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Numbers 14:25-16:27
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Numbers 14:25-16:27
New International Version
25 Since the Amalekites(A) and the Canaanites(B) are living in the valleys, turn(C) back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a](D)”
26 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 27 “How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.(E) 28 So tell them, ‘As surely as I live,(F) declares the Lord, I will do to you(G) the very thing I heard you say: 29 In this wilderness your bodies will fall(H)—every one of you twenty years old or more(I) who was counted in the census(J) and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land(K) I swore with uplifted hand(L) to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh(M) and Joshua son of Nun.(N) 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.(O) 32 But as for you, your bodies will fall(P) in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years,(Q) suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. 34 For forty years(R)—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land(S)—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’ 35 I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things(T) to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.(U)”
36 So the men Moses had sent(V) to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble(W) against him by spreading a bad report(X) about it— 37 these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report(Y) about the land were struck down and died of a plague(Z) before the Lord. 38 Of the men who went to explore the land,(AA) only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.(AB)
39 When Moses reported this(AC) to all the Israelites, they mourned(AD) bitterly. 40 Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country,(AE) saying, “Now we are ready to go up to the land the Lord promised. Surely we have sinned!(AF)”
41 But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed!(AG) 42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,(AH) 43 for the Amalekites(AI) and the Canaanites(AJ) will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord, he will not be with you(AK) and you will fall by the sword.”
44 Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up(AL) toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord’s covenant moved from the camp.(AM) 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites(AN) who lived in that hill country(AO) came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.(AP)
Supplementary Offerings
15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you(AQ) as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock,(AR) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord(AS)—whether burnt offerings(AT) or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings(AU) or festival offerings(AV)— 4 then the person who brings an offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering(AW) of a tenth of an ephah[b] of the finest flour(AX) mixed with a quarter of a hin[c] of olive oil. 5 With each lamb(AY) for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine(AZ) as a drink offering.(BA)
6 “‘With a ram(BB) prepare a grain offering(BC) of two-tenths of an ephah[d](BD) of the finest flour mixed with a third of a hin[e] of olive oil,(BE) 7 and a third of a hin of wine(BF) as a drink offering.(BG) Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(BH)
8 “‘When you prepare a young bull(BI) as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow(BJ) or a fellowship offering(BK) to the Lord, 9 bring with the bull a grain offering(BL) of three-tenths of an ephah[f](BM) of the finest flour mixed with half a hin[g] of olive oil, 10 and also bring half a hin of wine(BN) as a drink offering.(BO) This will be a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(BP) 11 Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner. 12 Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare.(BQ)
13 “‘Everyone who is native-born(BR) must do these things in this way when they present a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(BS) 14 For the generations to come,(BT) whenever a foreigner(BU) or anyone else living among you presents a food(BV) offering(BW) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, they must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(BX) You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.(BY)’”
17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you(BZ) 19 and you eat the food of the land,(CA) present a portion as an offering to the Lord.(CB) 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal(CC) and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.(CD) 21 Throughout the generations to come(CE) you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.(CF)
Offerings for Unintentional Sins
22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses(CG)— 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come(CH)— 24 and if this is done unintentionally(CI) without the community being aware of it,(CJ) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering(CK) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(CL) along with its prescribed grain offering(CM) and drink offering,(CN) and a male goat for a sin offering.[h](CO) 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,(CP) for it was not intentional(CQ) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering(CR) and a sin offering.(CS) 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.(CT)
27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,(CU) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.(CV) 28 The priest is to make atonement(CW) before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.(CX) 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.(CY)
30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(CZ) whether native-born or foreigner,(DA) blasphemes the Lord(DB) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(DC) 31 Because they have despised(DD) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(DE) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(DF)’”
The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death
32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness,(DG) a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(DH) 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.(DI) 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die.(DJ) The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.(DK)” 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him(DL) to death,(DM) as the Lord commanded Moses.(DN)
Tassels on Garments
37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come(DO) you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments,(DP) with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember(DQ) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves(DR) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts(DS) and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands(DT) and will be consecrated to your God.(DU) 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God.(DV) I am the Lord your God.(DW)’”
Korah, Dathan and Abiram
16 Korah(DX) son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram(DY), sons of Eliab,(DZ) and On son of Peleth—became insolent[i] 2 and rose up against Moses.(EA) With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.(EB) 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron(EC) and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy,(ED) every one of them, and the Lord is with them.(EE) Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”(EF)
4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.(EG) 5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy,(EH) and he will have that person come near him.(EI) The man he chooses(EJ) he will cause to come near him. 6 You, Korah, and all your followers(EK) are to do this: Take censers(EL) 7 and tomorrow put burning coals(EM) and incense(EN) in them before the Lord. The man the Lord chooses(EO) will be the one who is holy.(EP) You Levites have gone too far!”
8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! 9 Isn’t it enough(EQ) for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?(ER) 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.(ES) 11 It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble(ET) against him?(EU)”
12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram,(EV) the sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!(EW) 13 Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey(EX) to kill us in the wilderness?(EY) And now you also want to lord it over us!(EZ) 14 Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey(FA) or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards.(FB) Do you want to treat these men like slaves[j]?(FC) No, we will not come!(FD)”
15 Then Moses became very angry(FE) and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey(FF) from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the Lord tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.(FG) 17 Each man is to take his censer and put incense in it—250 censers in all—and present it before the Lord. You and Aaron are to present your censers also.(FH)” 18 So each of them took his censer,(FI) put burning coals and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them(FJ) at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the Lord(FK) appeared to the entire assembly. 20 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 21 “Separate yourselves(FL) from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”(FM)
22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown(FN) and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things,(FO) will you be angry with the entire assembly(FP) when only one man sins?”(FQ)
23 Then the Lord said to Moses, 24 “Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’”
25 Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel(FR) followed him. 26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!(FS) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away(FT) because of all their sins.(FU)” 27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.(FV) Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children(FW) and little ones at the entrances to their tents.(FX)
Footnotes
- Numbers 14:25 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Numbers 15:4 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
- Numbers 15:4 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter; also in verse 5
- Numbers 15:6 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms
- Numbers 15:6 That is, about 1 1/3 quarts or about 1.3 liters; also in verse 7
- Numbers 15:9 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms
- Numbers 15:9 That is, about 2 quarts or about 1.9 liters; also in verse 10
- Numbers 15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27
- Numbers 16:1 Or Peleth—took men
- Numbers 16:14 Or to deceive these men; Hebrew Will you gouge out the eyes of these men
Numbers 14:25-16:27
King James Version
Numbers 14:25-16:27
King James Version
25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.
30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
42 Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
15 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd or of the flock:
4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord:
9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.
20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:
26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.
37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
16 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
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