shall smite [ them ] in pieces . He stooped , he lay down like a lion , and like a lioness : who will stir him up ? Blessed is he that blesseth thee , and cursed is he that curseth thee . Then Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam , and he smote his hands together ; and Balak said to Balaam , I called thee to curse mine enemies , and behold , thou hast altogether blessed [ them ] these three times ! And now flee thou to thy place ; I said I would very highly honour thee , and behold , Jehovah has kept thee back from honour . And Balaam said to Balak , Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me , saying , If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold , I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah to do good or bad out of my heart : what Jehovah shall say , that will I speak ? And now behold , I go to my people : come , I will admonish thee what this people will do to thy people at the end of days . And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor saith , and the man of opened eye saith , He saith , who heareth the words of God , who knoweth the knowledge of the Most High , Who seeth the vision of the Almighty , who falleth down , and who hath his eyes open : I shall see him , but not now ; I shall behold him , but not nigh : There cometh a Star out of Jacob , and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel , and he shall cut in pieces the corners of Moab , and destroy all the sons of tumult . And Edom shall be a possession , and Seir a possession , -- they , his enemies ; but Israel will do valiantly . And one out of Jacob shall have dominion , and will destroy out of the city what remaineth . And he saw Amalek , and took up his parable , and said , Amalek is the first of the nations , but his latter end shall be for destruction . And he saw the Kenites , and took up his parable , and said , Firm is thy dwelling-place , and thy nest fixed in the rock ; But the Kenite shall be consumed , until Asshur shall carry thee away captive . And he took up his parable , and said , Alas ! Who shall live when God doeth this ? And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim , and afflict Asshur , and afflict Eber , and he also shall be for destruction . And Balaam rose up , and went and returned to his place ; and Balak also went his way . And Israel abode in Shittim ; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab . And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods ; and the people ate , and bowed down to their gods . And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor ; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel . And Jehovah said to Moses , Take all the heads of the people , and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun , that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel . And Moses said to the judges of Israel , Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor . And behold , a man of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brethren , in the sight of Moses , and in the sight of the whole assembly of the children of Israel , who were weeping before the entrance of the tent of meeting . And Phinehas , the son of Eleazar , the son of Aaron the priest , saw it , and rose up from among the assembly , and took a javelin in his hand , and he went after the man of Israel into the tent-chamber , and thrust both of them through , the man of Israel and the woman through her belly . And the plague was stayed from the children of Israel . And those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Phinehas , the son of Eleazar , the son of Aaron the priest , hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel , in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them , so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy . Therefore say , Behold , I give unto him my covenant of peace ! And he shall have it , and his seed after him , the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was jealous for his God , and made atonement for the children of Israel . And the name of the man of Israel that was slain , who was slain with the Midianitish woman , was Zimri , the son of Salu , the prince of a father's house of the Simeonites . And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi , the daughter of Zur ; he was tribal head of a father's house in Midian . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Harass the Midianites , and smite them , for they have harassed you with their wiles , wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor , and in the matter of Cozbi , the daughter of a prince of Midian , their sister , who was slain on the day of the plague because of the matter of Peor . And it came to pass after the plague , that Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest , saying , Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel , from twenty years old and upward , according to their fathers' houses , all that go forth to military service in Israel . And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho , saying , From twenty years old and upward . . . ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and the children of Israel , who went forth out of the land of Egypt . Reuben , the firstborn of Israel : the children of Reuben : [ of ] Enoch , the family of the Enochites ; of Pallu , the family of the Palluites ; of Hezron , the family of the Hezronites ; of Carmi , the family of the Carmites . These are the families of the Reubenites ; and they that were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty . And the sons of Pallu : Eliab ; and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel , and Dathan , and Abiram . This is that Dathan and Abiram , summoned of the assembly , who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the band of Korah , when they contended against Jehovah . And the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them up together with Korah , when that band died , when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men ; and they became a sign . But the children of Korah died not . The sons of Simeon , after their families : of Nemuel , the family of the Nemuelites ; of Jamin , the family of the Jaminites ; of Jachin , the family of the Jachinites ; of Zerah , the family of the Zarhites ; of Saul , the family of the Saulites . These are the families of the Simeonites , twenty-two thousand two hundred . The children of Gad , after their families : of Zephon , the family of the Zephonites ; of Haggi , the family of the Haggites ; of Shuni , the family of the Shunites ; of Ozni , the family of the Oznites ; of Eri , the family of the Erites ; of Arod , the family of the Arodites ; of Areli , the family of the Arelites . These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them , forty thousand five hundred . The sons of Judah : Er and Onan ; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan . And the sons of Judah , after their families : of Shelah , the family of the Shelanites ; of Pherez , the family of the Pharzites ; of Zerah , the family of the Zarhites . And the sons of Pherez : of Hezron , the family of the Hezronites ; of Hamul , the family of the Hamulites . These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them , seventy-six thousand five hundred . The sons of Issachar , after their families : of Tola , the family of the Tolaites ; of Puah , the family of the Punites ; of Jashub , the family of the Jashubites ; of Shimron , the family of the Shimronites . These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them , sixty-four thousand three hundred . The sons of Zebulun , after their families : of Sered , the family of the Sardites ; of Elon , the family of the Elonites ; of Jahleel , the family of the Jahleelites . These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them , sixty thousand five hundred . The sons of Joseph , after their families : Manasseh and Ephraim . The sons of Manasseh : of Machir , the family of the Machirites ( and Machir begot Gilead ) ; of Gilead , the family of the Gileadites . These are the sons of Gilead : of Jeezer , the family of the Jeezerites ; of Helek , the family of the Helkites ; and of Asriel , the family of the Asrielites ; and of Shechem , the family of the Shechemites ; and of Shemida , the family of the Shemidaites ; and of Hepher , the family of the Hepherites . -- And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons , but daughters ; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah , and Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah . -- These are the families of Manasseh ; and those that were numbered of them , fifty-two thousand seven hundred . These are the sons of Ephraim , after their families : of Shuthelah , the family of the Shuthalhites ; of Becher , the family of the Bachrites ; of Tahan , the family of the Tahanites . And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran , the family of the Eranites . These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them , thirty-two thousand five hundred . These are the sons of Joseph after their families . The sons of Benjamin , after their families : of Bela , the family of the Belaites ; of Ashbel , the family of the Ashbelites ; of Ahiram , the family of the Ahiramites ; of Shephupham , the family of the Shuphamites ; of Hupham , the family of the Huphamites . And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman ; [ of Ard ] the family of the Ardites ; of Naaman , the family of the Naamites . These are the sons of Benjamin after their families ; and they that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred . These are the sons of Dan , after their families : of Shuham , the family of the Shuhamites . These are the families of Dan after their families . All the families of the Shuhamites , according to those that were numbered of them , were sixty-four thousand four hundred . The sons of Asher , after their families : of Jimnah , the family of the Jimnites ; of Jishvi , the family of the Jishvites ; of Beriah , the family of the Beriites . Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber , the family of the Heberites ; of Malchiel , the family of the Malchielites . And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah . These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them , fifty-three thousand four hundred . The sons of Naphtali , after their families : of Jahzeel , the family of the Jahzeelites ; of Guni , the family of the Gunites ; of Jezer , the family of the Jezerites ; of Shillem , the family of the Shillemites . These are the families of Naphtali , according to their families ; and they that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred . These were the numbered of the children of Israel , six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names ; to the many thou shalt increase their inheritance , and to the few thou shalt diminish their inheritance ; to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him . Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot ; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit ; according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each , be they many or few in number . And these are the numbered of the Levites , after their families : of Gershon , the family of the Gershonites ; of Kohath , the family of the Kohathites ; of Merari , the family of the Merarites . These are the families of the Levites : the family of the Libnites , the family of the Hebronites , the family of the Mahlites , the family of the Mushites , the family of the Korahites . -- And Kohath begot Amram . And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed , the daughter of Levi , who was born to Levi in Egypt ; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses , and Miriam their sister . And to Aaron were born Nadab , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . And Nadab and Abihu died , when they presented strange fire before Jehovah . And those that were numbered of the [ Levites ] were twenty-three thousand , all males from a month old and upward ; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel , because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel . These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest , who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab , by the Jordan of Jericho . But among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest , who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai . For Jehovah had said of them , They shall surely die in the wilderness . And there was not left a man of them , save Caleb the son of Jephunneh , and Joshua the son of Nun . Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad , the son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph ; and these were the names of his daughters : Mahlah , Noah , and Hoglah , and Milcah , and Tirzah . And they stood before Moses , and before Eleazar the priest , and before the princes and the whole assembly , at the entrance of the tent of meeting , saying , Our father died in the wilderness , and he was not in the band of them that banded themselves together against Jehovah in the band of Korah ; but he died in his own sin , and he had no sons . Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family , because he has no son ? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father . And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , The daughters of Zelophehad speak right : thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them . And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak , saying , If a man die , and have no son , then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter . And if he have no daughter , ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren . And if he have no brethren , ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren . And if his father have no brethren , ye shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is nearest to him in his family , and he shall possess it ; and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of right , as Jehovah commanded Moses . And Jehovah said to Moses , Get thee up into this mount Abarim , and see the land that I have given unto the children of Israel . And when thou hast seen it , thou also shalt be gathered unto thy peoples , as Aaron thy brother was gathered , because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin , in the strife of the congregation , as to hallowing me in the matter of the water before their eyes . ( That is the water of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin . ) And Moses spoke to Jehovah , saying , Let Jehovah , the God of the spirits of all flesh , set a man over the assembly , who may go out before them , and who may come in before them , and who may lead them out , and who may bring them in , that the assembly of Jehovah be not as sheep that have no shepherd . And Jehovah said to Moses , Take Joshua the son of Nun , a man in whom is the Spirit , and thou shalt lay thy hand upon him ; and thou shalt set him before Eleazar the priest , and before the whole assembly ; and give him commandment before their eyes . And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him , that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him . And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest , who shall inquire for him , by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah : at his word shall they go out , and at his word they shall come in , he , and all the children of Israel with him , even the whole assembly . And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him ; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest , and before the whole assembly . And he laid his hands upon him , and gave him commandment , as Jehovah had said through Moses . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Command the children of Israel , and say unto them , My offering , my bread for my offerings by fire of sweet odour to me , shall ye take heed to present to me at their set time . And say unto them , This is the offering by fire which ye shall present to Jehovah : two yearling lambs without blemish , day by day , as a continual burnt-offering . The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning , and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings ; and a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for an oblation , mingled with beaten oil , a fourth part of a hin : [ it is ] the continual burnt-offering which was ordained on mount Sinai for a sweet odour , an offering by fire to Jehovah . And the drink-offering thereof shall be a fourth part of a hin for one lamb ; in the sanctuary shall the drink-offering of strong drink be poured out to Jehovah . And the second lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings ; [ with the ] like oblation as that of the morning , and the like drink-offering , shalt thou offer it as an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah . And on the sabbath day two yearling lambs without blemish , and two tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation , mingled with oil , and the drink-offering thereof : it is the burnt-offering of the sabbath , for each sabbath besides the continual burnt-offering , and its drink-offering . And in the beginnings of your months ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah : two young bullocks , and one ram , seven yearling lambs without blemish . And three tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation , mingled with oil , for one bullock ; and two tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation , mingled with oil , for the ram ; and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil as an oblation for each lamb : [ it is ] a burnt-offering of a sweet odour , an offering by fire to Jehovah . And their drink-offerings : half a hin of wine for a bullock , and the third part of a hin for the ram , and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb . This is the monthly burnt-offering for each month throughout the months of the year . And a buck of the goats shall be offered , for a sin-offering to Jehovah , besides the continual burnt-offering , and its drink-offering . And in the first month , on the fourteenth day of the month , is the passover to Jehovah . And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast ; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten . On the first day shall be a holy convocation : no manner of servile work shall ye do ; and ye shall present an offering by fire , a burnt-offering to Jehovah : two young bullocks , and one ram , and seven yearling lambs ; they shall be unto you without blemish ; and their oblation shall be of fine flour mingled with oil : three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock , and two tenth parts for the ram ; one tenth part shalt thou offer for each lamb , of the seven lambs ; and a he-goat as a sin-offering , to make atonement for you . Besides the burnt-offering of the morning , which is for a continual burnt-offering , shall ye offer this . After this manner ye shall offer daily , seven days , the bread of the offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah ; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering , and its drink-offering . And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation ; no manner of servile work shall ye do . And on the day of the first-fruits , when ye present a new oblation to Jehovah , after your weeks , ye shall have a holy convocation : no manner of servile work shall ye do . And ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet odour to Jehovah : two young bullocks , one ram , seven yearling lambs ; and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil , three tenth parts for one bullock , two tenth parts for the ram , one tenth part for each lamb of the seven lambs ; [ and ] one buck of the goats , to make atonement for you . Ye shall offer them besides the continual burnt-offering , and its oblation ( without blemish shall they be unto you ) , and their drink-offerings . And in the seventh month , on the first of the month , ye shall have a holy convocation : no manner of servile work shall ye do ; a day of blowing the trumpets shall it be unto you . And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet odour to Jehovah : one young bullock , one ram , seven yearling lambs without blemish ; and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil , three tenth parts for the bullock , two tenth parts for the ram , and one tenth part for each lamb of the seven lambs ; and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering , to make atonement for you , -- besides the monthly burnt-offering and its oblation , and the continual burnt-offering and its oblation , and their drink-offerings , according to their ordinance , for a sweet odour , an offering by fire to Jehovah . And on the tenth of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation ; and ye shall afflict your souls ; no manner of work shall ye do . And ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah for a sweet odour : one young bullock , one ram , seven yearling lambs ( without blemish shall they be unto you ) ; and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil , three tenth parts for the bullock , two tenth parts for the ram , one tenth part for each lamb , of the seven lambs ; [ and ] one buck of the goats for a sin-offering , -- besides the sin-offering of atonement , and the continual burnt-offering and its oblation , and their drink-offerings . And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation : no manner of servile work shall ye do ; and ye shall celebrate a feast to Jehovah seven days ; and ye shall present a burnt-offering , an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah : thirteen young bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs ( they shall be without blemish ) ; and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil : three tenth parts for each bullock of the thirteen bullocks , two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams , and one tenth part for each lamb of the fourteen lambs ; and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering , its oblation and its drink-offering . And on the second day , [ ye shall present ] twelve young bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs without blemish ; and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , by their number , according to the ordinance ; and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation , and their drink-offerings . And on the third day , eleven bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs without blemish ; and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , by their number , according to the ordinance ; and one he-goat for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation and its drink-offering . And on the fourth day , ten bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs without blemish ; their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , by their number , according to the ordinance ; and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering , its oblation and its drink-offering . And on the fifth day , nine bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs without blemish ; and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , by their number , according to the ordinance ; and one he-goat for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation and its drink-offering . And on the sixth day , eight bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs without blemish ; and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , by their number , according to the ordinance ; and one he-goat for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering , its oblation and its drink-offerings . And on the seventh day , seven bullocks , two rams , fourteen yearling lambs without blemish ; and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , by their number , according to their ordinance ; and one he-goat for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering , its oblation and its drink-offering . On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly : no manner of servile work shall ye do . And ye shall present a burnt-offering , an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah : one bullock , one ram , seven yearling lambs without blemish ; their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullock , for the ram , and for the lambs , by their number , according to the ordinance ; and one he-goat for a sin-offering , -- besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation and its drink-offering . These shall ye offer to Jehovah in your set feasts , besides your vows , and your voluntary-offerings , for your burnt-offerings , and for your oblations , and for your drink-offerings , and for your peace-offerings . And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses . And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel , saying , This is what Jehovah hath commanded . If a man vow a vow to Jehovah , or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond , he shall not break his word ; according to all that hath gone out of his mouth shall he do . If a woman also vow a vow to Jehovah , and bind herself by a bond , in her father's house in her youth , and her father hear her vow , and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul , and her father shall be silent at her , then all her vows shall stand , and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand . But if her father prohibited her in the day that he heard , none of her vows , or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul , shall stand ; and Jehovah shall pardon her , because her father prohibited her . And if she have a husband , when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul , and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it , then her vows shall stand , and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand . But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it , and annul her vow which is upon her , and what hath passed her lips , wherewith she hath bound her soul , then Jehovah shall pardon her . But the vow of a widow , and of her that is divorced , -- everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her . And if she have vowed in her husband's house , or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond , and her husband have heard it , and been silent at her , and hath not prohibited her , then all her vows shall stand , and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand . But if her husband have expressly annulled them on the day that he heard them , then nothing of that which is gone out of her lips as to her vows or the bond on her soul , shall stand : her husband hath annulled them ; and Jehovah will pardon her . Every vow , and every binding oath to afflict the soul , her husband can establish it , or her husband can annul it . And if her husband be altogether silent at her from day to day , then he hath established all her vows or all her bonds which are upon her ; he hath confirmed them , for he hath been silent at her in the day that he heard them . But if he in any way annul them after he hath heard them , then he shall bear her iniquity . These are the statutes , which Jehovah commanded Moses , between a man and his wife , between a father and his daughter , in her youth in her father's house . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites ; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples . And Moses spoke to the people , saying , Arm from amongst you men for military service , that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian . Of every tribe a thousand , of all the tribes of Israel , shall ye send to the war . And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel , a thousand by tribe , twelve thousand armed for war . And Moses sent them to the war , a thousand by the tribe , them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest , to the war , and the holy instruments , even the alarm-trumpets in his hand . And they warred against Midian , as Jehovah had commanded Moses , and slew all the males . And they slew the kings of Midian , besides the others slain , Evi , and Rekem , and Zur , and Hur , and Reba , five kings of Midian ; and Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword . And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captives , and their little ones , and took for a spoil all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods ; and all their cities in their settlements and all their encampments they burned with fire . And they took all the booty , and all the prey , of man and of cattle ; and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest , and to the assembly of the children of Israel , the captives and the prey and the booty , to the camp in the plains of Moab , which are by the Jordan of Jericho . And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the assembly went forth to meet them outside the camp . And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army , with the captains of thousands , and captains of hundreds , who came from the service of the war ; and Moses said to them , Have ye saved all the women alive ? Lo , these , through the counsel of Balaam , caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor , and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah . And now slay every male among the little ones , and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him , but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man , keep alive for yourselves . And encamp outside the camp seven days ; whoever hath killed a person , and whoever hath touched any slain ; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day , and on the seventh day , you and your captives . And every garment , and every vessel of skin , and all work of goat's hair , and every utensil of wood shall ye purify . And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle , This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses . Only the gold , and the silver , the copper , the iron , the tin , and the lead , everything that passeth through the fire , ye shall make it go through the fire , and it shall be clean ; only it shall be purified with the water of separation ; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water . And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day , and ye shall be clean ; and afterwards ye may come into the camp . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Take the sum of the prey that was taken , of man and of cattle , thou , and Eleazar the priest , and the chief fathers of the assembly ; and divide the prey into halves , between them that conducted the war , who went out to the battle , and the whole assembly . And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army , one soul of five hundred of the persons , and of the oxen , and of the asses , and of the small cattle . Of their half shall ye take it , and give it unto Eleazar the priest , for a heave-offering of Jehovah . And of the children of Israel's half , thou shalt take one portion of fifty , of the persons , of the oxen , of the asses , and of the small cattle , of every [ kind of ] beasts , and thou shalt give them unto the Levites , who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah . And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And the prey , the rest of the spoil , which the men of war had taken , was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep , and seventy-two thousand oxen , and sixty-one thousand asses , and of human persons , of the women that had not known lying with a man , all the persons were thirty-two thousand . And the half , the portion of them that had gone out to the war , was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep , and the tribute for Jehovah of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five ; and the oxen were thirty-six thousand , and the tribute thereof for Jehovah , seventy-two ; and the asses were thirty thousand five hundred , and the tribute thereof for Jehovah , sixty-one ; and the human persons were sixteen thousand , of whom the tribute for Jehovah was thirty-two persons . And Moses gave the tribute of Jehovah's heave-offering to Eleazar the priest , as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And of the children of Israel's half , which Moses had divided , [ taking it ] from the men that served in the war , ( now the half belonging to the assembly was of the sheep , three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred , and thirty-six thousand oxen , and thirty thousand five hundred asses , and sixteen thousand human persons , ) . . . of the children of Israel's half , Moses took one portion of fifty , of man and of cattle , and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And the officers who were over the thousands of the host , the captains of thousands , and captains of hundreds , came near to Moses , and they said to Moses , Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who were under our hand , and there is not one man of us lacking . So we present the offering of Jehovah , that which each one hath found , jewels of gold , chains , and bracelets , rings , earrings , and necklaces , to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah . And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them , all manner of wrought jewels . And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered to Jehovah was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels , from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds . ( The men of war had taken spoil each one for himself . ) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds , and brought it into the tent of meeting , as a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah . And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had much cattle , a very great multitude ; and they saw the land of Jaazer , and the land of Gilead , and behold , the place was a place for cattle . And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses , and to Eleazar the priest , and to the princes of the assembly , saying , Ataroth , and Dibon , and Jaazer , and Nimrah , and Heshbon , and Elaleh , and Sebam , and Nebo , and Beon , the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel , is a land for cattle , and thy servants have cattle ; and they said , If we have found favour in thine eyes , let this land be given to thy servants for a possession : bring us not over the Jordan . And Moses said to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , Shall your brethren go to war , and shall * ye * abide here ? And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them ? Thus did your fathers , when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land : they went up to the valley of Eshcol , and saw the land , and discouraged the children of Israel , that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them . And Jehovah's anger was kindled the same time , and he swore , saying , If the men that came up out of Egypt , from twenty years old and upward , shall see the land that I swore to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob ! for they have not wholly followed me ; save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite , and Joshua the son of Nun ; for they have wholly followed Jehovah . And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel , and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years , until the whole generation was consumed that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah . And behold , ye are risen up in your fathers' stead , a progeny of sinful men , to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel . If ye turn away from after him , he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy all this people . And they drew near to him , and said , We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle , and cities for our little ones ; but we ourselves will go with diligence armed before the children of Israel , until we have brought them to their place ; and our little ones shall dwell in the strong cities because of the inhabitants of the land . We will not return to our houses , until the children of Israel have inherited each one his inheritance . For we will not inherit with them on yonder side the Jordan , and further , because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side the Jordan eastward . And Moses said to them , If ye do this thing , if ye arm yourselves before Jehovah for war , and all of you that are armed go over the Jordan before Jehovah , until he have dispossessed his enemies from before him , and the land is subdued before Jehovah , and afterwards ye return , ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel , and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah . But if ye do not do so , behold , ye have sinned against Jehovah , and be sure your sin will find you out . Build yourselves cities for your little ones , and folds for your flocks , and do that which has gone out of your mouth . And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses , saying , Thy servants will do as my lord commands . Our little ones , our wives , our cattle , and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead ; but thy servants will pass over , every one armed for war , before Jehovah to battle , as my lord says . So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun , and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel . And Moses said unto them , If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben pass with you over the Jordan , every one armed for battle , before Jehovah , and the land be subdued before you , then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession ; but if they do not pass over with you armed , they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan . And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered , saying , As Jehovah has said to thy servants , so will we do . We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan , and the possession of our inheritance on this side the Jordan shall be ours . And Moses gave to them , to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph , the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites , and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan , the land , according to its cities and territories , the cities of the land round about . And the children of Gad built Dibon , and Ataroth , and Aroer , and Atroth-Shophan , and Jaazer , and Jogbebah , and Beth-Nimrah , and Beth-haran , strong cities , and sheepfolds . -- And the children of Reuben built Heshbon , and Elaleh , and Kirjathaim , and Nebo , and Baal-meon ( of which the names were changed ) , and Sibmah ; and they gave other names to the cities that they built . -- And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead , and took it , and they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein . And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein . And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their hamlets , and called them Havoth-Jair . And Nobah went and took Kenath , and its dependent villages , and called it Nobah , after his name . These are the journeys of the children of Israel , who went forth out of the land of Egypt according to their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron . And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah ; and these are their journeys according to their goings out . They journeyed from Rameses in the first month , on the fifteenth day of the first month . On the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians . And the Egyptians buried those whom Jehovah had smitten among them , all the firstborn ; and upon their gods Jehovah executed judgments . And the children of Israel removed from Rameses , and encamped in Succoth . And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham , which is at the end of the wilderness . And they removed from Etham , and turned back to Pi-hahiroth , which is opposite Baal-Zephon , and encamped before Migdol . And they removed from before Hahiroth , and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness , and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham , and encamped in Marah . And they removed from Marah , and came to Elim ; and in Elim were twelve springs of water , and seventy palm-trees , and they encamped there . And they removed from Elim , and encamped by the Red sea . And they removed from the Red sea , and encamped in the wilderness of Sin . And they removed from the wilderness of Sin , and encamped in Dophkah . And they removed from Dophkah , and encamped in Alush . And they removed from Alush , and encamped at Rephidim , where there was no water for the people to drink . And they removed from Rephidim , and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai . And they removed from the wilderness of Sinai , and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah . And they removed from Kibroth-hattaavah , and encamped at Hazeroth . And they removed from Hazeroth , and encamped in Rithmah . And they removed from Rithmah , and encamped at Rimmon-perez . And they removed from Rimmon-perez , and encamped in Libnah . And they removed from Libnah , and encamped at Rissah . And they removed from Rissah , and encamped in Kehelathah . And they removed from Kehelathah , and encamped in mount Shapher . And they removed from mount Shapher , and encamped in Haradah . And they removed from Haradah , and encamped in Makheloth . And they removed from Makheloth , and encamped at Tahath . And they removed from Tahath , and encamped at Terah . And they removed from Terah , and encamped in Mithcah . And they removed from Mithcah , and encamped in Hashmonah . And they removed from Hashmonah , and encamped in Moseroth . And they removed from Moseroth , and encamped in Bene-Jaakan . And they removed from Bene-Jaakan , and encamped at Hor-hagidgad . And they removed from Hor-hagidgad , and encamped in Jotbathah . And they removed from Jotbathah , and encamped at Abronah . And they removed from Abronah , and encamped at Ezion-geber . And they removed from Ezion-geber , and encamped in the wilderness of Zin , which is Kadesh . And they removed from Kadesh , and encamped in mount Hor , in the border of the land of Edom . And Aaron the priest went up mount Hor by the commandment of Jehovah , and died there , in the fortieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt , in the fifth month , on the first of the month . And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on mount Hor . And the Canaanite , the king of Arad who dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan , heard of the coming of the children of Israel . And they removed from mount Hor , and encamped in Zalmonah . And they removed from Zalmonah , and encamped in Punon . And they removed from Punon , and encamped in Oboth . And they removed from Oboth , and encamped in Ijim-Abarim , in the border of Moab . And they removed from Ijim , and encamped in Dibon-Gad . And they removed from Dibon-Gad , and encamped in Almon-Diblathaim . And they removed from Almon-Diblathaim , and encamped in the mountains of Abarim , before Nebo . And they removed from the mountains of Abarim , and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho . And they encamped by the Jordan , from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim , in the plains of Moab . And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan , then ye shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you , and ye shall destroy all their figured images , and all their molten images shall ye destroy , and all their high places shall ye lay waste ; and ye shall take possession of the land , and dwell therein , for to you have I given the land to possess it . And ye shall take for yourselves the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families : to the many ye shall increase their inheritance , and to the few thou shalt diminish their inheritance : where the lot falleth to him , there shall be each man's [ inheritance ] ; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye take for yourselves the inheritance . But if ye will not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you , those that ye let remain of them shall be thorns in your eyes , and pricks in your sides , and they shall harass you in the land wherein ye dwell . And it shall come to pass that I will do unto you as I thought to do unto them . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Command the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye come into the land of Canaan , this shall be the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance , the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof . Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom , and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward ; and your border shall turn from the south of the ascent of Akrabbim , and pass on to Zin , and shall end southward at Kadesh-barnea , and shall go on to Hazar-Addar , and pass on to Azmon . And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt , and shall end at the sea . And as west border ye shall have the great sea , and [ its ] coast . This shall be your west border . And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor ; from mount Hor ye shall mark out the entrance to Hamath , and the end of the border shall be toward Zedad ; and the border shall go to Ziphron , and shall end at Hazar-enan . This shall be your north border . And ye shall mark out for you as eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah , on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall descend , and shall strike upon the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth eastward ; and the border shall go down to the Jordan , and shall end at the salt sea . This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about . And Moses commanded the children of Israel , saying , This is the land which ye shall take for yourselves as inheritance by lot , which Jehovah commanded to give to the nine tribes , and to the half tribe . For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites according to their fathers' houses , and the tribe of the children of the Gadites according to their fathers' houses , have received , and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance ; the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side the Jordan of Jericho eastward , toward the sun-rising . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , These are the names of the men who shall divide the land unto you : Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun . And ye shall take one prince of every tribe , to divide the land . And these are the names of the men : for the tribe of Judah , Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; and for the tribe of the children of Simeon , Samuel the son of Ammihud ; for the tribe of Benjamin , Elidad the son of Chislon ; and for the tribe of the children of Dan , a prince , Bukki the son of Jogli ; for the children of Joseph : for the tribe of the children of Manasseh , a prince , Hanniel the son of Ephod , and for the tribe of the children of Ephraim , a prince , Kemuel the son of Shiphtan ; and for the tribe of the children of Zebulun , a prince , Elizaphan the son of Pharnach ; and for the tribe of the children of Issachar , a prince , Phaltiel the son of Azzan ; and for the tribe of the children of Asher , a prince , Ahihud the son of Shelomi ; and for the tribe of the children of Naphtali , a prince , Phedahel the son of Ammihud . These are they whom Jehovah commanded to distribute to the children of Israel their inheritance in the land of Canaan . And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho , saying , Command the children of Israel , that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in ; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites . And the cities shall they have to dwell in , and their suburbs shall be for their cattle , and for their goods , and for all their beasts . And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward , a thousand cubits round about . And ye shall measure , without the city , the east side two thousand cubits , and the south side two thousand cubits , and the west side two thousand cubits , and the north side two thousand cubits , and the city shall be in the midst : they shall have this as suburbs of the cities . And [ among ] the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites [ shall be ] the six cities of refuge , which ye shall appoint for the manslayer , that he may flee thither , -- and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities : all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities , they and their suburbs . And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel : from them that have much ye shall take much , and from them that have little ye shall take little ; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan , then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities : cities of refuge shall they be for you ; that a manslayer may flee thither , who without intent smiteth a person mortally . And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer die not , until he have stood before the assembly in judgment . And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you . Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan , and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan ; they shall be cities of refuge . For the children of Israel , and for the stranger , and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge , that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither . And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron , so that he die , he is a murderer : the murderer shall certainly be put to death . And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand , wherewith one may die , and he die , he is a murderer : the murderer shall certainly be put to death . Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood , in the hand , wherewith one may die , and he die , he is a murderer : the murderer shall certainly be put to death ; the avenger of blood , he shall put the murderer to death ; when he meeteth him , he shall put him to death . And if he thrust at him out of hatred , or hurl at him intentionally , so that he die , or from enmity smite him with his hand , so that he die , he that smote him shall certainly be put to death ; he is a murderer : the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death , when he meeteth him . -- But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity , or have cast upon him anything unintentionally , or [ have smitten him ] with any stone wherewith one may die , without seeing him , and have cast it upon him so that he die , and he was not his enemy , neither sought his harm : then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments ; and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood , and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge , whither he had fled ; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest , who was anointed with the holy oil . But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled , and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge , and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer , there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him ; for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest ; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession . And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings . Whoever shall smite a person mortally , at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death ; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die . And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer , who is guilty of death , but he shall certainly be put to death . And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge , that he should come again to dwell in the land , until the death of the priest . And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are ; for blood , it polluteth the land ; and there can be no atonement made for the land , for the blood that hath been shed therein , but by the blood of him that shed it . And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit , in the midst whereof I dwell ; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel . And the chief fathers of families of the sons of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , of the families of the sons of Joseph , came near , and spoke before Moses , and before the princes , the chief fathers of the children of Israel : and they said , Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel ; and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters . Now if they be married to any of the sons of the [ other ] tribes of the children of Israel , then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers , and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong ; and it shall be taken from the lot of our inheritance . And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall come , then shall their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they shall belong ; and their inheritance shall be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers . And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah , saying , The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well . This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad , saying , Let them marry whom they please ; only they shall marry one of the tribe of their father , that no inheritance of the children of Israel pass from tribe to tribe ; for every one of the children of Israel shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers . And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel , shall be married to one of the family of the tribe of her father , that the children of Israel may possess every one the inheritance of his fathers , and the inheritance shall not pass from one tribe to another tribe ; for each of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep to his inheritance . Even as Jehovah had commanded Moses , so did the daughters of Zelophehad ; and Mahlah , Tirzah , and Hoglah , and Milcah , and Noah , the daughters of Zelophehad , were married unto their uncles' sons . To those that were of the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph were they married ; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father . These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded through Moses to the children of Israel , in the plains of Moab , by the Jordan of Jericho .Public Domain