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Numbers 25:10-30:1
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The Zeal of Phinehas

10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “(A)Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was [a]jealous with My [b]jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel (B)in My [c]jealousy. 12 Therefore say, ‘(C)Behold, I am giving him My (D)covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be for him and for his [d]descendants after him, a covenant of a (E)permanent priesthood, because he was [e]jealous for his God and (F)made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”

14 Now the name of the [f]dead man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was (G)Cozbi the daughter of (H)Zur, [g]who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.

16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “(I)Be hostile to the Midianites and attack them; 18 for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.”

Census of a New Generation

26 [h]Then it came about after the (J)plague, [i]that the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “(K)Take a [j]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, whoever is able to go to war in Israel.” 3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them (L)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the Lord has commanded Moses.”

Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were as follows:

5 Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were counted of them were (M)43,730. 8 The son of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were (N)called by the congregation, who fought against Moses and against Aaron in the group of Korah, when they fought against the Lord, 10 and (O)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that group died, (P)when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning sign. 11 (Q)The sons of Korah, however, did not die.

12 The sons of Simeon by their families: of [k]Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of [l]Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; 13 of [m]Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, (R)22,200 in number.

15 The sons of Gad by their families: of [n]Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 16 of [o]Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17 of [p]Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, (S)40,500.

19 The (T)sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 The (U)sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21 The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah by those who were numbered of them, (V)76,500.

23 The (W)sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of [q]Puvah, the family of the Punites; 24 of [r]Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar by those who were numbered of them, (X)64,300.

26 The (Y)sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites by those who were numbered of them, (Z)60,500.

28 The (AA)sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and (AB)Machir fathered Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of [s]Iezer, the family of the (AC)Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31 and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32 and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters; and (AD)the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were (AE)52,700.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of [t]Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim by those who were numbered of them, (AF)32,500. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.

38 The sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of [u]Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of [v]Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of [w]Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 The sons of Bela were [x]Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their families; and those who were numbered of them were (AG)45,600.

42 These are the sons of Dan by their families: of [y]Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, by those who were numbered of them, were (AH)64,400.

44 The (AI)sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher by those who were numbered of them, (AJ)53,400.

48 The (AK)sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of (AL)Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali by their families; and those who were numbered of them were (AM)45,400.

51 These are the ones who were numbered of the sons of Israel, (AN)601,730.

52 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “[z]Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 (AO)To a larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to a smaller group you shall decrease their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance corresponding to the total of those who were numbered of them. 55 But the land shall be (AP)divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. 56 Corresponding to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups.”

57 (AQ)These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. (AR)Kohath fathered Amram. 59 And the name of Amram’s wife (AS)was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60 (AT)And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 (AU)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered [aa]strange fire before the Lord. 62 Those who were numbered of them were (AV)twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for (AW)they were not numbered among the sons of Israel (AX)since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

63 These are the ones who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 (AY)But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said [ab]of them, “(AZ)They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, (BA)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

A Law of Inheritance

27 Then (BB)the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came forward; and these are (BC)the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, before the leaders, and all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, 3 “Our father (BD)died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the group of those who gathered together against the Lord, in the group of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and (BE)he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family simply because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.” 5 (BF)So Moses brought their case before the Lord.

6 Then the Lord said to [ac]Moses, 7 “(BG)The daughters of Zelophehad are right about their statements. You shall certainly give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them. 8 Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. 9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall take possession of it; and it shall be a (BH)statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord has commanded Moses.’”

12 (BI)Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up to this (BJ)mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. 13 When you have seen it, you too (BK)will be gathered to your people, (BL)just as Aaron your brother [ad]was; 14 for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, (BM)you rebelled against My [ae]command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

Joshua to Succeed Moses

15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, 16 “(BN)May the Lord, the God of the spirits of [af]humanity, appoint a man over the congregation, 17 who (BO)will go out [ag]and come in before them, and lead them out and [ah]bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be (BP)like sheep that have no shepherd.” 18 So the Lord said to Moses, “[ai]Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man (BQ)in whom is the Spirit, and (BR)lay your hand on him; 19 and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and (BS)commission him in their sight. 20 And you shall put some of your [aj]authority on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will obey him. 21 Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him (BT)by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his [ak]command they shall go out, and at his [al]command they shall come in, both he and all the sons of Israel with him, all the congregation.” 22 Then Moses did just as the Lord commanded him; he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23 Then he laid his hands on him and (BU)commissioned him, just as the Lord had spoken [am]through Moses.

Laws for Offerings

28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be careful to present to Me My offering, My (BV)food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’ 3 (BW)And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day. 4 You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer [an]at twilight; 5 also (BX)a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a (BY)grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a [ao]hin of pure oil. 6 It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained on Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 7 Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; (BZ)in the Holy Place pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. 8 The other lamb you shall offer [ap]at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

9 ‘Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an [aq]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: 10 This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath in addition to the (CA)continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

11 ‘Then (CB)at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two [ar]bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; 12 (CC)and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for the one ram; 13 and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 14 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one male goat as a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the (CD)continual burnt offering.

16 ‘(CE)The Lord’s Passover shall be on the fourteenth day of the first month. 17 (CF)On the fifteenth day of this month there shall be a (CG)feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. 18 On the (CH)first day there shall be a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work. 19 But you shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two [as]bulls and one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have (CI)without defect. 20 For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, and two-tenths for the ram. 21 A tenth of an ephah you shall offer for [at]each of the seven lambs; 22 and one male goat as a (CJ)sin offering to make atonement for you. 23 You shall present these besides (CK)the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. 24 In this way you shall present daily, for seven days, (CL)the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the Lord; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the (CM)continual burnt offering. 25 On the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; (CN)you shall do no laborious work.

26 ‘Also on (CO)the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the Lord in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy assembly; (CP)you shall do no laborious work. 27 But you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord: two bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old; 28 and as their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 29 and a tenth for [au]each of the seven lambs; 30 also one male goat to make atonement for you. 31 (CQ)Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall present them with their drink offerings. They shall be without [av]defect.

Offerings of the Seventh Month

29 ‘(CR)Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy assembly; (CS)you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. 2 And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord: one [aw]bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect; 3 also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [ax]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, 4 and a tenth for [ay]each of the seven lambs, 5 and one male goat as a sin offering, to make atonement for you, 6 (CT)besides the burnt offering of the new moon and its grain offering, and the (CU)continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

7 ‘Then on (CV)the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work. 8 You shall present a burnt offering to the Lord as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have (CW)without defect; 9 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 10 and a tenth for each of the seven lambs; 11 one male goat as a sin offering, besides (CX)the sin offering of atonement and (CY)the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

12 ‘Then on (CZ)the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy assembly; you (DA)shall do no laborious work, and you shall celebrate with a feast to the Lord for seven days. 13 You shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the Lord: thirteen bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without defect; 14 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for [az]each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for [ba]each of the two rams, 15 and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; 16 and one male goat as a sin offering, (DB)besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

17 ‘Then on (DC)the second day: twelve bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 18 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number (DD)according to the ordinance; 19 and one male goat as a sin offering, (DE)besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

20 ‘Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 21 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 22 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and its drink offering.

23 ‘Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 24 their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 25 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

26 ‘Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old (DF)without defect; 27 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 28 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and its drink offering.

29 ‘Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 30 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 31 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offerings.

32 ‘Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 33 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 34 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

35 ‘(DG)On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly; you shall do no laborious work. 36 But you shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect; 37 their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 38 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and its drink offering.

39 ‘You shall present these to the Lord at your (DH)appointed times, besides your vowed offerings and your [bb]voluntary offerings, for your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.’” 40 [bc]And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Law of Vows

30 [bd]Then Moses spoke to (DI)the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which the Lord has commanded:

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 25:11 Or possibly zealous; i.e., impassioned
  2. Numbers 25:11 Or possibly anger
  3. Numbers 25:11 Or possibly anger
  4. Numbers 25:13 Lit seed
  5. Numbers 25:13 Or possibly zealous; i.e., impassioned
  6. Numbers 25:14 Lit killed
  7. Numbers 25:15 Lit he
  8. Numbers 26:1 Ch 25:19 in Heb
  9. Numbers 26:1 Ch 26:1 in Heb
  10. Numbers 26:2 Lit sum
  11. Numbers 26:12 In Gen 46:10 and Ex 6:15, Jemuel
  12. Numbers 26:12 In 1 Chr 4:24, Jarib
  13. Numbers 26:13 In Gen 46:10, Zohar
  14. Numbers 26:15 In Gen 46:16, Ziphion
  15. Numbers 26:16 In Gen 46:16, Ezbon
  16. Numbers 26:17 In Gen 46:16, Arodi
  17. Numbers 26:23 In Gen 46:13, Puvvah; in 1 Chr 7:1, Puah
  18. Numbers 26:24 In Gen 46:13, Iob
  19. Numbers 26:30 In Josh 17:2, Abiezer
  20. Numbers 26:35 In 1 Chr 7:20, Bered
  21. Numbers 26:38 In Gen 46:21, Ehi; in 1 Chr 8:1, Aharah
  22. Numbers 26:39 In Gen 46:21, Muppim; in 1 Chr 7:12, Shuppim
  23. Numbers 26:39 In Gen 46:21, Huppim
  24. Numbers 26:40 In 1 Chr 8:3, Addar
  25. Numbers 26:42 In Gen 46:23, Hushim
  26. Numbers 26:53 Lit To
  27. Numbers 26:61 I.e., prohibited
  28. Numbers 26:65 Or to
  29. Numbers 27:6 Lit Moses, saying
  30. Numbers 27:13 Lit was gathered
  31. Numbers 27:14 Lit mouth
  32. Numbers 27:16 Lit all flesh
  33. Numbers 27:17 Lit before them and who will
  34. Numbers 27:17 Lit who will bring
  35. Numbers 27:18 Lit Take for yourself
  36. Numbers 27:20 Lit majesty
  37. Numbers 27:21 Lit mouth
  38. Numbers 27:21 Lit mouth
  39. Numbers 27:23 Lit by the hand of
  40. Numbers 28:4 Lit between the two evenings; i.e., the time between sunset and nightfall
  41. Numbers 28:5 About 1 gallon or 3.8 liters, and so throughout the ch
  42. Numbers 28:8 See note v 4
  43. Numbers 28:9 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters, and so throughout the ch
  44. Numbers 28:11 Lit bulls, sons of the herd
  45. Numbers 28:19 Lit bulls, sons of the herd
  46. Numbers 28:21 Lit each lamb of
  47. Numbers 28:29 Lit each lamb of
  48. Numbers 28:31 Lit defect to you
  49. Numbers 29:2 Lit bull, a son of the herd, and so throughout the ch
  50. Numbers 29:3 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters, and so throughout the ch
  51. Numbers 29:4 Lit each lamb, and so throughout the ch
  52. Numbers 29:14 Lit each bull of
  53. Numbers 29:14 Lit each ram of
  54. Numbers 29:39 Or freewill offerings
  55. Numbers 29:40 Ch 30:1 in Heb
  56. Numbers 30:1 Ch 30:2 in Heb
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10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites.(A) Since he was as zealous for my honor(B) among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. 12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace(C) with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood,(D) because he was zealous(E) for the honor(F) of his God and made atonement(G) for the Israelites.”(H)

14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman(I) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.(J) 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi(K) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.(L)

16 The Lord said to Moses,(M) 17 “Treat the Midianites(N) as enemies(O) and kill them.(P) 18 They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident(Q) involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

The Second Census

26 After the plague(R) the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “Take a census(S) of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army(T) of Israel.” 3 So on the plains of Moab(U) by the Jordan across from Jericho,(V) Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said, 4 “Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:(W)

5 The descendants of Reuben,(X) the firstborn son of Israel, were:

through Hanok,(Y) the Hanokite clan;

through Pallu,(Z) the Palluite clan;

6 through Hezron,(AA) the Hezronite clan;

through Karmi,(AB) the Karmite clan.

7 These were the clans of Reuben; those numbered were 43,730.

8 The son of Pallu was Eliab, 9 and the sons of Eliab(AC) were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the community(AD) officials who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among Korah’s followers when they rebelled against the Lord.(AE) 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(AF) along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men.(AG) And they served as a warning sign.(AH) 11 The line of Korah,(AI) however, did not die out.(AJ)

12 The descendants of Simeon by their clans were:

through Nemuel,(AK) the Nemuelite clan;

through Jamin,(AL) the Jaminite clan;

through Jakin, the Jakinite clan;

13 through Zerah,(AM) the Zerahite clan;

through Shaul, the Shaulite clan.

14 These were the clans of Simeon;(AN) those numbered were 22,200.(AO)

15 The descendants of Gad by their clans were:

through Zephon,(AP) the Zephonite clan;

through Haggi, the Haggite clan;

through Shuni, the Shunite clan;

16 through Ozni, the Oznite clan;

through Eri, the Erite clan;

17 through Arodi,[a] the Arodite clan;

through Areli, the Arelite clan.

18 These were the clans of Gad;(AQ) those numbered were 40,500.

19 Er(AR) and Onan(AS) were sons of Judah, but they died(AT) in Canaan.

20 The descendants of Judah by their clans were:

through Shelah,(AU) the Shelanite clan;

through Perez,(AV) the Perezite clan;

through Zerah, the Zerahite clan.(AW)

21 The descendants of Perez(AX) were:

through Hezron,(AY) the Hezronite clan;

through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.

22 These were the clans of Judah;(AZ) those numbered were 76,500.

23 The descendants of Issachar by their clans were:

through Tola,(BA) the Tolaite clan;

through Puah, the Puite[b] clan;

24 through Jashub,(BB) the Jashubite clan;

through Shimron, the Shimronite clan.

25 These were the clans of Issachar;(BC) those numbered were 64,300.

26 The descendants of Zebulun(BD) by their clans were:

through Sered, the Seredite clan;

through Elon, the Elonite clan;

through Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan.

27 These were the clans of Zebulun;(BE) those numbered were 60,500.

28 The descendants of Joseph(BF) by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim(BG) were:

29 The descendants of Manasseh:(BH)

through Makir,(BI) the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead(BJ));

through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.

30 These were the descendants of Gilead:(BK)

through Iezer,(BL) the Iezerite clan;

through Helek, the Helekite clan;

31 through Asriel, the Asrielite clan;

through Shechem, the Shechemite clan;

32 through Shemida, the Shemidaite clan;

through Hepher, the Hepherite clan.

33 (Zelophehad(BM) son of Hepher had no sons;(BN) he had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.)(BO)

34 These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.(BP)

35 These were the descendants of Ephraim(BQ) by their clans:

through Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan;

through Beker, the Bekerite clan;

through Tahan, the Tahanite clan.

36 These were the descendants of Shuthelah:

through Eran, the Eranite clan.

37 These were the clans of Ephraim;(BR) those numbered were 32,500.

These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

38 The descendants of Benjamin(BS) by their clans were:

through Bela, the Belaite clan;

through Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan;

through Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan;

39 through Shupham,[c] the Shuphamite clan;

through Hupham, the Huphamite clan.

40 The descendants of Bela through Ard(BT) and Naaman were:

through Ard,[d] the Ardite clan;

through Naaman, the Naamite clan.

41 These were the clans of Benjamin;(BU) those numbered were 45,600.

42 These were the descendants of Dan(BV) by their clans:(BW)

through Shuham,(BX) the Shuhamite clan.

These were the clans of Dan: 43 All of them were Shuhamite clans; and those numbered were 64,400.

44 The descendants of Asher(BY) by their clans were:

through Imnah, the Imnite clan;

through Ishvi, the Ishvite clan;

through Beriah, the Beriite clan;

45 and through the descendants of Beriah:

through Heber, the Heberite clan;

through Malkiel, the Malkielite clan.

46 (Asher had a daughter named Serah.)

47 These were the clans of Asher;(BZ) those numbered were 53,400.

48 The descendants of Naphtali(CA) by their clans were:

through Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan;

through Guni, the Gunite clan;

49 through Jezer, the Jezerite clan;

through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.

50 These were the clans of Naphtali;(CB) those numbered were 45,400.(CC)

51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.(CD)

52 The Lord said to Moses, 53 “The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.(CE) 54 To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number(CF) of those listed.(CG) 55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot.(CH) What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe. 56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

57 These were the Levites(CI) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

58 These also were Levite clans:

the Libnite clan,

the Hebronite clan,

the Mahlite clan,

the Mushite clan,

the Korahite clan.

(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;(CJ) 59 the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed,(CK) a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites[e] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses(CL) and their sister(CM) Miriam.(CN) 60 Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.(CO) 61 But Nadab and Abihu(CP) died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)(CQ)

62 All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000.(CR) They were not counted(CS) along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance(CT) among them.(CU)

63 These are the ones counted(CV) by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab(CW) by the Jordan across from Jericho.(CX) 64 Not one of them was among those counted(CY) by Moses and Aaron(CZ) the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had told those Israelites they would surely die in the wilderness,(DA) and not one of them was left except Caleb(DB) son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.(DC)

Zelophehad’s Daughters(DD)

27 The daughters of Zelophehad(DE) son of Hepher,(DF) the son of Gilead,(DG) the son of Makir,(DH) the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward 2 and stood before Moses,(DI) Eleazar the priest, the leaders(DJ) and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting(DK) and said, 3 “Our father died in the wilderness.(DL) He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the Lord,(DM) but he died for his own sin and left no sons.(DN) 4 Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

5 So Moses brought their case(DO) before the Lord,(DP) 6 and the Lord said to him, 7 “What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance(DQ) among their father’s relatives and give their father’s inheritance to them.(DR)

8 “Say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter. 9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to have the force of law(DS) for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.’”

Joshua to Succeed Moses

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain(DT) in the Abarim Range(DU) and see the land(DV) I have given the Israelites.(DW) 13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people,(DX) as your brother Aaron(DY) was, 14 for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin,(DZ) both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy(EA) before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah(EB) Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

15 Moses said to the Lord, 16 “May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things,(EC) appoint someone over this community 17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(ED)

18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership,[f](EE) and lay your hand on him.(EF) 19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him(EG) in their presence.(EH) 20 Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him.(EI) 21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring(EJ) of the Urim(EK) before the Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly. 23 Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him,(EL) as the Lord instructed through Moses.

Daily Offerings

28 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time(EM) my food(EN) offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.’(EO) 3 Say to them: ‘This is the food offering you are to present to the Lord: two lambs a year old without defect,(EP) as a regular burnt offering each day.(EQ) 4 Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,(ER) 5 together with a grain offering(ES) of a tenth of an ephah[g] of the finest flour(ET) mixed with a quarter of a hin[h] of oil(EU) from pressed olives. 6 This is the regular burnt offering(EV) instituted at Mount Sinai(EW) as a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord.(EX) 7 The accompanying drink offering(EY) is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink(EZ) with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the Lord at the sanctuary.(FA) 8 Offer the second lamb at twilight,(FB) along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering that you offer in the morning.(FC) This is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(FD)

Sabbath Offerings

9 “‘On the Sabbath(FE) day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect,(FF) together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah[i](FG) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil.(FH) 10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath,(FI) in addition to the regular burnt offering(FJ) and its drink offering.

Monthly Offerings

11 “‘On the first of every month,(FK) present to the Lord a burnt offering of two young bulls,(FL) one ram(FM) and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.(FN) 12 With each bull there is to be a grain offering(FO) of three-tenths of an ephah[j](FP) of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths(FQ) of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; 13 and with each lamb, a grain offering(FR) of a tenth(FS) of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering,(FT) a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord.(FU) 14 With each bull there is to be a drink offering(FV) of half a hin[k] of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin[l]; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon(FW) during the year. 15 Besides the regular burnt offering(FX) with its drink offering, one male goat(FY) is to be presented to the Lord as a sin offering.[m](FZ)

The Passover(GA)

16 “‘On the fourteenth day of the first month the Lord’s Passover(GB) is to be held. 17 On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days(GC) eat bread made without yeast.(GD) 18 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.(GE) 19 Present to the Lord a food offering(GF) consisting of a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.(GG) 20 With each bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah(GH) of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;(GI) 21 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.(GJ) 22 Include one male goat as a sin offering(GK) to make atonement for you.(GL) 23 Offer these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. 24 In this way present the food offering every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the Lord;(GM) it is to be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. 25 On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

The Festival of Weeks(GN)

26 “‘On the day of firstfruits,(GO) when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks,(GP) hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.(GQ) 27 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(GR) 28 With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;(GS) 29 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.(GT) 30 Include one male goat(GU) to make atonement for you. 31 Offer these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering(GV) and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.

The Festival of Trumpets(GW)

29 “‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.(GX) It is a day for you to sound the trumpets. 2 As an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(GY) offer a burnt offering(GZ) of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old,(HA) all without defect.(HB) 3 With the bull offer a grain offering(HC) of three-tenths of an ephah[n] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; with the ram, two-tenths[o]; 4 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.[p](HD) 5 Include one male goat(HE) as a sin offering[q] to make atonement for you. 6 These are in addition to the monthly(HF) and daily burnt offerings(HG) with their grain offerings(HH) and drink offerings(HI) as specified. They are food offerings presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma.(HJ)

The Day of Atonement(HK)

7 “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves[r](HL) and do no work.(HM) 8 Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.(HN) 9 With the bull offer a grain offering(HO) of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;(HP) 10 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.(HQ) 11 Include one male goat(HR) as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering(HS) with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.(HT)

The Festival of Tabernacles(HU)

12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh(HV) month,(HW) hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days. 13 Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord(HX) a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.(HY) 14 With each of the thirteen bulls offer a grain offering(HZ) of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with each of the two rams, two-tenths; 15 and with each of the fourteen lambs, one-tenth.(IA) 16 Include one male goat as a sin offering,(IB) in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.(IC)

17 “‘On the second day(ID) offer twelve young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.(IE) 18 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings(IF) and drink offerings(IG) according to the number specified.(IH) 19 Include one male goat as a sin offering,(II) in addition to the regular burnt offering(IJ) with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.(IK)

20 “‘On the third day offer eleven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.(IL) 21 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.(IM) 22 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

23 “‘On the fourth day offer ten bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 24 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 25 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

26 “‘On the fifth day offer nine bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 27 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 28 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

29 “‘On the sixth day offer eight bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 30 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 31 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

32 “‘On the seventh day offer seven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. 33 With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 34 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

35 “‘On the eighth day hold a closing special assembly(IN) and do no regular work. 36 Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord(IO) a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of one bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old,(IP) all without defect. 37 With the bull, the ram and the lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. 38 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

39 “‘In addition to what you vow(IQ) and your freewill offerings,(IR) offer these to the Lord at your appointed festivals:(IS) your burnt offerings,(IT) grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.(IU)’”

40 Moses told the Israelites all that the Lord commanded him.[s]

Vows

30 [t]Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel:(IV) “This is what the Lord commands:

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:17 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also Gen. 46:16); Masoretic Text Arod
  2. Numbers 26:23 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text through Puvah, the Punite
  3. Numbers 26:39 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Shephupham
  4. Numbers 26:40 Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have through Ard.
  5. Numbers 26:59 Or Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi
  6. Numbers 27:18 Or the Spirit
  7. Numbers 28:5 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 13, 21 and 29
  8. Numbers 28:5 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter; also in verses 7 and 14
  9. Numbers 28:9 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 12, 20 and 28
  10. Numbers 28:12 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 20 and 28
  11. Numbers 28:14 That is, about 2 quarts or about 1.9 liters
  12. Numbers 28:14 That is, about 1 1/3 quarts or about 1.3 liters
  13. Numbers 28:15 Or purification offering; also in verse 22
  14. Numbers 29:3 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14
  15. Numbers 29:3 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14
  16. Numbers 29:4 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 10 and 15
  17. Numbers 29:5 Or purification offering; also elsewhere in this chapter
  18. Numbers 29:7 Or must fast
  19. Numbers 29:40 In Hebrew texts this verse (29:40) is numbered 30:1.
  20. Numbers 30:1 In Hebrew texts 30:1-16 is numbered 30:2-17.
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