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Numbers 9-11; Mark 5:1-20 (Contemporary English Version)

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Numbers 9-11 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Numbers 9 Regulations for Celebrating Passover ¹During the first month of Israel's second year in the Sinai Desert, ^[a] the LORD had told Moses ²to say to the people, " Celebrate Passover ³in the evening of the fourteenth day of this month ^[b] and do it by following all the regulations." ^4-5Moses told the people what the LORD had said, and they celebrated Passover there in the desert in the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month. ⁶Some people in Israel's camp had touched a dead body and had become unfit to worship the LORD, and they could not celebrate Passover. But they asked Moses and Aaron, ⁷" Even though we have touched a dead body, why can't we celebrate Passover and offer sacrifices to the LORD at the same time as everyone else?" ⁸Moses said, " Wait here while I go into the sacred tent and find out what the LORD says about this." ⁹The LORD then told Moses ¹⁰to say to the community of Israel: If any of you or your descendants touch a dead body and become unfit to worship me, or if you are away on a long journey, you may still celebrate Passover. ¹¹But it must be done in the second month, ^[c] in the evening of the fourteenth day. Eat the Passover lamb with thin bread and bitter herbs, ¹²and don't leave any of it until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Be sure to follow these regulations. ¹³But if any of you refuse to celebrate Passover when you are not away on a journey, you will no longer belong to my people. You will be punished because you did not offer sacrifices to me at the proper time. ¹⁴Anyone, including foreigners who live among you, can celebrate Passover, if they follow all the regulations. The Cloud over the Sacred Tent (Exodus 40.34-38) ^15-16As soon as the sacred tent was set up, ^[d] a thick cloud appeared and covered it. The cloud was there each day, and during the night, a fire could be seen in it. ^17-19The LORD used this cloud to tell the Israelites when to move their camp and where to set it up again. As long as the cloud covered the tent, the Israelites did not break camp. But when the cloud moved, they followed it, and wherever it stopped, they camped and stayed there, ^20-22whether it was only one night, a few days, a month, or even a year. As long as the cloud remained over the tent, the Israelites stayed where they were. But when the cloud moved, so did the Israelites. ²³They obeyed the LORD's commands and went wherever he directed Moses. Numbers 10 The Silver Trumpets ¹The LORD told Moses: ²Have someone make two trumpets out of hammered silver. These will be used to call the people together and to give the signal for moving your camp. ³If both trumpets are blown, everyone is to meet with you at the entrance to the sacred tent. ⁴But if just one is blown, only the twelve tribal leaders need to come together. ^5-6Give a signal on a trumpet when it is time to break camp. The first blast will be the signal for the tribes camped on the east side, and the second blast will be the signal for those on the south. ⁷But when you want everyone to come together, sound a different signal on the trumpet. ⁸The priests of Aaron's family will be the ones to blow the trumpets, and this law will never change. ⁹Whenever you go into battle against an enemy attacking your land, give a warning signal on the trumpets. Then I, the LORD, will hear it and rescue you. ¹⁰During the celebration of the New Moon Festival and other religious festivals, sound the trumpets while you offer sacrifices. This will be a reminder that I am the LORD your God. The Israelites Begin Their Journey ¹¹On the twentieth day of the second month ^[e] of that same year, the cloud over the sacred tent moved on. ¹²So the Israelites broke camp and left the Sinai Desert. And some time later, the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert. ^[f] ¹³This was the first time the LORD had told Moses to command the people of Israel to move on. ¹⁴Judah and the tribes that camped alongside it marched out first, carrying their banner. Nahshon son of Amminadab was the leader of the Judah tribe, ¹⁵Nethanel son of Zuar was the leader of the Issachar tribe, ¹⁶and Eliab son of Helon was the leader of the Zebulun tribe. ¹⁷The sacred tent had been taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites carried it, marching behind the Judah camp. ¹⁸Reuben and the tribes that camped alongside it marched out second, carrying their banner. Elizur son of Shedeur was the leader of the Reuben tribe, ¹⁹Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was the leader of the Simeon tribe, ²⁰and Eliasaph son of Deuel was the leader of the Gad tribe. ²¹Next were the Kohathites, carrying the objects for the sacred tent, which was to be set up before they arrived at the new camp. ²²Ephraim and the tribes that camped alongside it marched next, carrying their banner. Elishama son of Ammihud was the leader of the Ephraim tribe, ²³Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was the leader of the Manasseh tribe, ²⁴and Abidan son of Gideoni was the leader of the Benjamin tribe. ²⁵Dan and the tribes that camped alongside it were to protect the Israelites against an attack from behind, and so they marched last, carrying their banner. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was the leader of the tribe of Dan, ²⁶Pagiel son of Ochran was the leader of the Asher tribe, ²⁷and Ahira son of Enan was the leader of the Naphtali tribe. ²⁸This was the order in which the Israelites marched each time they moved their camp. ²⁹Hobab ^[g] the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, was there. And Moses said to him, " We're leaving for the place the LORD has promised us. He has said that all will go well for us. So come along, and we will make sure that all goes well for you." ³⁰" No, I won't go," Hobab answered. " I'm returning home to be with my own people." ³¹" Please go with us!" Moses said. " You can be our guide because you know the places to camp in the desert. ³²Besides that, if you go, we will give you a share of the good things the LORD gives us." ³³The people of Israel began their journey from Mount Sinai. ^[h] They traveled three days, and the Levites who carried the sacred chest led the way, so the LORD could show them where to camp. ³⁴And the cloud always stayed with them. ³⁵Each day as the Israelites began their journey, Moses would pray, " Our LORD, defeat your enemies and make them run!" ³⁶And when they stopped to set up camp, he would pray, " Our LORD, stay close to Israel's thousands and thousands of people." Numbers 11 The Israelites Complain ¹One day the Israelites started complaining about their troubles. The LORD heard them and became so angry that he destroyed the outer edges of their camp with fire. ²When the people begged Moses to help, he prayed, and the fire went out. ³They named the place " Burning," ^[i] because in his anger the LORD had set their camp on fire. The People Grumble about Being Hungry ⁴One day some worthless foreigners among the Israelites became greedy for food, and even the Israelites themselves began moaning, " We don't have any meat! ⁵In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, onions, and garlic. ⁶But we're starving out here, and the only food we have is this manna." ⁷The manna was like small whitish seeds ^8-9and tasted like something baked with sweet olive oil. It appeared at night with the dew. In the morning the people would collect the manna, grind or crush it into flour, then boil it and make it into thin wafers. ¹⁰The Israelites stood around their tents complaining. Moses heard them and was upset that they had made the LORD angry. ¹¹He prayed: I am your servant, LORD, so why are you doing this to me? What have I done to deserve this? You've made me responsible for all these people, ¹²but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors. ¹³They keep whining for meat, but where can I get meat for them? ¹⁴This job is too much for me. How can I take care of all these people by myself? ¹⁵If this is the way you're going to treat me, just kill me now and end my miserable life! Seventy Leaders Are Chosen To Help Moses ¹⁶The LORD said to Moses: Choose seventy of Israel's respected leaders and go with them to the sacred tent. ¹⁷While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself. ¹⁸As for the Israelites, I have heard them complaining about not having meat and about being better off in Egypt. So tell them to make themselves acceptable to me, because tomorrow they will have meat. ^19-20In fact, they will have meat day after day for a whole month--not just a few days, or even ten or twenty. They turned against me and wanted to return to Egypt. Now they will eat meat until they get sick of it. ²¹Moses replied, " At least six hundred thousand grown men are here with me. How can you say there will be enough meat to feed them and their families for a whole month? ²²Even if we butchered all of our sheep and cattle, or caught every fish in the sea, we wouldn't have enough to feed them." ²³The LORD answered, " I can do anything! Watch and you'll see my words come true." ²⁴Moses told the people what the LORD had said. Then he chose seventy respected leaders and went with them to the sacred tent. While the leaders stood in a circle around the tent, Moses went inside, ²⁵and the LORD spoke with him. Then the LORD took some authority ^[j] from Moses and gave it to the seventy leaders. And when the LORD's Spirit took control of them, they started shouting like prophets. But they did it only this one time. ²⁶Eldad and Medad were two leaders who had not gone to the tent. But when the Spirit took control of them, they began shouting like prophets right there in camp. ²⁷A boy ran to Moses and told him about Eldad and Medad. ²⁸Joshua ^[k] was there helping Moses, as he had done since he was young. And he said to Moses, " Sir, you must stop them!" ²⁹But Moses replied, " Are you concerned what this might do to me? I wish the LORD would give his Spirit to all his people so everyone could be a prophet." ³⁰Then Moses and the seventy leaders went back to camp. The LORD Sends Quails ³¹Some time later the LORD sent a strong wind that blew quails in from the sea until Israel's camp was completely surrounded with birds, piled up about three feet high for miles in every direction. ³²The people picked up quails for two days--each person filled at least fifty bushels. Then they spread them out to dry. ³³But before the meat could be eaten, the LORD became angry and sent a disease through the camp. ³⁴After they had buried the people who had been so greedy for meat, they called the place " Graves for the Greedy." ^[l] ³⁵Israel then broke camp and traveled to Hazeroth. Footnotes: Numbers 9:1 first month. . . Sinai Desert: The book of Numbers begins in the second month of the second year (see 1.1), so 9.1-5 refers to a Passover celebration that had already taken place. Numbers 9:3 this month: Abib (also called Nisan), the first month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-March to mid-April. Numbers 9:11 second month: See the note at 1.1. Numbers 9:15 As soon as the sacred tent was set up: According to Exodus 40.17, this took place " on the first day of the first month of the second year" of the Israelites' stay in the desert. Numbers 10:11 second month: See the note at 1.1. Numbers 10:12 the Paran Desert: Probably a general name for the northernmost part of the Sinai Desert. Numbers 10:29 Hobab: Hebrew " Hobab son of Reuel." Numbers 10:33 Mount Sinai: Hebrew " the LORD's mountain." Numbers 11:3 Burning: Or " Taberah." Numbers 11:25 some authority: Or " some of the Spirit's power." Numbers 11:28 Joshua: Hebrew " Joshua son of Nun." Numbers 11:34 Graves for the Greedy: Or " Kibroth-Hattaavah." Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
Mark 5:1-20 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Mark 5 A Man with Evil Spirits (Matthew 8.28-34; Luke 8.26-39) ¹Jesus and his disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. ^[a] ²When he was getting out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to him ³from the graveyard ^[b] where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain. ⁴He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him. ⁵Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones. ⁶When the man saw Jesus in the distance, he ran up to him and knelt down. ⁷He shouted, "Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!" ⁸The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him. ⁹Jesus asked, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is Lots, because I have `lots' of evil spirits." ¹⁰He then begged Jesus not to send them away. ¹¹Over on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. ¹²So the evil spirits begged Jesus, "Send us into those pigs! Let us go into them." ¹³Jesus let them go, and they went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. ¹⁴The men taking care of the pigs ran to the town and the farms to spread the news. Then the people came out to see what had happened. ¹⁵When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified. ¹⁶Everyone who had seen what had happened told about the man and the pigs. ¹⁷Then the people started begging Jesus to leave their part of the country. ¹⁸When Jesus was getting into the boat, the man begged to go with him. ¹⁹But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you." ²⁰The man went away into the region near the ten cities known as Decapolis ^[c] and began telling everyone how much Jesus had done for him. Everyone who heard what had happened was amazed. Footnotes: Mark 5:1 Gerasa: Some manuscripts have "Gadara," and others have "Gergesa." Mark 5:3 graveyard: It was thought that demons and evil spirits lived in graveyards. Mark 5:20 the ten cities known as Decapolis: A group of ten cities east of Samaria and Galilee, where the people followed the Greek way of life. Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

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Numbers 9-11

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Numbers 9

Regulations for Celebrating Passover

¹During the first month of Israel's second year in the Sinai Desert, ^[a] the LORD had told Moses ²to say to the people, " Celebrate Passover ³in the evening of the fourteenth day of this month ^[b] and do it by following all the regulations." ^4-5Moses told the people what the LORD had said, and they celebrated Passover there in the desert in the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month. ⁶Some people in Israel's camp had touched a dead body and had become unfit to worship the LORD, and they could not celebrate Passover. But they asked Moses and Aaron, ⁷" Even though we have touched a dead body, why can't we celebrate Passover and offer sacrifices to the LORD at the same time as everyone else?"

⁸Moses said, " Wait here while I go into the sacred tent and find out what the LORD says about this."

⁹The LORD then told Moses ¹⁰to say to the community of Israel:

If any of you or your descendants touch a dead body and become unfit to worship me, or if you are away on a long journey, you may still celebrate Passover. ¹¹But it must be done in the second month, ^[c] in the evening of the fourteenth day. Eat the Passover lamb with thin bread and bitter herbs, ¹²and don't leave any of it until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Be sure to follow these regulations. ¹³But if any of you refuse to celebrate Passover when you are not away on a journey, you will no longer belong to my people. You will be punished because you did not offer sacrifices to me at the proper time.

¹⁴Anyone, including foreigners who live among you, can celebrate Passover, if they follow all the regulations.

The Cloud over the Sacred Tent

(Exodus 40.34-38)

^15-16As soon as the sacred tent was set up, ^[d] a thick cloud appeared and covered it. The cloud was there each day, and during the night, a fire could be seen in it. ^17-19The LORD used this cloud to tell the Israelites when to move their camp and where to set it up again. As long as the cloud covered the tent, the Israelites did not break camp. But when the cloud moved, they followed it, and wherever it stopped, they camped and stayed there, ^20-22whether it was only one night, a few days, a month, or even a year. As long as the cloud remained over the tent, the Israelites stayed where they were. But when the cloud moved, so did the Israelites. ²³They obeyed the LORD's commands and went wherever he directed Moses.

Numbers 10

The Silver Trumpets

¹The LORD told Moses:

²Have someone make two trumpets out of hammered silver. These will be used to call the people together and to give the signal for moving your camp. ³If both trumpets are blown, everyone is to meet with you at the entrance to the sacred tent. ⁴But if just one is blown, only the twelve tribal leaders need to come together.

^5-6Give a signal on a trumpet when it is time to break camp. The first blast will be the signal for the tribes camped on the east side, and the second blast will be the signal for those on the south. ⁷But when you want everyone to come together, sound a different signal on the trumpet. ⁸The priests of Aaron's family will be the ones to blow the trumpets, and this law will never change.

⁹Whenever you go into battle against an enemy attacking your land, give a warning signal on the trumpets. Then I, the LORD, will hear it and rescue you. ¹⁰During the celebration of the New Moon Festival and other religious festivals, sound the trumpets while you offer sacrifices. This will be a reminder that I am the LORD your God.

The Israelites Begin Their Journey

¹¹On the twentieth day of the second month ^[e] of that same year, the cloud over the sacred tent moved on. ¹²So the Israelites broke camp and left the Sinai Desert. And some time later, the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert. ^[f] ¹³This was the first time the LORD had told Moses to command the people of Israel to move on. ¹⁴Judah and the tribes that camped alongside it marched out first, carrying their banner. Nahshon son of Amminadab was the leader of the Judah tribe, ¹⁵Nethanel son of Zuar was the leader of the Issachar tribe, ¹⁶and Eliab son of Helon was the leader of the Zebulun tribe.

¹⁷The sacred tent had been taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites carried it, marching behind the Judah camp.

¹⁸Reuben and the tribes that camped alongside it marched out second, carrying their banner. Elizur son of Shedeur was the leader of the Reuben tribe, ¹⁹Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was the leader of the Simeon tribe, ²⁰and Eliasaph son of Deuel was the leader of the Gad tribe.

²¹Next were the Kohathites, carrying the objects for the sacred tent, which was to be set up before they arrived at the new camp.

²²Ephraim and the tribes that camped alongside it marched next, carrying their banner. Elishama son of Ammihud was the leader of the Ephraim tribe, ²³Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was the leader of the Manasseh tribe, ²⁴and Abidan son of Gideoni was the leader of the Benjamin tribe.

²⁵Dan and the tribes that camped alongside it were to protect the Israelites against an attack from behind, and so they marched last, carrying their banner. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was the leader of the tribe of Dan, ²⁶Pagiel son of Ochran was the leader of the Asher tribe, ²⁷and Ahira son of Enan was the leader of the Naphtali tribe.

²⁸This was the order in which the Israelites marched each time they moved their camp.

²⁹Hobab ^[g] the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, was there. And Moses said to him, " We're leaving for the place the LORD has promised us. He has said that all will go well for us. So come along, and we will make sure that all goes well for you." ³⁰" No, I won't go," Hobab answered. " I'm returning home to be with my own people."

³¹" Please go with us!" Moses said. " You can be our guide because you know the places to camp in the desert. ³²Besides that, if you go, we will give you a share of the good things the LORD gives us."

³³The people of Israel began their journey from Mount Sinai. ^[h] They traveled three days, and the Levites who carried the sacred chest led the way, so the LORD could show them where to camp. ³⁴And the cloud always stayed with them. ³⁵Each day as the Israelites began their journey, Moses would pray, " Our LORD, defeat your enemies and make them run!" ³⁶And when they stopped to set up camp, he would pray, " Our LORD, stay close to Israel's thousands and thousands of people."

Numbers 11

The Israelites Complain

¹One day the Israelites started complaining about their troubles. The LORD heard them and became so angry that he destroyed the outer edges of their camp with fire.

²When the people begged Moses to help, he prayed, and the fire went out. ³They named the place " Burning," ^[i] because in his anger the LORD had set their camp on fire.

The People Grumble about Being Hungry

⁴One day some worthless foreigners among the Israelites became greedy for food, and even the Israelites themselves began moaning, " We don't have any meat! ⁵In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, onions, and garlic. ⁶But we're starving out here, and the only food we have is this manna."

⁷The manna was like small whitish seeds ^8-9and tasted like something baked with sweet olive oil. It appeared at night with the dew. In the morning the people would collect the manna, grind or crush it into flour, then boil it and make it into thin wafers.

¹⁰The Israelites stood around their tents complaining. Moses heard them and was upset that they had made the LORD angry. ¹¹He prayed:

I am your servant, LORD, so why are you doing this to me? What have I done to deserve this? You've made me responsible for all these people, ¹²but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors. ¹³They keep whining for meat, but where can I get meat for them? ¹⁴This job is too much for me. How can I take care of all these people by myself? ¹⁵If this is the way you're going to treat me, just kill me now and end my miserable life!

Seventy Leaders Are Chosen To Help Moses

¹⁶The LORD said to Moses:

Choose seventy of Israel's respected leaders and go with them to the sacred tent. ¹⁷While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.

¹⁸As for the Israelites, I have heard them complaining about not having meat and about being better off in Egypt. So tell them to make themselves acceptable to me, because tomorrow they will have meat. ^19-20In fact, they will have meat day after day for a whole month--not just a few days, or even ten or twenty. They turned against me and wanted to return to Egypt. Now they will eat meat until they get sick of it.

²¹Moses replied, " At least six hundred thousand grown men are here with me. How can you say there will be enough meat to feed them and their families for a whole month? ²²Even if we butchered all of our sheep and cattle, or caught every fish in the sea, we wouldn't have enough to feed them."

²³The LORD answered, " I can do anything! Watch and you'll see my words come true."

²⁴Moses told the people what the LORD had said. Then he chose seventy respected leaders and went with them to the sacred tent. While the leaders stood in a circle around the tent, Moses went inside, ²⁵and the LORD spoke with him. Then the LORD took some authority ^[j] from Moses and gave it to the seventy leaders. And when the LORD's Spirit took control of them, they started shouting like prophets. But they did it only this one time. ²⁶Eldad and Medad were two leaders who had not gone to the tent. But when the Spirit took control of them, they began shouting like prophets right there in camp. ²⁷A boy ran to Moses and told him about Eldad and Medad.

²⁸Joshua ^[k] was there helping Moses, as he had done since he was young. And he said to Moses, " Sir, you must stop them!" ²⁹But Moses replied, " Are you concerned what this might do to me? I wish the LORD would give his Spirit to all his people so everyone could be a prophet." ³⁰Then Moses and the seventy leaders went back to camp.

The LORD Sends Quails

³¹Some time later the LORD sent a strong wind that blew quails in from the sea until Israel's camp was completely surrounded with birds, piled up about three feet high for miles in every direction. ³²The people picked up quails for two days--each person filled at least fifty bushels. Then they spread them out to dry. ³³But before the meat could be eaten, the LORD became angry and sent a disease through the camp.

³⁴After they had buried the people who had been so greedy for meat, they called the place " Graves for the Greedy." ^[l] ³⁵Israel then broke camp and traveled to Hazeroth.

Footnotes:

Numbers 9:1 first month. . . Sinai Desert: The book of Numbers begins in the second month of the second year (see 1.1), so 9.1-5 refers to a Passover celebration that had already taken place.
Numbers 9:3 this month: Abib (also called Nisan), the first month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-March to mid-April.
Numbers 9:11 second month: See the note at 1.1.
Numbers 9:15 As soon as the sacred tent was set up: According to Exodus 40.17, this took place " on the first day of the first month of the second year" of the Israelites' stay in the desert.
Numbers 10:11 second month: See the note at 1.1.
Numbers 10:12 the Paran Desert: Probably a general name for the northernmost part of the Sinai Desert.
Numbers 10:29 Hobab: Hebrew " Hobab son of Reuel."
Numbers 10:33 Mount Sinai: Hebrew " the LORD's mountain."
Numbers 11:3 Burning: Or " Taberah."
Numbers 11:25 some authority: Or " some of the Spirit's power."
Numbers 11:28 Joshua: Hebrew " Joshua son of Nun."
Numbers 11:34 Graves for the Greedy: Or " Kibroth-Hattaavah."

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Mark 5:1-20

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A Man with Evil Spirits

(Matthew 8.28-34; Luke 8.26-39)

¹Jesus and his disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. ^[a] ²When he was getting out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to him ³from the graveyard ^[b] where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain. ⁴He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him. ⁵Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones.

⁶When the man saw Jesus in the distance, he ran up to him and knelt down. ⁷He shouted, "Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!" ⁸The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him.

⁹Jesus asked, "What is your name?"

The man answered, "My name is Lots, because I have `lots' of evil spirits." ¹⁰He then begged Jesus not to send them away.

¹¹Over on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. ¹²So the evil spirits begged Jesus, "Send us into those pigs! Let us go into them." ¹³Jesus let them go, and they went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

¹⁴The men taking care of the pigs ran to the town and the farms to spread the news. Then the people came out to see what had happened. ¹⁵When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified.

¹⁶Everyone who had seen what had happened told about the man and the pigs. ¹⁷Then the people started begging Jesus to leave their part of the country.

¹⁸When Jesus was getting into the boat, the man begged to go with him. ¹⁹But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you."

²⁰The man went away into the region near the ten cities known as Decapolis ^[c] and began telling everyone how much Jesus had done for him. Everyone who heard what had happened was amazed.

Footnotes:

Mark 5:1 Gerasa: Some manuscripts have "Gadara," and others have "Gergesa."
Mark 5:3 graveyard: It was thought that demons and evil spirits lived in graveyards.
Mark 5:20 the ten cities known as Decapolis: A group of ten cities east of Samaria and Galilee, where the people followed the Greek way of life.

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Numbers 9-11; Mark 5:1-20 (Contemporary English Version)

Numbers 9

Regulations for Celebrating Passover

The Cloud over the Sacred Tent

(Exodus 40.34-38)

Numbers 10

The Silver Trumpets

The Israelites Begin Their Journey

Numbers 11

The Israelites Complain

The People Grumble about Being Hungry

Seventy Leaders Are Chosen To Help Moses

The LORD Sends Quails

Mark 5

A Man with Evil Spirits

(Matthew 8.28-34; Luke 8.26-39)