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Jude 5
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5 Now I want to (A)remind you, though (B)you know everything once and for all, that [a]the Lord, (C)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, [b]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

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5 Though you already know all this,(A) I want to remind you(B) that the Lord[a] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(C)

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Numbers 14-18
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The People Rebel

14 Then all the congregation [a]raised their voices and cried out, and the people wept [b]that night. 2 And all the sons of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “(B)If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or even if we had died in this wilderness! 3 So why is the Lord bringing us into this land (C)to fall by the sword? (D)Our wives and our little ones will become plunder! Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 So they said to one another, “(E)Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt!”

5 (F)Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “(G)The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 (H)If the Lord is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—(I)a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only (J)do not rebel against the Lord; and do not (K)fear the people of the land, for they will be our [c]prey. Their [d]protection is gone from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.” 10 (L)But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then (M)the glory of the Lord appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

Moses Pleads for the People

11 (N)And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people be disrespectful to Me? And how long will (O)they not [e]believe in Me, despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst? 12 I will strike them with [f](P)plague and dispossess them, and I (Q)will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

13 (R)But Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people up from their midst, 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are in the midst of this people, because (S)You, Lord, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if You put this people to death [g]all at once, (T)then the nations who have heard of Your fame will [h]say, 16 ‘Since the Lord (U)could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ 17 So now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying, 18 ‘(V)The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but (W)He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (X)inflicting the [i]punishment of the fathers on the children [j]to the third and the fourth generations.’ 19 Please (Y)forgive the guilt of this people in accordance with the greatness of Your mercy, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

The Lord Pardons and Rebukes

20 So the Lord said, “(Z)I have forgiven them in accordance with your word; 21 however, (AA)as I live, [k](AB)all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22 Certainly (AC)all the people who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet (AD)have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, 23 (AE)shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who were disrespectful to Me see it. 24 But as for My servant Caleb, (AF)because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, (AG)I will bring him into the land which he [l]entered, and his [m]descendants shall take possession of it. 25 (AH)Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way of the [n]Red Sea.”

26 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron again, saying, 27 “How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who are (AI)grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel which they are [o]voicing against Me. 28 Say to them, ‘(AJ)As I live,’ declares the Lord, ‘just as (AK)you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you; 29 (AL)your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, all (AM)your [p]numbered men according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me. 30 By no means will you come into the land where I [q]swore to settle you, (AN)except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 (AO)Your children, however, whom you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected. 32 (AP)But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33 Also, your sons will be shepherds in the wilderness for (AQ)forty years, and they will [r]suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your bodies perish in the wilderness. 34 In accordance with the (AR)number of days that you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall suffer the punishment for your [s]guilt a year, that is, forty years, and you will know My opposition. 35 (AS)I, the Lord, have spoken, I certainly will do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be worn out in this wilderness, and there they shall die.’”

36 (AT)As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and led all the congregation to grumble against him by bringing a bad report about the land, 37 (AU)those men who brought the bad report of the land also died by a (AV)plague in the presence of the Lord. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.

Israel Repulsed

39 Now when Moses spoke (AW)these words to all the sons of Israel, (AX)the people mourned greatly. 40 In the morning, however, they got up early and went up to the [t]ridge of the hill country, saying, “(AY)Here we are; and we will go up to the place which the Lord has [u]promised, for [v]we have sinned.” 41 But Moses said, “(AZ)Why then are you (BA)violating the [w]command of the Lord, when doing so will not succeed? 42 (BB)Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, [x]to prevent you from being defeated [y]by your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there [z]to confront you, and you will fall by the sword, since you have turned back from following the Lord. And the Lord will not be with you.” 44 But they foolishly dared to go up to the [aa]ridge of the hill country; neither (BC)the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses left the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and scattered them as far as (BD)Hormah.

Laws for Canaan

15 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “(BE)Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land [ab]where you are going to live, which I am giving you, 3 and you make (BF)an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [ac](BG)fulfill a special vow, or as a [ad]voluntary offering or at your (BH)appointed times, to make a (BI)soothing aroma to the Lord from the herd or from the flock, 4 then (BJ)the one who presents his offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an [ae]ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a [af]hin of oil, 5 and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for (BK)each lamb. 6 Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil; 7 and for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to the Lord. 8 And when you prepare (BL)a bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to [ag]fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to the Lord, 9 then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil; 10 and you shall offer as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

11 ‘This is how it shall be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs, or of the goats. 12 According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for each one according to their number. 13 Everyone who is a native shall do these things in this way, in presenting an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Law for the Stranger

14 Now if a stranger resides among you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wants to make an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, just as you do so shall he do. 15 As for the assembly, there shall be (BM)one statute for you and for the stranger who resides among you, a permanent statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 There is to be (BN)one law and one ordinance for you and for the stranger who resides with you.’”

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land where I am bringing you, 19 then it shall be, that when you eat from the [ah](BO)food of the land, you shall lift up an [ai]offering to the Lord. 20 (BP)Of the first of your [aj]dough you shall lift up a loaf as an [ak]offering; as (BQ)an [al]offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. 21 From the first of your [am]dough you shall give to the Lord an [an]offering throughout your generations.

22 ‘But when you (BR)unintentionally do wrong and fail to [ao]comply with all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses, 23 that is, all that the Lord has commanded you [ap]through Moses from the day that the Lord gave commandments and onward, throughout your generations, 24 then it shall be, if it is done (BS)unintentionally, [aq]without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull as a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, (BT)with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat as a sin offering. 25 Then (BU)the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven; for it was an unintentional wrong, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their unintentional wrong. 26 So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, as well as the stranger who resides among them, for guilt was attributed to all the people through an (BV)unintentional wrong.

27 ‘Also, if one person sins (BW)unintentionally, then he shall offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering. 28 And (BX)the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who goes astray by an unintentional sin, making atonement for him [ar]so that he may be forgiven. 29 You shall have one law for the native among the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them, for one who does anything wrong unintentionally. 30 But the person who does wrong [as](BY)defiantly, whether he is a native or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Since he has (BZ)despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; (CA)his [at]guilt will be on him.’”

Sabbath-breaking Punished

32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man (CB)gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation; 34 and they placed him in custody, (CC)because it had not been decided what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; (CD)all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him [au]to death with stones, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

37 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them that they shall make for themselves (CE)tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a [av]violet thread. 39 It shall be a tassel for you [aw]to look at and (CF)remember all the commandments of the Lord, so that you will do them and not [ax]follow your own heart and your own eyes, [ay]which led you to prostitute yourselves, 40 so that you will remember and do all My commandments and (CG)be holy to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”

Korah’s Rebellion

16 Now (CH)Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with (CI)Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men, 2 and they stood before Moses, [az]together with some of the sons of Israel, 250 leaders of the congregation [ba](CJ)chosen in the assembly, men of renown. 3 They assembled together (CK)against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “[bb](CL)You have gone far enough! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and (CM)the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

4 When Moses heard this, (CN)he fell on his face; 5 and he spoke to Korah and all his group, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will make known who is His, and (CO)who is holy, and will bring that one near to Himself; indeed, (CP)the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself. 6 Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and [bc]your whole group, 7 and put fire in them, and place incense upon them in the presence of the Lord tomorrow; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the one who is holy. [bd](CQ)You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!”

8 Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi: 9 (CR)Is it too small an honor for you that the God of Israel has singled you out from the congregation of Israel, (CS)to bring you near to Himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; 10 and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? But are you (CT)seeking the priesthood as well? 11 Therefore you and your whole group are the ones gathered together (CU)against the Lord; but as for Aaron, [be]who is he, that (CV)you grumble against him?”

12 Then Moses sent [bf]a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up. 13 Is it [bg]not enough that you have brought us up out of a (CW)land flowing with milk and honey (CX)to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also appoint yourself as master over us? 14 Indeed, you have not brought us (CY)into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of (CZ)fields and vineyards. Would you (DA)gouge out the eyes of [bh]these men? We will not come up!”

15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “(DB)Pay no attention to their offering! (DC)I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.” 16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your group be present before the Lord tomorrow, you and they along with Aaron. 17 And each of you take his censer and put incense on [bi]it, and each of you bring his censer before the Lord, 250 censers; also you and Aaron shall each bring his censer.” 18 So they took, each one his own censer, and put fire on [bj]it, and placed incense on [bk]it; and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. 19 So Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And (DD)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

20 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 21 “(DE)Separate yourselves from among this congregation, (DF)so that I may consume them instantly.” 22 But they fell on their faces and said, “God, (DG)the God of the spirits of [bl]humanity, (DH)when one person sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”

23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘(DI)Get away from the areas around the [bm]tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”

25 Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him, 26 and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “(DJ)Get away now from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them, (DK)or you will be swept away in all their sin!” 27 So they moved away from the areas around the [bn]tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, along with their wives, (DL)their sons, and their little ones. 28 Then Moses said, “By this you shall know that (DM)the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds; for it is not [bo]my doing. 29 If these men die [bp]the death of all mankind, or [bq]if they suffer the (DN)fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But (DO)if the Lord [br]brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with everything that is theirs, and they (DP)descend alive into [bs]Sheol, then you will know that these men have been disrespectful to the Lord.”

31 And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open; 32 and (DQ)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, and (DR)all the people who belonged to Korah with all their possessions. 33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to [bt]Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 Then all Israel who were around them fled at their [bu]outcry, for they said, “The earth might swallow us!” 35 (DS)Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the (DT)250 men who were offering the incense.

36 [bv]Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall pick up the censers from the midst of the burned area, because they are holy; and you are to scatter the [bw]burning coals further away. 38 As for the censers of these [bx]men who have sinned at the cost of their own lives, have them made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, since they did present them before the Lord and they are holy; and (DU)they shall [by]serve as a sign to the sons of Israel.” 39 So the priest Eleazar took the bronze censers which the men who were burned had offered, and they hammered them out as plating for the altar, 40 as a reminder to the sons of Israel so that (DV)no [bz]layman, anyone who was not of the [ca]descendants of Aaron, would approach (DW)to burn incense before the Lord; then he would not become like Korah and his group—just as the Lord had spoken to him [cb]through Moses.

Murmuring and Plague

41 But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel (DX)grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You are the ones who have caused the death of the Lord’s people!” 42 It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and (DY)the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, 44 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “(DZ)Get away from among this congregation so that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces. 46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put fire in it from the altar, and place incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and (EA)make atonement for them, for (EB)wrath has gone out from the Lord, the plague has begun!” 47 Then Aaron took it just as Moses had spoken, and he ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. (EC)So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to a halt. 49 (ED)But those who died by the plague were 14,700 in number, besides those who (EE)died on account of Korah. 50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been brought to a halt.

Aaron’s Staff Buds

17 [cc]Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and obtain from them a staff for each father’s household: twelve staffs, from all their leaders for their fathers’ households. You shall write each man’s name on his staff, 3 and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for there is to be one staff for the head of each of their fathers’ households. 4 You shall then leave them in the tent of meeting in front of (EF)the testimony, where I meet with you. 5 And it will come about that the staff of (EG)the man whom I choose will sprout. So I will relieve Myself of the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you.” 6 So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, for their fathers’ households, twelve staffs in all, with the staff of Aaron among their staffs. 7 Then Moses left the staffs before the Lord in (EH)the tent of the testimony.

8 Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, (EI)Aaron’s staff for the house of Levi had sprouted and produced buds and bloomed with blossoms, and it yielded ripe almonds. 9 Moses then brought out all the staffs from the presence of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his staff. 10 But the Lord said to Moses, “Put the staff of Aaron (EJ)back in front of the testimony [cd]to be kept as a sign against the [ce](EK)rebels, so that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me and they do not die.” 11 Moses did so; just as the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

12 Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “(EL)Behold, we are passing away, we are perishing, we are all perishing! 13 (EM)Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, must die. Are we to perish completely?”

Duties of Levites

18 So the Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your father’s household with you shall (EN)bear the guilt [cf]in connection with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt [cg]in connection with your priesthood. 2 But also bring your brothers with you, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may (EO)join you and serve you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. 3 And they shall perform duties for you and the duties of the whole tent, but (EP)they shall not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and (EQ)the altar, or both they and you will die. 4 They shall join you and perform the duties of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but [ch]an unauthorized person shall not come near you. 5 So you shall perform the (ER)duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, (ES)so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel. 6 Behold, I Myself (ET)have taken your [ci]fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are (EU)a gift to you, [cj]dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service for the tent of meeting. 7 But you and your sons with you shall (EV)attend to your priesthood for everything that concerns the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as (EW)a [ck]service that is a gift, and (EX)the [cl]unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.”

The Priests’ Portion

8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have put you in charge of My [cm](EY)offerings, all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given to you as a portion and to your sons as a permanent allotment. 9 This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, namely (EZ)every grain offering, every (FA)sin offering, and every guilt offering, with which they shall make restitution to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. 11 This also is yours, (FB)the offering of their gift, that is, all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have (FC)given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a permanent allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. 12 (FD)All the [cn]best of the fresh oil and all the [co]best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the Lord, I have given them to you. 13 (FE)The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. 14 (FF)Everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be yours. 15 [cp](FG)Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, whether human or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; however you must redeem the human firstborn, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 As to [cq]their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your assessment, five [cr]shekels in silver by the [cs]shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But (FH)the firstborn of an ox, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. (FI)You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 18 However, their [ct]meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the (FJ)breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. 19 (FK)All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a permanent allotment. It is (FL)a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your [cu]descendants with you.” 20 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “(FM)You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; (FN)I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

21 “To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the (FO)tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. 22 And (FP)the sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bring sin on themselves and die. 23 Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall (FQ)bear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel (FR)they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, ‘(FS)They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.’”

25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘When you take from the sons of Israel (FT)the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a (FU)tithe of the tithe. 27 Your offering shall be credited to you like the grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. 28 So you shall also present an offering to the Lord from all your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the Lord’s offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the [cv]best of them, [cw]the sacred part from them.’ 30 And you shall say to them, ‘When you have [cx]offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be credited to the Levites like the product of the threshing floor, and like the product of the wine vat. 31 You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting. 32 And you will bring on yourselves no sin by reason of it when you have [cy]offered the [cz]best of it. But you shall not (FV)profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, so that you do not die.’”

Notas al pie

  1. Numbers 14:1 Lit raised and gave their voice
  2. Numbers 14:1 Lit in that
  3. Numbers 14:9 Lit food
  4. Numbers 14:9 Lit shadow
  5. Numbers 14:11 Or trust in
  6. Numbers 14:12 Lit the plague
  7. Numbers 14:15 Lit as one man
  8. Numbers 14:15 Lit say, saying
  9. Numbers 14:18 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  10. Numbers 14:18 Lit on
  11. Numbers 14:21 Lit and all
  12. Numbers 14:24 Lit entered there
  13. Numbers 14:24 Lit seed
  14. Numbers 14:25 Lit Sea of Reeds
  15. Numbers 14:27 Lit complaining
  16. Numbers 14:29 Lit mustered
  17. Numbers 14:30 Lit raised My hand
  18. Numbers 14:33 Lit bear
  19. Numbers 14:34 Or wrongdoings
  20. Numbers 14:40 Or top of the mountain
  21. Numbers 14:40 Lit said
  22. Numbers 14:40 I.e., by lacking faith to go
  23. Numbers 14:41 Lit mouth
  24. Numbers 14:42 Lit so that you are not
  25. Numbers 14:42 Lit before
  26. Numbers 14:43 Lit before you
  27. Numbers 14:44 Or top of the mountain
  28. Numbers 15:2 Lit of your dwellings
  29. Numbers 15:3 Or make a special votive offering
  30. Numbers 15:3 Or freewill offering
  31. Numbers 15:4 An ephah was about 7.4 gallons or 28 liters
  32. Numbers 15:4 A hin also was about 1 gallon or 3.8 liters
  33. Numbers 15:8 Or make a special votive offering
  34. Numbers 15:19 Lit bread
  35. Numbers 15:19 Or uplifted offering
  36. Numbers 15:20 Or coarse meal
  37. Numbers 15:20 Or uplifted offering
  38. Numbers 15:20 Or uplifted offering
  39. Numbers 15:21 Or coarse meal
  40. Numbers 15:21 Or uplifted offering
  41. Numbers 15:22 Lit perform all
  42. Numbers 15:23 Lit by the hand of
  43. Numbers 15:24 Lit away from the eyes of the congregation
  44. Numbers 15:28 Or and he shall
  45. Numbers 15:30 Lit with upraised hand
  46. Numbers 15:31 Or wrongdoing
  47. Numbers 15:36 Lit with stones and he died
  48. Numbers 15:38 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  49. Numbers 15:39 Lit and you shall look at it
  50. Numbers 15:39 Lit seek
  51. Numbers 15:39 Lit after which you played
  52. Numbers 16:2 Lit and men from
  53. Numbers 16:2 Lit called ones of
  54. Numbers 16:3 Lit Much for you
  55. Numbers 16:6 Lit his
  56. Numbers 16:7 Lit Much for you
  57. Numbers 16:11 Lit what
  58. Numbers 16:12 Lit to call to
  59. Numbers 16:13 Lit a little thing
  60. Numbers 16:14 Lit those
  61. Numbers 16:17 Lit them
  62. Numbers 16:18 Lit them
  63. Numbers 16:18 Lit them
  64. Numbers 16:22 Lit all flesh
  65. Numbers 16:24 Lit residence
  66. Numbers 16:27 Lit dwelling place
  67. Numbers 16:28 Lit from my heart
  68. Numbers 16:29 Lit like the death
  69. Numbers 16:29 Lit the visitation of all men is visited upon them
  70. Numbers 16:30 Lit creates
  71. Numbers 16:30 I.e., the netherworld
  72. Numbers 16:33 I.e., the netherworld
  73. Numbers 16:34 Or voice
  74. Numbers 16:36 Ch 17:1 in Heb
  75. Numbers 16:37 Lit the fire
  76. Numbers 16:38 Lit sinners against their lives
  77. Numbers 16:38 Lit be for a
  78. Numbers 16:40 Lit stranger
  79. Numbers 16:40 Lit seed
  80. Numbers 16:40 Lit by the hand of
  81. Numbers 17:1 Ch 17:16 in Heb
  82. Numbers 17:10 Lit for preserving
  83. Numbers 17:10 Lit sons of rebellion
  84. Numbers 18:1 Lit of the sanctuary
  85. Numbers 18:1 Lit of your priesthood
  86. Numbers 18:4 Lit a stranger
  87. Numbers 18:6 Lit brothers the
  88. Numbers 18:6 Lit given
  89. Numbers 18:7 Lit service of a gift
  90. Numbers 18:7 Lit stranger
  91. Numbers 18:8 Or uplifted offerings, and so throughout the ch
  92. Numbers 18:12 Lit fat
  93. Numbers 18:12 Lit fat
  94. Numbers 18:15 Lit Everything that opens
  95. Numbers 18:16 Lit his being redeemed
  96. Numbers 18:16 A shekel is about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  97. Numbers 18:16 A shekel is about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  98. Numbers 18:18 Lit flesh
  99. Numbers 18:19 Lit seed
  100. Numbers 18:29 Lit fat
  101. Numbers 18:29 Lit its
  102. Numbers 18:30 Lit lifted
  103. Numbers 18:32 Lit lifted
  104. Numbers 18:32 Lit fat
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Numbers 14-18
New International Version

The People Rebel

14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.(A) 2 All the Israelites grumbled(B) against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!(C) Or in this wilderness!(D) 3 Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?(E) Our wives and children(F) will be taken as plunder.(G) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?(H)” 4 And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.(I)”

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown(J) in front of the whole Israelite assembly(K) gathered there. 6 Joshua son of Nun(L) and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes(M) 7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.(N) 8 If the Lord is pleased with us,(O) he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey,(P) and will give it to us.(Q) 9 Only do not rebel(R) against the Lord. And do not be afraid(S) of the people of the land,(T) because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with(U) us.(V) Do not be afraid of them.”(W)

10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning(X) them. Then the glory of the Lord(Y) appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites. 11 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt?(Z) How long will they refuse to believe in me,(AA) in spite of all the signs(AB) I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague(AC) and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation(AD) greater and stronger than they.”(AE)

13 Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.(AF) 14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard(AG) that you, Lord, are with these people(AH) and that you, Lord, have been seen face to face,(AI) that your cloud stays over them,(AJ) and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.(AK) 15 If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say, 16 ‘The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath,(AL) so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’(AM)

17 “Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(AN) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(AO) 19 In accordance with your great love, forgive(AP) the sin of these people,(AQ) just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”(AR)

20 The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them,(AS) as you asked. 21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live(AT) and as surely as the glory of the Lord(AU) fills the whole earth,(AV) 22 not one of those who saw my glory and the signs(AW) I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times(AX)— 23 not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath(AY) to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt(AZ) will ever see it.(BA) 24 But because my servant Caleb(BB) has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly,(BC) I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.(BD) 25 Since the Amalekites(BE) and the Canaanites(BF) are living in the valleys, turn(BG) back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a](BH)”

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.(BI) 28 So tell them, ‘As surely as I live,(BJ) declares the Lord, I will do to you(BK) the very thing I heard you say: 29 In this wilderness your bodies will fall(BL)—every one of you twenty years old or more(BM) who was counted in the census(BN) and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land(BO) I swore with uplifted hand(BP) to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh(BQ) and Joshua son of Nun.(BR) 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.(BS) 32 But as for you, your bodies will fall(BT) in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years,(BU) suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. 34 For forty years(BV)—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land(BW)—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(BX) to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.(BY)”

36 So the men Moses had sent(BZ) to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble(CA) against him by spreading a bad report(CB) about it— 37 these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report(CC) about the land were struck down and died of a plague(CD) before the Lord. 38 Of the men who went to explore the land,(CE) only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.(CF)

39 When Moses reported this(CG) to all the Israelites, they mourned(CH) bitterly. 40 Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country,(CI) saying, “Now we are ready to go up to the land the Lord promised. Surely we have sinned!(CJ)”

41 But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed!(CK) 42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,(CL) 43 for the Amalekites(CM) and the Canaanites(CN) will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord, he will not be with you(CO) and you will fall by the sword.”

44 Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up(CP) toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord’s covenant moved from the camp.(CQ) 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites(CR) who lived in that hill country(CS) came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.(CT)

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(CU) as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock,(CV) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord(CW)—whether burnt offerings(CX) or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings(CY) or festival offerings(CZ)— 4 then the person who brings an offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering(DA) of a tenth of an ephah[b] of the finest flour(DB) mixed with a quarter of a hin[c] of olive oil. 5 With each lamb(DC) for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine(DD) as a drink offering.(DE)

6 “‘With a ram(DF) prepare a grain offering(DG) of two-tenths of an ephah[d](DH) of the finest flour mixed with a third of a hin[e] of olive oil,(DI) 7 and a third of a hin of wine(DJ) as a drink offering.(DK) Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(DL)

8 “‘When you prepare a young bull(DM) as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow(DN) or a fellowship offering(DO) to the Lord, 9 bring with the bull a grain offering(DP) of three-tenths of an ephah[f](DQ) of the finest flour mixed with half a hin[g] of olive oil, 10 and also bring half a hin of wine(DR) as a drink offering.(DS) This will be a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(DT) 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.(DU)

13 “‘Everyone who is native-born(DV) must do these things in this way when they present a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(DW) 14 For the generations to come,(DX) whenever a foreigner(DY) or anyone else living among you presents a food(DZ) offering(EA) 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.(EB) 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.(EC)’”

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(ED) 19 and you eat the food of the land,(EE) present a portion as an offering to the Lord.(EF) 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal(EG) and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.(EH) 21 Throughout the generations to come(EI) you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.(EJ)

Offerings for Unintentional Sins

22 “‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses(EK)— 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(EL)— 24 and if this is done unintentionally(EM) without the community being aware of it,(EN) then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering(EO) as an aroma pleasing to the Lord,(EP) along with its prescribed grain offering(EQ) and drink offering,(ER) and a male goat for a sin offering.[h](ES) 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven,(ET) for it was not intentional(EU) and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering(EV) and a sin offering.(EW) 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.(EX)

27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,(EY) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.(EZ) 28 The priest is to make atonement(FA) before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.(FB) 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.(FC)

30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly,(FD) whether native-born or foreigner,(FE) blasphemes the Lord(FF) and must be cut off from the people of Israel.(FG) 31 Because they have despised(FH) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(FI) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(FJ)’”

The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death

32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness,(FK) a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(FL) 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.(FM) 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die.(FN) The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.(FO)” 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him(FP) to death,(FQ) as the Lord commanded Moses.(FR)

Tassels on Garments

37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come(FS) you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments,(FT) with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember(FU) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves(FV) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts(FW) and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands(FX) and will be consecrated to your God.(FY) 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God.(FZ) I am the Lord your God.(GA)’”

Korah, Dathan and Abiram

16 Korah(GB) son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram(GC), sons of Eliab,(GD) and On son of Peleth—became insolent[i] 2 and rose up against Moses.(GE) With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.(GF) 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron(GG) and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy,(GH) every one of them, and the Lord is with them.(GI) Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”(GJ)

4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.(GK) 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,(GL) and he will have that person come near him.(GM) The man he chooses(GN) he will cause to come near him. 6 You, Korah, and all your followers(GO) are to do this: Take censers(GP) 7 and tomorrow put burning coals(GQ) and incense(GR) in them before the Lord. The man the Lord chooses(GS) will be the one who is holy.(GT) You Levites have gone too far!”

8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! 9 Isn’t it enough(GU) 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?(GV) 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.(GW) 11 It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble(GX) against him?(GY)”

12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram,(GZ) the sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!(HA) 13 Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey(HB) to kill us in the wilderness?(HC) And now you also want to lord it over us!(HD) 14 Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey(HE) or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards.(HF) Do you want to treat these men like slaves[j]?(HG) No, we will not come!(HH)”

15 Then Moses became very angry(HI) and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey(HJ) 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.(HK) 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.(HL)” 18 So each of them took his censer,(HM) 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(HN) at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the Lord(HO) appeared to the entire assembly. 20 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 21 “Separate yourselves(HP) from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”(HQ)

22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown(HR) and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things,(HS) will you be angry with the entire assembly(HT) when only one man sins?”(HU)

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(HV) followed him. 26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!(HW) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away(HX) because of all their sins.(HY)” 27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.(HZ) Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children(IA) and little ones at the entrances to their tents.(IB)

28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know(IC) that the Lord has sent me(ID) to do all these things and that it was not my idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.(IE) 30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(IF) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(IG) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(IH)”

31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart(II) 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(IJ) and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(IK) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community. 34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

35 And fire came out from the Lord(IL) and consumed(IM) the 250 men who were offering the incense.

36 The Lord said to Moses, 37 “Tell Eleazar(IN) son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers(IO) from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38 the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives.(IP) Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar,(IQ) for they were presented before the Lord and have become holy. Let them be a sign(IR) to the Israelites.”

39 So Eleazar the priest(IS) collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death,(IT) and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, 40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(IU) before the Lord,(IV) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(IW)

41 The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You have killed the Lord’s people,” they said.

42 But when the assembly gathered in opposition(IX) to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the tent of meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the Lord(IY) appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting, 44 and the Lord said to Moses, 45 “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end(IZ) to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer(JA) and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly(JB) to make atonement(JC) for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord;(JD) the plague(JE) has started.” 47 So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people,(JF) but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them. 48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.(JG) 49 But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.(JH) 50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague had stopped.[k]

The Budding of Aaron’s Staff

17 [l]The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs(JI) from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes.(JJ) Write the name of each man on his staff. 3 On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name,(JK) for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe. 4 Place them in the tent of meeting(JL) in front of the ark of the covenant law,(JM) where I meet with you.(JN) 5 The staff belonging to the man I choose(JO) will sprout,(JP) and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling(JQ) against you by the Israelites.”

6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron’s staff was among them. 7 Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant law.(JR)

8 The next day Moses entered the tent(JS) and saw that Aaron’s staff,(JT) which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.(JU) 9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs(JV) from the Lord’s presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each of the leaders took his own staff.

10 The Lord said to Moses, “Put back Aaron’s staff(JW) in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious.(JX) This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.” 11 Moses did just as the Lord commanded him.

12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!(JY) 13 Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord will die.(JZ) Are we all going to die?”

Duties of Priests and Levites

18 The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary,(KA) and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood. 2 Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister(KB) before the tent of the covenant law. 3 They are to be responsible to you(KC) and are to perform all the duties of the tent,(KD) but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.(KE) 4 They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting—all the work at the tent—and no one else may come near where you are.(KF)

5 “You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,(KG) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. 6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(KH) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(KI) 7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(KJ) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(KK) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(KL)”

Offerings for Priests and Levites

8 Then the Lord said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion,(KM) your perpetual share.(KN) 9 You are to have the part of the most holy offerings(KO) that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain(KP) or sin[m](KQ) or guilt offerings,(KR) that part belongs to you and your sons. 10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it.(KS) You must regard it as holy.(KT)

11 “This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings(KU) of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share.(KV) Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean(KW) may eat it.

12 “I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain(KX) they give the Lord(KY) as the firstfruits of their harvest.(KZ) 13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours.(LA) Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.(LB)

14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted[n] to the Lord(LC) is yours. 15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(LD) But you must redeem(LE) every firstborn(LF) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(LG) 16 When they are a month old,(LH) you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels[o](LI) of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel,(LJ) which weighs twenty gerahs.(LK)

17 “But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow, a sheep or a goat; they are holy.(LL) Splash their blood(LM) against the altar and burn their fat(LN) as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(LO) 18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering(LP) and the right thigh are yours.(LQ) 19 Whatever is set aside from the holy(LR) offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt(LS) before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”

20 The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them;(LT) I am your share and your inheritance(LU) among the Israelites.

21 “I give to the Levites all the tithes(LV) in Israel as their inheritance(LW) in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.(LX) 22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.(LY) 23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance(LZ) for the generations to come.(MA) They will receive no inheritance(MB) among the Israelites.(MC) 24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the Lord.(MD) That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’”

25 The Lord said to Moses, 26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you(ME) as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering.(MF) 27 Your offering will be reckoned(MG) to you as grain from the threshing floor(MH) or juice from the winepress.(MI) 28 In this way you also will present an offering to the Lord from all the tithes(MJ) you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the Lord’s portion to Aaron the priest. 29 You must present as the Lord’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’

30 “Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.(MK) 31 You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.(ML) 32 By presenting the best part(MM) of it you will not be guilty in this matter;(MN) then you will not defile the holy offerings(MO) of the Israelites, and you will not die.’”

Notas al pie

  1. Numbers 14:25 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Numbers 15:4 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
  3. Numbers 15:4 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter; also in verse 5
  4. Numbers 15:6 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms
  5. Numbers 15:6 That is, about 1 1/3 quarts or about 1.3 liters; also in verse 7
  6. Numbers 15:9 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms
  7. Numbers 15:9 That is, about 2 quarts or about 1.9 liters; also in verse 10
  8. Numbers 15:24 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 27
  9. Numbers 16:1 Or Peleth—took men
  10. Numbers 16:14 Or to deceive these men; Hebrew Will you gouge out the eyes of these men
  11. Numbers 16:50 In Hebrew texts 16:36-50 is numbered 17:1-15.
  12. Numbers 17:1 In Hebrew texts 17:1-13 is numbered 17:16-28.
  13. Numbers 18:9 Or purification
  14. Numbers 18:14 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  15. Numbers 18:16 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
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