Numbers 10-11
1599 Geneva Bible
10 2 The use of the silver trumpets. 11 The Israelites depart from Sinai. 14 The captains of the host are numbered. 30 Hobab refuseth to go with Moses his son-in-law.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver: of an [a]whole piece shalt thou make them, that thou mayest use them for the assembling of the Congregation, and for the departure of the camp.
3 And when they shall blow with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to thee, before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4 But if they blow with one, then the Princes, or heads over the thousands of Israel shall come unto thee.
5 But if ye blow an alarm, then the camp of them that pitch on the [b]East part, shall go forward.
6 If ye blow an alarm the second time, then the host of them that lie on the [c]South side, shall march: for they shall blow an alarm when they remove.
7 But in the assembling the Congregation, ye shall blow without an alarm.
8 And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall [d]blow the trumpets, and ye shall have them as a law forever in your generations.
9 And when ye go to war in your land against the enemy that vexeth you, ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets, and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and shall be saved from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your [e]gladness, and in your feast days, and in the beginning of your months, ye shall also blow the trumpets [f]over your burnt sacrifices, and over your peace offerings, that they may be a remembrance for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.
11 ¶ And in the second year, in the second month, and in the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
12 And the children of Israel departed on their [g]journeys out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 So they [h]first took their journey at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
14 ¶ (A)In the first place went the standard of the host of the children of Judah according to their armies: and (B)Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his band.
15 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
16 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 When the Tabernacle was taken down, then the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari went forward bearing [i]the Tabernacle.
18 ¶ After, departed the standard of the host of Reuben, according to their armies, and over his band was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
19 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 The Kohathites also went forward and [j]bare the (C)Sanctuary, and the [k]former did set up the Tabernacle against they came.
22 ¶ Then the standard of the host of the children of Ephraim went forward according to their armies, and over his band was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
23 And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 ¶ Last, the standard of the host of the children of Dan marched, [l]gathering all the hosts according to their armies: and over his band was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
27 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
28 [m]These were the removings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they marched.
29 After, Moses said unto [n]Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We go into the place, of which the Lord said, I will give it you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath promised good unto Israel.
30 And he answered him, I will not go: but I will depart to mine own country, and to my kindred.
31 Then he said, I pray thee, leave us not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wilderness: therefore thou mayest be [o]our guide.
32 And if thou go with us, what goodness the Lord shall show unto us, the same will we show unto thee.
33 ¶ So they departed from the [p]mount of the Lord, three days’ journey: and the Ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
35 And when the Ark went forward, Moses said, (D)[q]Rise up Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, to the [r]many thousands of Israel.
11 1 The people murmureth, and is punished with fire. 4 The people lusteth after flesh. 6 They loathe Manna. 11 The weak faith of Moses. 16 The Lord divided the burden of Moses to seventy of the Ancients. 31 The Lord sendeth quails. 33 Their lust is punished.
1 When the people became [s]murmurers, [t]it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and (E)consumed the utmost part of the host.
2 Then the people cried unto Moses: and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
3 And he called the name of the place [u]Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
4 ¶ And a number of [v]people that was among them, fell a lusting, and [w]turned away, and the children of Israel also wept, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
5 We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt for [x]nought, the cucumbers, and the pepons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
6 But now our soul is [y]dried away, we can see nothing but this Manna.
7 (The Manna also was as (F)coriander seed, and his color like the color of [z]bdellium.
8 The people went about and gathered, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like unto the taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell down upon the host in night, the Manna fell with it.)
10 ¶ Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent, and the wrath of the Lord was grievously kindled: also Moses was grieved.
11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou [aa]vexed thy servant? and why have I not found [ab]favor in thy sight, seeing thou hast put the charge of all this people upon me?
12 Have I [ac]conceived all this people? or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom (as a nurse beareth the sucking child) unto the [ad]land, for the which thou swarest unto their fathers?
13 Where should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me.
15 Therefore if thou deal thus with me, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy [ae]sight, kill me, that I behold not my misery.
16 ¶ Then the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the Elders of Israel, whom thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and governors over them, and bring them unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee.
17 And I will come down, and talk with thee there, [af]and take of the Spirit, which is upon thee, and put upon them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee: so thou shalt not bear it alone.
18 Furthermore thou shalt say unto the people, [ag]Be sanctified against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for you have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for we were better in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
19 Ye shall not eat one day nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,
20 But a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and be loathsome unto you, because ye have [ah]contemned the Lord, which is [ai]among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we hither out of Egypt?
21 And Moses said, Six hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, [aj]among whom I am: and thou sayest, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a month long.
22 Shall the sheep and the beeves be slain for them to find them? either shall all the fish of the Sea be gathered together for them to suffice them?
23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is (G)the Lord’s hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee, or no.
24 ¶ So Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered seventy men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle.
25 Then the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and [ak]took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy Ancient men: and when the Spirit rested upon them, then they prophesied, and did not [al]cease.
26 But there remained two of the men in the host: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested upon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out unto the Tabernacle) and they prophesied in the host.
27 Then there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the host.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of Moses one of his [am]young men answered and said, My lord Moses, [an]forbid them.
29 But Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lord’s people were Prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them.
30 And Moses returned into the host, he and the Elders of Israel.
31 Then there went forth a wind from the Lord, and (H)brought quails from the sea, and let them fall upon the camp, a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, round about the host, and they were about two cubits above the earth.
32 Then the people arose, all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered the least, gathered ten [ao]Homers full, and they spread them abroad for their use round about the host.
33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, even the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord (I)smote the people with an exceeding great plague.
34 So the name of the place was called, [ap]Kibroth Hattaavah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.
35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people took their journey to Hazeroth, and abode at Hazeroth.
Footnotes
- Numbers 10:2 Or, of work beaten out with the hammer.
- Numbers 10:5 That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign.
- Numbers 10:6 Meaning, the host of Reuben.
- Numbers 10:8 So that only the Priests must blow the trumpets, so long as the Priesthood lasted.
- Numbers 10:10 When ye rejoice that God hath removed any plague.
- Numbers 10:10 Or, when ye offer burnt offerings.
- Numbers 10:12 Or, in keeping this order in their journeys.
- Numbers 10:13 From Sinai to Paran, Num. 33:1.
- Numbers 10:17 With all the appertainances thereof.
- Numbers 10:21 Upon their shoulders.
- Numbers 10:21 The Merarites and Gershonites.
- Numbers 10:25 Leaving none behind, nor any of the former that fainted in the way.
- Numbers 10:28 This was the order of their host when they removed.
- Numbers 10:29 Some think that Reuel, Jethro, Hobab, and Keni were all one: Kimhi saith, that Reuel was Jethro’s father: so Hobab was Moses’ father-in-law, see Exod. 2:18, 3:1, 4:18, 18:1, and Judg. 4:11.
- Numbers 10:31 Hebrew, eyes unto us.
- Numbers 10:33 Mount Sinai, or Horeb.
- Numbers 10:35 Declare thy might and power.
- Numbers 10:36 Hebrew, to the ten thousand thousands.
- Numbers 11:1 Hebrew, as unjust complainers.
- Numbers 11:1 Hebrew, it was evil in the ears of the Lord.
- Numbers 11:3 Or, burning.
- Numbers 11:4 Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, Exod. 12:38.
- Numbers 11:4 From God.
- Numbers 11:5 For a small price, or good cheap.
- Numbers 11:6 For the greedy lust of flesh.
- Numbers 11:7 Which is a white pearl, or precious stone.
- Numbers 11:11 Or, evil intreated.
- Numbers 11:11 Or, wherein have I displeased thee?
- Numbers 11:12 Am I their father, that none may have the charge of them but I?
- Numbers 11:12 Of Canaan promised by an oath to our fathers.
- Numbers 11:15 I had rather die than to see my grief and misery thus daily increase by their rebellion.
- Numbers 11:17 I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to thee.
- Numbers 11:18 Prepare yourselves that ye be not unclean.
- Numbers 11:20 Or, cast him off, because ye refused Manna, which he appointed as most meet for you.
- Numbers 11:20 Who leadeth and governeth you.
- Numbers 11:21 Of whom I have the charge.
- Numbers 11:25 Or, separated, verse 17.
- Numbers 11:25 From that day the spirit of prophecy did not fail them.
- Numbers 11:28 Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth.
- Numbers 11:28 Such blind zeal was in the Apostles, Mark 9:38; Luke 9:44.
- Numbers 11:32 Of Homer, read Lev. 27:16, also it signifieth an heap, as Exod. 8:14; Judg. 15:16.
- Numbers 11:34 Or, graves of lust.
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