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12 1 Aaron and Miriam grudge against Moses. 10 Miriam is stricken with leprosy, and healed at the prayer of Moses.
1 Afterward Miriam and Aaron [a]spake against Moses, because of the woman of Ethiopia whom he had married (for he had married [b]a woman of Ethiopia.)
2 And they said, What? hath the Lord spoken but only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? and the Lord heard this.
3 (But Moses was a very [c]meek man above all the men that were upon the earth.)
4 And by and by the Lord said unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, come out ye three unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth.
5 Then the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forth.
6 And he said, Hear now my words, If there be a Prophet of the Lord among you, I will be known to him by a [d]vision, and will speak unto him by dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful [e]in all mine house,
8 Unto him will I speak (A)mouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in dark words, but he shall [f]see the similitude of the Lord. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, even against Moses?
9 Thus the Lord was very angry with them, and departed.
10 Also the cloud departed from the [g]Tabernacle: and behold, Miriam was leprous like snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
11 Then Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, which we have foolishly committed, and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not, I pray thee, be as one [h]dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed, when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
13 Then Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her now.
14 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had [i]spit in her face, should she not have been ashamed seven days? let her be (B)shut out of the host seven days, and after she shall be received.
15 So Miriam was shut out of the host seven days, and the people removed not, till Miriam was brought in again.
13 4 Certain men are sent to search the land of Canaan. 24 They bring of the fruit of the land. 31 Caleb comforteth the people against the discouraging of the other spies.
1 Then afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of [j]Paran.
2 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
3 [k]Send thou men out to search the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, such as are all rulers among them.
4 Then Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Paran at the commandment of the Lord: all those men were [l]heads of the children of Israel.
5 Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur:
6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori:
7 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh:
8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph:
9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, [m]Hoshea the son of Nun:
10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu:
11 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi:
12 Of the tribe of Joseph, to wit, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi:
13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli:
14 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael:
15 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi:
16 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
17 These are the names of the [n]men, which Moses sent to spy out the land: and Moses called the name of Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
18 So Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way toward the South, and go up into the [o]mountains.
19 And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwell therein, whether they be strong, or weak, either few or many.
20 Also what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be [p]good or bad: and what cities they be, that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in walled towns.
21 And what the land is: whether it be fat or lean, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes.)
22 ¶ So they went up, and searched out the land, from the wilderness of [q]Zin unto Rehob, to go to Hamath.
23 And they ascended toward the South, and came unto Hebron, where were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of [r]Anak. And [s]Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
24 (C)Then they came to the river of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a bar between two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
25 That place was called the [t]river Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut down thence.
26 Then after forty days they turned again from searching of the land.
27 And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron, and unto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, in the wilderness of [u]Paran, to Kadesh, and brought to them, and to all the Congregation tidings, and showed them the fruit of the land.
28 And they told [v]him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and surely it floweth with (D)milk and honey: and here is of the fruit of it.
29 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great: and moreover, we saw the [w]sons of Anak there.
30 The Amalekites dwell in the South country, and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coasts of Jordan.
31 Then Caleb stilled the people [x]before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it: for undoubtedly we shall overcome it.
32 But the men that went up with him, said, We be not able to go up against the people: for they are stronger than we.
33 So they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched for the children of Israel, saying, The land which we have gone through to search it out, is a land that [y]eateth up the inhabitants thereof: for all the people that we saw in it, are men of great stature.
34 For there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants, so that we seemed in our sight like grasshoppers: and so we were in their sight.
14 2 The people murmur against Moses. 10 They would have stoned Caleb and Joshua. 23 Moses pacifieth God by his prayer. 45 The people that would enter into the land contrary to God’s will, are slain.
1 Then all the Congregation lifted up their voice, and cried: and the [z]people wept that night,
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assembly said unto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness: would God we were dead.
3 Wherefore now hath the Lord brought us into this land to fall upon the sword? our wives and our children shall be [aa]a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain and return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron [ab]fell on their faces before all the assembly of the Congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh two of them that searched the land, [ac]rent their clothes,
7 And spake unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good land.
8 If the Lord love us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, which is a land that floweth with milk and honey.
9 But rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land: for they are but [ad]bread for us: their shield is departed from them, and the Lord is with us, fear them not.
10 And all the multitude said, [ae]Stone them with stones: but the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me, and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 But Moses said unto the Lord, (E)When the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them)
14 Then they shall say to the inhabitants of the land, (for they have heard, that thou Lord, art among this people, and that thou, Lord, art seen [af]face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou (F)goest before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.)
15 That thou wilt kill this people as [ag]one man: so the heathen which have heard the fame of thee, shall thus say,
16 Because the Lord was not (G)able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore hath he slain them in the wilderness.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The Lord is (H)slow to anger, and of great mercy, and (I)forgiving iniquity and sin, but not making the wicked innocent, and (J)visiting the wickedness of the fathers upon the children, in the third and fourth generation:
19 Be merciful, I beseech thee, unto the iniquity of this people, according to thy great mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt, even until now.
20 And the Lord said, I have forgiven [ah]it, according to thy request.
21 Notwithstanding, as I live, all the earth, shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
22 For all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this [ai]ten times, and have not obeyed my voice,
23 Certainly they shall not see the land, whereof I sware unto their fathers: neither shall any that provoke me, see it.
24 But my servant (K)Caleb, because he had another [aj]spirit, and hath followed me still, even him will I bring into the land, whither he went, and his seed shall inherit it.
25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites [ak]remain in the valley: wherefore turn back tomorrow, and get you into the [al]wilderness, by the way of the red sea.
26 ¶ After, the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
27 (L)How long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28 Tell them, As I (M)live (saith the Lord) I will surely do unto you, even as ye have spoken in mine ears.
29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all you that were (N)counted through all your numbers, from twenty years old and above, which have murmured against me,
30 Ye shall not doubtless come into the land, for the which I (O)lifted up mine hand, to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 But your children (which ye said should be a prey) them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have refused:
32 But even your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall [am]wander in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your [an]whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.
34 After the number of the days in the which ye searched out the land, even forty days, (P)every day for a year, shall you bear your iniquity, for (Q)forty years, and ye [ao]shall feel my breach of promise.
35 I the Lord have said, Certainly I will do so to all this wicked company that are gathered together against me: for in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which when they came again, made all the people to murmur against him, and brought up a slander upon the land.)
37 Even those men that did bring up that vile slander upon the land, (R)shall die by a plague before the Lord.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall live.
39 ¶ Then Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel, and the people sorrowed greatly.
40 (S)And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be ready to go up to the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have [ap]sinned.
41 But Moses said, Wherefore transgress ye thus the commandment of the Lord? it will not so come well to pass.
42 Go not up, (for the Lord is not among you) lest ye be overthrown before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: for inasmuch as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.
44 Yet they presumed [aq]obstinately to go up to the top of the mountain: but the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses departed not out of the camp.
45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountain, came down and smote them, (T)and consumed them unto Hormah.
21 ¶ And when Jesus was come over again by ship unto the other side, a great multitude gathered together to him, and he was near unto the sea.
22 (A)And [a]behold, there came one of the rulers of the Synagogue, whose name was Jairus: and when he saw him, he fell down at his feet,
23 And besought him instantly, saying, My little daughter lieth at point of death: I pray thee that thou wouldest come and lay thine hands on her, that she may be healed, and live.
24 Then he went with him, and a great multitude followed him and thronged him.
25 ([b]And there was a certain woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and it availed her nothing, but she became much worse.
27 When she had heard of Jesus, she came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, if I may but touch his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the course of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body, that she was healed of that plague.
30 And immediately when Jesus did know in himself the virtue that went out of him, he turned him round about in the press, and said, Who hath touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude throng thee, and sayest thou, Who did touch me?
32 And he looked round about, to see her that had done that.
33 And the woman feared and trembled: for she knew what was done in her, and she came and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34 And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.)
35 While he yet spake, there came from the same ruler of the Synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why diseasest thou the master any further?
36 [c]As soon as Jesus heard that word spoken, he said unto the ruler of the Synagogue, Be not afraid: only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him save Peter and James, and John the brother of James.
38 So he came unto the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, and saw the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And he went in, and said unto them, Why make ye this trouble, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 [d]And they laughed him to scorn: but he put them all out, and took the father, and the mother of the child, and them [e]that were with him, and entered in where the child lay,
41 And took the child by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi, which is by interpretation, Maiden, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the maiden arose, and walked: for she was of the age of twelve years, and they were astonied out of measure.
43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know of it, and commanded to give her meat.
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