Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness^(A)

4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,^(B) left the Jordan^(C) and was led by the Spirit^(D) into the wilderness, ² where for forty days^(E) he was tempted^[a] by the devil.^(F) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

³ The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,^(G) tell this stone to become bread.”

⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’^[b]”^(H)

⁵ The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.^{(I) 6} And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me,^(J) and I can give it to anyone I want to. ⁷ If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

⁸ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’^[c]”^(K)

⁹ The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. ¹⁰ For it is written:

¹² Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’^[e]”^(M)

¹³ When the devil had finished all this tempting,^(N) he left him^(O) until an opportune time.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁴ Jesus returned to Galilee^(P) in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.^{(Q) 15} He was teaching in their synagogues,^(R) and everyone praised him.

¹⁶ He went to Nazareth,^(S) where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue,^(T) as was his custom. He stood up to read,^{(U) 17} and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

²⁰ Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.^(Y) The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹ He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled^(Z) in your hearing.”

²² All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.^(AA)

²³ Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown^(AB) what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”^(AC)

²⁴ “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.^{(AD) 25} I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.^{(AE) 26} Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.^{(AF) 27} And there were many in Israel with leprosy^[g] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”^(AG)

²⁸ All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. ²⁹ They got up, drove him out of the town,^(AH) and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. ³⁰ But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.^(AI)

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit^(AJ)

³¹ Then he went down to Capernaum,^(AK) a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. ³² They were amazed at his teaching,^(AL) because his words had authority.^(AM)

³³ In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, ³⁴ “Go away! What do you want with us,^(AN) Jesus of Nazareth?^(AO) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are^(AP)—the Holy One of God!”^(AQ)

³⁵ “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly.^(AR) “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.

³⁶ All the people were amazed^(AS) and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority^(AT) and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” ³⁷ And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.^(AU)

Jesus Heals Many^(AV)(AW)

³⁸ Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. ³⁹ So he bent over her and rebuked^(AX) the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.

⁴⁰ At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one,^(AY) he healed them.^{(AZ) 41} Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!”^(BA) But he rebuked^(BB) them and would not allow them to speak,^(BC) because they knew he was the Messiah.

⁴² At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. ⁴³ But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God^(BD) to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” ⁴⁴ And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.^(BE)

The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps

2 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: ² “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard^(A) and holding the banners of their family.”

³⁴ So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.

The Levites

3 This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses^(AH) at the time the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.^(AI)

² The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn^(AJ) and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.^{(AK) 3} Those were the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests,^(AL) who were ordained to serve as priests. ⁴ Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord^(AM) when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai.^(AN) They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar^(AO) served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.^(AP)

⁵ The Lord said to Moses, ⁶ “Bring the tribe of Levi^(AQ) and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.^{(AR) 7} They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community^(AS) at the tent of meeting by doing the work^(AT) of the tabernacle. ⁸ They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle. ⁹ Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons;^(AU) they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.^{[b] 10} Appoint Aaron^(AV) and his sons to serve as priests;^(AW) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”^(AX)

¹¹ The Lord also said to Moses, ¹² “I have taken the Levites^(AY) from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring^(AZ) of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,^{(BA) 13} for all the firstborn are mine.^(BB) When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”^(BC)

¹⁴ The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,^{(BD) 15} “Count^(BE) the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”^{(BF) 16} So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

²¹ To Gershon^(BO) belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites;^(BP) these were the Gershonite clans. ²² The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500. ²³ The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle.^{(BQ) 24} The leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael. ²⁵ At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle^(BR) and tent, its coverings,^(BS) the curtain at the entrance^(BT) to the tent of meeting,^{(BU) 26} the curtains of the courtyard^(BV), the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar,^(BW) and the ropes^(BX)—and everything^(BY) related to their use.

²⁷ To Kohath^(BZ) belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites;^(CA) these were the Kohathite^(CB) clans. ²⁸ The number of all the males a month old or more^(CC) was 8,600.^[c] The Kohathites were responsible^(CD) for the care of the sanctuary.^{(CE) 29} The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side^(CF) of the tabernacle. ³⁰ The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan^(CG) son of Uzziel. ³¹ They were responsible for the care of the ark,^(CH) the table,^(CI) the lampstand,^(CJ) the altars,^(CK) the articles^(CL) of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain,^(CM) and everything related to their use.^{(CN) 32} The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar^(CO) son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible^(CP) for the care of the sanctuary.^(CQ)

³³ To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites;^(CR) these were the Merarite clans.^{(CS) 34} The number of all the males a month old or more^(CT) who were counted was 6,200. ³⁵ The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.^{(CU) 36} The Merarites were appointed^(CV) to take care of the frames of the tabernacle,^(CW) its crossbars,^(CX) posts,^(CY) bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use,^{(CZ) 37} as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard^(DA) with their bases, tent pegs^(DB) and ropes.

³⁸ Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east^(DC) of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the tent of meeting.^(DD) They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary^(DE) on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.^(DF)

³⁹ The total number of Levites counted^(DG) at the Lord’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.^(DH)

⁴⁰ The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more^(DI) and make a list of their names.^{(DJ) 41} Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites,^(DK) and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord.”^(DL)

⁴² So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him. ⁴³ The total number of firstborn males a month old or more,^(DM) listed by name, was 22,273.^(DN)

⁴⁴ The Lord also said to Moses, ⁴⁵ “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine.^(DO) I am the Lord.^{(DP) 46} To redeem^(DQ) the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, ⁴⁷ collect five shekels^[d](DR) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,^(DS) which weighs twenty gerahs.^{(DT) 48} Give the money for the redemption^(DU) of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”^(DV)

⁴⁹ So Moses collected the redemption money^(DW) from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites. ⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the Israelites^(DX) he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels,^[e](DY) according to the sanctuary shekel. ⁵¹ Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.