 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER I. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying, Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, every male by their poles. From a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron. And with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head to the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men who stand with you. For Reuben, Eli'zur, son of Shaddayur, for Simeon, Shalomiel, son of Zuri Shaddai, for Judah, Nashon, son of Aminadab, for Issachar, Nathaniel, son of Zuar, for Zebulun, Eli'ab, son of Helon, for the sons of Joseph, for Ephraim, Eli'shama, son of Amayhud, for Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedazur, for Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideonai, for Dan, a high-easer, son of Amishadai, for Asher, Pagaiel, son of Okhron, for Gad, Eliasaf, son of Deuel, for Naftali, Ehaira, son of Inan. These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers. They are heads of the thousands of Israel. And Moses Taketh, Aaron also, these men who were defined by name, and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, by their poles, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai. And the sons of Rubin, Israel's firstborn, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their poles, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Rubin, are six and forty thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Simeon, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones, in the number of names, by their poles, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, are nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. Of the sons of Gad, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. Of the sons of Judah, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred. Of the sons of Issachar, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, are four and fifty thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Zebulun, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Joseph, of the sons of Ephraim, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, are forty thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Manasseh, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, are two and thirty thousand and two hundred. Of the sons of Benjamin, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, are five and thirty thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Dan, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. Of the sons of Asher, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host, their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, are one and forty thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Naftali, their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host. Their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naftali, are three and fifty thousand and four hundred. These are those numbered, whom Moses numbered, Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men, each for the house of his fathers they have been. And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel. Yay, all those numbered are six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst, seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Only the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and there some thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath, they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it, and round about the tabernacle they encamp. And in the journeying of the tabernacle the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle the Levites raise it up, and the stranger who is coming near is put to death, and the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard by their hosts. And the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so they have done. CHAPTER II And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Each by his standard with the endsens of the house of their fathers do the sons of Israel encamp, over against round about the tent of meeting they encamp. And those encamping eastward towards the sun rising are of the standard of the camp of Judah by their hosts, and the prince of the sons of Judah is Nashun, son of Aminadab, and his host, and their numbered ones, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred. And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Issachar, and the prince of the sons of Issachar is Nathaniel, son of Zuar, and his host and its numbered ones are four and fifty thousand and four hundred. The tribe of Zebulun, and the prince of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab, son of Helan, and his host and its numbered ones are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. All those numbered of the camp of Judah are a hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred by their hosts. They journey first. The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward by their hosts, and the prince of the sons of Reuben is Elizur, son of Shedeur, and his host and its numbered ones are six and forty thousand and five hundred. And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Simeon, and the prince of the sons of Simeon is Shalumi El, son of Zuri Shadai, and his host and their numbered ones are nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. And the tribe of Gad, and the prince of the sons of Gad is Eliasaf, son of Reuel, and his host and their numbered ones are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. All those numbered of the camp of Reuben are a hundred thousand and one and fifty thousand and four hundred and fifty by their hosts, and they journey second. And the tent of meeting, the camp of the Levites, have the journeyed in the midst of the camps, as they encamp so they journey, each at his station, by their standards. The standard of the camp of Ephraim by their hosts is westward, and the prince of the sons of Ephraim is Eliasama, son of Amayhud, and his host and their numbered ones are forty thousand and five hundred. And by him is the tribe of Manasseh, and the prince of the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel, son of Pedazur, and his host and their numbered ones are two and thirty thousand and two hundred. And the tribe of Benjamin, and the prince of the sons of Benjamin is Abaidan, son of Gideonai, and his host and their numbered ones are five and thirty thousand and four hundred. All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim are a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred by their hosts, and they journey third. The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their hosts, and the prince of the sons of Dan is Ahai-Ezer, son of Amishadai, and his host and their numbered ones are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Asher, and the prince of the sons of Asher is Pegael, son of Okhran, and his host and their numbered ones are one and forty thousand and five hundred. And the tribe of Naftali, and the prince of the sons of Naftali is Ahaira, son of Inan, and his host and their numbered ones are three and fifty thousand and four hundred. All those numbered of the camp of Dan are a hundred thousand and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred. At the rear they journey by their standards. These are those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers. All those numbered of the camps by their hosts are six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel as Jehovah half commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah half commanded Moses, so they have encamped by their standards, and so they have journeyed, each by his families, by the house of his fathers. CHAPTER III And these are births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah speaking with Moses in Mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Eliezer, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest. And Nadab Diath, Abihu also before Jehovah, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and sons they had not, and Eliezer, Ithamar also, acteth as priest in the presence of Aaron their father. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Being near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him, and kept his charge, and the charge of all the company before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. And they have kept all the vessels of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel to do the service of the tabernacle. And thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons, they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel. And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been mine. For mine is every firstborn, in the day of my smiting every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I have sanctified to myself every firstborn in Israel from man unto beast. Mine they are, I am Jehovah. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them. And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded. And these are sons of Levi by their names, Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families, Libny and Shimea, and the sons of Kohath by their families are Amram and Isar, Habran and Uziel, and the sons of Merari by their families are Malai and Musai, these are the families of the Levites by the house of their fathers. Of Gershon is the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shemite, these are the families of the Gershonite. Their numbered ones in number every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones are 7,500. The families of the Gershonite behind the Tabernacle do encamp westward, and the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite is Eliasaf, son of Lael, and the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting is the Tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the veil at the opening of the tent of meeting, and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the opening of the court, which is by the Tabernacle and by the altar round about, and its cords to all its service. And of Kohath is the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Ishaite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzielite, these are families of the Kohathite. In number all the males from a son of a month and upward are 8,600 keeping the charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the Tabernacle southward, and the prince of a father's house for the families of the Kohathite is Eliasafon, son of Uziel, and their charge is the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the veil, and all its service. And to the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, is the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary. Of Merari is the family of the Mollite, and the family of the Musite, these are the families of Merari, and their numbered ones in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, are 6,200, and the prince of a father's house for the families of Merari is Zuriel, son of Abihail, by the side of the Tabernacle they encamp northward, and the oversight, the charge of the sons of Merari, is the boards of the Tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service, and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. And those encamping before the Tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting at the east, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death. All those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered, Aaron also, by the command of Jehovah, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward, are 2,200, and Jehovah seeth unto Moses, number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names, and thou hast taken the Levites for me, I am Jehovah, instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel. And Moses' numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and all the firstborn, male, by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward of their numbered ones, are 2,200, and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites hath been mine, I am Jehovah. And from those ransomed of the 270 and 3, who are more than the Levites, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, thou hast even taken five shekels apiece by the pole, by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest, twenty garras the shekel is, and thou hast given the money to Aaron and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed. And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites, from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and Moses giveth the money of those ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the command of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. Chapter 4 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi by their families, by the house of their fathers, from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, everyone going in to the host to do work in the tent of meeting. This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies, that Aaron and his sons have come in, in the journeying of the camp, and have taken down the veil of the hanging, and have covered with it the ark of the testimony, and have put on it a covering of badger skin, and have spread a garment completely of blue above, and have placed its staves, and on the table of the presence they spread a garment of blue, and have put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups of the libation, and the bread of continuity is on it, and they have spread over them a garment of scarlet, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves, and have taken a garment of blue, and have covered the candlestick of the lamp, and its lights, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels wherewith they minister to it, and they have put it and all its vessels unto a covering of badger skin, and have put it on the bar, and on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves, and have taken all the vessels of ministry wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and have put them unto a garment of blue, and have covered them with a covering of badger skin, and have put them on the bar, and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple, and have put on it all its vessels wherewith they minister about it, the sensors, the hooks, and the shovels, and the bowls, all the vessels of the altar, and have spread on it a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves, and Aaron hath finished, his sons also, covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, in the journeying of the camp, and afterwards do the sons of Coaf come in to bear it, and they do not come unto the holy thing, that they have died. These things are the burden of the sons of Coaf in the tent of meeting. The oversight of Eliezer, son of Aaron the priest, is the oil of the lamp, and the spice perfume, and the present of continuity, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, Ye do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Coafite from the midst of the Levites, but this do to them, and they have lived, and do not die in their drawing nigh the holy of holies. Aaron and his sons go in, and have set them, each man to his service, and unto his burden, and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Take up the sum of the sons of Gershan also by the house of their fathers, by their families, from a son of thirty years and upward, a son of fifty years, thou dost number them, every one who is going in to serve the host, to do the service in the tent of meeting. This is the service of the families of the Gershanite, to serve, and for burden, and they have borne the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of the badger skin which is on it above, and the veil at the opening of the tent of meeting, and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the opening of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and all that is made for them, and they have served. By the command of Aaron and his sons is all the service of the sons of the Gershanite in all their burden, and in all their service, and ye have laid a charge on them concerning the charge of all their burden. This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershanite in the tent of meeting, and their charge is under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. The sons of Marorai by their families, by the house of their fathers Thoudost number them. From a son of thirty years and upward, even unto a son of fifty years Thoudost number them. Everyone who was going in to the host, to do the service of the tent of meeting. And this is the charge of their burden, of all their service in the tent of meeting, the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, of all their vessels, and of all their service, and by name ye do number the vessels of the charge of their burden. This is the service of the families of the sons of Marorai, for all their service in the tent of meeting, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. And Moses numbereth, Aaron also, and the princes of the company, the sons of the Kohathite, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, from a son of thirty years and upward, even unto a son of fifty years, everyone who is going in to the host for service in the tent of meeting. And their numbered ones, by their families, are two thousand seven hundred and fifty. These are those numbered of the families of the Kohathite, everyone who is serving in the tent of meeting, who Moses and Aaron numbered, by the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses. And those numbered of the sons of Gershan, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, from a son of thirty years and upward, even unto a son of fifty years, everyone who is going in to the host for service in the tent of meeting, even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty. These are those numbered of the families of the sons of Gershan, everyone who is serving in the tent of meeting, who Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of Jehovah. And those numbered of the families of the sons of Mararai, by their families, by the house of their fathers, from a son of thirty years and upward, even unto a son of fifty years, everyone who is going in to the host for service in the tent of meeting, even their numbered ones, by their families, are three thousand and two hundred. Those are those numbered of the families of the sons of Mararai, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses. All those numbered, whom Moses numbered, Aaron also and the princes of Israel, of the Levites by their families, and by the house of their fathers, from a son of thirty years and upward, even unto a son of fifty years, everyone who is going in to do the work of the service, even the service of burden in the tent of meeting, even their numbered ones, are eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. By the command of Jehovah hath one numbered them, by the hand of Moses, each man by his service and by his burden, with his numbered ones, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. CHAPTER V And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and every one with an issue, and every one defiled by a body, from male unto female ye do send out, unto the outside of the camp ye do send them, and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle. And the sons of Israel do so, and they send them out unto the outside of the camp, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, so have the sons of Israel done. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, man or woman, when they do any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against Jehovah, and that person is guilty. And they have confessed their sin which they have done, then he hath restored his guilt in its principle, and its fifth is adding to it, and hath given it to him in reference to whom he hath been guilty. And if the man hath no redeemer to restore the guilt to, the guilt which is restored is Jehovah's, the priests, apart from the ram of the atonements whereby he maketh atonement for him, and every heave offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel which they bring near to the priest, becomeeth his, and any man's hallowed things become his, that which any man giveth to the priest, becomeeth his. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, when any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass, and a man hath lain with her with the seed of copulation, and hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught, and a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath been defiled, or a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, she hath not been defiled? Then hath the man brought in his wife unto the priest, and he hath brought in her offering for her, a tenth of the effa of barley-meal, he doth not pour on it oil, nor doth he put on it frankincense, for it is a present of jealousy, a present of memorial, causing remembrance of iniquity. And the priest hath brought her near, and hath caused her to stand before Jehovah, and the priest hath taken holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust which is on the floor of the tabernacle doth the priest take, and hath put it into the water. And the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it is a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse. And the priest hath caused her to swear, and hath said unto the woman, If no man hath lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned aside to uncleanness under thy husband, be free from these bitter waters which cause the curse. And thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband, then the priest hath caused the woman to swear with an oath of execration, and the priest hath said to the woman, Jehovah doth give thee for an execration, and for a curse in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to swell, and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall, and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen. And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters, and hath caused the woman to drink the bitter waters which cause the curse, and the waters which cause the curse have entered into her for bitter things, and the priest hath taken out of the hand of the woman the present of jealousy, and hath waved the present before Jehovah, and hath brought it near unto the altar, and the priest hath taken a handful of the present, its memorial, and hath made perfume on the altar, and afterwards doth cause the woman to drink the water. Yea, she hath caused her to drink the water, and it hath come to pass, if she hath been defiled, and doth commit a trespass against her husband, that the waters which cause the curse have gone into her for bitter things, and her belly hath swelled, and her thigh hath fallen, and the woman hath become an execration in the midst of her people, and if the woman hath not been defiled and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown with seed. This is the law of jealousies, when a wife turneth aside under her husband, and hath been defiled, or when a spirit of jealousy passeth over a man, and he hath been jealous of his wife, then he hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and the priest hath done to her all this law, and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity. The end of chapters one through five of the Book of Numbers. CHAPTER VI Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man or a woman doeth singularly, By vowing a vow of a Nazarite, to be separate to Jehovah, From wine and strong drink he doth keep separate, Vinegar of wine and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, And any juice of grapes he doth not drink, And grapes moist or dry he doth not eat, All days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, From kernels even unto husk he doth not eat. All days of the vow of his separation, a razor doth not pass over his head, Till the fullness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy, Grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head. All days of his keeping separate to Jehovah, near a dead person he doth not go. For his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, He is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God is on his head. All days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah, And when the dead dyeth beside him in an instant, suddenly, And he hath defiled the head of his separation, Then he hath shaved his head in the day of his cleansing, On the seventh day he doth shave it, And on the eighth day he bringeth in two turtledoves, Or two young pigeons unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, And the priest hath prepared one for a sin offering, And one for a burnt offering, and hath made atonement for him, Because of that which he hath sinned by the body, And he hath hallowed his head on that day. And he hath separated to Jehovah the days of his separation, And he hath brought in a lamb, a son of a year, For a guilt offering, and the former days are fallen, For his separation hath been defiled. And this is the law of the Nazarite. In the day of the fullness of the days of his separation, Doth one bring him in unto the opening of the tent of meeting, And he hath brought near his offering to Jehovah, One he lamb, a son of a year, a perfect one for a burnt offering, And one she lamb, a daughter of a year, a perfect one for a sin offering, And one ram, a perfect one for peace offerings, And a basket of unleavened things of flour, Cakes mixed with oil, and thin cakes of unleavened things Anointed with oil, and their present, and their libations. And the priest hath brought them near before Jehovah, And hath made his sin offering and his burnt offering, And the ram he maketh a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, Besides the basket of unleavened things, And the priest hath made its present, and its libation. And the Nazarite hath shaved, at the opening of the tent of meeting, The head of his separation, and hath taken the hair of the head of his separation, And hath put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest hath taken the boiled shoulder from the ram, And one unleavened cake out of the basket, And one thin unleavened cake, and hath put on the palms of the Nazarite After his shaving his separation. And the priest hath waved them, a wave offering before Jehovah, It is holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave offering, And besides the leg of the heave offering, And afterwards doth the Nazarite drink wine. This is the law of the Nazarite who voweth his offering to Jehovah for his separation, Apart from that which his hand attaineth, According to his vow which he voweth, So he doth by the law of his separation. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, Saying, Thus ye do bless the sons of Israel, Saying to them, Jehovah bless thee and keep thee, Jehovah cause his face to shine upon thee, And favor thee, Jehovah lift up his countenance Upon thee, and appoint for thee peace, And they have put my name upon the sons of Israel, And I, I do bless them. Chapter 7 And it cometh to pass on the day of Moses finishing setting up the tabernacle, That he anointeth it and sanctifyeth it and all its vessels, And the altar and all its vessels, And he anointeth them and sanctifyeth them. And the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, They are princes of the tribes, They who are standing over those numbered, Bring near, yea, they bring their offering before Jehovah, Six wagons covered, and twelve oxen, A wagon for two of the princes, And an ox for one, and they bring them near before the tabernacle. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Receive from them, and they have been to do the service of the tent of meeting, And thou hast given them unto the Levites, each according to his service. And Moses taketh the wagons and the oxen, And giveth them unto the Levites. The two of the wagons, and the four of the oxen, He hath given to the sons of Gershan, according to their service. And the four of the wagons, and the eight of the oxen, He hath given to the sons of Merari, according to their service, By the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. And to the sons of Coeth he hath not given, For the service of the sanctuary is on them, on the shoulder they bear. And the princes bring near the dedication of the altar In the day of its being anointed, yea, The princes bring near their offering before the altar. And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, One prince a day, one prince a day, Do they bring near their offering for the dedication of the altar. And he who is bringing near on the first day his offering Is Nashon, son of Aminadab, of the tribe of Judah. And his offering is one silver dish, its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs, Sons of a year. This is the offering of Nashon, son of Aminadab. On the second day hath Nathaniel, son of Zuar, Prince of Issachar brought near. He hath brought near his offering, One silver dish, its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Nathaniel, son of Zuar. On the third day the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helan. His offering is one silver dish, its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Eliab, son of Helan. On the fourth day, Eliazur, son of Shedeur, Prince of the sons of Rubin. His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Eliazur, son of Shedeur. On the fifth day, the Prince of the Sons of Simeon, Shalumiel, son of Zuri Shaddai, His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Shalumiel, Son of Zuri Shaddai. On the sixth day, the Prince of the Sons of Gad, Eliazaf, son of Deuel. His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Eliazaf, Son of Deuel. On the seventh day, the Prince of the Sons of Ephraim, Eliashama, son of Amaihud. His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Eliashama, Son of Amaihud. On the eighth day, the Prince of the Sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedazur, His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Gamaliel, Son of Pedazur. On the ninth day, the Prince of the Sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideonai, His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Abidan, Son of Gideonai. On the tenth day, the Prince of the Sons of Dan, A hyazair, son of Amishadai, His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of A hyazair, Son of Amishadai. On the eleventh day, the Prince of the Sons of Asher, Pagaiel, son of Okran, His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of Pagaiel, Son of Okran. On the twelfth day, the Prince of the Sons of Naftali, A hyra, son of Enad, His offering is one silver dish, Its weight 130 shekels, One silver bowl of 70 shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, Both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a present, One golden spoon of ten shekels full of perfume, One bullock, a son of the herd, One ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, One kid of the goats for a sin offering, And for a sacrifice of the peace offerings, Two oxen, five rams, five he goats, Five lambs, sons of a year. This is the offering of a hyra, Son of Enad. This is the dedication of the altar in the day of its being anointed by the princes of Israel. Twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, Twelve golden spoons, One hundred and thirty shekels each silver dish, And each bowl, seventy. All the silver of the vessels is two thousand and four hundred shekels By the shekel of the sanctuary. Golden spoons are twelve, full of perfume, Ten shekels each spoon by the shekel of the sanctuary. All the gold of the spoons is a hundred and twenty shekels. All the oxen for burnt offering are twelve bullocks, rams twelve, Lambs, sons of a year, twelve, and their present, And kids of the goats, twelve, for sin offering. And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings Are twenty and four bullocks, rams sixty, He goats sixty, lambs, sons of a year, sixty. This is the dedication of the altar in the day of its being anointed. And in the going in of Moses unto the tent of meeting to speak with him, He doth even hear the voice speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat Which is upon the ark of the testimony, From between the two cherubs, and he speaketh unto him. Chapter 8 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up over against the face of the candlestick, do the seven lights give light? And Aaron doth so, over against the face of the candlestick, He hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. And this is the work of the candlestick, Beton work of gold, unto its thigh, unto its flower, It is Beton work, as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, And thou hast cleansed them, and thus thou dost to them To cleanse them. Sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, And they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, And have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves, And have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, And its present flower mixed with oil, And a second bullock, a son of the herd, Thou dost take for a sin offering, And thou hast brought near the Levites Before the tent of meeting, And thou hast assembled the whole company Of the sons of Israel, And thou hast brought near the Levites Before Jehovah, And the sons of Israel have laid their hands On the Levites, And Aaron hath waved the Levites, A wave offering before Jehovah From the sons of Israel, And they have been for doing the service of Jehovah, And the Levites lay their hands on the head Of the bollocks, And make thou the one a sin offering, And the other a burnt offering to Jehovah To atone for the Levites, And thou hast caused the Levites to stand Before Aaron and before his sons, And hast waved them a wave offering to Jehovah, And thou hast separated the Levites From the midst of the sons of Israel, And the Levites have become mine, And afterwards do the Levites come in To serve the tent of meeting, And thou hast cleansed them, And hast waved them a wave offering, For they are certainly given to me Out of the midst of the sons of Israel, Instead of him who openeth any womb, The firstborn of all, From the sons of Israel, I have taken them to myself. For mine is every firstborn Among the sons of Israel, Among man and among beast. In the day of my smiting every firstborn In the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself. And I take the Levites Instead of every firstborn Among the sons of Israel, And I give the Levites gifts To Aaron and to his sons, From the midst of the sons of Israel, To do the service of the sons of Israel In the tent of meeting, And to make atonement for the sons of Israel, And there is no plague among the sons of Israel In the sons of Israel's drawing nigh Unto the sanctuary. And Moses doth, Aaron also, And all the company of the sons of Israel, To the Levites according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses Concerning the Levites, So have the sons of Israel done to them. And the Levites cleanse themselves And wash their garments, And Aaron waveth them a wave offering before Jehovah, And Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them. And afterwards have the Levites Gone in to do their service In the tent of meeting, Before Aaron and before his sons, As Jehovah hath commanded Moses Concerning the Levites, So they have done to them. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, Saying, This is that which is the Levites. From a son of five and twenty years And upward he doth go in to serve the host In the service of the tent of meeting. And from a son of fifty years He doth return from the host of the service And doth not serve any more. And he hath ministered with his brethren In the tent of meeting to keep the charge And doth not do service. Thus thou dost to the Levites Concerning their charge. Chapter 9 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses In the wilderness of Sinai, In the second year of their going out Of the land of Egypt in the first month, Saying, Also the sons of Israel prepare the Passover In its appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month Between the evenings ye prepare it In its appointed season. According to all its statutes And according to all its ordinances Ye prepare it. And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel To prepare the Passover. And they prepare the Passover in the first month On the fourteenth day of the month Between the evenings in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses So have the sons of Israel done. And there are men who have been defiled By the body of a man And they have not been able to prepare The Passover on that day And they come near before Moses And before Aaron on that day. And those men say unto them We are defiled by the body of a man. Why are we withheld so as not to bring Near the offering of Jehovah In its appointed season In the midst of the sons of Israel? And Moses sayeth unto them Stand ye and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses saying Speak unto the sons of Israel saying Though any man is unclean by a body Or in a distant journey Of you or of your generations Yet he hath prepared a Passover to Jehovah In the second month On the fourteenth day Between the evenings they prepare it With unleavened and bitter things they eat it. They do not leave of till morning And a bone they do not break in it According to all the statute of the Passover They prepare it. And the man who is clean And hath not been on a journey And hath ceased to prepare the Passover Even that person hath been cut off from his people Because the offering of Jehovah He hath not brought near In its appointed season That man doth bear his sin. And when a sojourner sojourneth with you Then he hath prepared a Passover to Jehovah According to the statute of the Passover And according to its ordinance So he doth One statute is to you Even to a sojourner And to a native of the land And in the day of the raising up of the Tabernacle Hath the cloud covered the Tabernacle Even the tent of the testimony And in the evening there is on the Tabernacle As an appearance of fire till morning So it is continually The cloud covereth it Also the appearance of fire by night And according to the going up of the cloud From off the tent and afterwards To the sons of Israel journey And in the place where the cloud doth Tabernacle There do the sons of Israel encamp By the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel journey And by the command of Jehovah they encamp All the days that the cloud doth Tabernacle Over the Tabernacle they encamp And in the cloud prolonging itself Over the Tabernacle many days Then hath the sons of Israel kept The charge of Jehovah and journey not And so when the cloud is a number of days Over the Tabernacle by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey. And so when the cloud is from evening till morning, when the cloud have gone up in the morning, then they have journeyed, whether by day or by night, when the cloud have gone up, then they have journeyed, whether two days or a month or days in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, two tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp and journey not, and in its being lifted up, they journey. By the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey. The charge of Jehovah they have kept, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses. CHAPTER X And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Make to thee two trumpets of silver, Beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps, and they have blown with them, when all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel met together unto thee, and ye have blown, a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed, and ye have blown, a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed, a shout they blow for their journeys, and in the assembling of the assembly ye blow, and do not shout, and sons of Aaron the priests, blow with the trumpets, and they have been to you for a statute aged during to your generations, and when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies, and in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God, I Jehovah am your God, and it cometh to pass in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month, the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony, and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran, and they journey at first by the command of Jehovah in the hand of Moses, and the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first place by their hosts, and over its host is Nashun, son of Amenadab, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar is Nathaniel, son of Zuar, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab, son of Helan, and the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershan and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed by their hosts, and over its host is Elizur, son of Shedeur, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon is Shulumiel, son of Zourishadai, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad is Eliasaf, son of Deuel, and the coethites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the others have raised up the tabernacle until they're coming in, and the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed by their hosts, and over its host is Elishema, son of Amihad, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel, son of Pedazur, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin is Abidan, son of Gideonai, and the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed, rearward to all the camps, by their hosts, and over its host is Ahiazer, son of Amishadai, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher is Pagael, son of Okhran, and over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naftaliah is Ahairah, son of Inan. These are journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts, and they journey. And Moses said to Hobab, son of Raghuel, the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, we are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you, go with us, and we have done good to thee, for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel, and he hath said unto him, I do not go, but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go. And he saith, I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes, and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us, it we have done kindly to thee. And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days to spy out for them a resting place, and the cloud of Jehovah is on them by day in their journeying from the camp, and it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark that Moses saith, Rise, O Jehovah, and thine enemies are scattered, and those hating thee flee from thy presence, and in its resting, he saith, Return, O Jehovah, to the myriads, the thousands of Israel! The end of chapters six through ten of the Book of Numbers, recording by Mark Penfold. Chapters eleven through fifteen of the Book of Numbers. This Librivox recording is in the public domain, recording by Mark Penfold. The Book of Numbers, from the Young's literal translation of the Bible, translated by Robert Young. CHAPTER 11 And the people is evil, and those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and his anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp, and the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched, and he calleth the name of that place, Tabara, for the fire of Jehovah hath burned among them, and the rabble who are in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep and say, Who doth give us flesh? We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for not, but cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic, and now our soul is dry. There is not anything save the manna before our eyes. And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bedolach. The people have turned aside and gathered it, and ground it with millstones, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pan and made it cakes, and its taste hath been as the taste of the moisture of oil. And in the descending of the dew on the camp by night, the manna descendeth upon it. And Moses heareth the people weeping by its families, each at the opening of his tent, and the anger of Jehovah burneth exceedingly, and in the eyes of Moses it is evil. And Moses sayeth unto Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thine eyes to put the burden of all this people upon me? I have I conceived all this people? I have I begotten it, that thou sayest unto me, carry it in thy bosom as the nursing father beareth the suckling unto the ground which thou hast sworn to its fathers? Whence have I fleshed to give to all this people, for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat? I am not able, I alone, to bear all this people, for it is too heavy for me. And if thus thou art doing to me, slay me, I pray thee, slay if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction. And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou hast known that they are elders of the people and its authorities, and thou hast taken them unto the tent of meeting, and they have stationed themselves there with thee. And I have come down and spoken with thee there, and have kept back of the spirit which is upon thee, and have put on them, and they have borne with thee some of the burden of the people, and thou dost not bear it thyself alone. And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and ye have eaten flesh, for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah saying, Who doth give us flesh, for we had good in Egypt, and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten. Ye do not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, unto a month of days, till that it come out from your nostrils, and it hath become to you an abomination, because that ye have loathed Jehovah who is in your midst, and weep before him saying, Why is this? We have come out of Egypt. And Moses sayeth, 600,000 footmen are the people in whose midst I am, and thou, thou hath said, flesh I give to them, and they have eaten a month of days. Is flock and herds slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? Are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them, that one hath found for them? And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, Is the hand of Jehovah become short? Now thou dost see whether my word meeteth thee or not? And Moses goeth out, and speaketh unto the people the words of Jehovah, and gathereth seventy men of the elders of the people, and causeth them to stand round about the tent. And Jehovah cometh down in the cloud, and speaketh unto him, and keepeth back of the spirit which is on him, and puteth on the seventy men of the elders. And it cometh to pass at the resting of the spirit on them, that they prophesy and do not cease. And two of the men are left in the camp, the name of the one is Eldad, and the name of the second Medad, and the spirit resteth upon them. And they are among those written and have not gone out to the tent, and they prophesy in the camp. And the young man runneth, and declareeth to Moses and sayeth, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp! And Joshua, son of Nun, minister of Moses, one of his young men, answereth and sayeth, My Lord Moses, restrain them! And Moses sayeth to him, Art thou zealous for me? Oh, that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his spirit upon them! And Moses is gathered unto the camp, he and the elders of Israel. And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cuteth off quails from the sea, and leaveeth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits on the face of the land. And the people rise all that day, and all the night, and all the day after, and gather the quails. He who hath leased hath gathered ten homers, and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp. The flesh is yet between their teeth, it is not yet calaf, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smitheth among the people a very great smithing. And one calleth the name of that place, Kibrov Hathaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust. From Kibrov Hathaavah have the people journeyed to Hazorov, and they are in Hazorov. CHAPTER XII And Miriam speaketh, Aaron also, against Moses, concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken, for a Cushite woman he had taken. And they say, Only by Moses hath Jehovah spoken? Also by us hath he not spoken? And Jehovah heareth. And the man Moses is very humble, more than any of the men who are on the face of the ground. And Jehovah sayeth suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting! And they three come out. And Jehovah cometh down in the pillar of the cloud, and standeth at the opening of the tent, and calleth Aaron and Miriam, and they come out, both of them. And he sayeth, Here I pray you my words, if your prophet is of Jehovah, in an appearance unto him I make myself known, in a dream I speak with him, not so my servant Moses, in all my house he is steadfast, mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance and not in riddles, and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively, and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? And the anger of Jehovah burneth against them, and he goeth on, and the cloud hath turned aside from off the tent, and lo, Miriam is leprous as snow, and Aaron turneth unto Miriam, and lo, leprous, and Aaron sayeth unto Moses, O my lord I pray thee, lay not upon us sin in which we have been foolish, and in which we have sinned, let her not I pray thee, be as one dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother, the half of his flesh is consumed, and Moses cryeth unto Jehovah, saying, O God I pray thee, give I pray thee healing to her, and Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, and her father had but spit in her face, is she not ashamed seven days? She is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterwards she is gathered, and Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp, seven days, and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered, and afterwards have the people journeyed from Hazaroff, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran. CHAPTER XIII And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Send for the men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel, one man, one man, for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them. And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah, all of them are men, heads of the sons of Israel they are, and these their names. For the tribe of Rubin, Shamua son of Zakur, for the tribe of Simeon, Shefat son of Horai, Caleb son of Jefauna, for the tribe of Issachar, Egal son of Joseph, for the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea son of Nun, for the tribe of Benjamin, Paltai son of Raifu, for the tribe of Zebulun, Gadai El son of Sodai, for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gadai son of Susai, for the tribe of Dan, Amayel son of Gamali, for the tribe of Asher, Sithur son of Michael, for the tribe of Naftali, Nabai son of Vossai, for the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Mekai. These are the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and Moses calleth Hoshia son of Nun, Jehoshua. And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and Seath unto them. Go ye up this way unto the south, and ye have gone up the mountain, and have seen the land what it is, and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it is strong or feeble, whether it is few or many, and what the land is in which it is dwelling, whether it is good or bad, and what are the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses, and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood in it or not, and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land, and the days are days of the first fruits of grapes. And they go up and spy the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamaf, and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there are Ahaymon, Shishai, and Taumai, children of Aenak, and Hebron was built seven years before Zohan in Egypt, and they come in unto the brook of Eshkal, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also some of the pomegranates and of the figs. That place hath one called brook of Eshkal because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence, and they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days, and they go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh, and they bring them and all the company back word and shoe them the fruit of the land, and they recount to him and say, We came in unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and also it is flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Only surely the people which is dwelling in the land is strong, and the cities are fenced very great, and also children of Aenak we have seen there. Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite is dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan, and Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses and Seith, Let us certainly go up, and we have possessed it, for we are thoroughly able for it. And the men who have gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for it is stronger than we, and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied unto the sons of Israel saying. The land into which we passed over to spy it is a land eating up its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of stature, and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Aenak of the Nephilim, and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes. CHAPTER XIV And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night, and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, Oh, that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, oh, that we had died, and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our infants are become a prey. Is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt? And they say one unto another, Let us appoint ahead and turn back to Egypt! And Moses falleth, Aaron also on their faces before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel, and Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Japhana, of those spying the land, have rent their garments, and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, The land into which we have passed over to spy it is a very, very good land. If Jehovah hath delighted in us, then he hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey. Only against Jehovah rebel not ye, and ye fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they are. Their defense hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah is with us, fear them not. And all the company say to stone them with stones, and the honor of Jehovah hath appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the sons of Israel. And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, Until when doth this people despise me? And until when do they not believe in me for all the signs which I have done in its midst? I smite it with pestilence and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it. And Moses sayeth unto Jehovah, Then have the Egyptians heard, for thou hast brought up with thy power this people out of their midst, and they have said it unto the inhabitant of this land, They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people, that eye to eye thou art seen. O Jehovah, and thy cloud is standing over them, and in a pillar of cloud thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. And thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard thy fame have spoken, saying, From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which he hath sworn to them, he doth slaughter them in the wilderness. And now let I pray thee the power of my Lord be great, as thou hast spoken, saying, Jehovah is slow to anger and of great kindness, bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers and sons on a third generation and on a fourth. Forgive I pray thee the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy kindness, and as thou hast borne with this people from Egypt even until now, and Jehovah saith, I have forgiven according to thy word, and yet I live, and it is filled the whole earth with the honor of Jehovah. For all the men who are seeing my honor and my signs which I have done in Egypt and in the wilderness, and try me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice, they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea none of those despising me see it, and my servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after me. I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it, and the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley. Tomorrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against me, the murmurings of the sons of Israel which they are murmuring against me, I have heard. Say unto them, I live, an affirmation of Jehovah, if, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so I do not to you, in this wilderness do your carcasses fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against me, ye, ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up my hand, to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb, son of Japhane, and Joshua, son of Nun, as to your infants of whom ye have said, a spoil there become, I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against, as to you, your carcasses do fall in this wilderness, and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your hordoms till your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness, by the number of the days in which ye spied the land, forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year, ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off, I am Jehovah, I have spoken, if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me in this wilderness, they are consumed, and there they die, and the men who Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him by bringing out an evil account concerning the land, even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah, and Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Japhane, have lived of these men who go to spy out the land, and Moses speak of these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly, and they rise early in the morning and go up unto the top of the mountain saying, here we are, and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned, and Moses saith, why is this, ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper, go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies, for the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not with you, and they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp, and the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down, and smite them, and beat them down unto Hormah Chapter 15 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you, then ye have prepared a fire offering to Jehovah, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice at separating a vow or free will offering, or in your appointed things, to make a sweet fragrance to Jehovah out of the herd, or out of the flock, and he who is bringing near his offering to Jehovah hath brought near a present of flour, a tenth deal mixed with a fourth of the hen of oil, and wine for a libation, a fourth of the hen thou dost prepare for the burnt offering, or for a sacrifice for the one lamb, or for a ram thou dost prepare a present of flour, two tenth deals mixed with oil, a third of the hen, and wine for a libation, a third part of the hen thou dost bring near, a sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and when thou makest to son of the herd a burnt offering or a sacrifice at separating a vow or peace offerings to Jehovah, then he hath brought near for the son of the herd a present of flour, three tenth deals mixed with oil, a half of the hen, and wine thou bringest near for a libation, a half of the hen, a fire offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. Thus it is done for the one ox, or for the one ram, or for a lamb of the sheep or of the goats, according to the number that ye prepare, so ye do to each according to their number. Every native dost thus with these, at bringing near a fire offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and when a sojourner sojourneth with you, or whoso is in your midst to your generations, and he hath made a fire offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, as ye do, so he doth. One statute is for you of the congregation and for the sojourner who is sojourning, a statute age during to your generations, as ye are, so is the sojourner before Jehovah. One law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, in your coming in unto the land wither I am bringing you in, then it hath been in your eating of the bread of the land ye heave up a heave offering to Jehovah, the beginning of your dough a cake ye heave up, a heave offering as the heave offering of a threshing floor, so ye do heave it. Of the beginning of your dough ye do give to Jehovah a heave offering to your generations. And when ye air and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, the whole that Jehovah hath charged upon you by the hand of Moses from the day that Jehovah hath commanded and henceforth to your generations, then it hath been, if from the eyes of the company it hath been done in ignorance, that all the company hath prepared one bullock, a son of the herd, for a burnt offering for sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and its present and its libation according to the ordinance and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. And the priest hath made atonement for all the company of the sons of Israel, and it hath been forgiven them, for it is ignorance, and they, they have brought in their offering, a fire offering to Jehovah, even their sin offering before Jehovah for their ignorance. And it hath been forgiven to all the company of the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for to all the company it is done in ignorance, and if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin offering, and the priest hath made atonement for the person who is airing, in his sinning in ignorance before Jehovah, by making atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him, for the native among the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, one law is to you, for him who is doing anything through ignorance, and the person who doth ought with a high hand of the native or of the sojourner, Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people, because the word of Jehovah he despised, and his command hath broken, that person is certainly cut off, his iniquity is on him. And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day, and those finding him gathering wood bring him near unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company, and they place him in ward, for it is not explained what is to be done to him. And Jehovah saith unto Moses, the man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones at the outside of the camp, and all the company bring him out unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones, and he dyeth, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, and they have made for themselves fringes on the skirts of their garments to their generations, and they have put on the fringe of the skirt a ribbon of blue, and it hath been to you for a fringe, and ye have seen it, and have remembered all the commands of Jehovah, and have done them, and ye search not after your heart, and after your eyes, after which ye are going a whoring, so that ye remember and have done all my commands, and ye have been holy to your God. I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt to become your God. I, Jehovah, am your God. The end of chapters 11 through 15 of the Book of Numbers. Recording by Mark Penfold. Chapters 16 through 21 of the Book of Numbers. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. The Book of Numbers, from the young's literal translation of the Bible, translated by Robert Young. Chapter 16. And Korah, son of Ishar, son of Cohoff, son of Levi, taketh both Daphne and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleph, sons of Reuben, and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, 250, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name, and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron and say unto them, Enough of you, for all the company, all of them are holy, and in their midst is Jehovah, and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah? And Moses heareth and falleth on his face, and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company saying, Morning, and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and have brought near unto him, even him whom he doth fix on, he bringeth near unto him. This do, take to yourselves censors, Korah and all his company, and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah tomorrow, and it hath been the man whom Jehovah chooses, he is the holy one. Enough of you, sons of Levi, and Moses sayeth unto Korah, Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi, is it little to you that the God of Israel have separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? Yea, he doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee, and ye have sought also the priesthood. Therefore thou and all thy company who are met are against Jehovah, and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him? And Moses sendeth to call for Daphne, and for a byram, sons of Eliab, and they say, We do not come up. Is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in a wilderness, that thou also certainly make us to thy self-prince over us? Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard, the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? We do not come up. And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, Turn not thou unto their present, not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them. And Moses saith unto Korah, Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou and they and Aaron tomorrow, and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah each his censer, 250 censers, and thou and Aaron each his censer, and they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron, and Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honor of Jehovah is seen by all the company. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment, and they fall on their faces and say, God, God of the spirits of all flesh, the one man's sineth, and against all the company thou art roth. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the company, saying, Go ye up from round about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, and Moses riseth and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him. And he speaketh unto the company, saying, Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. And they go up from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants. And Moses sayeth, By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart. If according to the death of all men these die, or the charge of all men is charged upon them, Jehovah hath not sent me. And if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol, then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah. And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which is under them cleaveth, and the earth openeth her mouth and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods. And they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly. And all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, lest the earth swallow us! And fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men, bringing near the perfume. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Say unto Eliezer, son of Aaron the priest, and he lifteth up the censors from the midst of the burning, and the fire scatter thou yonder, for they have been hallowed. Even the censors of these sinners against their own souls, and they have made them spread out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed, and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel. And Eliezer the priest taketh the brazen censors, which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar, a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah and as his company, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him, and all the company of the sons of Israel murmur on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have put to death the people of Jehovah, and it cometh to pass in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honor of Jehovah is seen, and Moses cometh, Aaron also, unto the front of the tent of meeting, and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment, and they fall on their faces, and Moses sayeth unto Aaron, Take the censor, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah, the plague hath begun, and Aaron taketh as Moses hath spoken, and runneth unto the midst of the assembly, and lo, the plague hath begun among the people, and he giveth the perfume, and maketh atonement for the people, and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained, and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah, and Aaron turneth back unto Moses, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the plague hath been restrained. Chapter 17 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod for a father's house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods, the name of each thou dost write on his rod, and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi, for one rod is for the head of their father's house, and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting before the testimony where I meet with you, and it hath come to pass the man's rod on whom I fix doth flourish, and I have caused to cease from off me the murmurings of the sons of Israel which they are murmuring against you, and Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and all their princes give unto him one rod for a prince, one rod for a prince for their father's house, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron is in the midst of their rods, and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony, and it cometh to pass on the morrow that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds, and Moses bringeth out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the sons of Israel, and they look and take each his rod, and Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony for a charge, for a sign to the sons of rebellion, and thou dost remove their murmurings from off me, and they do not die, and Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, so he hath done, and the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, Lo, we have expired, we have perished, we have all of us perished, any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dyeth, have we not been consumed to expire? Chapter 18 And Jehovah sayeth unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, do bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and thou and thy sons with thee, do bear the iniquity of your priesthood, and also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, and they are joined unto thee and serve thee, even thou and thy sons with thee before the tent of the testimony, and they have kept thy charge, and the charge of all the tent, only unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar they do not come near, and they die not, either they or you, and they have been joined unto thee, and have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, and a stranger doth not come near unto you, and he have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel. And I, Lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting, and thou and thy sons with thee, do keep your priesthood, for everything of the altar, and within the veil, and ye have served. A service of gift I make your priesthood, and the stranger who is coming near is put to death, and Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron. And I, Lo, I have given to thee the charge of my heave offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel, to thee I have given them for the anointing, and to thy sons, by a statute age-during. This is thine of the most holy things from the fire, all their offering to all their present, and to all their sin-offering, and to all their guilt-offering, which they give back to me, is most holy to thee, and to thy sons. In the holy of holies thou dost eat it, every male doth eat it, holy it is to thee. And this is thine, the heave offering of their gift, to all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel, to thee I have given them, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during. Every clean one in thy house doth eat it, all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat, their first fruits which they give to Jehovah, to thee I have given them. The first fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring into Jehovah, are thine. Every clean one in thy house doth eat it. Every devoted thing in Israel is thine. Every one opening a womb of all flesh, which they bring near to Jehovah, among man and among beast, is thine. Only thou dost certainly ransom the first born of man, and the firstling of the unclean beast, thou dost ransom. And there ransomed ones from a son of a month, thou dost ransom with thy valuation of silver, five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty garas it is. Only the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom. Holy they are, their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave offering, and as the right leg it is thine. All the heave offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah, I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it is before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee, and Jehovah saith unto Aaron, In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst. I am thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel, and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service, which they are serving, the service of the tent of meeting. And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die, and the Levites have done the service of the tent of meeting, and they, they bear their iniquity, a statute age-during to your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance. But the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance, therefore I have said of them, in the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, And unto the Levites thou dost speak, and thou hast said unto them, When ye take from the sons of Israel the tithe of which I have given to you from them for your inheritance, then ye have lifted up from it the heave offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. And your heave offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing floor, and as fullness from the wine fat. So ye do lift up, ye also the heave offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which ye receive from the sons of Israel, and ye have given from it the heave offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts ye do lift up the whole heave offering of Jehovah. Out of all its fat its hallowed part, out of it. And thou hast said unto them, In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it hath been reckoned to the Levites as increase of a threshing floor, and as increase of a wine fat. And ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it is your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting. And ye bear no sin for it in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not. CHAPTER XIX And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, This is a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up, and ye have given it unto Eliezer the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him. And Eliezer the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood, seven times. And one hath burnt the cow before his eyes, her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he doth burn. And the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow, and the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening. And he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening. And a clean man hath gathered the ashes of the cow, and hath placed at the outside of the camp in a clean place, and hath become to the company of the sons of Israel a charge for waters of separation. It is a cleansing. And he who is gathering the ashes of the heifer hath washed his garments, and is unclean till the evening. And it hath been to the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for a statute age-during. He who is coming against the dead body of any man is unclean seven days. He doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean. And if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean. Anyone who is coming against the dead, against the body of man who dyeth, and cleanseth not himself, the tabernacle of Jehovah he hath defiled, and that person hath been cut off from Israel, for water of separation is not sprinkled upon him. He is unclean. His uncleanness is still upon him. This is the law when a man dyeth in a tent. Everyone who is coming in unto the tent, and all that is in the tent is unclean seven days. And every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean. And everyone who cometh on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days. And they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the cleansing, and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel. And a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped it in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave. And the clean hath sprinkled it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening. And the man who is unclean, and doth not cleanse himself, even that person hath been cut off from the midst of the assembly. For the sanctuary of Jehovah he hath defiled, water of separation is not sprinkled upon him, he is unclean. And it hath been to them for a statute age during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening. And all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against it is unclean till the evening. Chapter 20 And the sons of Israel come in, all the company, to the wilderness of Zinn in the first month, and the people abide in Kadesh, and Miriam dyeth there, and is buried there. And there hath been no water for the company, and they are assembled against Moses, and against Aaron. And the people strive with Moses and speak, saying, And oh, that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah, and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts? And why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to bring us in unto this evil place? No place of seed, and fig, and vine, and pomegranate, and water there is none to drink. And Moses and Aaron go in from the presence of the assembly unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and fall on their faces, and the honor of Jehovah is seen by them. And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, Take the rod, and assemble the company, thou and Aaron thy brother, and ye have spoken unto the rock before their eyes, and it hath given its water, and thou hast brought out to them water from the rock, and hast watered the company and their beasts. And Moses taketh the rod from before Jehovah, as he hath commanded him, and Moses and Aaron assemble the assembly unto the front of the rock, and he sayeth to them, Here I pray you, O rebels, from this rock do we bring out to you water? And Moses lifteth up his hand, and smighteth the rock with his rod twice, and much water cometh out, and the company drink also their beasts. And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses and unto Aaron, because ye have not believed in me to sanctify me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them. These are waters of Meriba, because the sons of Israel have striven with Jehovah, and he is sanctified upon them. And Moses sendeth messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom. Thou said thy brother Israel, Thou hast known all the travail which hath found us, that our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers. And we cry unto Jehovah, and he heareth our voice, and sendeth a messenger, and is bringing us out of Egypt. And lo, we are in Kadesh, a city in the extremity of thy border. Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land. We pass not over through a field or through a vineyard, nor do we drink waters of a well. The way of the king we go, we turn not aside, right or left, till that we pass over thy border. And Edom sayeth unto them, Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee. And the sons of Israel say unto him, In the highway we go, and if of thy waters we drink, I and my cattle, then I have given their price, only it is nothing on my feet I pass over. And he sayeth, Thou dost not pass over. And Edom comeeth out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand. And Edom refuseeth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him. And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto Mount Hor, and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron in Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron is gathered unto his people, for he doth not go in unto the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because that ye provoked my mouth at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eliezer his son, and cause them to go up Mount Hor, and strip Aaron of his garments, and thou hast clothed with them Eliezer his son, and Aaron is gathered, and doth die there. And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded, and they go up unto Mount Hor, before the eyes of all the company, and Moses stripeth Aaron of his garments, and clotheth with them Eliezer his son, and Aaron dieeth there on the top of the Mount, and Moses cometh down Eliezer also from the Mount, and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel. CHAPTER XXI And the Canaanite, King Arad, dwelling in the south, heareth that Israel hath come the way of the Atharim, and he fighteth against Israel, and taketh some of them captive, and Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and sayeth, if thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities, and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Israel, and giveth up the Canaanite, and he devoted them and their cities, and calleth the name of the place Hormah, and they journey from Mount Hor, the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom, and the soul of the people is short in the way, and the people speak against God and against Moses. Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread. And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die, and the people come in unto Moses, and say, Ha, we have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee, pray unto Jehovah, and he doth turn aside from us the serpent, and Moses prayeth in behalf of the people. And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, Make for thee a burning serpent, and set it on an ensign, and it hath been, everyone who is bitten and hath seen it, he hath lived. And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and seteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass, he hath lived. And the sons of Israel journey, and in camp in Obath, and they journey from Obath, and in camp in I.J. Abarim, in the wilderness that is on the front of Moab, at the rising of the sun. From thence they have journeyed, and in camp in the valley of Zaret. From thence they have journeyed, and in camp beyond Arnan, which is in the wilderness which is coming out of the border of the Amorite. For Arnan is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite. Therefore it is said in a book, The Wars of Jehovah. Wahab in Sufa, and the brooks of Arnan, and the spring of the brooks which turned aside to the dwelling of Ar, and hath leaned to the border of Moab. And from thence they journeyed to Be'er, it is the well concerning which Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the people, and I give to them water. Then singeth Israel this song concerning the well, they have answered to it. A well, dig did have princes, prepared it have nobles of the people, with the law giver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Matana, and from Matana to Nahali'el, and from Nahali'el to Bar-Moth, and from Bar-Moth in the valley which is in the field of Moab to the top of Pisca, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness. And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying, Let me pass through thy land. We do not turn aside into a field, or into a vineyard. We do not drink waters of a well. In the king's way we go, till that we pass over thy border. And Sihon hath not suffered Israel to pass through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and cometh out to meet Israel into the wilderness, and cometh into Jahaz, and fighteth against Israel. And Israel smiteeth him by the mouth of the sword, and possesseth his land from Arnon unto Jabok, unto the sons of Amon, for the border of the sons of Amon is strong. And Israel taketh all these cities, and Israel dwelleth in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. For Heshbon is a city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he hath fought against the former king of Moab, and taketh all his land out of his hand unto Arnon. Therefore those using similes say, Enter ye Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and ready, for fire hath gone out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon it hath consumed R of Moab, owners of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, O Moab, thou hast perished, O people of Chimosh. He hath given his sons to escape, also his daughters, into captivity, to a king of the Amorite, Sihon. And we shoot them, perished hath Heshbon unto Daibon, and we make desolate unto Nofa, which is unto Medaba, and Israel dwelleth in the land of the Amorite. And Moses sendeth to spy out Jahazer, and they capture its villages, and dispossess the Amorite and turn and go up the way of Bashan. And Og, king of Bashan, cometh out to meet them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrii. And Jehovah sayeth unto Moses, Fear him not, for into thy hand I have given him, and all his people, and his land, and thou hast done to him, as thou hast done to Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon. And they smite him, and his sons, and all his people, until he hath not left to him a remnant. And they possess his land.