GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:4urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:4And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the tabernacle of the congregation , on the first day of the second month , in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt , saying , Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel , after their families , by the house of their fathers , with the number of their names , every male by their polls ; From twenty years old and upward , all that are able to go forth to war in Israel : thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies . And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; every one head of the house of his fathers . And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizur the son of Shedeur . Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . Of Judah ; Nahshon the son of Amminadab . Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the son of Zuar . Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son of Helon . Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; Elishama the son of Ammihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . Of Benjamin ; Abidan the son of Gideoni . Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . Of Asher ; Pagiel the son of Ocran . Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of Deuel . Of Naphtali ; Ahira the son of Enan . These were the renowned of the congregation , princes of the tribes of their fathers , heads of thousands in Israel . And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names : And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month , and they declared their pedigrees after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , by their polls . As the LORD commanded Moses , so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai . And the children of Reuben , Israel's eldest son , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , by their polls , every male from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Reuben , were forty and six thousand and five hundred . Of the children of Simeon , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , those that were numbered of them , according to the number of the names , by their polls , every male from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Simeon , were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred . Of the children of Gad , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Gad , were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty . Of the children of Judah , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Judah , were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred . Of the children of Issachar , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Issachar , were fifty and four thousand and four hundred . Of the children of Zebulun , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Zebulun , were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred . Of the children of Joseph , namely , of the children of Ephraim , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Ephraim , were forty thousand and five hundred . Of the children of Manasseh , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Manasseh , were thirty and two thousand and two hundred . Of the children of Benjamin , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Benjamin , were thirty and five thousand and four hundred . Of the children of Dan , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Dan , were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred . Of the children of Asher , by their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Asher , were forty and one thousand and five hundred . Of the children of Naphtali , throughout their generations , after their families , by the house of their fathers , according to the number of the names , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war ; Those that were numbered of them , even of the tribe of Naphtali , were fifty and three thousand and four hundred . These are those that were numbered , which Moses and Aaron numbered , and the princes of Israel , being twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers . So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel , by the house of their fathers , from twenty years old and upward , all that were able to go forth to war in Israel ; Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty . But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them . For the LORD had spoken unto Moses , saying , Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi , neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel : But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony , and over all the vessels thereof , and over all things that belong to it : they shall bear the tabernacle , and all the vessels thereof ; and they shall minister unto it , and shall encamp round about the tabernacle . And when the tabernacle setteth forward , the Levites shall take it down : and when the tabernacle is to be pitched , the Levites shall set it up : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death . And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents , every man by his own camp , and every man by his own standard , throughout their hosts . But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony , that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel : and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony . And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses , so did they . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard , with the ensign of their father's house : far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch . And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies : and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred . And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar : and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar . And his host , and those that were numbered thereof , were fifty and four thousand and four hundred . Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun . And his host , and those that were numbered thereof , were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred . All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred , throughout their armies . These shall first set forth . On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies : and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur . And his host , and those that were numbered thereof , were forty and six thousand and five hundred . And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred . Then the tribe of Gad : and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty . All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty , throughout their armies . And they shall set forth in the second rank . Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp : as they encamp , so shall they set forward , every man in his place by their standards . On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies : and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were forty thousand and five hundred . And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh : and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were thirty and two thousand and two hundred . Then the tribe of Benjamin : and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were thirty and five thousand and four hundred . All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred , throughout their armies . And they shall go forward in the third rank . The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies : and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred . And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher : and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were forty and one thousand and five hundred . Then the tribe of Naphtali : and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan . And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were fifty and three thousand and four hundred . All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred . They shall go hindmost with their standards . These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers : all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty . But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel ; as the LORD commanded Moses . And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses : so they pitched by their standards , and so they set forward , every one after their families , according to the house of their fathers . These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai . And these are the names of the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . These are the names of the sons of Aaron , the priests which were anointed , whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office . And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD , when they offered strange fire before the LORD , in the wilderness of Sinai , and they had no children : and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Bring the tribe of Levi near , and present them before Aaron the priest , that they may minister unto him . And they shall keep his charge , and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation , to do the service of the tabernacle . And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation , and the charge of the children of Israel , to do the service of the tabernacle . And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons : they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel . And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons , and they shall wait on their priest's office : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , And I , behold , I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel : therefore the Levites shall be mine ; Because all the firstborn are mine ; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel , both man and beast : mine shall they be : I am the LORD . And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , saying , Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers , by their families : every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them . And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD , as he was commanded . And these were the sons of Levi by their names ; Gershon , and Kohath , and Merari . And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families ; Libni , and Shimei . And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram , and Izehar , Hebron , and Uzziel . And the sons of Merari by their families ; Mahli , and Mushi . These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers . Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites , and the family of the Shimites : these are the families of the Gershonites . Those that were numbered of them , according to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred . The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward . And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael . And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle , and the tent , the covering thereof , and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , And the hangings of the court , and the curtain for the door of the court , which is by the tabernacle , and by the altar round about , and the cords of it for all the service thereof . And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites , and the family of the Izeharites , and the family of the Hebronites , and the family of the Uzzielites : these are the families of the Kohathites . In the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , were eight thousand and six hundred , keeping the charge of the sanctuary . The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward . And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel . And their charge shall be the ark , and the table , and the candlestick , and the altars , and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister , and the hanging , and all the service thereof . And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites , and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary . Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites , and the family of the Mushites : these are the families of Merari . And those that were numbered of them , according to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , were six thousand and two hundred . And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail : these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward . And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle , and the bars thereof , and the pillars thereof , and the sockets thereof , and all the vessels thereof , and all that serveth thereto , And the pillars of the court round about , and their sockets , and their pins , and their cords . But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east , even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward , shall be Moses , and Aaron and his sons , keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death . All that were numbered of the Levites , which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD , throughout their families , all the males from a month old and upward , were twenty and two thousand . And the LORD said unto Moses , Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward , and take the number of their names . And thou shalt take the Levites for me ( I am the LORD ) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel . And Moses numbered , as the LORD commanded him , all the firstborn among the children of Israel . And all the firstborn males by the number of names , from a month old and upward , of those that were numbered of them , were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel , and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle ; and the Levites shall be mine : I am the LORD . And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel , which are more than the Levites ; Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll , after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them : ( the shekel is twenty gerahs : ) And thou shalt give the money , wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed , unto Aaron and to his sons . And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites : Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money ; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary : And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons , according to the word of the LORD , as the LORD commanded Moses . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi , after their families , by the house of their fathers , From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old , all that enter into the host , to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation . This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation , about the most holy things : And when the camp setteth forward , Aaron shall come , and his sons , and they shall take down the covering vail , and cover the ark of testimony with it : And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins , and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue , and shall put in the staves thereof . And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue , and put thereon the dishes , and the spoons , and the bowls , and covers to cover withal : and the continual bread shall be thereon : And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet , and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins , and shall put in the staves thereof . And they shall take a cloth of blue , and cover the candlestick of the light , and his lamps , and his tongs , and his snuffdishes , and all the oil vessels thereof , wherewith they minister unto it : And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins , and shall put it upon a bar . And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue , and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins , and shall put to the staves thereof : And they shall take all the instruments of ministry , wherewith they minister in the sanctuary , and put them in a cloth of blue , and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins , and shall put them on a bar : And they shall take away the ashes from the altar , and spread a purple cloth thereon : And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof , wherewith they minister about it , even the censers , the fleshhooks , and the shovels , and the basons , all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins , and put to the staves of it . And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary , and all the vessels of the sanctuary , as the camp is to set forward ; after that , the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch any holy thing , lest they die . These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation . And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light , and the sweet incense , and the daily meat offering , and the anointing oil , and the oversight of all the tabernacle , and of all that therein is , in the sanctuary , and in the vessels thereof . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites : But thus do unto them , that they may live , and not die , when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in , and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden : But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered , lest they die . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon , throughout the houses of their fathers , by their families ; From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in to perform the service , to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation . This is the service of the families of the Gershonites , to serve , and for burdens : And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle , and the tabernacle of the congregation , his covering , and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it , and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , And the hangings of the court , and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court , which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about , and their cords , and all the instruments of their service , and all that is made for them : so shall they serve . At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites , in all their burdens , and in all their service : and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens . This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation : and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . As for the sons of Merari , thou shalt number them after their families , by the house of their fathers ; From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them , every one that entereth into the service , to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation . And this is the charge of their burden , according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation ; the boards of the tabernacle , and the bars thereof , and the pillars thereof , and sockets thereof , And the pillars of the court round about , and their sockets , and their pins , and their cords , with all their instruments , and with all their service : and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden . This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari , according to all their service , in the tabernacle of the congregation , under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families , and after the house of their fathers , From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old , every one that entereth into the service , for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation : And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty . These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites , all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation , which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses . And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon , throughout their families , and by the house of their fathers , From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old , every one that entereth into the service , for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation , Even those that were numbered of them , throughout their families , by the house of their fathers , were two thousand and six hundred and thirty . These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon , of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation , whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD . And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , throughout their families , by the house of their fathers , From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old , every one that entereth into the service , for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation , Even those that were numbered of them after their families , were three thousand and two hundred . These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses . All those that were numbered of the Levites , whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered , after their families , and after the house of their fathers , From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old , every one that came to do the service of the ministry , and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation , Even those that were numbered of them , were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore . According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses , every one according to his service , and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him , as the LORD commanded Moses . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Command the children of Israel , that they put out of the camp every leper , and every one that hath an issue , and whosoever is defiled by the dead : Both male and female shall ye put out , without the camp shall ye put them ; that they defile not their camps , in the midst whereof I dwell . And the children of Israel did so , and put them out without the camp : as the LORD spake unto Moses , so did the children of Israel . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit , to do a trespass against the LORD , and that person be guilty ; Then they shall confess their sin which they have done : and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof , and add unto it the fifth part thereof , and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed . But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto , let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD , even to the priest ; beside the ram of the atonement , whereby an atonement shall be made for him . And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel , which they bring unto the priest , shall be his . And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest , it shall be his . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , If any man's wife go aside , and commit a trespass against him , And a man lie with her carnally , and it be hid from the eyes of her husband , and be kept close , and she be defiled , and there be no witness against her , neither she be taken with the manner ; And the spirit of jealousy come upon him , and he be jealous of his wife , and she be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him , and he be jealous of his wife , and she be not defiled : Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest , and he shall bring her offering for her , the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it , nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is an offering of jealousy , an offering of memorial , bringing iniquity to remembrance . And the priest shall bring her near , and set her before the LORD : And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take , and put it into the water : And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD , and uncover the woman's head , and put the offering of memorial in her hands , which is the jealousy offering : and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse : And the priest shall charge her by an oath , and say unto the woman , If no man have lain with thee , and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband , be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse : But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband , and if thou be defiled , and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband : Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing , and the priest shall say unto the woman , The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people , when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot , and thy belly to swell ; And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels , to make thy belly to swell , and thy thigh to rot : And the woman shall say , Amen , amen . And the priest shall write these curses in a book , and he shall blot them out with the bitter water : And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her , and become bitter . Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand , and shall wave the offering before the LORD , and offer it upon the altar : And the priest shall take an handful of the offering , even the memorial thereof , and burn it upon the altar , and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water . And when he hath made her to drink the water , then it shall come to pass , that , if she be defiled , and have done trespass against her husband , that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her , and become bitter , and her belly shall swell , and her thigh shall rot : and the woman shall be a curse among her people . And if the woman be not defiled , but be clean ; then she shall be free , and shall conceive seed . This is the law of jealousies , when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband , and is defiled ; Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him , and he be jealous over his wife , and shall set the woman before the LORD , and the priest shall execute upon her all this law . Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity , and this woman shall bear her iniquity . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite , to separate themselves unto the LORD : He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink , and shall drink no vinegar of wine , or vinegar of strong drink , neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes , nor eat moist grapes , or dried . All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree , from the kernels even to the husk . All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled , in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD , he shall be holy , and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow . All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body . He shall not make himself unclean for his father , or for his mother , for his brother , or for his sister , when they die : because the consecration of his God is upon his head . All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD . And if any man die very suddenly by him , and he hath defiled the head of his consecration ; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing , on the seventh day shall he shave it . And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles , or two young pigeons , to the priest , to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering , and the other for a burnt offering , and make an atonement for him , for that he sinned by the dead , and shall hallow his head that same day . And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation , and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering : but the days that were before shall be lost , because his separation was defiled . And this is the law of the Nazarite , when the days of his separation are fulfilled : he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD , one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering , and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering , and one ram without blemish for peace offerings , And a basket of unleavened bread , cakes of fine flour mingled with oil , and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil , and their meat offering , and their drink offerings . And the priest shall bring them before the LORD , and shall offer his sin offering , and his burnt offering : And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD , with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also his meat offering , and his drink offering . And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , and shall take the hair of the head of his separation , and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings . And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram , and one unleavened cake out of the basket , and one unleavened wafer , and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite , after the hair of his separation is shaven : And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD : this is holy for the priest , with the wave breast and heave shoulder : and after that the Nazarite may drink wine . This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed , and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation , beside that that his hand shall get : according to the vow which he vowed , so he must do after the law of his separation . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons , saying , On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel , saying unto them , The LORD bless thee , and keep thee : The LORD make his face shine upon thee , and be gracious unto thee : The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee , and give thee peace . And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them . And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle , and had anointed it , and sanctified it , and all the instruments thereof , both the altar and all the vessels thereof , and had anointed them , and sanctified them ; That the princes of Israel , heads of the house of their fathers , who were the princes of the tribes , and were over them that were numbered , offered : And they brought their offering before the LORD , six covered wagons , and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two of the princes , and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the tabernacle . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Take it of them , that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites , to every man according to his service . And Moses took the wagons and the oxen , and gave them unto the Levites . Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon , according to their service : And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari , according unto their service , under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders . And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed , even the princes offered their offering before the altar . And the LORD said unto Moses , They shall offer their offering , each prince on his day , for the dedicating of the altar . And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab , of the tribe of Judah : And his offering was one silver charger , the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One spoon of ten shekels of gold , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab . On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar , prince of Issachar , did offer : He offered for his offering one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One spoon of gold of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar . On the third day Eliab the son of Helon , prince of the children of Zebulun , did offer : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon . On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur , prince of the children of Reuben , did offer : His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur . On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai , prince of the children of Simeon , did offer : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel , prince of the children of Gad , offered : His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels , a silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel . On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud , prince of the children of Ephraim , offered : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : one kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud . On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur , prince of the children of Manasseh : His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni , prince of the children of Benjamin , offered : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni . On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai , prince of the children of Dan , offered : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran , prince of the children of Asher , offered : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran . On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan , prince of the children of Naphtali , offered : His offering was one silver charger , the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels , one silver bowl of seventy shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering : One golden spoon of ten shekels , full of incense : One young bullock , one ram , one lamb of the first year , for a burnt offering : One kid of the goats for a sin offering : And for a sacrifice of peace offerings , two oxen , five rams , five he goats , five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan . This was the dedication of the altar , in the day when it was anointed , by the princes of Israel : twelve chargers of silver , twelve silver bowls , twelve spoons of gold : Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels , each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary : The golden spoons were twelve , full of incense , weighing ten shekels apiece , after the shekel of the sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels . All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks , the rams twelve , the lambs of the first year twelve , with their meat offering : and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve . And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks , the rams sixty , the he goats sixty , the lambs of the first year sixty . This was the dedication of the altar , after that it was anointed . And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him , then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony , from between the two cherubims : and he spake unto him . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto Aaron , and say unto him , When thou lightest the lamps , the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick . And Aaron did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick , as the LORD commanded Moses . And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold , unto the shaft thereof , unto the flowers thereof , was beaten work : according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses , so he made the candlestick . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Take the Levites from among the children of Israel , and cleanse them . And thus shalt thou do unto them , to cleanse them : Sprinkle water of purifying upon them , and let them shave all their flesh , and let them wash their clothes , and so make themselves clean . Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering , even fine flour mingled with oil , and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering . And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together : And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD : and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites : And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel , that they may execute the service of the LORD . And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering , and the other for a burnt offering , unto the LORD , to make an atonement for the Levites . And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron , and before his sons , and offer them for an offering unto the LORD . Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel : and the Levites shall be mine . And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt cleanse them , and offer them for an offering . For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel ; instead of such as open every womb , even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel , have I taken them unto me . For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine , both man and beast : on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself . And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel . And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel , to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation , and to make an atonement for the children of Israel : that there be no plague among the children of Israel , when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary . And Moses , and Aaron , and all the congregation of the children of Israel , did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites , so did the children of Israel unto them . And the Levites were purified , and they washed their clothes ; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD ; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them . And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron , and before his sons : as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites , so did they unto them . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , This is it that belongeth unto the Levites : from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof , and shall serve no more : But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation , to keep the charge , and shall do no service . Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge . And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt , saying , Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season . In the fourteenth day of this month , at even , ye shall keep it in his appointed season : according to all the rites of it , and according to all the ceremonies thereof , shall ye keep it . And Moses spake unto the children of Israel , that they should keep the passover . And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai : according to all that the LORD commanded Moses , so did the children of Israel . And there were certain men , who were defiled by the dead body of a man , that they could not keep the passover on that day : and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day : And those men said unto him , We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back , that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel ? And Moses said unto them , Stand still , and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , saying , If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body , or be in a journey afar off , yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD . The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it , and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs . They shall leave none of it unto the morning , nor break any bone of it : according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it . But the man that is clean , and is not in a journey , and forbeareth to keep the passover , even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people : because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season , that man shall bear his sin . And if a stranger shall sojourn among you , and will keep the passover unto the LORD ; according to the ordinance of the passover , and according to the manner thereof , so shall he do : ye shall have one ordinance , both for the stranger , and for him that was born in the land . And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle , namely , the tent of the testimony : and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire , until the morning . So it was alway : the cloud covered it by day , and the appearance of fire by night . And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle , then after that the children of Israel journeyed : and in the place where the cloud abode , there the children of Israel pitched their tents . At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed , and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched : as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents . And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days , then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD , and journeyed not . And so it was , when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle ; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents , and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed . And so it was , when the cloud abode from even unto the morning , and that the cloud was taken up in the morning , then they journeyed : whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up , they journeyed . Or whether it were two days , or a month , or a year , that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle , remaining thereon , the children of Israel abode in their tents , and journeyed not : but when it was taken up , they journeyed . At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents , and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed : they kept the charge of the LORD , at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Make thee two trumpets of silver ; of a whole piece shalt thou make them : that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly , and for the journeying of the camps . And when they shall blow with them , all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation . And if they blow but with one trumpet , then the princes , which are heads of the thousands of Israel , shall gather themselves unto thee . When ye blow an alarm , then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward . When ye blow an alarm the second time , then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alarm for their journeys . But when the congregation is to be gathered together , ye shall blow , but ye shall not sound an alarm . And the sons of Aaron , the priests , shall blow with the trumpets ; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations . And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you , then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God , and ye shall be saved from your enemies . Also in the day of your gladness , and in your solemn days , and in the beginnings of your months , ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings , and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings ; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God : I am the LORD your God . And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month , in the second year , that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony . And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai ; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran . And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses . In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies : and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon . And the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward , bearing the tabernacle . And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies : and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel . And the Kohathites set forward , bearing the sanctuary : and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came . And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies : and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni . And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward , which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts : and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran . And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan . Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies , when they set forward . And Moses said unto Hobab , the son of Raguel the Midianite , Moses' father in law , We are journeying unto 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 spoken good concerning Israel . And he said unto him , I will not go ; but I will depart to mine own land , and to my kindred . And he said , Leave us not , I pray thee ; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness , and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes . And it shall be , if thou go with us , yea , it shall be , that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us , the same will we do unto thee . And they departed from the 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 . And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day , when they went out of the camp . And it came to pass , when the ark set forward , that Moses said , Rise up , LORD , and let thine enemies be scattered ; and let them that hate thee flee before thee . And when it rested , he said , Return , O LORD , unto the many thousands of Israel . And when the people complained , it displeased the LORD : and the LORD heard it ; and his anger was kindled ; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them , and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp . And the people cried unto Moses ; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD , the fire was quenched . And he called the name of the place Taberah : because the fire of the LORD burnt among them . And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting : and the children of Israel also wept again , and said , Who shall give us flesh to eat ? We remember the fish , which we did eat in Egypt freely ; the cucumbers , and the melons , and the leeks , and the onions , and the garlick : But our soul is dried away : there is nothing at all , beside this manna , before our eyes . And the manna was as coriander seed , and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium . And the people went about , and gathered it , and ground it in mills , or beat it in a mortar , and baked it in pans , and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil . And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night , the manna fell upon it . Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families , every man in the door of his tent : and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly ; Moses also was displeased . And Moses said unto the LORD , Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant ? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight , that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me ? Have I conceived all this people ? have I begotten them , that thou shouldest say unto me , Carry them in thy bosom , as a nursing father beareth the sucking child , unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers ? Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people ? for they weep unto me , saying , Give us flesh , that we may eat . I am not able to bear all this people alone , because it is too heavy for me . And if thou deal thus with me , kill me , I pray thee , out of hand , if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let me not see my wretchedness . And the LORD said unto Moses , Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel , whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people , and officers over them ; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation , that they may stand there with thee . And I will come down and talk with thee there : and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee , and will put it upon them ; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee , that thou bear it not thyself alone . And say thou unto the people , Sanctify yourselves against to morrow , and ye shall eat flesh : for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD , saying , Who shall give us flesh to eat ? for it was well with us in Egypt : therefore the LORD will give you flesh , and ye shall eat . Ye shall not eat one day , nor two days , nor five days , neither ten days , nor twenty days ; But even a whole month , until it come out at your nostrils , and it be loathsome unto you : because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you , and have wept before him , saying , Why came we forth out of Egypt ? And Moses said , The people , among whom I am , are six hundred thousand footmen ; and thou hast said , I will give them flesh , that they may eat a whole month . Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them , to suffice them ? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them , to suffice them ? And the LORD said unto Moses , Is the LORD's hand waxed short ? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not . And Moses went out , and told the people the words of the LORD , and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people , and set them round about the tabernacle . And the LORD came down in a cloud , and spake unto him , and took of the spirit that was upon him , and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass , that , when the spirit rested upon them , they prophesied , and did not cease . But there remained two of the men in the camp , the name of the one was Eldad , and the name of the other Medad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written , but went not out unto the tabernacle : and they prophesied in the camp . And there ran a young man , and told Moses , and said , Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp . And Joshua the son of Nun , the servant of Moses , one of his young men , answered and said , My lord Moses , forbid them . And Moses said unto him , Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets , and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them ! And Moses gat him into the camp , he and the elders of Israel . And there went forth a wind from the LORD , and brought quails from the sea , and let them fall by the camp , as it were a day's journey on this side , and as it were a day's journey on the other side , round about the camp , and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth . And the people stood up all that day , and all that night , and all the next day , and they gathered the quails : he that gathered least gathered ten homers : and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp . And while the flesh was yet between their teeth , ere it was chewed , the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people , and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague . And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah : because there they buried the people that lusted . And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth ; and abode at Hazeroth . And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married : for he had married an Ethiopian woman . And they said , Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses ? hath he not spoken also by us ? And the LORD heard it . ( Now the man Moses was very meek , above all the men which were upon the face of the earth . ) And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses , and unto Aaron , and unto Miriam , Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation . And they three came out . And 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 . And he said , Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you , I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision , and will speak unto him in a dream . My servant Moses is not so , who is faithful in all mine house . With him will I speak mouth to mouth , even apparently , and not in dark speeches ; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses ? And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them ; and he departed . And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle ; and , behold , Miriam became leprous , white as snow : and Aaron looked upon Miriam , and , behold , she was leprous . And Aaron said unto Moses , Alas , my lord , I beseech thee , lay not the sin upon us , wherein we have done foolishly , and wherein we have sinned . Let her not be as one dead , of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb . And Moses cried unto the LORD , saying , Heal her now , O God , I beseech thee . And the LORD said unto Moses , If her father had but spit in her face , should she not be ashamed seven days ? let her be shut out from the camp seven days , and after that let her be received in again . And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days : and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again . And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth , and pitched in the wilderness of Paran . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Send thou men , that they may search the land of Canaan , which I give unto the children of Israel : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man , every one a ruler among them . And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran : all those men were heads of the children of Israel . And these were their names : of the tribe of Reuben , Shammua the son of Zaccur . Of the tribe of Simeon , Shaphat the son of Hori . Of the tribe of Judah , Caleb the son of Jephunneh . Of the tribe of Issachar , Igal the son of Joseph . Of the tribe of Ephraim , Oshea the son of Nun . Of the tribe of Benjamin , Palti the son of Raphu . Of the tribe of Zebulun , Gaddiel the son of Sodi . Of the tribe of Joseph , namely , of the tribe of Manasseh , Gaddi the son of Susi . Of the tribe of Dan , Ammiel the son of Gemalli . Of the tribe of Asher , Sethur the son of Michael . Of the tribe of Naphtali , Nahbi the son of Vophsi . Of the tribe of Gad , Geuel the son of Machi . These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land . And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua . And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan , and said unto them , Get you up this way southward , and go up into the mountain : And see the land , what it is ; and the people that dwelleth therein , whether they be strong or weak , few or many ; And what the land is that they dwell in , whether it be good or bad ; and what cities they be that they dwell in , whether in tents , or in strong holds ; And what the land is , whether it be fat or lean , whether there be wood therein , or not . And be ye of good courage , and bring of the fruit of the land . Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes . So they went up , and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob , as men come to Hamath . And they ascended by the south , and came unto Hebron ; where Ahiman , Sheshai , and Talmai , the children of Anak , were . ( Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt . ) And they came unto the brook of Eshcol , and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes , and they bare it between two upon a staff ; and they brought of the pomegranates , and of the figs . The place was called the brook Eshcol , because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence . And they returned from searching of the land after forty days . And they went and came to Moses , and to Aaron , and to all the congregation of the children of Israel , unto the wilderness of Paran , to Kadesh ; and brought back word unto them , and unto all the congregation , and shewed them the fruit of the land . And they told him , and said , We came unto the land whither thou sentest us , and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; and this is the fruit of it . Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land , and the cities are walled , and very great : and moreover we saw the children of Anak there . The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south : and the Hittites , and the Jebusites , and the Amorites , dwell in the mountains : and the Canaanites dwell by the sea , and by the coast of Jordan . And Caleb stilled the people before Moses , and said , Let us go up at once , and possess it ; for we are well able to overcome it . 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 . And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel , saying , The land , through which we have gone to search it , is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof ; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature . And there we saw the giants , the sons of Anak , which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers , and so we were in their sight . And all the congregation lifted up their voice , and cried ; and the people wept that night . And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congregation said unto them , Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died in this wilderness ! And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land , to fall by the sword , that our wives and our children should be a prey ? were it not better for us to return into Egypt ? And they said one to another , Let us make a captain , and let us return into Egypt . Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel . And Joshua the son of Nun , and Caleb the son of Jephunneh , which were of them that searched the land , rent their clothes : And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel , saying , The land , which we passed through to search it , is an exceeding good land . If the LORD delight in us , then he will bring us into this land , and give it us ; a land which floweth with milk and honey . Only rebel not ye against the LORD , neither fear ye the people of the land ; for they are bread for us : their defence is departed from them , and the LORD is with us : fear them not . But all the congregation bade stone them with stones . And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel . 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 shewed among them ? I will smite them with the pestilence , and disinherit them , and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they . And Moses said unto the LORD , Then the Egyptians shall hear it , ( for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them ; ) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land : for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people , that thou LORD art seen face to face , and that thy cloud standeth over them , and that thou goest before them , by day time in a pillar of a cloud , and in a pillar of fire by night . Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man , then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak , saying , Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them , therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness . And now , I beseech thee , let the power of my Lord be great , according as thou hast spoken , saying , The LORD is longsuffering , and of great mercy , forgiving iniquity and transgression , and by no means clearing the guilty , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation . Pardon , I beseech thee , the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy , and as thou hast forgiven this people , from Egypt even until now . And the LORD said , I have pardoned according to thy word : But as truly as I live , all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD . Because all those men which have seen my glory , and my miracles , which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness , and have tempted me now these ten times , and have not hearkened to my voice ; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers , neither shall any of them that provoked me see it : But my servant Caleb , because he had another spirit with him , and hath followed me fully , him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall possess it . ( Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley . ) To morrow turn you , and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , How long shall I bear with this evil congregation , which murmur against me ? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel , which they murmur against me . Say unto them , As truly as I live , saith the LORD , as ye have spoken in mine ears , so will I do to you : Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness ; and all that were numbered of you , according to your whole number , from twenty years old and upward , which have murmured against me , Doubtless ye shall not come into the land , concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein , save Caleb the son of Jephunneh , and Joshua the son of Nun . But your little ones , which ye said should be a prey , them will I bring in , and they shall know the land which ye have despised . But as for you , your carcases , they shall fall in this wilderness . And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years , and bear your whoredoms , until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness . After the number of the days in which ye searched the land , even forty days , each day for a year , shall ye bear your iniquities , even forty years , and ye shall know my breach of promise . I the LORD have said , I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation , that are gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall be consumed , and there they shall die . And the men , which Moses sent to search the land , who returned , and made all the congregation to murmur against him , by bringing up a slander upon the land , Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land , died by the plague before the LORD . But Joshua the son of Nun , and Caleb the son of Jephunneh , which were of the men that went to search the land , lived still . And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel : and the people mourned greatly . And they rose up early in the morning , and gat them up into the top of the mountain , saying , Lo , we be here , and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised : for we have sinned . And Moses said , Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD ? but it shall not prosper . Go not up , for the LORD is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies . For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you , and ye shall fall by the sword : because ye are turned away from the LORD , therefore the LORD will not be with you . But they presumed to go up unto the hill top : nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD , and Moses , departed not out of the camp . Then the Amalekites came down , and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill , and smote them , and discomfited them , even unto Hormah . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye be come into the land of your habitations , which I give unto you , And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD , a burnt offering , or a sacrifice in performing a vow , or in a freewill offering , or in your solemn feasts , to make a sweet savour unto the LORD , of the herd , or of the flock : Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil . And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice , for one lamb . Or for a ram , thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil . And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine , for a sweet savour unto the LORD . And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering , or for a sacrifice in performing a vow , or peace offerings unto the LORD : Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil . And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine , for an offering made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD . Thus shall it be done for one bullock , or for one ram , or for a lamb , or a kid . According to the number that ye shall prepare , so shall ye do to every one according to their number . All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner , in offering an offering made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD . And if a stranger sojourn with you , or whosoever be among you in your generations , and will offer an offering made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD ; as ye do , so he shall do . One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation , and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you , an ordinance for ever in your generations : as ye are , so shall the stranger be before the LORD . One law and one manner shall be for you , and for the stranger that sojourneth with you . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye come into the land whither I bring you , Then it shall be , that , when ye eat of the bread of the land , ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD . Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering : as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor , so shall ye heave it . Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations . And if ye have erred , and not observed all these commandments , which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses , Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses , from the day that the LORD commanded Moses , and henceforward among your generations ; Then it shall be , if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation , that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering , for a sweet savour unto the LORD , with his meat offering , and his drink offering , according to the manner , and one kid of the goats for a sin offering . And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel , and it shall be forgiven them ; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their offering , a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD , and their sin offering before the LORD , for their ignorance : And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel , and the stranger that sojourneth among them ; seeing all the people were in ignorance . And if any soul sin through ignorance , then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering . And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly , when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD , to make an atonement for him ; and it shall be forgiven him . Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance , both for him that is born among the children of Israel , and for the stranger that sojourneth among them . But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously , whether he be born in the land , or a stranger , the same reproacheth the LORD ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people . Because he hath despised the word of the LORD , and hath broken his commandment , that soul shall utterly be cut off ; his iniquity shall be upon him . And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness , they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day . And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron , and unto all the congregation . And they put him in ward , because it was not declared what should be done to him . And the LORD said unto Moses , The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp . And all the congregation brought him without the camp , and stoned him with stones , and he died ; as the LORD commanded Moses . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations , and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : And it shall be unto you for a fringe , that ye may look upon it , and remember all the commandments of the LORD , and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes , after which ye use to go a whoring : That ye may remember , and do all my commandments , and be holy unto your God . I am the LORD your God , which brought you out of the land of Egypt , to be your God : I am the LORD your God . Now Korah , the son of Izhar , the son of Kohath , the son of Levi , and Dathan and Abiram , the sons of Eliab , and On , the son of Peleth , sons of Reuben , took men : And they rose up before Moses , with certain of the children of Israel , two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly , famous in the congregation , men of renown : And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron , and said unto them , Ye take too much upon you , seeing all the congregation are holy , every one of them , and the LORD is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD ? And when Moses heard it , he fell upon his face : And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company , saying , Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his , and who is holy ; and will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him . This do ; Take you censers , Korah , and all his company ; And put fire therein , and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow : and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose , he shall be holy : ye take too much upon you , ye sons of Levi . And Moses said unto Korah , Hear , I pray you , ye sons of Levi : Seemeth it but a small thing unto you , that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel , to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD , and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them ? And he hath brought thee near to him , and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also ? For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD : and what is Aaron , that ye murmur against him ? And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram , the sons of Eliab : which said , We will not come up : Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey , to kill us in the wilderness , except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us ? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey , or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards : wilt thou put out the eyes of these men ? we will not come up . And Moses was very wroth , and said unto the LORD , Respect not thou their offering : I have not taken one ass from them , neither have I hurt one of them . And Moses said unto Korah , Be thou and all thy company before the LORD , thou , and they , and Aaron , to morrow : And take every man his censer , and put incense in them , and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer , two hundred and fifty censers ; thou also , and Aaron , each of you his censer . And they took every man his censer , and put fire in them , and laid incense thereon , and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron . And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , Separate yourselves from among this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . And they fell upon their faces , and said , O God , the God of the spirits of all flesh , shall one man sin , and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation ? And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the congregation , saying , Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah , Dathan , and Abiram . And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him . And he spake unto the congregation , saying , Depart , I pray you , from the tents of these wicked men , and touch nothing of theirs , lest ye be consumed in all their sins . So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah , Dathan , and Abiram , on every side : and Dathan and Abiram came out , and stood in the door of their tents , and their wives , and their sons , and their little children . And Moses said , Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works ; for I have not done them of mine own mind . If these men die the common death of all men , or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the LORD hath not sent me . But if the LORD make a new thing , and the earth open her mouth , and swallow them up , with all that appertain unto them , and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD . And it came to pass , as he had made an end of speaking all these words , that the ground clave asunder that was under them : And the earth opened her mouth , and swallowed them up , and their houses , and all the men that appertained unto Korah , and all their goods . They , and all that appertained to them , went down alive into the pit , and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation . And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said , Lest the earth swallow us up also . And there came out a fire from the LORD , and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest , that he take up the censers out of the burning , and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are hallowed . The censers of these sinners against their own souls , let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar : for they offered them before the LORD , therefore they are hallowed : and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel . And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers , wherewith they that were burnt had offered ; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar : To be a memorial unto the children of Israel , that no stranger , which is not of the seed of Aaron , come near to offer incense before the LORD ; that he be not as Korah , and as his company : as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses . But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron , saying , Ye have killed the people of the LORD . And it came to pass , when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron , that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation : and , behold , the cloud covered it , and the glory of the LORD appeared . And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Get you up from among this congregation , that I may consume them as in a moment . And they fell upon their faces . And Moses said unto Aaron , Take a censer , and put fire therein from off the altar , and put on incense , and go quickly unto the congregation , and make an atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the LORD ; the plague is begun . And Aaron took as Moses commanded , and ran into the midst of the congregation ; and , behold , the plague was begun among the people : and he put on incense , and made an atonement for the people . And he stood between the dead and the living ; and the plague was stayed . Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred , beside them that died about the matter of Korah . And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the plague was stayed . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers , of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods : write thou every man's name upon his rod . And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi : for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers . And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony , where I will meet with you . And it shall come to pass , that the man's rod , whom I shall choose , shall blossom : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel , whereby they murmur against you . And Moses spake unto the children of Israel , and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece , for each prince one , according to their fathers' houses , even twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron was among their rods . And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness . And it came to pass , that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness ; and , behold , the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded , and brought forth buds , and bloomed blossoms , and yielded almonds . And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel : and they looked , and took every man his rod . And the LORD said unto Moses , Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony , to be kept for a token against the rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me , that they die not . And Moses did so : as the LORD commanded him , so did he . And the children of Israel spake unto Moses , saying , Behold , we die , we perish , we all perish . Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die : shall we be consumed with dying ? And the LORD said unto Aaron , Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary : and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood . And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi , the tribe of thy father , bring thou with thee , that they may be joined unto thee , and minister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness . And they shall keep thy charge , and the charge of all the tabernacle : only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar , that neither they , nor ye also , die . And they shall be joined unto thee , and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation , for all the service of the tabernacle : and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you . And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary , and the charge of the altar : that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel . And I , behold , I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel : to you they are given as a gift for the LORD , to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation . Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar , and within the vail ; and ye shall serve : I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death . And the LORD spake unto Aaron , Behold , I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel ; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing , and to thy sons , by an ordinance for ever . This shall be thine of the most holy things , reserved from the fire : every oblation of theirs , every meat offering of theirs , and every sin offering of theirs , and every trespass offering of theirs , which they shall render unto me , shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons . In the most holy place shalt thou eat it ; every male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee . And this is thine ; the heave offering of their gift , with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel : I have given them unto thee , and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee , by a statute for ever : every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it . All the best of the oil , and all the best of the wine , and of the wheat , the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD , them have I given thee . And whatsoever is first ripe in the land , which they shall bring unto the LORD , shall be thine ; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it . Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine . Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh , which they bring unto the LORD , whether it be of men or beasts , shall be thine : nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem , and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem . And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem , according to thine estimation , for the money of five shekels , after the shekel of the sanctuary , which is twenty gerahs . But the firstling of a cow , or the firstling of a sheep , or the firstling of a goat , thou shalt not redeem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar , and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire , for a sweet savour unto the LORD . And the flesh of them shall be thine , as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine . All the heave offerings of the holy things , which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD , have I given thee , and thy sons and thy daughters with thee , by a statute for ever : it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee . And the LORD spake unto Aaron , Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land , neither shalt thou have any part among them : I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel . And , behold , I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance , for their service which they serve , even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation . Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation , lest they bear sin , and die . But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation , and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations , that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance . But the tithes of the children of Israel , which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD , I have given to the Levites to inherit : therefore I have said unto them , Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Thus speak unto the Levites , and say unto them , When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance , then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD , even a tenth part of the tithe . And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you , as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor , and as the fulness of the winepress . Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes , which ye receive of the children of Israel ; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest . Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD , of all the best thereof , even the hallowed part thereof out of it . Therefore thou shalt say unto them , When ye have heaved the best thereof from it , then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor , and as the increase of the winepress . And ye shall eat it in every place , ye and your households : for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation . And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it , when ye have heaved from it the best of it : neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel , lest ye die . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , that they bring thee a red heifer without spot , wherein is no blemish , and upon which never came yoke : And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest , that he may bring her forth without the camp , and one shall slay her before his face : And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger , and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times : And one shall burn the heifer in his sight ; her skin , and her flesh , and her blood , with her dung , shall he burn : And the priest shall take cedar wood , and hyssop , and scarlet , and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer . Then the priest shall wash his clothes , and he shall bathe his flesh in water , and afterward he shall come into the camp , and the priest shall be unclean until the even . And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water , and bathe his flesh in water , and shall be unclean until the even . And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer , and lay them up without the camp in a clean place , and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation : it is a purification for sin . And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes , and be unclean until the even : and it shall be unto the children of Israel , and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them , for a statute for ever . He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days . He shall purify himself with it on the third day , and on the seventh day he shall be clean : but if he purify not himself the third day , then the seventh day he shall not be clean . Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead , and purifieth not himself , defileth the tabernacle of the LORD ; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel : because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him , he shall be unclean ; his uncleanness is yet upon him . This is the law , when a man dieth in a tent : all that come into the tent , and all that is in the tent , shall be unclean seven days . And every open vessel , which hath no covering bound upon it , is unclean . And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields , or a dead body , or a bone of a man , or a grave , shall be unclean seven days . And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin , and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel : And a clean person shall take hyssop , and dip it in the water , and sprinkle it upon the tent , and upon all the vessels , and upon the persons that were there , and upon him that touched a bone , or one slain , or one dead , or a grave : And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day , and on the seventh day : and on the seventh day he shall purify himself , and wash his clothes , and bathe himself in water , and shall be clean at even . But the man that shall be unclean , and shall not purify himself , that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation , because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean . And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them , that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes ; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even . And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even . Then came the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , into the desert of Zin in the first month : and the people abode in Kadesh ; and Miriam died there , and was buried there . And there was no water for the congregation : and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron . And the people chode with Moses , and spake , saying , Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD ! And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness , that we and our cattle should die there ? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt , to bring us in unto this evil place ? it is no place of seed , or of figs , or of vines , or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink . And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , and they fell upon their faces : and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Take the rod , and gather thou the assembly together , thou , and Aaron thy brother , and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes ; and it shall give forth his water , and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock : so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink . And Moses took the rod from before the LORD , as he commanded him . And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock , and he said unto them , Hear now , ye rebels ; must we fetch you water out of this rock ? And Moses lifted up his hand , and with his rod he smote the rock twice : and the water came out abundantly , and the congregation drank , and their beasts also . And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron , Because ye believed me not , to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel , therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them . This is the water of Meribah ; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD , and he was sanctified in them . And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom , Thus saith thy brother Israel , Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us : How our fathers went down into Egypt , and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time ; and the Egyptians vexed us , and our fathers : And when we cried unto the LORD , he heard our voice , and sent an angel , and hath brought us forth out of Egypt : and , behold , we are in Kadesh , a city in the uttermost of thy border : Let us pass , I pray thee , through thy country : we will not pass through the fields , or through the vineyards , neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king's highway , we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left , until we have passed thy borders . And Edom said unto him , Thou shalt not pass by me , lest I come out against thee with the sword . And the children of Israel said unto him , We will go by the high way : and if I and my cattle drink of thy water , then I will pay for it : I will only , without doing any thing else , go through on my feet . And he said , Thou shalt not go through . And Edom came out against him with much people , and with a strong hand . Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border : wherefore Israel turned away from him . And the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , journeyed from Kadesh , and came unto mount Hor . And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor , by the coast of the land of Edom , saying , Aaron shall be gathered unto his people : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel , because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah . Take Aaron and Eleazar his son , and bring them up unto mount Hor : And strip Aaron of his garments , and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people , and shall die there . And Moses did as the LORD commanded : and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation . And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments , and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount : and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount . And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead , they mourned for Aaron thirty days , even all the house of Israel . And when king Arad the Canaanite , which dwelt in the south , heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies ; then he fought against Israel , and took some of them prisoners . And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD , and said , If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand , then I will utterly destroy their cities . And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel , and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities : and he called the name of the place Hormah . And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea , to compass the land of Edom : and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way . And the people spake against God , and against Moses , Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread , neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread . And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people , and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died . Therefore the people came to Moses , and said , We have sinned , for we have spoken against the LORD , and against thee ; pray unto the LORD , that he take away the serpents from us . And Moses prayed for the people . And the LORD said unto Moses , Make thee a fiery serpent , and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass , that every one that is bitten , when he looketh upon it , shall live . And Moses made a serpent of brass , and put it upon a pole , and it came to pass , that if a serpent had bitten any man , when he beheld the serpent of brass , he lived . And the children of Israel set forward , and pitched in Oboth . And they journeyed from Oboth , and pitched at Ije-abarim , in the wilderness which is before Moab , toward the sunrising . From thence they removed , and pitched in the valley of Zared . From thence they removed , and pitched on the other side of Arnon , which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites : for Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and the Amorites . Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD , What he did in the Red sea , and in the brooks of Arnon , And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar , and lieth upon the border of Moab . And from thence they went to Beer : that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses , Gather the people together , and I will give them water . Then Israel sang this song , Spring up , O well ; sing ye unto it : The princes digged the well , the nobles of the people digged it , by the direction of the lawgiver , with their staves . And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah : And from Mattanah to Nahaliel : and from Nahaliel to Bamoth : And from Bamoth in the valley , that is in the country of Moab , to the top of Pisgah , which looketh toward Jeshimon . And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites , saying , Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn into the fields , or into the vineyards ; we will not drink of the waters of the well : but we will go along by the king's high way , until we be past thy borders . And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border : but Sihon gathered all his people together , and went out against Israel into the wilderness : and he came to Jahaz , and fought against Israel . And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword , and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok , even unto the children of Ammon : for the border of the children of Ammon was strong . And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites , in Heshbon , and in all the villages thereof . For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites , who had fought against the former king of Moab , and taken all his land out of his hand , even unto Arnon . Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say , Come into Heshbon , let the city of Sihon be built and prepared : For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon , a flame from the city of Sihon : it hath consumed Ar of Moab , and the lords of the high places of Arnon . Woe to thee , Moab ! thou art undone , O people of Chemosh : he hath given his sons that escaped , and his daughters , into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites . We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon , and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah , which reacheth unto Medeba . Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites . And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer , and they took the villages thereof , and drove out the Amorites that were there . And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan went out against them , he , and all his people , to the battle at Edrei . And the LORD said unto Moses , Fear him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand , and all his people , and his land ; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites , which dwelt at Heshbon . So they smote him , and his sons , and all his people , until there was none left him alive : and they possessed his land . And the children of Israel set forward , and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho . And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites . And Moab was sore afraid of the people , because they were many : and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel . And Moab said unto the elders of Midian , Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us , as the ox licketh up the grass of the field . And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time . He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor , which is by the river of the land of the children of his people , to call him , saying , Behold , there is a people come out from Egypt : behold , they cover the face of the earth , and they abide over against me : Come now therefore , I pray thee , curse me this people ; for they are too mighty for me : peradventure I shall prevail , that we may smite them , and that I may drive them out of the land : for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed , and he whom thou cursest is cursed . And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand ; and they came unto Balaam , and spake unto him the words of Balak . And he said unto them , Lodge here this night , and I will bring you word again , as the LORD shall speak unto me : and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam . And God came unto Balaam , and said , What men are these with thee ? And Balaam said unto God , Balak the son of Zippor , king of Moab , hath sent unto me , saying , Behold , there is a people come out of Egypt , which covereth the face of the earth : come now , curse me them ; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them , and drive them out . And God said unto Balaam , Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people : for they are blessed . And Balaam rose up in the morning , and said unto the princes of Balak , Get you into your land : for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you . And the princes of Moab rose up , and they went unto Balak , and said , Balaam refuseth to come with us . And Balak sent yet again princes , more , and more honourable than they . And they came to Balaam , and said to him , Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor , Let nothing , I pray thee , hinder thee from coming unto me : For I will promote thee unto very great honour , and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me : come therefore , I pray thee , curse me this people . And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak , If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold , I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God , to do less or more . Now therefore , I pray you , tarry ye also here this night , that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more . And God came unto Balaam at night , and said unto him , If the men come to call thee , rise up , and go with them ; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee , that shalt thou do . And Balaam rose up in the morning , and saddled his ass , and went with the princes of Moab . And God's anger was kindled because he went : and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him . Now he was riding upon his ass , and his two servants were with him . And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way , and his sword drawn in his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the way , and went into the field : and Balaam smote the ass , to turn her into the way . But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards , a wall being on this side , and a wall on that side . And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD , she thrust herself unto the wall , and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall : and he smote her again . And the angel of the LORD went further , and stood in a narrow place , where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left . And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD , she fell down under Balaam : and Balaam's anger was kindled , and he smote the ass with a staff . And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass , and she said unto Balaam , What have I done unto thee , that thou hast smitten me these three times ? And Balaam said unto the ass , Because thou hast mocked me : I would there were a sword in mine hand , for now would I kill thee . And the ass said unto Balaam , Am not I thine ass , upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day ? was I ever wont to do so unto thee ? And he said , Nay . Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam , and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way , and his sword drawn in his hand : and he bowed down his head , and fell flat on his face . And the angel of the LORD said unto him , Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times ? behold , I went out to withstand thee , because thy way is perverse before me : And the ass saw me , and turned from me these three times : unless she had turned from me , surely now also I had slain thee , and saved her alive . And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD , I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now therefore , if it displease thee , I will get me back again . And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam , Go with the men : but only the word that I shall speak unto thee , that thou shalt speak . So Balaam went with the princes of Balak . And when Balak heard that Balaam was come , he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab , which is in the border of Arnon , which is in the utmost coast . And Balak said unto Balaam , Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee ? wherefore camest thou not unto me ? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour ? And Balaam said unto Balak , Lo , I am come unto thee : have I now any power at all to say any thing ? the word that God putteth in my mouth , that shall I speak . And Balaam went with Balak , and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth . And Balak offered oxen and sheep , and sent to Balaam , and to the princes that were with him . And it came to pass on the morrow , that Balak took Balaam , and brought him up into the high places of Baal , that thence he might see the utmost part of the people . And Balaam said unto Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams . And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram . And Balaam said unto Balak , Stand by thy burnt offering , and I will go : peradventure the LORD will come to meet me : and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee . And he went to an high place . And God met Balaam : and he said unto him , I have prepared seven altars , and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram . And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth , and said , Return unto Balak , and thus thou shalt speak . And he returned unto him , and , lo , he stood by his burnt sacrifice , he , and all the princes of Moab . And he took up his parable , and said , Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram , out of the mountains of the east , saying , Come , curse me Jacob , and come , defy Israel . How shall I curse , whom God hath not cursed ? or how shall I defy , whom the LORD hath not defied ? For from the top of the rocks I see him , and from the hills I behold him : lo , the people shall dwell alone , and shall not be reckoned among the nations . Who can count the dust of Jacob , and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his ! And Balak said unto Balaam , What hast thou done unto me ? I took thee to curse mine enemies , and , behold , thou hast blessed them altogether . And he answered and said , Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth ? And Balak said unto him , Come , I pray thee , with me unto another place , from whence thou mayest see them : thou shalt see but the utmost part of them , and shalt not see them all : and curse me them from thence . And he brought him into the field of Zophim , to the top of Pisgah , and built seven altars , and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar . And he said unto Balak , Stand here by thy burnt offering , while I meet the LORD yonder . And the LORD met Balaam , and put a word in his mouth , and said , Go again unto Balak , and say thus . And when he came to him , behold , he stood by his burnt offering , and the princes of Moab with him . And Balak said unto him , What hath the LORD spoken ? And he took up his parable , and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear ; hearken unto me , thou son of Zippor : God is not a man , that he should lie ; neither the son of man , that he should repent : hath he said , and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken , and shall he not make it good ? Behold , I have received commandment to bless : and he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it . He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel : the LORD his God is with him , and the shout of a king is among them . God brought them out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn . Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob , neither is there any divination against Israel : according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel , What hath God wrought ! Behold , the people shall rise up as a great lion , and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey , and drink the blood of the slain . And Balak said unto Balaam , Neither curse them at all , nor bless them at all . But Balaam answered and said unto Balak , Told not I thee , saying , All that the LORD speaketh , that I must do ? And Balak said unto Balaam , Come , I pray thee , I will bring thee unto another place ; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence . And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor , that looketh toward Jeshimon . And Balaam said unto Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . And Balak did as Balaam had said , and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar . And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel , he went not , as at other times , to seek for enchantments , but he set his face toward the wilderness . And Balaam lifted up his eyes , and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes ; and the spirit of God came upon him . And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor hath said , and the man whose eyes are open hath said : He hath said , which heard the words of God , which saw the vision of the Almighty , falling into a trance , but having his eyes open : How goodly are thy tents , O Jacob , and thy tabernacles , O Israel ! As the valleys are they spread forth , as gardens by the river's side , as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted , and as cedar trees beside the waters . He shall pour the water out of his buckets , and his seed shall be in many waters , and his king shall be higher than Agag , and his kingdom shall be exalted . God brought him forth out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn : he shall eat up the nations his enemies , and shall break their bones , and pierce them through with his arrows . He couched , he lay down as a lion , and as a great lion : who shall stir him up ? Blessed is he that blesseth thee , and cursed is he that curseth thee . And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam , and he smote his hands together : and Balak said unto Balaam , I called thee to curse mine enemies , and , behold , thou hast altogether blessed them these three times . Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee unto great honour ; but , lo , the LORD hath kept thee back from honour . And Balaam said unto Balak , Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me , saying , If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold , I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD , to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; but what the LORD saith , that will I speak ? And now , behold , I go unto my people : come therefore , and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days . And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor hath said , and the man whose eyes are open hath said : He hath said , which heard the words of God , and knew the knowledge of the most High , which saw the vision of the Almighty , falling into a trance , but having his eyes open : I shall see him , but not now : I shall behold him , but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob , and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel , and shall smite the corners of Moab , and destroy all the children of Sheth . And Edom shall be a possession , Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies ; and Israel shall do valiantly . Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion , and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city . And when he looked on Amalek , he took up his parable , and said , Amalek was the first of the nations ; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever . And he looked on the Kenites , and took up his parable , and said , Strong is thy dwellingplace , and thou puttest thy nest in a rock . Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted , until Asshur shall carry thee away captive . And he took up his parable , and said , Alas , who shall live when God doeth this ! And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim , and shall afflict Asshur , and shall afflict Eber , and he also shall perish for ever . And Balaam rose up , and went and returned to his place : and Balak also went his way . And Israel abode in Shittim , and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab . And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods : and the people did eat , and bowed down to their gods . And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor : and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel . And the LORD said unto Moses , Take all the heads of the people , and hang them up before the LORD against the sun , that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel . And Moses said unto the judges of Israel , Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor . And , behold , one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses , and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel , who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation . And when Phinehas , the son of Eleazar , the son of Aaron the priest , saw it , he rose up from among the congregation , and took a javelin in his hand ; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent , and thrust both of them through , the man of Israel , and the woman through her belly . So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel . And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Phinehas , the son of Eleazar , the son of Aaron the priest , hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel , while he was zealous for my sake among them , that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy . Wherefore say , Behold , I give unto him my covenant of peace : And he shall have it , and his seed after him , even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zealous for his God , and made an atonement for the children of Israel . Now the name of the Israelite that was slain , even that was slain with the Midianitish woman , was Zimri , the son of Salu , a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites . And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi , the daughter of Zur ; he was head over a people , and of a chief house in Midian . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Vex the Midianites , and smite them : For they vex you with their wiles , wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor , and in the matter of Cozbi , the daughter of a prince of Midian , their sister , which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake . And it came to pass after the plague , that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest , saying , Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel , from twenty years old and upward , throughout their father's house , all that are able to go to war in Israel . And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying , Take the sum of the people , from twenty years old and upward ; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel , which went forth out of the land of Egypt . Reuben , the eldest son of Israel : the children of Reuben ; Hanoch , of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites : of Pallu , the family of the Palluites : Of Hezron , the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi , the family of the Carmites . These are the families of the Reubenites : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty . And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab . And the sons of Eliab ; Nemuel , and Dathan , and Abiram . This is that Dathan and Abiram , which were famous in the congregation , who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah , when they strove against the LORD : And the earth opened her mouth , and swallowed them up together with Korah , when that company died , what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : and they became a sign . Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not . The sons of Simeon after their families : of Nemuel , the family of the Nemuelites : of Jamin , the family of the Jaminites : of Jachin , the family of the Jachinites : Of Zerah , the family of the Zarhites : of Shaul , the family of the Shaulites . These are the families of the Simeonites , twenty and two thousand and two hundred . The children of Gad after their families : of Zephon , the family of the Zephonites : of Haggi , the family of the Haggites : of Shuni , the family of the Shunites : Of Ozni , the family of the Oznites : of Eri , the family of the Erites : Of Arod , the family of the Arodites : of Areli , the family of the Arelites . These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them , forty thousand and five hundred . The sons of Judah were Er and Onan : and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan . And the sons of Judah after their families were ; of Shelah , the family of the Shelanites : of Pharez , the family of the Pharzites : of Zerah , the family of the Zarhites . And the sons of Pharez were ; of Hezron , the family of the Hezronites : of Hamul , the family of the Hamulites . These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them , threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred . Of the sons of Issachar after their families : of Tola , the family of the Tolaites : of Pua , the family of the Punites : Of Jashub , the family of the Jashubites : of Shimron , the family of the Shimronites . These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them , threescore and four thousand and three hundred . Of the sons of Zebulun after their families : of Sered , the family of the Sardites : of Elon , the family of the Elonites : of Jahleel , the family of the Jahleelites . These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them , threescore thousand and five hundred . The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim . Of the sons of Manasseh : of Machir , the family of the Machirites : and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites . These are the sons of Gilead : of Jeezer , the family of the Jeezerites : of Helek , the family of the Helekites : And of Asriel , the family of the Asrielites : and of Shechem , the family of the Shechemites : And of Shemida , the family of the Shemidaites : and of Hepher , the family of the Hepherites . And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons , but daughters : and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah , and Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah . These are the families of Manasseh , and those that were numbered of them , fifty and two thousand and seven hundred . These are the sons of Ephraim after their families : of Shuthelah , the family of the Shuthalhites : of Becher , the family of the Bachrites : of Tahan , the family of the Tahanites . And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran , the family of the Eranites . These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them , thirty and two thousand and five hundred . These are the sons of Joseph after their families . The sons of Benjamin after their families : of Bela , the family of the Belaites : of Ashbel , the family of the Ashbelites : of Ahiram , the family of the Ahiramites : Of Shupham , the family of the Shuphamites : of Hupham , the family of the Huphamites . And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman : of Ard , the family of the Ardites : and of Naaman , the family of the Naamites . These are the sons of Benjamin after their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred . These are the sons of Dan after their families : of Shuham , the family of the Shuhamites . These are the families of Dan after their families . All the families of the Shuhamites , according to those that were numbered of them , were threescore and four thousand and four hundred . Of the children of Asher after their families : of Jimna , the family of the Jimnites : of Jesui , the family of the Jesuites : of Beriah , the family of the Beriites . Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber , the family of the Heberites : of Malchiel , the family of the Malchielites . And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah . These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them ; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred . Of the sons of Naphtali after their families : of Jahzeel , the family of the Jahzeelites : of Guni , the family of the Gunites : Of Jezer , the family of the Jezerites : of Shillem , the family of the Shillemites . These are the families of Naphtali according to their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred . These were the numbered of the children of Israel , six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names . To many thou shalt give the more inheritance , and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance : to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him . Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot : according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit . According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few . And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families : of Gershon , the family of the Gershonites : of Kohath , the family of the Kohathites : of Merari , the family of the Merarites . These are the families of the Levites : the family of the Libnites , the family of the Hebronites , the family of the Mahlites , the family of the Mushites , the family of the Korathites . And Kohath begat Amram . And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed , the daughter of Levi , whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt : and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses , and Miriam their sister . And unto Aaron was born Nadab , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . And Nadab and Abihu died , when they offered strange fire before the LORD . And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand , all males from a month old and upward : for they were not numbered among the children of Israel , because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel . These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest , who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho . But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered , when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai . For the LORD had said of them , They shall surely die in the wilderness . And there was not left a man of them , save Caleb the son of Jephunneh , and Joshua the son of Nun . Then came the daughters of Zelophehad , the son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph : and these are the names of his daughters ; Mahlah , Noah , and Hoglah , and Milcah , and Tirzah . And they stood before Moses , and before Eleazar the priest , and before the princes and all the congregation , by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , saying , Our father died in the wilderness , and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah ; but died in his own sin , and had no sons . Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family , because he hath no son ? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father . And Moses brought their cause before the LORD . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , The daughters of Zelophehad speak right : thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them . And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel , saying , If a man die , and have no son , then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter . And if he have no daughter , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren . And if he have no brethren , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren . And if his father have no brethren , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family , and he shall possess it : and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment , as the LORD commanded Moses . And the LORD said unto Moses , Get thee up into this mount Abarim , and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel . And when thou hast seen it , thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people , as Aaron thy brother was gathered . For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin , in the strife of the congregation , to sanctify me at the water before their eyes : that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin . And Moses spake unto the LORD , saying , Let the LORD , the God of the spirits of all flesh , set a man over the congregation , Which may go out before them , and which may go in before them , and which may lead them out , and which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd . And the LORD said unto Moses , Take thee Joshua the son of Nun , a man in whom is the spirit , and lay thine hand upon him ; And set him before Eleazar the priest , and before all the congregation ; and give him a charge in their sight . And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him , that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient . And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest , who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD : at his word shall they go out , and at his word they shall come in , both he , and all the children of Israel with him , even all the congregation . And Moses did as the LORD commanded him : and he took Joshua , and set him before Eleazar the priest , and before all the congregation : And he laid his hands upon him , and gave him a charge , as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Command the children of Israel , and say unto them , My offering , and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire , for a sweet savour unto me , shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season . And thou shalt say unto them , This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD ; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day , for a continual burnt offering . The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning , and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even ; And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering , mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil . It is a continual burnt offering , which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour , a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD . And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering . And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as the meat offering of the morning , and as the drink offering thereof , thou shalt offer it , a sacrifice made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD . And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot , and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering , mingled with oil , and the drink offering thereof : This is the burnt offering of every sabbath , beside the continual burnt offering , and his drink offering . And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD ; two young bullocks , and one ram , seven lambs of the first year without spot ; And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering , mingled with oil , for one bullock ; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering , mingled with oil , for one ram ; And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb ; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour , a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD . And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock , and the third part of an hin unto a ram , and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb : this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year . And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered , beside the continual burnt offering , and his drink offering . And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD . And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten . In the first day shall be an holy convocation ; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein : But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD ; two young bullocks , and one ram , and seven lambs of the first year : they shall be unto you without blemish : And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil : three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock , and two tenth deals for a ram ; A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb , throughout the seven lambs : And one goat for a sin offering , to make an atonement for you . Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning , which is for a continual burnt offering . After this manner ye shall offer daily , throughout the seven days , the meat of the sacrifice made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD : it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering , and his drink offering . And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work . Also in the day of the firstfruits , when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD , after your weeks be out , ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD ; two young bullocks , one ram , seven lambs of the first year ; And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil , three tenth deals unto one bullock , two tenth deals unto one ram , A several tenth deal unto one lamb , throughout the seven lambs ; And one kid of the goats , to make an atonement for you . Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering , and his meat offering , ( they shall be unto you without blemish ) and their drink offerings . And in the seventh month , on the first day of the month , ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you . And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD ; one young bullock , one ram , and seven lambs of the first year without blemish : And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil , three tenth deals for a bullock , and two tenth deals for a ram , And one tenth deal for one lamb , throughout the seven lambs : And one kid of the goats for a sin offering , to make an atonement for you : Beside the burnt offering of the month , and his meat offering , and the daily burnt offering , and his meat offering , and their drink offerings , according unto their manner , for a sweet savour , a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD . And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation ; and ye shall afflict your souls : ye shall not do any work therein : But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour ; one young bullock , one ram , and seven lambs of the first year ; they shall be unto you without blemish : And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil , three tenth deals to a bullock , and two tenth deals to one ram , A several tenth deal for one lamb , throughout the seven lambs : One kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the sin offering of atonement , and the continual burnt offering , and the meat offering of it , and their drink offerings . And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work , and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days : And ye shall offer a burnt offering , a sacrifice made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD ; thirteen young bullocks , two rams , and fourteen lambs of the first year ; they shall be without blemish : And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil , three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks , two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams , And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs : And one kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , his meat offering , and his drink offering . And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks , two rams , fourteen lambs of the first year without spot : And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , and the meat offering thereof , and their drink offerings . And on the third day eleven bullocks , two rams , fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish ; And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , and his meat offering , and his drink offering . And on the fourth day ten bullocks , two rams , and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , his meat offering , and his drink offering . And on the fifth day nine bullocks , two rams , and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot : And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , and his meat offering , and his drink offering . And on the sixth day eight bullocks , two rams , and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , his meat offering , and his drink offering . And on the seventh day seven bullocks , two rams , and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks , for the rams , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , his meat offering , and his drink offering . On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly : ye shall do no servile work therein : But ye shall offer a burnt offering , a sacrifice made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD : one bullock , one ram , seven lambs of the first year without blemish : Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock , for the ram , and for the lambs , shall be according to their number , after the manner : And one goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering , and his meat offering , and his drink offering . These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts , beside your vows , and your freewill offerings , for your burnt offerings , and for your meat offerings , and for your drink offerings , and for your peace offerings . And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses . And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel , saying , This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded . If a man vow a vow unto the LORD , or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word , he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth . If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD , and bind herself by a bond , being in her father's house in her youth ; And her father hear her vow , and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul , and her father shall hold his peace at her : then all her vows shall stand , and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand . But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth ; not any of her vows , or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul , shall stand : and the LORD shall forgive her , because her father disallowed her . And if she had at all an husband , when she vowed , or uttered ought out of her lips , wherewith she bound her soul ; And her husband heard it , and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand , and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand . But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it ; then he shall make her vow which she vowed , and that which she uttered with her lips , wherewith she bound her soul , of none effect : and the LORD shall forgive her . But every vow of a widow , and of her that is divorced , wherewith they have bound their souls , shall stand against her . And if she vowed in her husband's house , or bound her soul by a bond with an oath ; And her husband heard it , and held his peace at her , and disallowed her not : then all her vows shall stand , and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand . But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them ; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows , or concerning the bond of her soul , shall not stand : her husband hath made them void ; and the LORD shall forgive her . Every vow , and every binding oath to afflict the soul , her husband may establish it , or her husband may make it void . But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he establisheth all her vows , or all her bonds , which are upon her : he confirmeth them , because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them . But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her iniquity . These are the statutes , which the LORD commanded Moses , between a man and his wife , between the father and his daughter , being yet in her youth in her father's house . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites : afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people . And Moses spake unto the people , saying , Arm some of yourselves unto the war , and let them go against the Midianites , and avenge the LORD of Midian . Of every tribe a thousand , throughout all the tribes of Israel , shall ye send to the war . So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel , a thousand of every tribe , twelve thousand armed for war . And Moses sent them to the war , a thousand of every tribe , them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest , to the war , with the holy instruments , and the trumpets to blow in his hand . And they warred against the Midianites , as the LORD commanded Moses ; and they slew all the males . And they slew the kings of Midian , beside the rest of them that were slain ; namely , Evi , and Rekem , and Zur , and Hur , and Reba , five kings of Midian : Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword . And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives , and their little ones , and took the spoil of all their cattle , and all their flocks , and all their goods . And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt , and all their goodly castles , with fire . And they took all the spoil , and all the prey , both of men and of beasts . And they brought the captives , and the prey , and the spoil , unto Moses , and Eleazar the priest , and unto the congregation of the children of Israel , unto the camp at the plains of Moab , which are by Jordan near Jericho . And Moses , and Eleazar the priest , and all the princes of the congregation , went forth to meet them without the camp . And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host , with the captains over thousands , and captains over hundreds , which came from the battle . And Moses said unto them , Have ye saved all the women alive ? Behold , these caused the children of Israel , through the counsel of Balaam , to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor , and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD . Now therefore kill every male among the little ones , and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him . But all the women children , that have not known a man by lying with him , keep alive for yourselves . And do ye abide without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person , and whosoever hath touched any slain , purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day , and on the seventh day . And purify all your raiment , and all that is made of skins , and all work of goats' hair , and all things made of wood . And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle , This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses ; Only the gold , and the silver , the brass , the iron , the tin , and the lead , Every thing that may abide the fire , ye shall make it go through the fire , and it shall be clean : nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water . And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day , and ye shall be clean , and afterward ye shall come into the camp . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Take the sum of the prey that was taken , both of man and of beast , thou , and Eleazar the priest , and the chief fathers of the congregation : And divide the prey into two parts ; between them that took the war upon them , who went out to battle , and between all the congregation : And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle : one soul of five hundred , both of the persons , and of the beeves , and of the asses , and of the sheep : Take it of their half , and give it unto Eleazar the priest , for an heave offering of the LORD . And of the children of Israel's half , thou shalt take one portion of fifty , of the persons , of the beeves , of the asses , and of the flocks , of all manner of beasts , and give them unto the Levites , which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD . And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses . And the booty , being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught , was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep , And threescore and twelve thousand beeves , And threescore and one thousand asses , And thirty and two thousand persons in all , of woman that had not known man by lying with him . And the half , which was the portion of them that went out to war , was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep : And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen . And the beeves were thirty and six thousand ; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve . And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one . And the persons were sixteen thousand ; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons . And Moses gave the tribute , which was the LORD's heave offering , unto Eleazar the priest , as the LORD commanded Moses . And of the children of Israel's half , which Moses divided from the men that warred , ( Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep , And thirty and six thousand beeves , And thirty thousand asses and five hundred , And sixteen thousand persons ; ) Even of the children of Israel's half , Moses took one portion of fifty , both of man and of beast , and gave them unto the Levites , which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ; as the LORD commanded Moses . And the officers which were over thousands of the host , the captains of thousands , and captains of hundreds , came near unto Moses : And they said unto Moses , Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge , and there lacketh not one man of us . We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD , what every man hath gotten , of jewels of gold , chains , and bracelets , rings , earrings , and tablets , to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD . And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them , even all wrought jewels . And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD , of the captains of thousands , and of the captains of hundreds , was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels . ( For the men of war had taken spoil , every man for himself . ) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds , and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation , for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD . Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Jazer , and the land of Gilead , that , behold , the place was a place for cattle ; The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses , and to Eleazar the priest , and unto the princes of the congregation , saying , Ataroth , and Dibon , and Jazer , and Nimrah , and Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Shebam , and Nebo , and Beon , Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel , is a land for cattle , and thy servants have cattle : Wherefore , said they , if we have found grace in thy sight , let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession , and bring us not over Jordan . And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben , Shall your brethren go to war , and shall ye sit here ? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them ? Thus did your fathers , when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land . For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol , and saw the land , they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel , that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them . And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time , and he sware , saying , Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt , from twenty years old and upward , shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed me : Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite , and Joshua the son of Nun : for they have wholly followed the LORD . And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel , and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years , until all the generation , that had done evil in the sight of the LORD , was consumed . And , behold , ye are risen up in your fathers' stead , an increase of sinful men , to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel . For if ye turn away from after him , he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy all this people . And they came near unto him , and said , We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle , and cities for our little ones : But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel , until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land . We will not return unto our houses , until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance . For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan , or forward ; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward . And Moses said unto them , If ye will do this thing , if ye will go armed before the LORD to war , And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD , until he hath driven out his enemies from before him , And the land be subdued before the LORD : then afterward ye shall return , and be guiltless before the LORD , and before Israel ; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD . But if ye will not do so , behold , ye have sinned against the LORD : and be sure your sin will find you out . Build you cities for your little ones , and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth . And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses , saying , Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth . Our little ones , our wives , our flocks , and all our cattle , shall be there in the cities of Gilead : But thy servants will pass over , every man armed for war , before the LORD to battle , as my lord saith . So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun , and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel : And Moses said unto them , If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan , every man armed to battle , before the LORD , and the land shall be subdued before you ; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : But if they will not pass over with you armed , they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan . And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered , saying , As the LORD hath said unto thy servants , so will we do . We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan , that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours . And Moses gave unto them , even to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph , the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites , and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan , the land , with the cities thereof in the coasts , even the cities of the country round about . And the children of Gad built Dibon , and Ataroth , and Aroer , And Atroth , Shophan , and Jaazer , and Jogbehah , And Beth-nimrah , and Beth-haran , fenced cities : and folds for sheep . And the children of Reuben built Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Kirjathaim , And Nebo , and Baal-meon , ( their names being changed , ) and Shibmah : and gave other names unto the cities which they builded . And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead , and took it , and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it . And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein . And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof , and called them Havoth-jair . And Nobah went and took Kenath , and the villages thereof , and called it Nobah , after his own name . These are the journeys of the children of Israel , which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron . And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD : and these are their journeys according to their goings out . And they departed from Rameses in the first month , on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians . For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn , which the LORD had smitten among them : upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments . And the children of Israel removed from Rameses , and pitched in Succoth . And they departed from Succoth , and pitched in Etham , which is in the edge of the wilderness . And they removed from Etham , and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth , which is before Baal-zephon : and they pitched before Migdol . And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth , and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness , and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham , and pitched in Marah . And they removed from Marah , and came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve fountains of water , and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there . And they removed from Elim , and encamped by the Red sea . And they removed from the Red sea , and encamped in the wilderness of Sin . And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin , and encamped in Dophkah . And they departed from Dophkah , and encamped in Alush . And they removed from Alush , and encamped at Rephidim , where was no water for the people to drink . And they departed from Rephidim , and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai . And they removed from the desert of Sinai , and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah . And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah , and encamped at Hazeroth . And they departed from Hazeroth , and pitched in Rithmah . And they departed from Rithmah , and pitched at Rimmon-parez . And they departed from Rimmon-parez , and pitched in Libnah . And they removed from Libnah , and pitched at Rissah . And they journeyed from Rissah , and pitched in Kehelathah . And they went from Kehelathah , and pitched in mount Shapher . And they removed from mount Shapher , and encamped in Haradah . And they removed from Haradah , and pitched in Makheloth . And they removed from Makheloth , and encamped at Tahath . And they departed from Tahath , and pitched at Tarah . And they removed from Tarah , and pitched in Mithcah . And they went from Mithcah , and pitched in Hashmonah . And they departed from Hashmonah , and encamped at Moseroth . And they departed from Moseroth , and pitched in Bene-jaakan . And they removed from Bene-jaakan , and encamped at Hor-hagidgad . And they went from Hor-hagidgad , and pitched in Jotbathah . And they removed from Jotbathah , and encamped at Ebronah . And they departed from Ebronah , and encamped at Ezion-gaber . And they removed from Ezion-gaber , and pitched in the wilderness of Zin , which is Kadesh . And they removed from Kadesh , and pitched in mount Hor , in the edge of the land of Edom . And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD , and died there , in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the first day of the fifth month . And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor . And king Arad the Canaanite , which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan , heard of the coming of the children of Israel . And they departed from mount Hor , and pitched in Zalmonah . And they departed from Zalmonah , and pitched in Punon . And they departed from Punon , and pitched in Oboth . And they departed from Oboth , and pitched in Ije-abarim , in the border of Moab . And they departed from Iim , and pitched in Dibon-gad . And they removed from Dibon-gad , and encamped in Almon-diblathaim . And they removed from Almon-diblathaim , and pitched in the mountains of Abarim , before Nebo . And they departed from the mountains of Abarim , and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho . And they pitched by Jordan , from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab . And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you , and destroy all their pictures , and destroy all their molten images , and quite pluck down all their high places : And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land , and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to possess it . And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families : and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance , and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance : every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit . But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you ; then it shall come to pass , that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes , and thorns in your sides , and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell . Moreover it shall come to pass , that I shall do unto you , as I thought to do unto them . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Command the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye come into the land of Canaan ; ( this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance , even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof : ) Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom , and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward : And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim , and pass on to Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea , and shall go on to Hazar-addar , and pass on to Azmon : And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt , and the goings out of it shall be at the sea . And as for the western border , ye shall even have the great sea for a border : this shall be your west border . And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor : From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad : And the border shall go on to Ziphron , and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan : this shall be your north border . And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah , on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall descend , and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : And the border shall go down to Jordan , and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea : this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about . And Moses commanded the children of Israel , saying , This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot , which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes , and to the half tribe : For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers , and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers , have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance : The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward , toward the sunrising . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you : Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun . And ye shall take one prince of every tribe , to divide the land by inheritance . And the names of the men are these : Of the tribe of Judah , Caleb the son of Jephunneh . And of the tribe of the children of Simeon , Shemuel the son of Ammihud . Of the tribe of Benjamin , Elidad the son of Chislon . And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan , Bukki the son of Jogli . The prince of the children of Joseph , for the tribe of the children of Manasseh , Hanniel the son of Ephod . And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim , Kemuel the son of Shiphtan . And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun , Elizaphan the son of Parnach . And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar , Paltiel the son of Azzan . And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher , Ahihud the son of Shelomi . And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali , Pedahel the son of Ammihud . These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan . And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying , Command the children of Israel , that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in ; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them . And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle , and for their goods , and for all their beasts . And the suburbs of the cities , which ye shall give unto the Levites , shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about . And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits , and on the south side two thousand cubits , and on the west side two thousand cubits , and on the north side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst : this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities . And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge , which ye shall appoint for the manslayer , that he may flee thither : and to them ye shall add forty and two cities . So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with their suburbs . And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel : from them that have many ye shall give many ; but from them that have few ye shall give few : every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth . And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither , which killeth any person at unawares . And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer die not , until he stand before the congregation in judgment . And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge . Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan , and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan , which shall be cities of refuge . These six cities shall be a refuge , both for the children of Israel , and for the stranger , and for the sojourner among them : that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither . And if he smite him with an instrument of iron , so that he die , he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death . And if he smite him with throwing a stone , wherewith he may die , and he die , he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death . Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood , wherewith he may die , and he die , he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death . The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer : when he meeteth him , he shall slay him . But if he thrust him of hatred , or hurl at him by laying of wait , that he die ; Or in enmity smite him with his hand , that he die : he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; for he is a murderer : the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer , when he meeteth him . But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity , or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait , Or with any stone , wherewith a man may die , seeing him not , and cast it upon him , that he die , and was not his enemy , neither sought his harm : Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood , and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge , whither he was fled : and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest , which was anointed with the holy oil . But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge , whither he was fled ; And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge , and the revenger of blood kill the slayer ; he shall not be guilty of blood : Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest : but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession . So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings . Whoso killeth any person , the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die . Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer , which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death . And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge , that he should come again to dwell in the land , until the death of the priest . So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein , but by the blood of him that shed it . Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit , wherein I dwell : for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel . And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , of the families of the sons of Joseph , came near , and spake before Moses , and before the princes , the chief fathers of the children of Israel : And they said , The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel : and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters . And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel , then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers , and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received : so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance . And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be , then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received : so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers . And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD , saying , The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well . This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad , saying , Let them marry to whom they think best ; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry . So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers . And every daughter , that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel , shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father , that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers . Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe ; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance . Even as the LORD commanded Moses , so did the daughters of Zelophehad : For Mahlal , Tirzah , and Hoglah , and Milcah , and Noah , the daughters of Zelophehad , were married unto their father's brothers' sons : And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph , and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father . These are the commandments and the judgments , which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho .