The Census of Israel’s Warriors

Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on (A)the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, (B)Take a [a]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head from (C)twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall [b]count them by their armies. With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, (D)each one head of his father’s household. These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: (E)of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; of the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; of the tribe of Judah, (F)Nahshon the son of Amminadab; of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; 10 of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; 14 of Gad, Eliasaph the son of (G)Deuel; 15 of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These are the men who were (H)called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the (I)heads of [c]divisions of Israel.”

17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, 18 and they assembled all the congregation on the (J)first day of the second month. Then they registered by (K)ancestry in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, 19 just as (L)the Lord had commanded Moses. So he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 (M)Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 21 their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

22 (N)Of the sons of Simeon, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, their numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, (O)whoever was able to go to war, 23 their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.

24 (P)Of the sons of Gad, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 25 their numbered men of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.

26 (Q)Of the sons of Judah, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 27 their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

28 (R)Of the sons of Issachar, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 29 their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

30 (S)Of the sons of Zebulun, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 31 their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

32 (T)Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 33 their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

34 (U)Of the sons of Manasseh, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 35 their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.

36 (V)Of the sons of Benjamin, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 37 their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

38 (W)Of the sons of Dan, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 39 their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.

40 (X)Of the sons of Asher, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 41 their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.

42 (Y)Of the sons of Naphtali, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 43 their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.

44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron counted, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household. 45 So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war in Israel, 46 all the numbered men were (Z)603,550.

Levites Exempted

47 (AA)The Levites, however, were not counted among them by their fathers’ tribe. 48 For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi (AB)you shall not count, nor shall you take their [d]census among the sons of Israel. 50 And you shall (AC)appoint the Levites over the [e]tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over everything that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the [f]tabernacle. 51 (AD)So when the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But (AE)the [g]layman who comes near it shall be put to death. 52 (AF)So the sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own [h]flag, according to their armies. 53 (AG)But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be (AH)no divine wrath against the congregation of the sons of Israel. (AI)So the Levites shall be responsible for service to the tabernacle of the testimony.” 54 And the sons of Israel did so; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they did.

Arrangement of the Camps

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, (AJ)The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own [i]flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting [j]at a distance. Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the flag of the camp of Judah, by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Judah: (AK)Nahshon the son of Amminadab, and his army, their [k]numbered men: 74,600. Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: (AL)Nethanel the son of Zuar, and his army, their numbered men: 54,400. Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: (AM)Eliab the son of Helon, and his army, his numbered men: 57,400. The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. (AN)They shall set out first.

10 “On the south side shall be the flag of the camp of Reuben by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Reuben: (AO)Elizur the son of Shedeur, 11 and his army, their numbered men: 46,500. 12 And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the leader of the sons of Simeon: (AP)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13 and his army, their numbered men: 59,300. 14 Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: (AQ)Eliasaph the son of [l]Deuel, 15 and his army, their numbered men: 45,650. 16 The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And (AR)they shall set out second.

17 (AS)Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their flags.

18 “On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of (AT)Ephraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: (AU)Elishama the son of Ammihud, 19 and his army, their numbered men: 40,500. 20 Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: (AV)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21 and his army, their numbered men, 32,200. 22 Then follows the tribe of (AW)Benjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: (AX)Abidan the son of Gideoni, 23 and his army, their numbered men, 35,400. 24 The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And (AY)they shall set out third.

25 “On the north side shall be the flag of the camp of Dan by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Dan: (AZ)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26 and his army, their numbered men: 62,700. 27 Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the sons of Asher: (BA)Pagiel the son of Ochran, 28 and his army, their numbered men: 41,500. 29 Then follows the tribe of (BB)Naphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: (BC)Ahira the son of Enan, 30 and his army, their numbered men: 53,400. 31 The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. (BD)They shall set out last by their flags.”

32 These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, (BE)603,550. 33 (BF)The Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 34 So the sons of Israel did all this; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their flags, and so they set out, everyone by his family according to his father’s household.

Levite Priesthood Established

(BG)Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. (BH)These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the (BI)anointed priests, whom he [m]ordained to serve as priests. (BJ)But Nadab and Abihu died in the presence of the Lord when they offered [n]strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests [o]in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (BK)Bring the tribe of Levi forward and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. They shall perform the duties for [p]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, to do the (BL)service of the tabernacle. They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. So you shall (BM)assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel. 10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that (BN)they may [q]keep their priesthood, but (BO)the [r]layman who comes near shall be put to death.”

11 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Now, behold, I (BP)have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every (BQ)firstborn, the firstborn of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine. 13 For (BR)all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the Lord.”

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses (BS)in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 [s](BT)Count the sons of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall count.” 16 So Moses counted them according to the [t]word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded. 17 (BU)These, then, are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the (BV)sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei; 19 and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel; 20 and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. 22 Their numbered men, in the counting of every male from a month old and upward, their numbered men were 7,500. 23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the [u]tabernacle westward, 24 and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites: Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Duties of the Levites

25 Now (BW)the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle and (BX)the tent, its covering, and (BY)the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 and (BZ)the curtains of the courtyard, (CA)the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ropes, according to all the service [v]concerning them.

27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the counting of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle, 30 and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families: [w]Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Now (CB)their duties included (CC)the ark, (CD)the table, (CE)the lampstand, (CF)the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, the [x]curtain, and all the service [y]concerning them; 32 and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the head of the leaders of Levi, and he had the supervision of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.

33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. 34 Their numbered men in the counting of every male from a month old and upward: 6,200. 35 And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to (CG)camp on the northward side of the tabernacle. 36 Now the appointment of duties of the sons of Merari included the framework of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and all the service concerning them, 37 and the pillars around the courtyard with their bases, their pegs, and their ropes.

38 Now those who were to (CH)camp in front of the tabernacle eastward, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but (CI)the [z]layman coming near was to be put to death. 39 All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the [aa]command of the Lord by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were (CJ)twenty-two thousand.

Firstborn Redeemed

40 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(CK)Count every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and [ab]make a list of their names. 41 And you (CL)shall take the Levites for Me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel.” 42 So Moses counted all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded him; 43 and all the firstborn males, by the number of names from a month old and upward for their numbered men, were (CM)22,273.

44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 (CN)Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the Lord. 46 (CO)And as [ac]a redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the number of the Levites, 47 you shall take (CP)five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in (CQ)terms of the shekel of the sanctuary ((CR)the shekel is twenty [ad]gerahs), 48 and you shall give the money, the redemption price of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons.” 49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of the number of those redeemed by the Levites; 50 from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365. 51 Then Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, at the [ae]command of the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Duties of the Kohathites

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, “Take a [af]census of the [ag]descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ households, from (CS)thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, everyone who can enter the service of ministry to do work in the tent of meeting. This is the work of the [ah]descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

“When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down (CT)the veil of the curtain, and cover the (CU)ark of the testimony with it; and they shall place a (CV)covering of [ai]fine leather on it, and spread over it a cloth of pure [aj]violet, and insert its carrying poles. Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of violet and put on it the dishes, the pans, the sacrificial bowls, and the jugs for the drink offering; and (CW)the continual bread shall be on it. And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles. Then they shall take a violet cloth and cover the (CX)lampstand for the light, (CY)along with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all its oil containers, by which they attend to it; 10 and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on the carrying [ak]bars. 11 Over the golden altar they shall spread a violet cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles; 12 and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a violet cloth and cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on the carrying [al]bars. 13 Then they shall clean away the [am]ashes from the (CZ)altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they serve in connection with it: the firepans, the forks, shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of fine leather over it and insert its carrying poles. 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them by the poles, so that they will not touch the holy objects (DA)and die. These are the [an]things in the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

16 “Now the responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is (DB)the oil for the light, the (DC)fragrant incense, (DD)the continual grain offering, and (DE)the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the [ao]tabernacle and everything that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 “Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be eliminated from among the Levites. 19 Rather, do this for them so that they will live and (DF)not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load; 20 but (DG)they shall not come in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die.”

Duties of the Gershonites

21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 22 “Take a [ap]census of the sons of Gershon [aq]also, by their fathers’ households, by their families; 23 from (DH)thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall [ar]count them: all who can enter to perform service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying: 25 they shall carry (DI)the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and (DJ)the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 and (DK)the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes and all the equipment for their service; and everything that is to be done [as]by them, [at]they shall perform. 27 All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, that is, all their loads and all their work, shall be performed at the [au]command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and their duties shall be [av]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Duties of the Merarites

29 As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ households; 30 from (DL)thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, you shall count them, everyone who can enter the service to do the work of the tent of meeting. 31 Now this is the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, and its bases, 32 and the pillars around the courtyard and their bases, their pegs, and their ropes, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign by names of the men the items [aw]that each is to carry. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, [ax]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

34 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ households, 35 from (DM)thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter the service for work in the tent of meeting. 36 Their numbered men by their families were 2,750. 37 These were the numbered men of the Kohathite families, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [ay]commandment of the Lord [az]through Moses.

38 And the numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers’ households, 39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter the service for work in the tent of meeting— 40 their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630. 41 These were the numbered men of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [ba]commandment of the Lord.

42 And the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers’ households, 43 from (DN)thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter the service for work in the tent of meeting— 44 their numbered men by their families were 3,200. 45 These were the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [bb]commandment of the Lord [bc]through Moses.

46 All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ households, 47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and the work of carrying in the tent of meeting— 48 their numbered men were (DO)8,580. 49 According to the [bd]commandment of the Lord [be]through Moses, they (DP)were counted, everyone by his serving or carrying; so these were his numbered men, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

On Defilement

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the sons of Israel that they (DQ)send away from the camp everyone with leprosy, everyone having a (DR)discharge, and everyone who is (DS)unclean because of contact with a dead person. You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they do not defile their camp where I dwell (DT)in their midst.” And the sons of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp; just as the Lord had spoken to Moses, that is what the sons of Israel did.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel: ‘(DU)When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the Lord, and that person is guilty, then [bf]he shall (DV)confess [bg]his sin which [bh]he has committed, and he (DW)shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it a fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged. But if the person has no [bi]redeemer to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement is made for him. (DX)Also every [bj]contribution pertaining to all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the priest, shall be his. 10 So every person’s holy gifts shall be his; whatever anyone gives to the priest, it (DY)becomes his.’”

The Adultery Test

11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife (DZ)goes astray and is unfaithful to him, 13 and a man has (EA)sexual relations with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she remains undiscovered, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act, 14 [bk]if [bl]an attitude of (EB)jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or if [bm]an attitude of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself, 15 the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as [bn]an offering for her a tenth of an [bo]ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of reminder, (EC)a reminder of wrongdoing.

16 ‘Then the priest shall bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord, 17 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware container; and [bp]he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it in the water. 18 The priest shall then have the woman stand before the Lord and let down the hair of the woman’s head, and place the grain offering of reminder [bq]in her hands, that is, the grain offering of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse. 19 And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has had sexual relations with you and if you have not (ED)gone astray into uncleanness, as you are under the authority of your husband, be [br]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse; 20 if, however, you have (EE)gone astray, though under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had sexual intercourse with you” 21 (then the priest shall have the woman (EF)swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “may the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lords making your thigh [bs]shriveled and your [bt]belly swollen; 22 and this water that brings a curse shall go into your [bu]stomach, to make your belly swell up and your thigh [bv]shrivel.” And the woman (EG)shall say, “Amen, Amen.”

23 ‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall [bw]wash them off into the water of bitterness. 24 Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her [bx]and cause bitterness. 25 And the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, and he shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar; 26 and (EH)the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as its reminder offering and offer it up in smoke on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water. 27 When he has made her drink the water, then it will come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her [by]and cause bitterness, and her belly will swell up and her thigh will [bz]shrivel, and the woman will become (EI)a curse among her people. 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be [ca]immune and conceive [cb]children.

29 ‘This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, who is under the authority of her husband, (EJ)goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when [cc]an attitude of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then have the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest shall apply all of this law to her. 31 The man, moreover, will be free of [cd]guilt, but that woman shall (EK)bear the consequences of her [ce]guilt.’”

Law of the Nazirites

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes [cf]a special vow, namely, the vow of (EL)a [cg]Nazirite, to live as a Nazirite for the Lord, he shall (EM)abstain from wine and [ch]strong drink; he shall [ci]consume no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. All the days of his consecration he shall not eat anything that is produced from the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

‘All the days of his vow of consecration (EN)no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled which he lives as a Nazirite for the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

(EO)All the days of his life as a Nazirite for the Lord he shall not come up to a dead person. He (EP)shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his consecration to God is [cj]on his head. All the days of his consecration he is holy to the Lord.

‘But if someone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head of hair, then (EQ)he shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; (ER)he shall shave it on the seventh day. 10 Then on the eighth day he shall bring (ES)two turtledoves or two young doves to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 11 And the priest shall offer (ET)one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him [ck]regarding his sin because of the dead person. And on that same day he shall consecrate his head, 12 and shall live his days of consecration as a Nazirite for the Lord, and shall bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering; but the preceding days will [cl]not count, because his consecration was defiled.

13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite (EU)when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall bring [cm]his offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 14 And he shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb a year old without defect as a burnt offering, one (EV)ewe lamb a year old without defect as a sin offering, one ram without defect as a peace offering, 15 and a basket of (EW)unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with (EX)their grain offering and their drink offering. 16 Then the priest shall present them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17 He shall also offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 (EY)The Nazirite shall then shave his consecrated head of hair at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and take the consecrated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 19 (EZ)And the priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened loaf from the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the [cn]hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair. 20 Then the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered as a wave offering, and the thigh offered as [co]a contribution; and (FA)afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.’

21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord according to his consecration, in addition to what else [cp]he can afford; corresponding to his vow which he makes, so he shall do according to the law of his consecration.”

Aaron’s Benediction

22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘In this way (FB)you shall bless the sons of Israel. You are to say to them:

24 The Lord (FC)bless you, and [cq](FD)keep you;

25 The Lord (FE)cause His face to shine on you,
And (FF)be gracious to you;

26 The Lord (FG)lift up His face to you,
And (FH)give you peace.’

27 So they shall [cr](FI)invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and then I will bless them.”

Offerings of the Leaders

Now on (FJ)the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he (FK)anointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also. Then (FL)the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, (FM)made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the [cs]supervisors over the [ct]numbered men). When they brought their offering before the Lord, six (FN)covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them in front of the tabernacle. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Accept these things from them, that they may be [cu]used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.” So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to (FO)their service, and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to (FP)their service, [cv]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath, because theirs was (FQ)the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

10 And the leaders offered the dedication offering [cw]for the altar [cx]when (FR)it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar. 11 Then the Lord said to Moses, “They shall present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”

12 Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah; 13 and his offering was one silver [cy](FS)dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels (FT)in [cz]sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 14 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 15 one [da]bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 16 (FU)one male goat as a sin offering; 17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of (FV)Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering; 19 he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 20 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 21 one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 22 one male goat as a sin offering; 23 and for the sacrifice of (FW)peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

24 On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun; 25 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 26 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 27 one bull, one ram, and one (FX)male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 28 one male goat as a sin offering; 29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

30 On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben; 31 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 32 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 33 one bull, one ram, and one (FY)male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 34 one male goat as a sin offering; 35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

36 On the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the sons of Simeon; 37 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 38 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 39 one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 40 one male goat as a sin offering; 41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

42 On the sixth day it was (FZ)Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad; 43 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of (GA)fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 44 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 45 (GB)one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 46 one male goat as a sin offering; 47 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

48 On the seventh day it was (GC)Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim; 49 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 50 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of (GD)incense; 51 (GE)one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 52 one male goat as a sin offering; 53 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

54 On the eighth day it was (GF)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh; 55 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 56 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of (GG)incense; 57 one bull, one ram, and one (GH)male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 58 one male goat as a sin offering; 59 and for the (GI)sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

60 On the ninth day it was (GJ)Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin; 61 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 62 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of (GK)incense; 63 one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 64 one male goat as a (GL)sin offering; 65 and for the sacrifice of (GM)peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

66 On the tenth day it was (GN)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan; 67 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary (GO)shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 68 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of (GP)incense; 69 one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 70 one male goat as a sin offering; 71 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

72 On the eleventh day it was (GQ)Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher; 73 his offering was also one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 74 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of (GR)incense; 75 one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 76 one male goat as a sin offering; 77 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.

78 On the twelfth day it was (GS)Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali; 79 his offering was also one (GT)silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels in sanctuary shekels, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 80 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 81 one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering; 82 one male goat as a sin offering; 83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

84 This was (GU)the dedication offering [db]for the altar from the leaders of Israel [dc]when (GV)it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold pans, 85 each silver dish weighing 130 shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils totaled 2,400 in sanctuary shekels; 86 the twelve gold pans full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece in sanctuary (GW)shekels, all the gold of the pans totaled 120 shekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, all the rams, twelve, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering, twelve, and the male goats as a sin offering, twelve; 88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings totaled twenty-four bulls, all the rams, sixty, the male goats, sixty, and the male lambs one year old, sixty. (GX)This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

89 Now when (GY)Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above (GZ)the [dd]atoning cover that was on the ark of the testimony, from (HA)between the two [de]cherubim; so He spoke to him.

The Seven Lamps

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you [df]mount the lamps, the seven lamps will (HB)provide light in the front of the lampstand.’” Therefore Aaron did so; he [dg]mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. (HC)Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flower ornamentation it was hammered work; (HD)according to the [dh]pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

Cleansing the Levites

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and (HE)cleanse them. This is what you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle [di]purifying (HF)water on them, and have them [dj](HG)use a razor over their whole [dk]body, and they shall (HH)wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. Then have them take a [dl]bull with (HI)its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and you shall take a second [dm]bull as a sin offering. So (HJ)you shall present the Levites in front of the tent of meeting. (HK)You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, 10 and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel (HL)shall lay their hands on the Levites. 11 Aaron then shall [dn]present the Levites before the Lord as a (HM)wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may [do]qualify to perform the service of the Lord. 12 Now (HN)the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then you are to offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the Lord.

14 “So you shall single out the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and (HO)the Levites shall be Mine. 15 Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and (HP)present them as a wave offering; 16 for they are (HQ)exclusively given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself (HR)instead of the firstborn of every womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. 17 For (HS)every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the people and among the animals; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for Myself. 18 But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel. 19 And (HT)I have given the Levites as [dp]a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no (HU)affliction among the sons of Israel due to [dq]their approaching the sanctuary.”

20 So this is what Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel did to the Levites; according to everything that the Lord had commanded Moses regarding the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them. 21 (HV)The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; just as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

Retirement for the Levites

23 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This is what applies to the Levites: from (HW)twenty-five years old and upward [dr]they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting. 25 But at the age of fifty years they shall [ds]retire from service in the work and not work anymore. 26 They may, however, [dt]assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, (HX)to fulfill an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. In this way you shall deal with the Levites in their obligations.”

The Passover

Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in (HY)the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, “Now the sons of Israel are to [du]celebrate the Passover at (HZ)its appointed time. On the fourteenth day of this month, [dv]at twilight, you shall celebrate it at its appointed time; you shall celebrate it in accordance with all its statutes and all its ordinances.” So Moses [dw]told the sons of Israel to celebrate the Passover. And (IA)they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; (IB)in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. But there were some men who were (IC)unclean because of contact with a [dx]dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; and (ID)they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a [dy]dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” Moses then said to them, “[dz](IE)Wait, and I will listen to what the Lord will command concerning you.”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead [ea]person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to the Lord. 11 In the second month on the (IF)fourteenth day at twilight, they shall celebrate it; they (IG)shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They (IH)shall not leave any of it until morning, (II)nor break a bone of it; they shall celebrate it in accordance with the whole statute of the Passover. 13 (IJ)But the person who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from celebrating the Passover, that [eb]person shall then be cut off from his people, because he did not present the offering of the Lord at its appointed time. That person (IK)will bear the responsibility for his sin. 14 And (IL)if a stranger resides among you and [ec]celebrates the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and its ordinance, so he shall celebrate it; you shall have [ed]the (IM)same statute, both for the stranger and for the native of the land.’”

The Cloud on the Tabernacle

15 Now on (IN)the day that the tabernacle was erected, (IO)the cloud covered the tabernacle, the (IP)tent of the testimony, and (IQ)in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning. 16 That is how it was continuously; (IR)the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 (IS)Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp. 18 At the [ee]command of the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the [ef]command of the Lord they would camp; (IT)as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. 19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, [eg]the sons of Israel would comply with the Lords ordinance and not set out. 20 If [eh]sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, (IU)in accordance with the [ei]command of the Lord they remained camped. Then in accordance with the [ej]command of the Lord they set out. 21 If [ek]sometimes the cloud [el]remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning they would set out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out. 22 Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but (IV)when it was lifted, they did set out. 23 (IW)At the [em]command of the Lord they camped, and at the [en]command of the Lord they set out; they did what the Lord required, in accordance with the [eo]command of the Lord through Moses.

The Silver Trumpets

10 The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying, “Make yourself two trumpets of silver, you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for (IX)summoning the congregation and breaking camp. Now (IY)when both are blown, all the congregation shall meet you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. But if only one is blown, then the (IZ)leaders, the heads of the [ep]divisions of Israel, shall meet you. And when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched (JA)on the east side shall set out. Then when you sound an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on (JB)the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be sounded for them to break camp. When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow the trumpets without (JC)sounding an alarm. (JD)The sons of Aaron, moreover, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be a permanent statute for you throughout your generations. And when you go to war in your land against the enemy who (JE)attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you will be (JF)thought of by the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies. 10 Also on the day of your joy and at your appointed [eq]feasts, and on the first days of your months, (JG)you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

The Tribes Leave Sinai

11 Now in (JH)the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from above the [er]tabernacle of the testimony; 12 and the sons of Israel set out on (JI)their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled in the (JJ)wilderness of Paran. 13 (JK)So they moved on for the first time in accordance with the [es]command of the Lord through Moses. 14 The [et]flag of the camp of the sons of Judah, by their armies, (JL)set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army, 15 and Nethanel the son of Zuar, over the tribal army of the sons of Issachar; 16 and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.

17 (JM)Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out. 18 Next (JN)the flag of the camp of Reuben, by their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army, 19 and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai over the tribal army of the sons of Simeon, 20 and Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the tribal army of the sons of Gad.

21 (JO)Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and (JP)the tabernacle was set up before their arrival. 22 (JQ)Next the flag of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, by their armies, set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army, 23 and Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur over the tribal army of the sons of Manasseh; 24 and Abidan the son of Gideoni over the tribal army of the sons of Benjamin.

25 (JR)Then the flag of the camp of the sons of Dan, by their armies, which formed the (JS)rear guard for all the camps, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army, 26 and Pagiel the son of Ochran over the tribal army of the sons of Asher; 27 and Ahira the son of Enan over the tribal army of the sons of Naphtali. 28 [eu]This was the order of marching for the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.

29 Then Moses said to (JT)Hobab the son of (JU)Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place of which the Lord said, ‘(JV)I will give it to you.’ (JW)Come with us and we will do you good, for the Lord (JX)has [ev]promised good concerning Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “(JY)I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.” 31 Then he said, “Please do not leave us, since you know [ew]where we should camp in the wilderness, and you (JZ)will be as eyes for us. 32 So it will be, if you go with us, that [ex](KA)whatever good the Lord [ey]does for us, (KB)we will [ez]do for you.”

33 (KC)So they moved on from the mountain of the Lord three days’ journey, with (KD)the ark of the covenant of the Lord going on in front of them for the [fa]three days, to seek out (KE)a resting place for them. 34 (KF)And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

35 Then it came about when the ark set out that Moses said,

(KG)Rise up, Lord!
And may Your enemies be scattered,
And those (KH)who hate You flee from Your presence.”

36 And when it came to rest, he said,

(KI)Return, Lord,
To the myriad (KJ)thousands of Israel.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 1:2 Lit sum
  2. Numbers 1:3 Lit muster, and so throughout the ch
  3. Numbers 1:16 Lit thousands; or clans
  4. Numbers 1:49 Lit sum
  5. Numbers 1:50 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  6. Numbers 1:50 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  7. Numbers 1:51 Lit stranger
  8. Numbers 1:52 Or division
  9. Numbers 2:2 Or division, and so throughout the ch
  10. Numbers 2:2 Or facing it
  11. Numbers 2:4 Lit mustered, and so throughout the ch
  12. Numbers 2:14 Many mss (cf. 1:14); some ancient versions Reuel
  13. Numbers 3:3 Lit filled their hand
  14. Numbers 3:4 I.e., prohibited
  15. Numbers 3:4 Lit before the face
  16. Numbers 3:7 Lit him and the duties of the whole congregation
  17. Numbers 3:10 Or perform
  18. Numbers 3:10 Lit stranger
  19. Numbers 3:15 Lit muster, and so throughout the ch
  20. Numbers 3:16 Lit mouth
  21. Numbers 3:23 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  22. Numbers 3:26 Lit of it
  23. Numbers 3:30 In Ex 6:22, Elzaphan
  24. Numbers 3:31 I.e., the veil between the Holy Place and Most Holy Place
  25. Numbers 3:31 Lit of it
  26. Numbers 3:38 Lit stranger
  27. Numbers 3:39 Lit mouth
  28. Numbers 3:40 Lit take up the number
  29. Numbers 3:46 Or ransom
  30. Numbers 3:47 A gerah is about 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
  31. Numbers 3:51 Lit mouth
  32. Numbers 4:2 Lit sum
  33. Numbers 4:2 Lit sons
  34. Numbers 4:4 Lit sons
  35. Numbers 4:6 Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch
  36. Numbers 4:6 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  37. Numbers 4:10 Or frame
  38. Numbers 4:12 Or frame
  39. Numbers 4:13 Or fatty ashes; i.e., soaked with fat
  40. Numbers 4:15 Lit burden...of the sons
  41. Numbers 4:16 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  42. Numbers 4:22 Lit sum
  43. Numbers 4:22 Lit also them
  44. Numbers 4:23 Lit muster, and so throughout the ch
  45. Numbers 4:26 Or to them
  46. Numbers 4:26 Lit so they shall serve
  47. Numbers 4:27 Lit mouth
  48. Numbers 4:28 Lit in the hand
  49. Numbers 4:32 Lit of the duty of their loads
  50. Numbers 4:33 Lit in the hand
  51. Numbers 4:37 Lit mouth
  52. Numbers 4:37 Lit by the hand of
  53. Numbers 4:41 Lit mouth
  54. Numbers 4:45 Lit mouth
  55. Numbers 4:45 Lit by the hand of
  56. Numbers 4:49 Lit mouth
  57. Numbers 4:49 Lit by the hand of
  58. Numbers 5:7 Lit they
  59. Numbers 5:7 Lit their
  60. Numbers 5:7 Lit they have
  61. Numbers 5:8 I.e., male relative to act in his behalf
  62. Numbers 5:9 Or uplifted offering
  63. Numbers 5:14 Lit and
  64. Numbers 5:14 Lit a spirit
  65. Numbers 5:14 Lit a spirit
  66. Numbers 5:15 Lit her offering
  67. Numbers 5:15 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  68. Numbers 5:17 Lit the priest
  69. Numbers 5:18 Lit on her palms
  70. Numbers 5:19 Lit free from
  71. Numbers 5:21 Lit collapsed
  72. Numbers 5:21 Possibly the womb, and so throughout the ch
  73. Numbers 5:22 Or inward parts
  74. Numbers 5:22 Lit collapse
  75. Numbers 5:23 Lit wipe
  76. Numbers 5:24 Lit for bitterness
  77. Numbers 5:27 Lit for bitterness
  78. Numbers 5:27 Lit collapse
  79. Numbers 5:28 Lit free
  80. Numbers 5:28 Lit seed
  81. Numbers 5:30 Lit a spirit
  82. Numbers 5:31 Or wrongdoing
  83. Numbers 5:31 Or wrongdoing
  84. Numbers 6:2 Or an extraordinary
  85. Numbers 6:2 I.e., one consecrated to God
  86. Numbers 6:3 I.e., other alcoholic drink
  87. Numbers 6:3 Lit drink
  88. Numbers 6:7 I.e., referring either to the visibility of the long hair, or to the consequences of violating the vow
  89. Numbers 6:11 Lit because of that which he sinned
  90. Numbers 6:12 Lit fall
  91. Numbers 6:13 Lit it
  92. Numbers 6:19 Lit palms
  93. Numbers 6:20 Or an uplifted offering
  94. Numbers 6:21 Lit his hand reaches
  95. Numbers 6:24 Or watch over; or take care of
  96. Numbers 6:27 Lit put
  97. Numbers 7:2 Lit ones standing
  98. Numbers 7:2 Lit mustered
  99. Numbers 7:5 Lit for serving
  100. Numbers 7:8 Lit by the hand
  101. Numbers 7:10 Lit of
  102. Numbers 7:10 Lit in the day that
  103. Numbers 7:13 Or platter, and so through v 85
  104. Numbers 7:13 About 0.5 oz. or 14 gm, and so through v 86
  105. Numbers 7:15 Lit bull, a son of the herd, and so through v 81
  106. Numbers 7:84 Lit of
  107. Numbers 7:84 Lit in the day that
  108. Numbers 7:89 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  109. Numbers 7:89 Heb plural of cherub
  110. Numbers 8:2 Lit put up
  111. Numbers 8:3 Lit put up
  112. Numbers 8:4 Lit appearance
  113. Numbers 8:7 Lit water of expiation
  114. Numbers 8:7 Lit cause to pass
  115. Numbers 8:7 Lit flesh
  116. Numbers 8:8 Lit bull, a son of the herd
  117. Numbers 8:8 Lit bull, a son of the herd
  118. Numbers 8:11 Lit wave, and so throughout the ch
  119. Numbers 8:11 Lit be to perform
  120. Numbers 8:19 Lit given ones
  121. Numbers 8:19 Lit the sons of Israel’s
  122. Numbers 8:24 Lit he
  123. Numbers 8:25 Lit return
  124. Numbers 8:26 Lit serve
  125. Numbers 9:2 Lit perform, and so throughout the ch
  126. Numbers 9:3 Lit between the two evenings, and so throughout the ch
  127. Numbers 9:4 Lit spoke to
  128. Numbers 9:6 Lit soul of man
  129. Numbers 9:7 Lit soul of man
  130. Numbers 9:8 Lit Stand
  131. Numbers 9:10 Lit soul
  132. Numbers 9:13 Lit soul
  133. Numbers 9:14 Or would celebrate
  134. Numbers 9:14 Or one statute
  135. Numbers 9:18 Lit mouth
  136. Numbers 9:18 Lit mouth
  137. Numbers 9:19 Lit and the
  138. Numbers 9:20 Lit it was that
  139. Numbers 9:20 Lit mouth
  140. Numbers 9:20 Lit mouth
  141. Numbers 9:21 Lit it was that
  142. Numbers 9:21 Lit was
  143. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  144. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  145. Numbers 9:23 Lit mouth
  146. Numbers 10:4 Lit thousands; or clans
  147. Numbers 10:10 Or times
  148. Numbers 10:11 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  149. Numbers 10:13 Lit mouth
  150. Numbers 10:14 Or division, and so throughout the ch
  151. Numbers 10:28 Lit These were the regulations for the order
  152. Numbers 10:29 Lit spoken
  153. Numbers 10:31 Lit our camping
  154. Numbers 10:32 Lit that good which
  155. Numbers 10:32 Lit does good
  156. Numbers 10:32 Lit do good
  157. Numbers 10:33 Lit three days’ journey

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