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Introduction to Numbers:
Author: Moses (33:2; Ezra 6:18, referring to Num. 3:6-7), the author of the five books of the Law (Deut. 31:9, 24; Luke 24:27, 44; John 1:45; 5:46; Acts 28:23; 2 Cor. 3:15).Time of Writing: Approximately 1452 B.C., before the end of Israel's wandering in the wilderness for forty years (32:13).Place of Writing: In the plains of Moab by the Jordan River at Jericho (36:13).Time Period Covered: Almost thirty-nine years, 1490-1452 B.C., from the second month of the second year after the exodus from Egypt (1:1) to the tenth month of the fortieth year (Deut. 1:3).

Subject of Numbers:
Christ is the Meaning of Life, the Testimony,
the Center of God's People, and the Leader, the Way,
and the Goal of Their Journey and Fighting

Numbers

Chapter 1 of 36

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I.  Being formed into an army — 1:1-9:14

A.  Being numbered — 1:1-54
1.  By the families and their leaders according to age — vv. 1-46
Num 1:1 - 1Then Jehovah 2spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the 2Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the asecond year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Num 1:2 - aTake the sum of all the assembly of the children of Israel, by their 1families, by their fathers’ households, according to the bnumber of names, every male, head by head.
Num 1:3 - From 1atwenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth 2for military service in Israel, you and Aaron shall 3number them by their companies.
Num 1:4 - And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each man the head of his fathers’ household.
Num 1:5 - And these are the anames of the men who shall stand with you. From Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num 1:6 - From Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Num 1:7 - From Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Num 1:8 - From Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Num 1:9 - From Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
Num 1:10 - From the children of Joseph: from Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Num 1:11 - From Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num 1:12 - From Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num 1:13 - From Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Num 1:14 - From Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Num 1:15 - From Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.
Num 1:16 - These are the ones who were acalled from the assembly, the bleaders of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
Num 1:17 - And 1Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name.
Num 1:18 - And on the first day of the second month they gathered all the assembly together; and they 1registered themselves by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head.
Num 1:19 - As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 1:20 - aAnd the children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:21 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben: forty-six thousand five hundred.
Num 1:22 - From the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, those who were numbered of them, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:23 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon: fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Num 1:24 - From the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:25 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad: forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
Num 1:26 - From the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:27 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah: seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Num 1:28 - From the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:29 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar: fifty-four thousand four hundred.
Num 1:30 - From the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:31 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun: fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Num 1:32 - From the children of Joseph: from the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:33 - Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Ephraim: forty thousand five hundred.
Num 1:34 - And from the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:35 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh: thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Num 1:36 - From the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:37 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin: thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Num 1:38 - From the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:39 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan: sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num 1:40 - From the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:41 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher: forty-one thousand five hundred.
Num 1:42 - From the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
Num 1:43 - Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali: fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num 1:44 - These were the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one for his fathers’ household.
Num 1:45 - So all who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service in Israel,
Num 1:46 - Even all the numbered men were asix hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
2.  The Levites not numbered among the army — vv. 47-54
Num 1:47 - But the 1Levites were anot numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.
Num 1:48 - For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying,
Num 1:49 - Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
Num 1:50 - But you, appoint the aLevites over the 1bTabernacle of the Testimony and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall minister to it and shall encamp around the tabernacle.
Num 1:51 - And when the tabernacle sets out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the 1stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Num 1:52 - And the children of Israel shall aencamp, each one by his own camp and each one by his own standard, according to their companies.
Num 1:53 - But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
Num 1:54 - Thus did the children of Israel do; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so they did.

Numbers

Chapter 2 of 36

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B.  Encamping in array — 2:1-34
Num 2:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 2:2 - The children of Israel shall 1aencamp each by his own 2standard with the ensigns of their fathers’ households; they shall encamp 3facing the Tent of Meeting on every side.
Num 2:3 - aAnd those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their companies; and the leader of the children of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
Num 2:4 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Num 2:5 - And those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the children of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar;
Num 2:6 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: fifty-four thousand four hundred.
Num 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the children of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon;
Num 2:8 - And his company, that is, his numbered men: fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Num 2:9 - All who were numbered of the camp of Judah: one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their companies. They shall set out 1first.
Num 2:10 - aOn the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their companies; and the leader of the children of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Num 2:11 - And his company, that is, his numbered men: forty-six thousand five hundred.
Num 2:12 - And those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the leader of the children of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
Num 2:13 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Num 2:14 - Then the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the children of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Reuel;
Num 2:15 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
Num 2:16 - All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben: one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their companies. And they shall set out second.
Num 2:17 - aThen the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
Num 2:18 - aOn the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their companies; and the leader of the children of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud;
Num 2:19 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.
Num 2:20 - And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the leader of the children of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
Num 2:21 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Num 2:22 - Then the tribe of Benjamin; and the leader of the children of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni;
Num 2:23 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Num 2:24 - All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim: one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their companies. And they shall set out third.
Num 2:25 - aOn the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their companies; and the leader of the children of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
Num 2:26 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num 2:27 - And those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the children of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran;
Num 2:28 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: forty-one thousand five hundred.
Num 2:29 - Then the tribe of Naphtali; and the leader of the children of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan;
Num 2:30 - And his company, that is, those who were numbered of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num 2:31 - All who were numbered of the camp of Dan: one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards.
Num 2:32 - These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ households. All who were numbered in the camps according to their companies were asix hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
Num 2:33 - But the Levites were anot numbered among the children of Israel, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Num 2:34 - Thus did the children of Israel do. According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards and so they set out, every one by their families, according to their fathers’ households.

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Chapter 3 of 36

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C.  The holy service — 3:1-4:49
Num 3:1 - Now these are the agenerations of Aaron and Moses at the time when Jehovah spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
Num 3:2 - And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: aNadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;
Num 3:3 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the aanointed priests, 1who were consecrated to serve as priests.
Num 3:4 - But 1aNadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.
Num 3:5 - And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 3:6 - aBring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
Num 3:7 - And they shall keep his charge and the charge of the whole assembly before the Tent of Meeting to do the service of the tabernacle.
Num 3:8 - And they shall keep all the 1afurnishings of the Tent of Meeting and the charge of the children of Israel to do the service of the tabernacle.
Num 3:9 - And you shall agive the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the children of Israel.
Num 3:10 - And you shall 1appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood; but the 2stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Num 3:11 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 3:12 - As for Me, I have now ataken the 1Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
Num 3:13 - For all the afirstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine; I am Jehovah.
Num 3:14 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Num 3:15 - Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families; every male from a amonth old and upward you shall number.
Num 3:16 - And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
Num 3:17 - And these were the 1sons of Levi by their names: aGershon and Kohath and Merari.
Num 3:18 - And these are the names of the asons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.
Num 3:19 - And the sons of aKohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
Num 3:20 - And the sons of aMerari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
Num 3:21 - Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
Num 3:22 - Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
Num 3:23 - The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle on the west.
Num 3:24 - And the leader of the father’s household of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Num 3:25 - aAnd the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle and the btent, its ccovering and the dscreen for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
Num 3:26 - And the ahangings of the court, and the bscreen for the entrance of the court, which is around the tabernacle and around the altar, and its ccords for all its service.
Num 3:27 - And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.
Num 3:28 - According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
Num 3:29 - The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south.
Num 3:30 - And the leader of the father’s household of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Num 3:31 - And their 1charge shall be the aArk and the btable and the clampstand and the daltars and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister and the escreen and all its service.
Num 3:32 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be leader of the leaders of the Levites and have the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Num 3:33 - Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
Num 3:34 - And those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward: six thousand two hundred.
Num 3:35 - And the leader of the father’s household of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the north.
Num 3:36 - And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the aboards of the tabernacle and its bbars and its cpillars and its dsockets and all its equipment and all the service pertaining to it,
Num 3:37 - And the apillars around the court and their sockets and their bpegs and their cords.
Num 3:38 - And those who encamp before the tabernacle to the east, before the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the 1charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Num 3:39 - All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward were twenty-two thousand.
Num 3:40 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
Num 3:41 - And you shall atake the Levites for Me—I am Jehovah—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Num 3:42 - And Moses numbered, just as Jehovah commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Num 3:43 - And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
Num 3:44 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 3:45 - 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 Jehovah.
Num 3:46 - And for the aredemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel over and above the number of the Levites,
Num 3:47 - You shall take afive shekels apiece per head; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them. (The shekel is twenty gerahs.)
Num 3:48 - And you shall give the money, by which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.
Num 3:49 - So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites;
Num 3:50 - From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
Num 3:51 - And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Numbers

Chapter 4 of 36

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Num 4:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 4:2 - Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ households,
Num 4:3 - From 1athirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, all who enter into the 2service to perform the skilled work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:4 - This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting concerning the most holy things.
Num 4:5 - When the camp 1sets out, 2Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the aveil of the screen and cover the bArk of the Testimony with it,
Num 4:6 - And they shall put on it a covering of 1aporpoise skin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of bblue strands, and shall put in its cpoles.
Num 4:7 - And over the atable of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the bplates and the cups and the bowls and the pitchers of the 1drink offering; and the continual cbread shall be on it.
Num 4:8 - And they shall spread over them a ascarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put in its bpoles.
Num 4:9 - And they shall take a blue cloth, and cover the alampstand of the light and its lamps and its tongs and its firepans and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it.
Num 4:10 - And they shall put it and all its utensils within a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying frame.
Num 4:11 - And over the golden aaltar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put in its poles.
Num 4:12 - And they shall take all the autensils of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put them on the carrying frame.
Num 4:13 - And they shall remove the ashes from the altar, and spread a apurple cloth over it.
Num 4:14 - And they shall put upon it all its utensils with which they minister at it, the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins—all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread over it a covering of porpoise skin, and put in its poles.
Num 4:15 - And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, whenever the camp sets out, then the sons of Kohath shall come to acarry them; but they shall not touch the holy things, or they will die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:16 - And the oversight of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the 1aoil for the light and the fragrant bincense and the continual meal offering and the canointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, the sanctuary and its furnishings.
Num 4:17 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 4:18 - Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;
Num 4:19 - But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and 1assign each one of them to his service and to his burden;
Num 4:20 - But 1the Kohathites shall not go in to asee the sanctuary even for a moment; otherwise they will die.
Num 4:21 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 4:22 - Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ households, by their families;
Num 4:23 - From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall number them, everyone who enters to carry out the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:24 - This is the aservice of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
Num 4:25 - They shall carry the acurtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its bcovering, and the covering of porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the cscreen for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:26 - And the ahangings of the court, and the bscreen for the entrance of the gate of the court, which is around the tabernacle and around the altar, and their ccords, and all the equipment for their service; and whatever is to be done with them, so shall they do.
Num 4:27 - All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall assign to them the charge of all they are to carry.
Num 4:28 - This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting, and their charge shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Num 4:29 - As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ households;
Num 4:30 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old you shall number them, everyone who enters into the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:31 - And this is the acharge of what they are to carry, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the bboards of the tabernacle and its cbars and its pillars and its dsockets,
Num 4:32 - And the apillars around the court and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign by name the equipment they have been charged to carry.
Num 4:33 - This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Num 4:34 - And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the assembly numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ households,
Num 4:35 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:36 - And those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
Num 4:37 - These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
Num 4:38 - And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers’ households,
Num 4:39 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:40 - Even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ households were two thousand six hundred thirty.
Num 4:41 - These were those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
Num 4:42 - And those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ households,
Num 4:43 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:44 - Even those who were numbered of them by their families were three thousand two hundred.
Num 4:45 - These were those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
Num 4:46 - All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ households,
Num 4:47 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:48 - Even those who were numbered of them were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
Num 4:49 - According to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses they were numbered, everyone according to his service and according to his burden; thus they were numbered by him, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Chapter 5 of 36

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D.  Dealing with defilement — 5:1-31
1.  The corporate dealing — vv. 1-4
Num 5:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 5:2 - Command the children of Israel that they send out of the camp every 1aleper and everyone that has a 1bdischarge and everyone who is unclean because of a 1cdead person.
Num 5:3 - You shall send out both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp, where aI dwell in their midst.
Num 5:4 - And the children of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp; just as Jehovah had spoken to Moses, so the children of Israel did.
2.  The individual dealing — vv. 5-10
Num 5:5 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 5:6 - Speak to the children of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to act unfaithfully toward Jehovah, and that person realizes his guilt,
Num 5:7 - Then they shall 1aconfess their sin which they have committed, and he shall 1make restitution according to its principal for his wrong and add to it bone-fifth of it and give it to the one whom he has wronged.
Num 5:8 - But if the man has no 1kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong goes to Jehovah for the priest, in addition to the 2aram of the expiation, by which expiation is made for him.
Num 5:9 - And every aheave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
Num 5:10 - And everyone’s holy things shall be his; whatever anyone gives to the priest, it becomes his.
3.  Dealing with a wife over whom her husband was jealous — vv. 11-31
Num 5:11 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 5:12 - Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man’s wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully toward him,
Num 5:13 - And a man lies with her and has sexual relations, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her since she was not caught in the act;
Num 5:14 - And a spirit of 1ajealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she has defiled herself; or if a spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she has not defiled herself;
Num 5:15 - Then the man shall bring his wife to the 1priest and bring her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour ano oil upon it nor put frankincense on it; for it is a 2meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Num 5:16 - And the priest shall bring her near and set her before Jehovah.
Num 5:17 - And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and the priest shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
Num 5:18 - And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah and let the 1hair of the woman’s head go loose and put the meal offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of bitterness that brings the curse.
Num 5:19 - And the priest shall make her take an oath and shall say to the woman, If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under the authority of your husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings the curse.
Num 5:20 - But if you have gone astray while under the authority of your husband and if you have defiled yourself, and a man besides your husband has lain with you—
Num 5:21 - Then the priest shall make the woman take an oath with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman—Jehovah make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Jehovah makes your thigh waste away and your womb swell;
Num 5:22 - And this water that brings the curse shall go into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, 1aAmen, Amen.
Num 5:23 - And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.
Num 5:24 - And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse; and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
Num 5:25 - And the priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and he shall 1wave the meal offering before Jehovah and bring it to the altar.
Num 5:26 - And the priest shall take a handful of the meal offering as its memorial portion and burn it upon the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water.
Num 5:27 - And when he has made her drink the water, then if she has defiled herself and has acted unfaithfully to her husband, the water that brings the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her 1womb will swell, and her 1thigh will waste away; and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Num 5:28 - But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she will be immune and able to conceive seed.
Num 5:29 - This is the law of jealousy when a wife, while under the authority of her husband, goes astray and defiles herself,
Num 5:30 - Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife. He shall set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall apply to her all this law.
Num 5:31 - And the man shall be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.

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Chapter 6 of 36

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E.  To be sanctified—to be a Nazarite — 6:1-21
Num 6:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 6:2 - Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man or a woman 1makes a aspecial vow, the vow of a 2bNazarite, to 3separate himself to Jehovah,
Num 6:3 - He shall separate himself from 1awine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink, nor shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh or dried grapes.
Num 6:4 - All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.
Num 6:5 - All the days of his vow of separation ano 1razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to Jehovah; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
Num 6:6 - aAll the days that he separates himself to Jehovah he shall not come near a 1dead person.
Num 6:7 - He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because 1his separation to God is upon his head.
Num 6:8 - All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah.
Num 6:9 - And if anyone dies very 1suddenly beside him so that he defiles the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head on the day he becomes clean; on the seventh day shall he ashave it.
Num 6:10 - And on the 1eighth day he shall bring atwo turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
Num 6:11 - And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make expiation for him because he sinned by reason of the dead person. And he shall 1sanctify his head that same day.
Num 6:12 - And he shall 1separate to Jehovah the days of his separation and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering, but the former days shall be void because his separation was defiled.
Num 6:13 - Now this is the law of the Nazarite when the 1days of his separation are afulfilled: He shall be brought to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 6:14 - And he shall present his offering to Jehovah: one 1amale lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one 2female lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one 3bram without blemish for a peace offering,
Num 6:15 - And a 1basket of aunleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering and their 2bdrink offerings.
Num 6:16 - And the priest shall present them before Jehovah and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.
Num 6:17 - And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall also offer its meal offering and its drink offering.
Num 6:18 - And the Nazarite shall 1ashave the head of his separation at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and take the hair of the head of his separation and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
Num 6:19 - And the priest shall take the boiled 1shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them into the hands of the Nazarite after he has shaved the head of his separation;
Num 6:20 - And the priest shall wave them for a awave offering before Jehovah. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and thigh of the heave offering. And afterward the Nazarite may drink wine.
Num 6:21 - This is the law of the Nazarite who vows, that is, of his offering to Jehovah for his separation, in addition to what he can afford; according to his vow which he vows, so he must do according to the law of his separation.
F.  Being blessed by God — 6:22-27
Num 6:22 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 6:23 - Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus you shall 1abless the children of Israel; you shall say to them,
Num 6:24 - Jehovah 1abless you and bkeep you;
Num 6:25 - Jehovah make His 1aface 2shine upon you and be bgracious to you;
Num 6:26 - Jehovah lift up His 1acountenance upon you and give you bpeace.
Num 6:27 - So shall they put My aname upon the children of Israel, that I Myself may bless them.

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Chapter 7 of 36

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G.  Offerings by the twelve tribes for the worship of God — 7:1-89
Num 7:1 - And on the day that Moses had finished setting up the atabernacle, and had 1banointed it and sanctified it and all its furnishings and the altar and all its utensils, and had anointed them and sanctified them,
Num 7:2 - The aleaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households (they were the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who had been numbered), presented their offering.
Num 7:3 - And they brought their offering before Jehovah: 1six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one; and they presented them before the tabernacle.
Num 7:4 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 7:5 - Take these from them that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to each according to his service.
Num 7:6 - And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
Num 7:7 - Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of aGershon according to their service;
Num 7:8 - And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of aMerari according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Num 7:9 - But to the sons of aKohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they bore this upon their shoulder.
Num 7:10 - And the leaders presented 1offerings for the adedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed; that is, the leaders presented their offering before the altar.
Num 7:11 - And Jehovah said to Moses, They shall present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.
Num 7:12 - And he who presented his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.
Num 7:13 - And his offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine aflour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:14 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of aincense;
Num 7:15 - One abull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:16 - One male of the agoats for a sin offering;
Num 7:17 - And for the sacrifice of apeace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Num 7:18 - On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented.
Num 7:19 - He presented as his offering one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:20 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:21 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:22 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:23 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Num 7:24 - On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the children of Zebulun—
Num 7:25 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:26 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:27 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:28 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:29 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
Num 7:30 - On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the children of Reuben—
Num 7:31 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:32 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:33 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:34 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:35 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num 7:36 - On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon—
Num 7:37 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:38 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:39 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:40 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:41 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Num 7:42 - On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the children of Gad—
Num 7:43 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:44 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:45 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:46 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:47 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Num 7:48 - On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the children of Ephraim—
Num 7:49 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:50 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:51 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:52 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:53 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Num 7:54 - On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the children of Manasseh—
Num 7:55 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:56 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:57 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:58 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:59 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Num 7:60 - On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the children of Benjamin—
Num 7:61 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:62 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:63 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:64 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:65 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num 7:66 - On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the children of Dan—
Num 7:67 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:68 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:69 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:70 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:71 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the children of Asher—
Num 7:73 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:74 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:75 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:76 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:77 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Num 7:78 - On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the children of Naphtali—
Num 7:79 - His offering was one silver plate; its weight was one hundred thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering;
Num 7:80 - One golden cup of ten shekels, full of incense;
Num 7:81 - One bull of the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Num 7:82 - One male of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:83 - And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
Num 7:84 - This was the adedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden cups;
Num 7:85 - Each silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
Num 7:86 - The twelve golden cups, full of incense, weighing ten shekels each, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the cups was one hundred twenty shekels;
Num 7:87 - All the livestock for the burnt offering: twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old and their meal offering; and twelve males of the goats for a sin offering;
Num 7:88 - And all the livestock for the sacrifice of peace offerings: twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
Num 7:89 - And when Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to aspeak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the expiation cover that was upon the Ark of the Testimony, from between the two bcherubim; and 1he spoke to Him.

Numbers

Chapter 8 of 36

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H.  Lighting the lamps — 8:1-4
Num 8:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 8:2 - Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the 1aseven lamps will give light in front of the lampstand.
Num 8:3 - And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Num 8:4 - Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, abeaten work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the 1pattern which Jehovah had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
I.  The presenting of the Levites (serving ones of the priesthood) — 8:5-26
1.  Cleansing them first — vv. 5-8
Num 8:5 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 8:6 - Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.
Num 8:7 - And thus you shall do to them to 1cleanse them: Sprinkle the awater of purification upon them, and let them pass a brazor over all their flesh and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.
Num 8:8 - Then let them take a bull of the herd and its meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and a second bull of the herd you shall take for a sin offering.
2.  Presenting them to God — vv. 9-22
Num 8:9 - And you shall present the Levites before the aTent of Meeting and gather the whole bassembly of the children of Israel.
Num 8:10 - And you shall present the Levites before Jehovah, and the children of Israel shall 1alay their hands upon the Levites.
Num 8:11 - And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah as a 1wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may do the service of Jehovah.
Num 8:12 - And the Levites shall 1alay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to Jehovah to make expiation for the Levites.
Num 8:13 - And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Jehovah.
Num 8:14 - Thus you shall aseparate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.
Num 8:15 - Then after this the Levites may go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. So you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.
Num 8:16 - For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have ataken them for Myself instead of everyone who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.
Num 8:17 - For all the afirstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both human and animal. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
Num 8:18 - And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Num 8:19 - And I have given the Levites as a agift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make expiation for the children of Israel, that there may be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.
Num 8:20 - Thus did Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly of the children of Israel do to the Levites; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel do to them.
Num 8:21 - And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes. Then Aaron offered them as a wave offering before Jehovah, and Aaron made expiation for them to cleanse them.
Num 8:22 - And after this the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
3.  The age for the service of the Levites — vv. 23-26
Num 8:23 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 8:24 - This is what applies to the Levites: aFrom 1twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 8:25 - And from the age of fifty years they shall 1retire from the service in the work and shall serve no more.
Num 8:26 - But they may minister to their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, but they themselves shall do no service. Thus you shall do with the Levites concerning their charges.

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Chapter 9 of 36

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J.  Keeping the passover — 9:1-14
Num 9:1 - Now Jehovah had spoken to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the 1first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Num 9:2 - Let the children of Israel keep the 1apassover at its appointed time.
Num 9:3 - On the afourteenth day of this month 1at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its 2statutes and according to all its 2ordinances you shall keep it.
Num 9:4 - Thus Moses told the children of Israel to keep the passover.
Num 9:5 - And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Num 9:6 - But there were certain men who were unclean through contact with a adead person, so that they could not keep the passover on that day; so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
Num 9:7 - And those men said to him, Although we are unclean through contact with a dead person, why must we be kept from presenting the offering of Jehovah at its appointed time among the children of Israel?
Num 9:8 - And Moses said to them, Stay here so I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.
Num 9:9 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 9:10 - Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Any one of you or your descendants who becomes unclean through contact with a dead person or is on a distant journey shall still keep the passover to Jehovah.
Num 9:11 - In the asecond month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it; they shall eat it with bunleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Num 9:12 - They shall not leave any of it until the amorning, nor break a bbone of it; according to every statute of the passover they shall keep it.
Num 9:13 - But the 1man who is clean and is not on a journey yet refrains from keeping the passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, because he did not present Jehovah’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
Num 9:14 - And if a astranger sojourns with you and keeps the passover to Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native born in the land.

II.  Journeying — 9:15-20:29; 21:4-20; 33:1-49

A.  The guidance — 9:15-10:10
1.  By the cloud — 9:15-23
Num 9:15 - And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the 1acloud covered the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony; and in the evening it was like the appearance of 1fire over the tabernacle until morning.
Num 9:16 - So it was always; the acloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Num 9:17 - And whenever the 1cloud was ataken up from over the tent, then after that the children of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel encamped.
Num 9:18 - At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel set out, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped; as long as the cloud settled upon the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
Num 9:19 - Even when the cloud extended its time over the tabernacle for many days, the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah and did not set out.
Num 9:20 - If sometimes the cloud was upon the tabernacle a few days, according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped; then at the commandment of Jehovah they set out.
Num 9:21 - If sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they set out; or if it remained a day and a night, when the cloud was taken up, they set out.
Num 9:22 - Whether it was two days or a month or a longer time that the cloud extended its time over the tabernacle and settled above it, the children of Israel remained encamped and did not set out; but when it was taken up, they set out.
Num 9:23 - At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they set out. They kept the charge of Jehovah according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

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Chapter 10 of 36

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2.  By the two trumpets — 10:1-10
Num 10:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 10:2 - Make yourself two trumpets of 1silver; of abeaten work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the assembly and for the setting out of the camps.
Num 10:3 - And when they ablow them, all the assembly shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 10:4 - But if they blow only one, then the aleaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
Num 10:5 - And when you blow an 1alarm, the camps that are encamped on the aeast side shall set out.
Num 10:6 - And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are encamped on the asouth side shall set out. They shall blow an balarm for them to set out.
Num 10:7 - But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
Num 10:8 - And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall ablow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
Num 10:9 - And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an aalarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before Jehovah your God and be saved from your enemies.
Num 10:10 - Also on your days of rejoicing and at your aappointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall 1bblow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a reminder on your behalf before your God; I am Jehovah your God.
B.  Setting out — 10:11-36
1.  The guidance of the cloud — vv. 11-13
Num 10:11 - Now it was in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was ataken up from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
Num 10:12 - And the children of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of aSinai. Then the cloud 1settled down in the wilderness of bParan.
Num 10:13 - And they set out for the first time according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
2.  The sequence of the setting out — vv. 14-28
Num 10:14 - aAnd the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out bfirst according to their companies; and over the entire company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Num 10:15 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Num 10:16 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Num 10:17 - And the tabernacle was ataken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bcarried the tabernacle, set out.
Num 10:18 - And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num 10:19 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Num 10:20 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Num 10:21 - And the Kohathites, who acarried the holy things, set out; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.
Num 10:22 - And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Num 10:23 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Num 10:24 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num 10:25 - And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num 10:26 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Num 10:27 - And over the company of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
Num 10:28 - This was the order in which the children of Israel set out according to their companies, when they set out.
3.  Trusting in man — vv. 29-32
Num 10:29 - And Moses said to aHobab the son of bReuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are setting out to the place concerning which Jehovah said, I will cgive it to you. Come with us, and we will treat you well, for Jehovah has dpromised good to Israel.
Num 10:30 - But he said to him, I will not go; but rather I will go to my own land and to my relatives.
Num 10:31 - So 1Moses said, Please do not leave us, for you know where we can encamp in the wilderness, and you will be 2eyes for us.
Num 10:32 - And if you go with us, whatever good Jehovah does for us, we will do for you.
4.  The leading of the Ark — vv. 33-36
Num 10:33 - So they set out from the amountain of Jehovah three days’ journey, with the 1bArk of the Covenant of Jehovah setting out before them three days’ journey, to seek out a cresting place for them.
Num 10:34 - And the acloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
Num 10:35 - And when the Ark set out, Moses said,1aRise up, O Jehovah, and let Your enemies be scattered;And let those who hate You flee before You.
Num 10:36 - And when it came to rest, he said,1Return, O 2Jehovah, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.

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Chapter 11 of 36

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C.  Failures — 11:1-14:45
1.  Murmuring evil — 11:1-3
Num 11:1 - And the people became like those who amurmur about their misfortune in the ears of Jehovah; and when Jehovah heard it, His banger was kindled, and the cfire of Jehovah burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp.
Num 11:2 - And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah, and the fire abated.
Num 11:3 - And the name of that place was called 1Taberah because the fire of Jehovah had burned among them.
2.  Lusting — 11:4-35
Num 11:4 - And the 1amixed multitude that was among them blusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who shall give us meat to eat?
Num 11:5 - We remember the 1fish which we used to eat in aEgypt for nothing, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic;
Num 11:6 - But now our appetite has gone; there is nothing at all but 1this amanna to look at.
Num 11:7 - Now the manna was like 1acoriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.
Num 11:8 - The people went about and agathered it and ground it between two millstones or beat it in a mortar; then they boiled it in pots and made cakes of it; and its btaste was like the taste of cakes baked in oil.
Num 11:9 - And when the adew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
Num 11:10 - And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly, and Moses was displeased.
Num 11:11 - And Moses said to Jehovah, Why have You treated Your servant badly, and why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have put the burden of all this people upon me?
Num 11:12 - Did I conceive all this people? Or did I abring them forth, so that You should say to me, Carry them in your bbosom, as a cnurse carries the nursing child, to the dland which You swore to give to their fathers?
Num 11:13 - From where should I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, Give us meat, so that we may eat!
Num 11:14 - I am not able to bear all this people aalone, for it is too heavy for me.
Num 11:15 - And if this is the way You deal with me, aplease kill me at once—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness.
Num 11:16 - So Jehovah said to Moses, Gather to Me 1aseventy, each one from the elders of Israel, whom you know are the elders of the people and their officers, and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, and have them stand there with you.
Num 11:17 - Then I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take of the aSpirit who is upon you and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the bburden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it alone.
Num 11:18 - And you shall say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt. Therefore Jehovah will give you meat, and you shall eat.
Num 11:19 - You shall aeat not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,
Num 11:20 - But a whole month, until it comes out from your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected Jehovah who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, Why did we ever come out of Egypt?
Num 11:21 - But Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are asix hundred thousand on foot; and You have said, I will give them meat so that they may eat a whole month.
Num 11:22 - Will flocks and herds be slain for them, to satisfy them? Or will all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to satisfy them?
Num 11:23 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Has Jehovah’s hand become ashort? Now you will see whether My word will come to pass for you or not.
Num 11:24 - So Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah, and he gathered aseventy, each one from the elders of the people, and set them around the tent.
Num 11:25 - And Jehovah acame down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took of the Spirit who was upon him, and put Him upon the seventy elders. And when the bSpirit rested upon them, they 1prophesied, but they did not do so again.
Num 11:26 - But two men had remained in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. (Now they were among those who were registered, but they had not gone out to the tent.) And they prophesied in the camp.
Num 11:27 - And a certain young man ran and told Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.
Num 11:28 - And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, arestrain them!
Num 11:29 - But Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? aOh that 1all Jehovah’s people were prophets, that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!
Num 11:30 - And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Num 11:31 - And a wind went forth from Jehovah and brought aquails from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
Num 11:32 - And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day, and they gathered the quail. He who gathered least gathered ten homers. And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.
Num 11:33 - While the meat was still between their ateeth, before it was chewed, the banger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with a very severe plague.
Num 11:34 - And the name of that place was called 1aKibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people who blusted.
Num 11:35 - aFrom Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.

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Chapter 12 of 36

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3.  Slandering — 12:1-16
Num 12:1 - And aMiriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had bmarried (for he had married a Cushite woman).
Num 12:2 - And they said, 1aHas Jehovah indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not also bspoken through us? And Jehovah heard it.
Num 12:3 - Now the man Moses was very 1ameek, more than anyone else who was on the face of the earth.
Num 12:4 - And suddenly Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam, You three come out to the Tent of Meeting. So the three of them came out.
Num 12:5 - aThen Jehovah 1came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam. And when they had both come forward,
Num 12:6 - He said, Hear now My words:If there is a 1prophet among you,I, Jehovah, will make Myself known to him in a avision;I will speak with him in a bdream.Num 12:7 - My servant Moses is not so;1aHe is faithful in all My house.Num 12:8 - With him I speak aface to face, even openly, and not in riddles;And he beholds the bform of Jehovah.Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?
Num 12:9 - And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them, and He departed.
Num 12:10 - And when the cloud had departed from over the tent; there aMiriam was, 1bleprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, leprous.
Num 12:11 - And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please do not lay this sin upon us that we have so foolishly committed.
Num 12:12 - Please do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.
Num 12:13 - And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, 1Please heal her, O God, please.
Num 12:14 - And Jehovah said to Moses, If her father had just spat in her face, would she not bear her shame seven days? Let her be shut up aoutside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.
Num 12:15 - So Miriam was shut up outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam had been brought in again.
Num 12:16 - After that the people set out from aHazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

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Chapter 13 of 36

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4.  Not believing in God — 13:1-14:38
a.  God commanding Moses to send twelve men to spy out the land of Canaan — 13:1-20
Num 13:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 13:2 - 1Send men to aspy out the 2land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; one man from each of their fathers’ tribes you shall send, every one a leader among them.
Num 13:3 - So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them leading men among the children of Israel.
Num 13:4 - And these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
Num 13:5 - From the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
Num 13:6 - From the tribe of Judah, aCaleb the son of Jephunneh;
Num 13:7 - From the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
Num 13:8 - From the tribe of Ephraim, aHoshea the son of Nun;
Num 13:9 - From the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
Num 13:10 - From the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
Num 13:11 - From the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
Num 13:12 - From the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
Num 13:13 - From the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
Num 13:14 - From the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
Num 13:15 - From the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Num 13:16 - These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called 1Hoshea the son of Nun 2aJoshua.
Num 13:17 - And when Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, Go up this way into the Negev, and go up into the hill country;
Num 13:18 - And see what the land is like; and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
Num 13:19 - And whether the land in which they dwell is good or bad; and whether the cities that they live in are like camps or with fortifications;
Num 13:20 - And whether the land is fat or lean; whether there are trees in it or not. Therefore strengthen yourselves and bring some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
b.  The twelve men going up and spying out the land — 13:21-24
Num 13:21 - So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the 1entrance of Hamath.
Num 13:22 - And when they had gone up through the Negev, they came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of 1aAnak, were there. (Now bHebron was built seven years before cZoan in Egypt.)
Num 13:23 - Then they came to the aValley of Eshcol, and from there they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two of them. They also cut off some of the pomegranates and some of the figs.
Num 13:24 - That place was called the Valley of 1Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
c.  The twelve men returning — 13:25-14:10
Num 13:25 - And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
Num 13:26 - And they proceeded to come to Moses and to Aaron and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to the whole assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Num 13:27 - And they told him and said, We came to the land into which you sent us; and it indeed flows with amilk and honey, and this is its bfruit.
Num 13:28 - However, the apeople who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and we also saw the descendants of Anak there.
Num 13:29 - The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negev, and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the hill country, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the Jordan.
Num 13:30 - But aCaleb quieted the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Num 13:31 - But the men who went up with him said, We are anot able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
Num 13:32 - And they brought to the children of Israel an aevil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of bgreat size.
Num 13:33 - And there we saw the 1aNephilim (the descendants of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.

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Chapter 14 of 36

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Num 14:1 - Then the whole assembly lifted up their voice and cried, and the people wept that night.
Num 14:2 - And all the children of Israel amurmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Num 14:3 - And why does Jehovah bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to areturn to Egypt?
Num 14:4 - And they said one to another, Let us appoint a acaptain, and let us return to Egypt.
Num 14:5 - Then Moses and Aaron 1afell on their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
Num 14:6 - And aJoshua the son of Nun and bCaleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who spied out the land, ctore their clothes.
Num 14:7 - And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we passed to spy out is an exceedingly 1agood land.
Num 14:8 - If Jehovah is pleased with us, He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with amilk and honey.
Num 14:9 - Only 1do not rebel against Jehovah, nor should you fear the people of the land, for they are our abread. Their protection has been removed from them, and Jehovah is bwith us; do not fear them.
Num 14:10 - But the whole assembly said to astone them with stones. Then the bglory of Jehovah appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
d.  God's abhorring of the people of Israel — 14:11-38
Num 14:11 - And Jehovah said to Moses, 1How long will this people despise Me? And how long will they anot believe in Me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
Num 14:12 - I will strike them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a anation greater and mightier than they.
Num 14:13 - But Moses said to Jehovah, 1Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your amight You brought this people up from their midst,
Num 14:14 - And they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Jehovah, are in the midst of this people; for You, O Jehovah, are seen in plain sight, and Your cloud stands over them, and You go before them in a apillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Num 14:15 - Now if You put this people to death as one man, then the nations that have heard the report about You will speak, saying,
Num 14:16 - aBecause Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to give them, He has therefore slaughtered them in the wilderness.
Num 14:17 - And now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
Num 14:18 - Jehovah is aslow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generations.
Num 14:19 - aPardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.
Num 14:20 - Then Jehovah said, I have 1pardoned them according to your word;
Num 14:21 - But as surely as I live, and as all the earth will be afilled with the glory of Jehovah,
Num 14:22 - None of those men who have seen My glory and My signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tried Me these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
Num 14:23 - Shall see the land which I aswore to give to their fathers, nor shall any of those who despised Me see it.
Num 14:24 - Only My servant aCaleb, because he had a different spirit and has bfully followed Me, will I bring into the land which he entered; and his descendants shall take possession of it.
Num 14:25 - Now since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, turn tomorrow, and set out into the wilderness by the way that leads to the Red Sea.
Num 14:26 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 14:27 - How long shall I bear with this evil assembly, which amurmurs against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they are making against Me.
Num 14:28 - Say to them, As I live, declares Jehovah, just as you have spoken in My ears, so will I do to you.
Num 14:29 - Your corpses shall afall in this wilderness, and none of you who were numbered, according to the number you counted from btwenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me,
Num 14:30 - Shall come into the land, in which I 1aswore to settle you, except bCaleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
Num 14:31 - But your alittle ones, whom you said would become plunder, I will bring in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.
Num 14:32 - But as for you, your corpses shall afall in this wilderness.
Num 14:33 - And your children shall wander in the wilderness aforty years, and they shall suffer for your 1unfaithfulness until your corpses have been consumed in the wilderness.
Num 14:34 - According to the number of the days which you spied out the land, aforty days, a year for every day, you shall bear your iniquities, forty years; and you shall know My 1displeasure.
Num 14:35 - I, Jehovah, have spoken; surely I will do this to all this evil assembly who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be aconsumed, and there they shall die.
Num 14:36 - And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made the whole assembly to murmur against him by bringing up an aevil report against the land,
Num 14:37 - That is, those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.
Num 14:38 - Only aJoshua the son of Nun and bCaleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
5.  Transgressing the word of God — 14:39-45
Num 14:39 - And when Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people mourned greatly.
Num 14:40 - And they rose up early in the morning to go up to the top of the mountain, saying, Here we are; now awe will go up to the place which Jehovah has spoken of, for we have sinned.
Num 14:41 - But Moses said, Why do you 1again transgress the commandment of Jehovah? This will not succeed.
Num 14:42 - aDo not go up—for Jehovah is not among you—so that you are not struck down before your enemies.
Num 14:43 - For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have 1turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.
Num 14:44 - But they apresumed to go up to the top of the mountain, even though neither the 1bArk of the Covenant of Jehovah nor Moses had departed out of the midst of the camp.
Num 14:45 - Then the 1aAmalekites and the 1Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country came down and struck them and beat them back as far as Hormah.

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Chapter 15 of 36

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D.  Ordinances — 15:1-41
1.  Concerning the offerings — vv. 1-31
Num 15:1 - Then Jehovah 1spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 15:2 - Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that you are to inhabit, which I am giving you,
Num 15:3 - And you make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a aburnt 1offering or a sacrifice, to 2make a bspecial vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a csatisfying fragrance to Jehovah, from the herd or from the flock,
Num 15:4 - aThe one who presents his offering shall present to Jehovah a bmeal offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of oil.
Num 15:5 - And you shall prepare wine for the adrink offering, a fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
Num 15:6 - Or for a ram you shall prepare as a meal offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mingled with a third of a hin of oil;
Num 15:7 - And for the drink offering you shall present a third of a hin of wine, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
Num 15:8 - And when you prepare a herd animal for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to make a special vow or for apeace offerings to Jehovah,
Num 15:9 - Then you shall offer with the herd animal a meal offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil;
Num 15:10 - And you shall present for the drink offering half a hin of wine, an offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
Num 15:11 - Thus shall it be done for each ox or for each ram or for each of the male lambs or goats.
Num 15:12 - According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for every one according to their number.
Num 15:13 - All who are native shall do these things in this way, in presenting an offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
Num 15:14 - And if a stranger sojourns with you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wants to make an offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah; just as you do, so he shall do.
Num 15:15 - For the congregation there shall be 1one statute for you and for the astranger who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.
Num 15:16 - One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.
Num 15:17 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 15:18 - Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land into which I am bringing you,
Num 15:19 - Whenever you eat of the abread of the land, you shall offer up a bheave offering to Jehovah.
Num 15:20 - From the 1afirst of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a heave offering; as the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up.
Num 15:21 - From the first of your dough you shall give to Jehovah a heave offering throughout your generations.
Num 15:22 - And if 1you asin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments which Jehovah has spoken to Moses,
Num 15:23 - That is, everything that Jehovah has commanded you through Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment and onward throughout your generations,
Num 15:24 - Then, if it was done unintentionally, without the knowledge of the assembly, the whole assembly shall offer one bull of the herd for a burnt offering, for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a asin offering.
Num 15:25 - And the priest shall make 1aexpiation for the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was unintentional, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah, and their sin offering before Jehovah for their error.
Num 15:26 - And the whole assembly of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them; for all the people were involved unintentionally.
Num 15:27 - And if one person asins unintentionally, then he shall present a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
Num 15:28 - And the priest shall make expiation before Jehovah for the person who sinned unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally, to make expiation for him; and he shall be forgiven.
Num 15:29 - You shall have one law for the one who does anything unintentionally, for one who is a native among the children of Israel and for the astranger who sojourns among them.
Num 15:30 - But the person who does anything with a 1high hand, whether a native or a sojourner, that one reviles Jehovah; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Num 15:31 - Because he has despised the word of Jehovah and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
2.  Concerning the breaking of the Sabbath — vv. 32-36
Num 15:32 - Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the aSabbath day.
Num 15:33 - And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole assembly.
Num 15:34 - And they put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
Num 15:35 - And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall surely be 1aput to death; the whole assembly shall bstone him with stones outside the camp.
Num 15:36 - So the whole assembly brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
3.  Concerning the people's dress — vv. 37-41
Num 15:37 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 15:38 - Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make for themselves 1afringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations and to put on the fringe of each border a 2cord of blue.
Num 15:39 - And it shall be a fringe for you, so that when you see it you will remember all the commandments of Jehovah and do them, so that you do not seek after your own heart and your own eyes, according to which you committed fornication;
Num 15:40 - That you shall remember and do all My commandments and be holy to your God.
Num 15:41 - I am aJehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Jehovah your God.

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Chapter 16 of 36

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E.  Rebellion—a more serious failure — 16:1-17:13
1.  The cause of the rebellion and the reaction of Moses — 16:1-18
Num 16:1 - Now aKorah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with bDathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben, took men
Num 16:2 - And rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, 1two hundred fifty leaders of the assembly, who were summoned to the meeting, well-known men.
Num 16:3 - And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon yourselves, for all the assembly are aholy, every one of them, and Jehovah is bamong them. Why then do you 1exalt yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?
Num 16:4 - And when Moses heard this, he afell on his face.
Num 16:5 - And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, 1In the morning Jehovah will make known awho is His and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will bchoose He will bring near to Himself.
Num 16:6 - Do this: Take acensers for yourselves, Korah and all 1your company,
Num 16:7 - And put fire in them, and put incense on them before Jehovah tomorrow; and the man whom Jehovah chooses, he shall be holy. It is you who take too much upon yourselves, O sons of Levi!
Num 16:8 - And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, O sons of Levi:
Num 16:9 - Is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has aseparated you from the assembly of Israel to bring you near to Himself to do the bservice of the tabernacle of Jehovah and to stand before the assembly to minister to them?
Num 16:10 - Or that He has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And do you seek the priesthood also?
Num 16:11 - Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Jehovah; but Aaron, awhat is he that you bmurmur against him?
Num 16:12 - Then Moses sent word to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!
Num 16:13 - Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with amilk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but must you also blord it over us?
Num 16:14 - Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with amilk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. 1Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!
Num 16:15 - Then Moses became very angry and said to Jehovah, Do not aregard their offering. I have not taken a single bdonkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.
Num 16:16 - And Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be present before Jehovah, both you and they along with Aaron, tomorrow.
Num 16:17 - And let each of you take his censer and put incense on them, and each of you present his censer before Jehovah, two hundred fifty censers; you also and Aaron shall each present his censer.
Num 16:18 - So each took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them, and they stood at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
2.  God's judgment — 16:19-50
Num 16:19 - Thus Korah gathered the whole assembly against them at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the aglory of Jehovah appeared to the whole assembly.
Num 16:20 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 16:21 - aSeparate yourselves from among this assembly, so that I may consume them in a moment.
Num 16:22 - But they afell on their faces and said, O God, the God of the 1bspirits of all flesh, will one man sin and You be angry with the whole assembly?
Num 16:23 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 16:24 - Speak to the assembly, saying, Get away from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
Num 16:25 - Then Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
Num 16:26 - And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing which belongs to them, or you will be swept away with all their sins.
Num 16:27 - So they got away from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and their children and their little ones.
Num 16:28 - And Moses said, By this you shall know that Jehovah has asent me to do all these works, for it is not of myself.
Num 16:29 - If these people die as all human beings die, or if what befalls all human beings befalls them, then Jehovah has not sent me.
Num 16:30 - But if Jehovah brings about a anew thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into 1Sheol, then you will understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
Num 16:31 - And as soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them was split open.
Num 16:32 - So the earth opened its mouth and aswallowed them up, along with their households and everyone who belonged to bKorah and all their possessions.
Num 16:33 - So they and all that belonged to them 1descended alive into Sheol; and the earth aclosed over them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.
Num 16:34 - And all Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, The earth may swallow us up too!
Num 16:35 - And afire came forth from Jehovah and 1bconsumed the two hundred fifty men who presented the incense.
Num 16:36 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 16:37 - Tell aEleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take the censers up out of the burning and scatter the fire about; for they are holy.
Num 16:38 - The censers of those who have sinned against their own lives, let them be made into beaten plates for a acovering of the 1altar, for they presented them before Jehovah and they became holy. So they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
Num 16:39 - And Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out as a covering of the altar,
Num 16:40 - As a reminder to the children of Israel that no stranger who is not of the seed of aAaron may come near to bburn incense before Jehovah, so that he does not become like Korah and his company, just as Jehovah had spoken to him through Moses.
Num 16:41 - But on the next day the whole assembly of the children of Israel 1amurmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have caused the people of Jehovah to die.
Num 16:42 - But when the assembly gathered against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting, and there the acloud was, covering it; and the bglory of Jehovah appeared.
Num 16:43 - And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 16:44 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 16:45 - aGet away from the midst of this assembly that I might consume them in a moment. And they bfell upon their faces.
Num 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer and put afire in it from the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make 1bexpiation for them. For wrath has gone forth from Jehovah; the plague has begun.
Num 16:47 - And Aaron took it as Moses had said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And indeed the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made expiation for the people.
Num 16:48 - And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was astopped.
Num 16:49 - Now those who adied by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died on account of Korah.
Num 16:50 - So Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting when the plague had been stopped.

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Chapter 17 of 36

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3.  God's vindication — 17:1-13
Num 17:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 17:2 - Speak to the children of Israel, and take from them 1arods, one for each father’s house, twelve rods from all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses; you shall write everyone’s name upon his rod.
Num 17:3 - And you shall write Aaron’s name upon the arod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of each of their fathers’ houses.
Num 17:4 - And you shall place them in the Tent of Meeting before the 1Testimony, where I ameet with you.
Num 17:5 - And the rod of the man whom I achoose shall bud, and I will put a stop to the murmurings of the children of Israel against Me, which they bmurmur against you.
Num 17:6 - So Moses spoke to the children of Israel. And every one of their leaders gave him a rod, one rod for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods.
Num 17:7 - And Moses placed the rods before Jehovah in the Tent of the Testimony.
Num 17:8 - And on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and there was the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi: it had 1budded; it even put forth buds and produced blossoms and bore ripe aalmonds.
Num 17:9 - And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked; and each one took his rod.
Num 17:10 - Then Jehovah said to Moses, 1Put back the rod of Aaron before the Testimony to be kept as a asign against the rebels, so that you may put an end to their murmurings against Me, and they not die.
Num 17:11 - And Moses did so; just as Jehovah commanded him, so he did.
Num 17:12 - And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Alas, we 1die out; we perish; all of us perish.
Num 17:13 - Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Jehovah, dies. Are we to completely die out?

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Chapter 18 of 36

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F.  The Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood, with their reward — 18:1-32
1.  The Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood — vv. 1-7
Num 18:1 - Then Jehovah 1said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father’s household with you shall abear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the 2iniquity of your priesthood.
Num 18:2 - And your brothers also, the tribe of 1Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, so that they may be joined to you and aminister to you, while you and your sons with you are before the Tent of the Testimony.
Num 18:3 - And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the atent, but they shall bnot come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and to the altar, so that they do not die, neither they nor you.
Num 18:4 - And they shall be joined to you and keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent, but a stranger shall not come near to you.
Num 18:5 - And you shall keep the charge of the 1sanctuary and the charge of the 1altar, so that there may be no more wrath upon the children of Israel.
Num 18:6 - And I Myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a 1agift to you, given to Jehovah, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 18:7 - But you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and awithin the veil, and you shall carry out your service. I give you the bpriesthood as a service of 1gift, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
2.  The reward — vv. 8-32
a.  To Aaron and his sons as the priests — vv. 8-20
Num 18:8 - Then Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I Myself have given you charge of My heave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel; I have given them to you because of the aanointing, and to your sons, as a perpetual statute.
Num 18:9 - This shall be yours of the most holy things, 1kept from the fire. Every offering of theirs, even every ameal 2offering of theirs and every bsin offering of theirs and every ctrespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to Me, shall be 3most holy for you and for your sons.
Num 18:10 - As the most holy things you shall aeat it; every 1male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you.
Num 18:11 - This also is yours, the aheave offering of their gift, even all the bwave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to cyou and to your 1sons and to your 1daughters with you, as a perpetual statute; everyone who is clean in your house may deat it.
Num 18:12 - All the 1best of the aoil, and all the 1best of the new wine and of the grain, their bfirstfruits that they give to Jehovah, I have given to you.
Num 18:13 - The firstfruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Jehovah, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
Num 18:14 - Everything adevoted in Israel shall be yours.
Num 18:15 - Everything that aopens the womb of all flesh, which they present to Jehovah, whether human or animal, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of human beings you shall surely 1bredeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
Num 18:16 - And those who are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for afive shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
Num 18:17 - But the afirstborn of a cow or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar and burn their fat as an offering by fire for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
Num 18:18 - But their flesh shall be yours; like the breast of the awave offering and like the right thigh, it shall be yours.
Num 18:19 - All the aheave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, I have given to you and to your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual statute. It is a 1bcovenant of salt forever before Jehovah for you and for your descendants with you.
Num 18:20 - And Jehovah said to Aaron, aYou shall have 1no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your bportion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
b.  To the Levites as the serving ones in the Tent of Meeting — vv. 21-32
Num 18:21 - And to the children of Levi I have now given every 1atithe in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service which they carry out, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 18:22 - From now on the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, so that they do not incur sin and die.
Num 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the aservice of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Num 18:24 - For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Num 18:25 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 18:26 - Moreover you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, When you take from the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a 1aheave offering from it for Jehovah, a btithe of the tithe.
Num 18:27 - And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and the fullness of the wine press.
Num 18:28 - Thus you shall also offer a heave offering to Jehovah from all your tithes, which you receive from the children of Israel; and from it you shall give aJehovah’s heave offering to 1Aaron the priest.
Num 18:29 - Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of Jehovah, from all the best of it, the sanctified portion of it from them.
Num 18:30 - Therefore you shall say to them, When you heave from it the best of it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as though it were the produce of the threshing floor and the produce of the wine press.
Num 18:31 - And you may aeat it in every place, you and your households, for it is your 1reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 18:32 - And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, so that you do not die.

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Chapter 19 of 36

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G.  The water for impurity — 19:1-22
Num 19:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 19:2 - This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Tell the children of Israel to bring you a 1red aheifer without defect, in which is no blemish and upon which a byoke has never come.
Num 19:3 - And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and someone shall bring it 1aoutside the camp and slaughter it in his presence.
Num 19:4 - And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and asprinkle its blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.
Num 19:5 - And the heifer shall be aburned in his sight; its skin and its flesh and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned.
Num 19:6 - And the priest shall take 1acedar wood and hyssop and scarlet strands, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Num 19:7 - Then the priest shall awash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; but the priest shall be unclean until the evening.
Num 19:8 - And he who burns 1the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Num 19:9 - And a man who is clean shall gather up the 1aashes of the heifer and place them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel as bwater for 2impurity; it is a sin offering.
Num 19:10 - And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And it shall be a perpetual statute to the children of Israel and to the stranger who sojourns among them.
Num 19:11 - One who touches the adead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:12 - He shall apurify himself with it on the 1third day and on the 1seventh day, and then he shall be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
Num 19:13 - Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a human being who has died, and does not purify himself, adefiles the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the bwater for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.
Num 19:14 - This is the law when a man dies in a tent: Anyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:15 - And every open vessel, which has no covering tied down on it, is unclean.
Num 19:16 - And whoever in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or a dead body or a human bone or a grave shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:17 - And for the unclean they shall take of the aashes of the burning of the sin offering, and 1running water shall be added to them in a vessel;
Num 19:18 - And a clean person shall take ahyssop, and dip it in the water, and bsprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched the bone or the one slain or the one who died or the grave.
Num 19:19 - And the clean person shall asprinkle on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he shall purify him. And he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and shall be clean in the evening.
Num 19:20 - But the man who shall be unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah; the awater for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Num 19:21 - So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.
Num 19:22 - And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.

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Chapter 20 of 36

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H.  Further failures — 20:1-13, 23-29; 21:4-9
1.  The result of Miriam's failure — 20:1
Num 20:1 - Then the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh; and aMiriam 1died there and was buried there.
2.  Contending for water — 20:2-13
Num 20:2 - And there was ano 1water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Num 20:3 - And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, If only we had expired when our brothers expired before Jehovah!
Num 20:4 - Why then have you brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die there?
Num 20:5 - Why then did you bring us up out of Egypt, to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a aplace of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is not even water to drink.
Num 20:6 - And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and afell upon their faces, and the bglory of Jehovah appeared to them.
Num 20:7 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 20:8 - Take the arod, and gather the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the 1brock before their eyes, so that it yields its 1water. Thus you shall bring forth water for them out of the rock and give the assembly and their livestock something to cdrink.
Num 20:9 - And Moses took the arod from before Jehovah, as He had commanded him.
Num 20:10 - And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he asaid to them, Listen now, you 1brebels: Shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?
Num 20:11 - Then Moses lifted up his hand and astruck the rock with his rod twice; and abundant water came forth, and the assembly and their livestock drank.
Num 20:12 - And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in Me, to 1asanctify Me in the sight of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation binto the land which I have given them.
Num 20:13 - These are the waters of 1aMeribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and He was sanctified among them.
I.  Further journeying — 20:14-22; 21:10-20
1.  From Kadesh to Mount Hor — 20:14-22
Num 20:14 - Now Moses sent messengers from aKadesh to the king of 1Edom: Thus says your brother Israel, You know all the hardship that has befallen us;
Num 20:15 - How our fathers went down to aEgypt, and we bdwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians cill-treated us and our fathers;
Num 20:16 - And when we acried to Jehovah, He heard our voice and sent an bAngel and brought us forth out of Egypt; and now we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
Num 20:17 - Please alet us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, nor will we drink water from any well; we will go along the King’s Highway, not turning aside to the right or to the left, until we pass through your territory.
Num 20:18 - But Edom said to him, You shall not pass through 1my territory, or else I will come out against you with the sword.
Num 20:19 - Then the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink some of your water, then I will pay its price. Allow me only this one thing, to pass through on foot.
Num 20:20 - However he said, You shall not pass through. And Edom came out against him with a large number of people and with a mighty hand.
Num 20:21 - So Edom arefused to give Israel passage through his territory, and Israel turned away from him.
Num 20:22 - Now when they ajourneyed from Kadesh, the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to Mount Hor.
(H.  Further failures—cont'd)
3.  The result of Aaron's failure — 20:23-29
Num 20:23 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,
Num 20:24 - Aaron shall be agathered to his people, for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you brebelled against My word at the waters of Meribah.
Num 20:25 - Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up Mount Hor;
Num 20:26 - And strip Aaron of his agarments and put them upon Eleazar his son; so Aaron will be gathered to his people, and will die there.
Num 20:27 - So Moses did just as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole assembly.
Num 20:28 - And when Moses had stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron 1adied there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Num 20:29 - And when the whole assembly saw that Aaron had expired, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron athirty days.

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Chapter 21 of 36

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III.  Fighting — 21:1-3; 21:21-32:42; 33:50-36:13

A.  Defeating the king of Arad — 21:1-3
Num 21:1 - And when the 1aCanaanite, the king of 2Arad, who dwelt in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.
Num 21:2 - And Israel made a avow to Jehovah and said, If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will butterly destroy their cities.
Num 21:3 - And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called 1Hormah.

(II.  Journeying—cont'd)

(H.  Further failures—cont'd)
4.  Speaking against God and Moses — 21:4-9
Num 21:4 - Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go aaround the land of Edom; and 1the people became impatient on the way.
Num 21:5 - And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and there is no water; and our soul loathes this 1alight bread.
Num 21:6 - Then Jehovah sent fiery aserpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
Num 21:7 - And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah and against you; pray to Jehovah, that He may take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people.
Num 21:8 - Then Jehovah said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a 1pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.
Num 21:9 - And Moses made a 1abronze serpent and set it on the pole; and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he blooked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
(I.  Further journeying—cont'd)
2.  Arriving at the top of Pisgah — 21:10-20
Num 21:10 - aAnd the children of Israel journeyed and encamped at Oboth.
Num 21:11 - And they journeyed from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness which faces Moab toward the sunrise.
Num 21:12 - From there they journeyed and encamped in the valley of aZered.
Num 21:13 - From there they ajourneyed and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Num 21:14 - Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of Jehovah,Waheb in Suphah,And the valleys of the Arnon,
Num 21:15 - And the slope of the valleysThat inclines toward the seat of ArAnd leans toward the border of Moab.
Num 21:16 - And from there they journeyed to 1Beer; that is the well where Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them awater.
Num 21:17 - Then Israel sang this song:Spring up, O well! Sing to it!Num 21:18 - The well, which the 1leaders sank,Which the 1nobles of the people dug,With the scepter, with their staffs.And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;Num 21:19 - And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
Num 21:20 - And from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, to the top of aPisgah, which looks down upon the desert.

(III.  Fighting—cont'd)

B.  Defeating Sihon the king of the Amorites — 21:21-32
Num 21:21 - And Israel asent messengers to Sihon the king of the 1Amorites, saying,
Num 21:22 - aLet me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or into vineyard; we will not drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.
Num 21:23 - aBut Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. And Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
Num 21:24 - And Israel astruck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Num 21:25 - And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her villages.
Num 21:26 - 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, as far as the Arnon.
Num 21:27 - Therefore those who speak in proverbs say,Come to Heshbon; let it be built,And let the city of Sihon be established.
Num 21:28 - aFor fire has gone forth from Heshbon,A flame from the city of Sihon;It has consumed Ar of Moab1And swallowed up the high places of the Arnon.Num 21:29 - Woe to you, O Moab!You have perished, O people of Chemosh;He has given his sons as fugitives,And his daughters have gone into captivity,To an Amorite king, Sihon.
Num 21:30 - We have shot at them;Heshbon is ruined as far as Dibon,And we have laid waste as far as Nophah,1Fire spreads as far as Medeba.Num 21:31 - Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
Num 21:32 - And Moses sent some to aspy out Jazer. And they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
C.  Defeating Og the king of Bashan — 21:33-35
Num 21:33 - And they turned and went up on the way that leads to Bashan; and aOg the king of 1Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle at Edrei.
Num 21:34 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon the king of the Amorites, who was dwelling at Heshbon.
Num 21:35 - So they struck him and his sons and all his people until there was no survivor left to him, and they possessed his land.

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Chapter 22 of 36

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D.  The harassment by Balak and Balaam — 22:1-25:18
1.  Balak's evil intention — 22:1-40
Num 22:1 - And the children of Israel ajourneyed and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
Num 22:2 - And aBalak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
Num 22:3 - And Moab was very afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Num 22:4 - And 1Moab said to the elders of 1Midian, This multitude will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
Num 22:5 - And he sent messengers to 1aBalaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the 2River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, There is a people here who have come out from Egypt; now they cover the surface of the land and have settled over against me.
Num 22:6 - Now, therefore, please come; acurse this people for me, since they are mightier than I. Perhaps I may be able to strike them and drive them out of the land, for I know that whomever you bless is blessed and whomever you curse is cursed.
Num 22:7 - So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with fees for divination in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.
Num 22:8 - And he said to them, Spend tonight here, and I will bring back word to you as 1Jehovah speaks to me. And the rulers of Moab stayed with Balaam.
Num 22:9 - And God came to Balaam and said, Who are these men with you?
Num 22:10 - And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, has sent word to me, saying,
Num 22:11 - aThere is a people who came out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land. Now come; curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.
Num 22:12 - And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not 1curse the people, for they are 1ablessed.
Num 22:13 - So Balaam rose up in the morning and said to the rulers from Balak, Go to your land, for Jehovah has refused to let me go with you.
Num 22:14 - And the rulers of Moab rose up and went to Balak and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
Num 22:15 - So Balak yet again sent rulers, more numerous and more honorable than these.
Num 22:16 - And they came to Balaam and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Num 22:17 - For I will indeed honor you greatly; and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore; curse this people for me.
Num 22:18 - aAnd Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
Num 22:19 - Now you therefore please stay here tonight also, so that I may know what more Jehovah might speak to me.
Num 22:20 - And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, Since the men have come to call you, rise up; 1go with them, but only what I speak to you shall you do.
Num 22:21 - And Balaam rose up in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the rulers of Moab.
Num 22:22 - And God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the 1aAngel of Jehovah took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
Num 22:23 - And when the donkey saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.
Num 22:24 - Then the Angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side.
Num 22:25 - And when the donkey saw the Angel of Jehovah, she pressed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he struck her again.
Num 22:26 - And the Angel of Jehovah went further and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
Num 22:27 - And when the donkey saw the Angel of Jehovah, she lay down under Balaam. Then Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
Num 22:28 - And Jehovah opened the mouth of the adonkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
Num 22:29 - And Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.
Num 22:30 - And the donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you? And he said, No.
Num 22:31 - Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the aAngel of Jehovah standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and he bowed his head and fell on his face.
Num 22:32 - And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? I am here, having come out as an adversary, because your way was unrestrained before Me.
Num 22:33 - And the donkey saw Me and turned aside before Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, I would surely have killed you just now and let her live.
Num 22:34 - And Balaam said to the Angel of Jehovah, I have sinned, for I did not know that You were standing in the way against me. Now then, if it displeases You, I will turn back.
Num 22:35 - And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men; but you shall speak only the word that I shall speak to you. So Balaam went with the rulers from Balak.
Num 22:36 - And when Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, at the farthest point of the border.
Num 22:37 - And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send word urgently to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not indeed able to ahonor you?
Num 22:38 - And Balaam said to Balak, Here I am; I have come to you now. Am I able to speak anything at all? aThe word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.
Num 22:39 - And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
Num 22:40 - And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent them to Balaam and to the rulers who were with him.
2.  Balaam's prophesying in parables — 22:41-24:25
a.  The first parable — 22:41-23:12
Num 22:41 - And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to 1Bamoth-baal, and he saw from there the aedge of the people.

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Chapter 23 of 36

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Num 23:1 - aThen Balaam said to Balak, Build me seven altars here, and have seven bulls and seven rams ready for me here.
Num 23:2 - And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken. And Balak and Balaam 1offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Num 23:3 - And Balaam said to Balak, Stand near your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you. And he went to a bare height.
Num 23:4 - aAnd God met Balaam, and he said to Him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Num 23:5 - And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, Return to Balak, and you shall speak this.
Num 23:6 - When he returned to him, there he was, standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the rulers of Moab.
Num 23:7 - And he took up his 1parable and said,From Aram Balak brought me,The king of Moab from the mountains of the East.Come, acurse Jacob for me;And come, denounce Israel!
Num 23:8 - How shall I curse whom God has anot cursed?And how can I denounce whom Jehovah has not denounced?Num 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see him,And from the hills I behold him.Here is a people who live 1aaloneAnd do not reckon themselves among the nations.Num 23:10 - Who can acount the 1dust of Jacob,Or number the fourth part of Israel?Let 2me die the death of the upright,And let my latter end be like theirs!Num 23:11 - And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but now you have altogether blessed them.
Num 23:12 - And he answered and said, aShall I not take care to speak what Jehovah puts in my mouth?
b.  The second parable — 23:13-26
Num 23:13 - aAnd Balak said to him, Come now with me to another place from which you may see them. You will see only the outside edge of them and not see them all; then curse them for me from there.
Num 23:14 - So he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of aPisgah, and built seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Num 23:15 - And he said to Balak, Stand here near your burnt offering while I meet Jehovah there.
Num 23:16 - aAnd Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak, and you shall speak this.
Num 23:17 - When he came to him, there he was, standing beside his burnt offering, and the rulers of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
Num 23:18 - And he took up his parable and said,Arise, O Balak, and hear;Listen to me, O son of Zippor:
Num 23:19 - aGod is not a man, that He should 1lie,Nor a son of man, that He should repent.Has He said, and will He not do it?Or has He spoken, and will He not establish it?Num 23:20 - Now I have received a word to bless;Since He has ablessed, then I cannot reverse it.Num 23:21 - He has not beheld 1ainiquity in Jacob,Nor has He seen trouble in Israel;bJehovah their God is with them,And the shout of a 2king is among them.Num 23:22 - aGod is the One who brought them forth out of Egypt;1He has as it were the 2bhorns of the wild ox.Num 23:23 - Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,Nor is there any divination against Israel.Now it shall be said of JacobAnd of Israel, What has God awrought!Num 23:24 - See, a people rises up like a lioness,And like a alion they lift themselves up.They shall not lie down until they eat the preyAnd drink the blood of the slain.Num 23:25 - And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Num 23:26 - But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell you, saying, aAll that Jehovah speaks, that I must do?
c.  The third parable — 23:27-24:13
Num 23:27 - aAnd Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.
Num 23:28 - And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down upon the desert.
Num 23:29 - aAnd Balaam said to Balak, Build me seven altars here, and have seven bulls and seven rams ready for me here.
Num 23:30 - And Balak did just as Balaam had said, and he offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

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Chapter 24 of 36

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Num 24:1 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he did anot go as at the other times to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Num 24:2 - And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, and the aSpirit of God came upon him.
Num 24:3 - aAnd he took up his parable and said,Balaam the son of Beor declares,And the man whose eye is 1opened declares;
Num 24:4 - He declares, he who hears the words of God,Who sees the vision of the aAll-sufficient One,Falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:
Num 24:5 - aHow 1fair are your tents, O Jacob,Your tabernacles, O Israel!Num 24:6 - Like 1valleys they are spread forth,Like agardens beside a river,Like 2baloes which Jehovah has planted,Like cedars beside cwater.Num 24:7 - Water shall flow from his buckets,And his seed shall be in many waters,And his 1king shall be higher than aAgag,And his kingdom shall be exalted.Num 24:8 - aGod is the One who brought him forth out of Egypt;He has as it were the 1horns of the wild ox.He shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,And shall break their bones in pieces,And shatter them with his arrows.
Num 24:9 - aHe couches; he lies down like a lionAnd like a lioness; who will rouse him up?1bBlessed is everyone who blesses you,And cursed is everyone who curses you.Num 24:10 - Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called you to acurse my enemies, but now you have altogether blessed them these three times.
Num 24:11 - Therefore now flee to your place! I said I would greatly ahonor you, but now Jehovah has kept you away from honor.
Num 24:12 - aAnd Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
Num 24:13 - Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad from my own heart? What Jehovah speaks, that I will speak.
d.  The fourth parable — 24:14-25
Num 24:14 - And now therefore, I am going to my people. Come, let me give you counsel as to what this people will do to your people in the last days.
Num 24:15 - aAnd he took up his parable and said,Balaam the son of Beor declares,And the man whose eye is opened declares;
Num 24:16 - He declares, he who hears the words of GodAnd obtains the knowledge of the aMost High,Who sees the vision of the bAll-sufficient One,Falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:Num 24:17 - I see Him, but not now;I behold Him, but not near.There shall 1come forth a 2aStar out of Jacob,And a 2bScepter shall rise out of Israel,And He shall crush the corners of cMoabAnd break down all the sons of Sheth.Num 24:18 - And aEdom shall be dispossessed—Seir, His 1enemies, shall also be dispossessed—While Israel does valiantly.
Num 24:19 - And One from Jacob shall have dominionAnd destroy the remnant from 1the city.Num 24:20 - And he looked on 1Amalek and took up his parable and said,aAmalek was the first of the nations,But his latter end shall come to destruction.
Num 24:21 - And he looked on the Kenites and took up his parable and said,Strong is your dwelling place,And your nest is set in the rock.
Num 24:22 - Nevertheless Kain shall be burnedUntil aAsshur carry you away captive.Num 24:23 - And he took up his parable and said,Alas, who shall live when God does this?Num 24:24 - But ships shall come from the coast of aKittim,And they shall afflict Asshur and shall afflict Eber;And he also shall come to destruction.
Num 24:25 - And Balaam rose up and went back to his place, and Balak also went his way.

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Chapter 25 of 36

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3.  Israel's fall in fornication and idolatry — 25:1-18
Num 25:1 - While Israel dwelt in Shittim, the people began to commit 1afornication with the daughters of Moab.
Num 25:2 - For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people aate and bowed down to their gods.
Num 25:3 - And Israel joined itself to aBaal-peor, and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
Num 25:4 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and ahang them up to Jehovah before the sun, so that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.
Num 25:5 - And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Each of you aslay his men who have joined themselves to Baal-peor.
Num 25:6 - Just then one of the children of Israel came and brought a aMidianite woman to his brothers in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 25:7 - And when aPhinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the assembly and took a spear in his hand,
Num 25:8 - And he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her stomach. So the plague among the children of Israel was stopped.
Num 25:9 - And those who died by the 1plague were atwenty-four thousand.
Num 25:10 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 25:11 - Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with My ajealousy among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My jealousy.
Num 25:12 - Therefore say, I now give him My acovenant of peace;
Num 25:13 - And it shall be to him and to his seed after him the covenant of an aeverlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made expiation for the children of Israel.
Num 25:14 - Now the name of the slain man of Israel, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites.
Num 25:15 - And the name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
Num 25:16 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 25:17 - Harass the aMidianites and strike them;
Num 25:18 - For they have harassed you with their deception with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.

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Chapter 26 of 36

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E.  The renumbering of the people — 26:1-65
Num 26:1 - Now after the plague Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Num 26:2 - Take the 1asum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, from 2twenty years old and upward, by their 2fathers’ households, all who are able to go forth for military service in Israel.
Num 26:3 - So 1Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 26:4 - Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward, as Jehovah commanded Moses. Now the children of Israel, who came forth out of the land of Egypt were:
Num 26:5 - aReuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
Num 26:6 - Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Num 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
Num 26:8 - And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
Num 26:9 - And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the aDathan and Abiram, who were bcalled by the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against Jehovah;
Num 26:10 - aAnd the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire consumed two hundred fifty men; and they became a bsign.
Num 26:11 - But the sons of aKorah did 1not die.
Num 26:12 - The sons of aSimeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
Num 26:13 - Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
Num 26:14 - These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
Num 26:15 - The sons of aGad according to their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
Num 26:16 - Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
Num 26:17 - Of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
Num 26:18 - These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred.
Num 26:19 - The sons of aJudah: Er and Onan; but Er and Onan bdied in the land of Canaan.
Num 26:20 - And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
Num 26:21 - And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Num 26:22 - These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
Num 26:23 - The sons of aIssachar according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
Num 26:24 - Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
Num 26:25 - These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
Num 26:26 - The sons of aZebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
Num 26:27 - These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
Num 26:28 - The sons of aJoseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Num 26:29 - The sons of aManasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
Num 26:30 - These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
Num 26:31 - And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
Num 26:32 - And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Num 26:33 - Now aZelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters, and the names of the 1daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 26:34 - These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num 26:35 - These are the sons of aEphraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
Num 26:36 - And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
Num 26:37 - These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.
Num 26:38 - The sons of aBenjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
Num 26:39 - Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Num 26:40 - And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Num 26:41 - These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
Num 26:42 - These are the sons of aDan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families.
Num 26:43 - All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
Num 26:44 - The sons of aAsher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites.
Num 26:45 - From the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
Num 26:46 - And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
Num 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num 26:48 - The sons of aNaphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
Num 26:49 - Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Num 26:50 - These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
Num 26:51 - These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, asix hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
Num 26:52 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 26:53 - To these the land shall be adivided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Num 26:54 - You shall aincrease the larger group’s inheritance, and you shall reduce the smaller group’s inheritance. Each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.
Num 26:55 - But the land shall be apportioned by 1alot; they shall inherit it according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Num 26:56 - According to the lot their inheritance shall be apportioned among the larger and the smaller groups.
Num 26:57 - And these are those who were numbered of the aLevites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Num 26:58 - These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And aKohath begot Amram.
Num 26:59 - And the name of Amram’s wife was aJochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and their bsister Miriam.
Num 26:60 - And to Aaron were born aNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num 26:61 - And 1aNadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.
Num 26:62 - And those who were numbered of them were atwenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they were bnot numbered among the children of Israel, because 1cno inheritance was given to them among the children of Israel.
Num 26:63 - These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Num 26:64 - But among these there was 1not one of those anumbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 26:65 - For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the awilderness. And not one of them was left, except bCaleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Chapter 27 of 36

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F.  The statute of judgment for the women's inheriting of the land — 27:1-11
1.  The request of the daughters of Zelophehad — vv. 1-4
Num 27:1 - Then the 1adaughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the 2families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah and Tirzah.
Num 27:2 - aAnd they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and the whole assembly at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
Num 27:3 - Our father died in the awilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of bKorah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.
Num 27:4 - Why should our father’s name be taken away from among his family because he had no son? Give us a 1apossession among our father’s brothers.
2.  God's statute of judgment — vv. 5-11
Num 27:5 - And Moses brought their case before Jehovah.
Num 27:6 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 27:7 - The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly. You shall surely give them the 1apossession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers; and you shall cause the binheritance of their father to pass to them.
Num 27:8 - And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 1If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
Num 27:9 - And if he does not have a daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
Num 27:10 - And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
Num 27:11 - And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his arelative nearest to him among his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be a statute of judgment for the children of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
G.  The death of Moses, and his successor — 27:12-23
1.  The death of Moses (the result of Moses' failure) — vv. 12-14
Num 27:12 - aAnd Jehovah said to Moses, Go up to this mountain of the Abarim and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
Num 27:13 - And when you have seen it, you also shall be agathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother was bgathered,
Num 27:14 - Because you 1arebelled against My word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the assembly, and failed to 1sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of 2Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.)
2.  The successor of Moses — vv. 15-23
Num 27:15 - And Moses spoke to Jehovah, saying,
Num 27:16 - Let Jehovah, the aGod of the 1spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly,
Num 27:17 - Who will go out before them and who will come in before them, and who will lead them aout and who will bring them in; so that the assembly of Jehovah will not be like bsheep which have no 1shepherd.
Num 27:18 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Take aJoshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the bSpirit, and clay your hand upon him;
Num 27:19 - And set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole assembly, and give him a charge in their sight.
Num 27:20 - And you shall put some of your honor upon him, so that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.
Num 27:21 - And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and he shall inquire for him by the judgment of the 1aUrim before Jehovah. 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 the whole assembly.
Num 27:22 - And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole assembly.
Num 27:23 - And he 1laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge just as Jehovah had spoken through Moses.

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Chapter 28 of 36

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H.  The statutes — 28:1-30:16
1.  Concerning the offerings — 28:1-29:40
a.  The offerings by fire, God's satisfying fragrance — 28:1-2
Num 28:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 28:2 - Command the children of Israel and say to them, My offering, My 1afood for My offerings by fire of a bsatisfying fragrance to Me, you shall be careful to present to Me at its appointed time.
b.  A continual burnt offering for every day — 28:3-8
Num 28:3 - And you shall say to them, aThis is the offering by fire which you shall present to Jehovah: two male lambs a year old without blemish each day as a continual burnt offering.
Num 28:4 - One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer 1at twilight;
Num 28:5 - Also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a 1meal offering, mingled with the fourth of a hin of beaten oil.
Num 28:6 - It is a continual burnt offering, which was set up on Mount Sinai for a satisfying fragrance, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
Num 28:7 - aAnd its 1drink offering shall be the fourth of a hin for the one lamb; in the sanctuary you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Jehovah.
Num 28:8 - And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; you shall offer it with the meal offering and its drink offering as in the morning, an offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
c.  A burnt offering for every Sabbath — 28:9-10
Num 28:9 - And on the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and its drink offering—
Num 28:10 - This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
d.  A burnt offering for the beginning of every month — 28:11-15
Num 28:11 - And at the 1abeginnings of your months byou shall present a burnt offering to Jehovah: two bulls of the herd and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 28:12 - And three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, for each bull; and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram;
Num 28:13 - And a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering for each lamb for a burnt offering, a satisfying fragrance, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
Num 28:14 - And their adrink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and a third of a hin for the ram, and a fourth of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year.
Num 28:15 - Also one male goat for a 1sin offering to Jehovah shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
e.  A burnt offering following the Passover — 28:16-25
Num 28:16 - And in the afirst month on the fourteenth day of the month shall be Jehovah’s 1bPassover.
Num 28:17 - And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; seven days aunleavened bread shall be eaten.
Num 28:18 - aOn the first day there shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor;
Num 28:19 - But you shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to Jehovah: two bulls of the herd and one ram and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish for you;
Num 28:20 - And you shall offer their meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull and two-tenths for a ram;
Num 28:21 - You shall offer one-tenth for each lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 28:22 - And one male goat as a sin offering, to make expiation for you.
Num 28:23 - You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
Num 28:24 - In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
Num 28:25 - And on the aseventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor.
f.  A burnt offering for the Feast of Weeks — 28:26-31
Num 28:26 - Also in the day of the afirstfruits, when you present a new meal offering to Jehovah in your bFeast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor;
Num 28:27 - But you shall present a burnt offering for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah: two bulls of the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
Num 28:28 - And their meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for one ram,
Num 28:29 - One-tenth for each lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 28:30 - And one male goat, to make expiation for you.
Num 28:31 - Besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, you shall offer them (they shall be without blemish for you) and their drink offerings.

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Chapter 29 of 36

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g.  A burnt offering for the Day of the Blowing of Trumpets — 29:1-6
Num 29:1 - aNow in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor. It is a day of blowing of trumpets for you.
Num 29:2 - And you shall offer a burnt offering for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah: one bull of the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:3 - And their meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,
Num 29:4 - And one-tenth for each lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 29:5 - And one male goat as a sin offering, to make expiation for you;
Num 29:6 - Besides the burnt offering of the new moon and its meal offering, and the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a satisfying fragrance, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
h.  A burnt offering for the Day of Expiation — 29:7-11
Num 29:7 - aAnd on the 1btenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.
Num 29:8 - And you shall present a burnt offering to Jehovah for a satisfying fragrance: one bull of the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish for you;
Num 29:9 - And their meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
Num 29:10 - One-tenth for each lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 29:11 - One male goat as a sin offering; besides the sin offering of expiation and the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings.
i.  A burnt offering for the Feast of Tabernacles — 29:12-38
Num 29:12 - aAnd on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor, and you shall hold a feast to Jehovah seven days.
Num 29:13 - And you shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah: thirteen bulls of the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
Num 29:14 - And their meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah for each ram of the two rams,
Num 29:15 - And one-tenth of an ephah for each lamb of the fourteen lambs;
Num 29:16 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering.
Num 29:17 - And on the second day: twelve bulls of the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:18 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:19 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings.
Num 29:20 - And on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:21 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:22 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering and its drink offering.
Num 29:23 - And on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:24 - Their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:25 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering.
Num 29:26 - And on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:27 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:28 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering and its drink offering.
Num 29:29 - And on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:30 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:31 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offerings.
Num 29:32 - And on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:33 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:34 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering.
Num 29:35 - aOn the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no work of labor,
Num 29:36 - But you shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
Num 29:37 - Their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs by their number according to the ordinance;
Num 29:38 - And one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering and its drink offering.
j.  All the offerings for every day, for every Sabbath, for the beginning of every month, and for all the yearly feasts — 29:39-40
Num 29:39 - These you shall offer to Jehovah in your appointed 1afeasts, besides your vows and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your meal offerings and for your drink offerings and for your peace offerings.
Num 29:40 - And Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Chapter 30 of 36

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2.  Concerning vows — 30:1-16
Num 30:1 - And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah has commanded:
Num 30:2 - When a man vows a 1avow to Jehovah or bswears an oath to bind himself by pledge, he shall cnot break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Num 30:3 - But when a 1woman vows a vow to Jehovah or binds herself by pledge in her 1father’s house in her youth,
Num 30:4 - And her father hears of her vow or her pledge by which she has bound herself, and her father is silent with respect to her; then all her vows will stand, and any pledge by which she has bound herself will stand.
Num 30:5 - But if her father disallows her on the day he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges by which she has bound herself will stand; and Jehovah will forgive her because her father disallowed her.
Num 30:6 - And if she gets married, while her avows are upon her or the rash utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,
Num 30:7 - And her 1husband hears of it and is silent with respect to her on the day he hears it, then her vows will stand and her pledges by which she has bound herself will stand.
Num 30:8 - But if, on the day her husband hears of it, he disallows her, then he makes void her vow which is upon her and the rash utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself; and Jehovah will forgive her.
Num 30:9 - But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, will stand against her.
Num 30:10 - And if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
Num 30:11 - And her husband heard of it and was silent with respect to her and did not disallow her, then all her vows will stand and any pledge by which she has bound herself will stand.
Num 30:12 - But if her husband made them null and void on the day he heard of it, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the pledging of herself will not stand; her husband has made them void, and Jehovah will forgive her.
Num 30:13 - As for every vow and every binding oath to afflict herself, her husband may establish it or her husband may make it void.
Num 30:14 - But if her husband is completely silent with respect to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her pledges which are upon her; he has established them because he was silent with respect to her on the day he heard it.
Num 30:15 - But if he makes them null and void some time after he has heard of it, then he shall bear her iniquity.
Num 30:16 - These are the statutes which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while in her youth in her father’s house.

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Chapter 31 of 36

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I.  Overcoming the Midianites — 31:1-54
1.  The commandment of Jehovah to avenge the sons of Israel on the Midianites — vv. 1-2
Num 31:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 31:2 - Thoroughly avenge the children of Israel on the 1aMidianites; afterward you will be bgathered to your people.
2.  The strategy of Moses — vv. 3-6
Num 31:3 - And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you for the war, that they may come upon Midian to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian.
Num 31:4 - A thousand from each tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war.
Num 31:5 - So out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand for each tribe were committed, twelve thousand armed for war.
Num 31:6 - And Moses sent them, a thousand for each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest with them, to the war, with the avessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
3.  The victory of the Israelites over the Midianites — vv. 7-12
Num 31:7 - And they warred against Midian, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses; and they akilled every male.
Num 31:8 - aAnd they killed the kings of Midian in addition to the others slain among them: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; also bBalaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Num 31:9 - And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their cattle and all their livestock and all their goods they plundered.
Num 31:10 - And all their cities in which they had settled and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
Num 31:11 - And they took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and of beast.
Num 31:12 - And they brought the captives and the abooty and the spoil to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the assembly of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which was beside the Jordan at Jericho.
4.  The purging and purification of the captives and the spoil — vv. 13-24
Num 31:13 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the assembly went out to meet them outside the camp.
Num 31:14 - And Moses became angry with the officers of the company, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from aservice in the war.
Num 31:15 - And Moses said to them, Have you akept all the women alive?
Num 31:16 - It was athese who caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of bBalaam, to act unfaithfully against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, so that the cplague came upon the assembly of Jehovah.
Num 31:17 - Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with him.
Num 31:18 - But all the little ones among the women, who have not known a male by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Num 31:19 - And you, encamp outside the camp seven days, everyone who has killed any person and everyone who has touched any slain; 1apurify yourselves on the 2third day and on the 2seventh day, you and your captives.
Num 31:20 - And you shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of skin and everything made of goats’ hair and every article of wood.
Num 31:21 - And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded Moses:
Num 31:22 - Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Num 31:23 - Everything that can go into the fire, you shall pass through the afire, and it will become clean; but it shall be purified with the bwater for impurity; and everything that cannot go into the fire you shall pass through the water.
Num 31:24 - And you shall awash your 1clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you may come into the camp.
5.  The distribution of the plunder, both of man and of cattle — vv. 25-47
Num 31:25 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 31:26 - You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the assembly, take the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beast,
Num 31:27 - And ahalve the booty between those skilled in war who went out to battle and the whole assembly.
Num 31:28 - And levy a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war who went out to battle: aone living thing out of five hundred, of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the flock;
Num 31:29 - Take it from their half and give it to 1Eleazar the priest, for aJehovah’s heave offering.
Num 31:30 - And of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one seized out of fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, from all the beasts, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
Num 31:31 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as Jehovah 1commanded Moses.
Num 31:32 - Now the booty that was left from the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
Num 31:33 - And seventy-two thousand cattle,
Num 31:34 - And sixty-one thousand donkeys,
Num 31:35 - And thirty-two thousand persons in all, the women who had not known lying with a male.
Num 31:36 - And the half which was the portion of those who went out to war was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep.
Num 31:37 - And Jehovah’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
Num 31:38 - And the cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Jehovah’s tribute was seventy-two.
Num 31:39 - And the donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Jehovah’s tribute was sixty-one.
Num 31:40 - And the human beings were sixteen thousand, of whom Jehovah’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
Num 31:41 - And Moses gave the tribute, Jehovah’s heave offering, to Eleazar the priest, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Num 31:42 - And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses had separated from the men who had gone to war,
Num 31:43 - That is, the assembly’s half, was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Num 31:44 - And thirty-six thousand cattle,
Num 31:45 - And thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
Num 31:46 - And sixteen thousand persons—
Num 31:47 - Now Moses took from the children of Israel’s half, one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
6.  The offering to Jehovah by the officers of the army — vv. 48-54
Num 31:48 - And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses.
Num 31:49 - And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and not a man is missing from us;
Num 31:50 - And we have presented Jehovah’s offering, what every man has obtained, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and pendants, to make 1expiation for our souls before Jehovah.
Num 31:51 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
Num 31:52 - And all the gold of the heave offering which they offered up to Jehovah, from the captains of thousands and from the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
Num 31:53 - The men of war had taken booty, each for himself.
Num 31:54 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a amemorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.

Numbers

Chapter 32 of 36

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J.  The prearrangement of the distribution of the good land — 32:1-42; 33:50-36:13
1.  Concerning the land east of the Jordan — 32:1-42
a.  The request of the two tribes, Reuben and Gad — vv. 1-5
Num 32:1 - 1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great abundance of livestock. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that the place was indeed a place for livestock,
Num 32:2 - The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the assembly, saying,
Num 32:3 - Ataroth and Dibon and Jazer and Nimrah and Heshbon and Elealeh and Sebam and Nebo and Beon,
Num 32:4 - The aland which Jehovah struck before the assembly of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
Num 32:5 - And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this 1land be given to your servants for a possession; do not make us 2cross over the Jordan.
b.  The rebuking and warning of Moses — vv. 6-15
Num 32:6 - And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war, while you stay here?
Num 32:7 - Now why would you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from crossing over into the land which Jehovah has given them?
Num 32:8 - aYour fathers did this when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Num 32:9 - When they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel from going into the land which Jehovah had given them.
Num 32:10 - aAnd Jehovah’s anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying,
Num 32:11 - Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me;
Num 32:12 - Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have afully followed Jehovah.
Num 32:13 - And Jehovah’s anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness aforty years, until the whole generation which had done evil in the sight of Jehovah was consumed.
Num 32:14 - And now you have risen up in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to further increase the burning anger of Jehovah toward Israel.
Num 32:15 - For if you turn away from following Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy this entire people.
c.  The promise of the two tribes — vv. 16-19
Num 32:16 - And they came near to him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones;
Num 32:17 - But we ourselves will be aarmed and ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Num 32:18 - We will not return to our houses until each one of the children of Israel has inherited his inheritance.
Num 32:19 - For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and further on, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan aeastward.
d.  The permission of Moses — vv. 20-42
Num 32:20 - And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves before Jehovah for battle,
Num 32:21 - And all of your armed men will cross over the Jordan before Jehovah until He has adriven out His enemies from before Him,
Num 32:22 - And the land is subdued before Jehovah, then afterward you shall return and be free of 1obligation toward Jehovah and toward Israel; and this land shall be yours for a possession before Jehovah.
Num 32:23 - But if you will not do so, then you have sinned against Jehovah; and know that your asin will find you out.
Num 32:24 - Build for yourselves cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth.
Num 32:25 - And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
Num 32:26 - Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle will be there in the cities of Gilead;
Num 32:27 - But your servants will cross over, everyone who is armed for war before Jehovah for battle, as my lord says.
Num 32:28 - So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Num 32:29 - And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, everyone who is armed for battle before Jehovah, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
Num 32:30 - But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Num 32:31 - And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah has said to your servants, so will we do.
Num 32:32 - We will cross over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance will remain with us beyond the Jordan.
Num 32:33 - And Moses gave to them, to the children of Gad and to the children of aReuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, the land according to its cities with their territories, the cities of the surrounding land.
Num 32:34 - And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer
Num 32:35 - And Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah
Num 32:36 - And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Num 32:37 - And the children of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim
Num 32:38 - And Nebo and Baal-meon—their names being changed—and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
Num 32:39 - And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
Num 32:40 - And Moses gave aGilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.
Num 32:41 - And aJair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages and called them 1Havvoth-jair.
Num 32:42 - And Nobah went and took Kenath and its towns, and called it Nobah after his own name.

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Chapter 33 of 36

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(II.  Journeying—cont'd)

J.  The stations of the journey — 33:1-49
Num 33:1 - These are the 1journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the direction of Moses and Aaron.
Num 33:2 - And Moses wrote down the places that they went out from for their journeys according to the commandment of Jehovah; and these are their journeys according to the places they went out from.
Num 33:3 - Now they journeyed from aRameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the passover the children of Israel went out 1boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians,
Num 33:4 - While the Egyptians were burying those whom Jehovah had astruck down among them, all their firstborn; on their bgods Jehovah also executed judgments.
Num 33:5 - And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses and encamped at aSuccoth.
Num 33:6 - And they journeyed from Succoth and encamped at aEtham, which is at the edge of the wilderness.
Num 33:7 - And they journeyed from Etham and turned back to aPi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon; and they encamped before Migdol.
Num 33:8 - And they journeyed from 1Pi-hahiroth and passed through the amidst of the sea into the wilderness, and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and encamped at bMarah.
Num 33:9 - And they journeyed from Marah and came to aElim. And in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there.
Num 33:10 - And they journeyed from Elim and encamped by the Red Sea.
Num 33:11 - And they journeyed from the Red Sea and encamped in the awilderness of Sin.
Num 33:12 - And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and encamped at Dophkah.
Num 33:13 - And they journeyed from Dophkah and encamped at Alush.
Num 33:14 - And they journeyed from Alush and encamped at aRephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink there.
Num 33:15 - And they journeyed from Rephidim and encamped in the awilderness of Sinai.
Num 33:16 - And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai and encamped at aKibroth-hattaavah.
Num 33:17 - And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah and encamped at aHazeroth.
Num 33:18 - And they journeyed from aHazeroth and encamped at Rithmah.
Num 33:19 - And they journeyed from Rithmah and encamped at Rimmon-perez.
Num 33:20 - And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez and encamped at Libnah.
Num 33:21 - And they journeyed from Libnah and encamped at Rissah.
Num 33:22 - And they journeyed from Rissah and encamped at Kehelathah.
Num 33:23 - And they journeyed from Kehelathah and encamped at Mount Shepher.
Num 33:24 - And they journeyed from Mount Shepher and encamped at Haradah.
Num 33:25 - And they journeyed from Haradah and encamped at Makheloth.
Num 33:26 - And they journeyed from Makheloth and encamped at Tahath.
Num 33:27 - And they journeyed from Tahath and encamped at Terah.
Num 33:28 - And they journeyed from Terah and encamped at Mithkah.
Num 33:29 - And they journeyed from Mithkah and encamped at Hashmonah.
Num 33:30 - And they journeyed from Hashmonah and encamped at aMoseroth.
Num 33:31 - And they journeyed from Moseroth and encamped at Bene-jaakan.
Num 33:32 - And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan and encamped at Hor-haggidgad.
Num 33:33 - And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad and encamped at aJotbathah.
Num 33:34 - And they journeyed from Jotbathah and encamped at Abronah.
Num 33:35 - And they journeyed from Abronah and encamped at aEzion-geber.
Num 33:36 - And they journeyed from Ezion-geber and encamped in the awilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.
Num 33:37 - And they journeyed from Kadesh and encamped in aMount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom.
Num 33:38 - And Aaron the priest went up onto Mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah and adied there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
Num 33:39 - And Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
Num 33:40 - And the Canaanite, the aking of Arad, who was dwelling in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
Num 33:41 - And they journeyed from aMount Hor and encamped at Zalmonah.
Num 33:42 - And they journeyed from Zalmonah and encamped at Punon.
Num 33:43 - And they journeyed from Punon and encamped at aOboth.
Num 33:44 - And they journeyed from Oboth and encamped at aIye-abarim on the border of Moab.
Num 33:45 - And they journeyed from Iyim and encamped at aDibon-gad.
Num 33:46 - And they journeyed from Dibon-gad and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
Num 33:47 - And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and encamped in the mountains of the aAbarim before Nebo.
Num 33:48 - And they journeyed from the mountains of the Abarim and encamped in the aplains of Moab beside the Jordan at Jericho.
Num 33:49 - And they encamped beside the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as aAbel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

(III.  Fighting—cont'd)

(J.  The prearrangement of the distribution of the good land—cont'd)
2.  The statutes for inheriting the good land — 33:50-56
Num 33:50 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 33:51 - Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, aWhen you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Num 33:52 - You shall 1adrive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and you shall bdestroy all their figured stones and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;
Num 33:53 - And you shall take possession of the land and dwell in it, for to you I have given the land to possess it.
Num 33:54 - And you shall inherit the land by 1alot according to your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the 1tribes of your fathers.
Num 33:55 - But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain of them will become as splinters in your eyes and as athorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you are dwelling.
Num 33:56 - And just as I thought to do to them, aso will I do to you.

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Chapter 34 of 36

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3.  The boundaries of the good land and its distributors — 34:1-29
a.  The boundaries of the good land — vv. 1-15
Num 34:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 34:2 - Command the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its aborders.
Num 34:3 - aAnd your southern section shall be from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall begin from the end of the 1Salt Sea on the east.
Num 34:4 - And your border shall turn about south to the ascent of Akrabbim and pass on to Zin, and it shall go out to the south of Kadesh-barnea, even going out to Hazar-addar; then it shall pass on to Azmon.
Num 34:5 - Then the border shall turn from Azmon to the abrook of Egypt, and it shall go out to the sea.
Num 34:6 - And for the awestern border you shall have the 1Great Sea and its coast; this shall be your western border.
Num 34:7 - And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out a line for yourselves to Mount Hor.
Num 34:8 - From Mount Hor you shall mark out a line to the 1aentrance of Hamath; and the bborder shall go out to Zedad;
Num 34:9 - And the border shall go out to Ziphron, and it shall go out to Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
Num 34:10 - And you shall mark out your aeastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
Num 34:11 - And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach the 1slope on the east of the 2Sea of Chinnereth;
Num 34:12 - And the border shall go down to the 1Jordan, and it shall go out to the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.
Num 34:13 - And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by alot, which Jehovah has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
Num 34:14 - For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ households and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ households and the half-tribe of Manasseh have areceived their inheritance.
Num 34:15 - The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance 1beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
b.  The distributors of the good land — vv. 16-29
Num 34:16 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 34:17 - These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: 1aEleazar the priest and 1Joshua the son of Nun.
Num 34:18 - And you shall take one leader from each tribe to divide the land for inheritance.
Num 34:19 - And these are the names of the men: For the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Num 34:20 - And for the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
Num 34:21 - For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
Num 34:22 - And for the tribe of the children of Dan, a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli.
Num 34:23 - For the children of Joseph: For the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Num 34:24 - And for the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
Num 34:25 - And for the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
Num 34:26 - And for the tribe of the children of Issachar, a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
Num 34:27 - And for the tribe of the children of Asher, a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
Num 34:28 - And for the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
Num 34:29 - These are those whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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Chapter 35 of 36

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4.  The cities given to the Levites and the cities of refuge — 35:1-34
a.  The cities given to the Levites — vv. 1-8
Num 35:1 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 35:2 - Command the children of Israel to give to the aLevites some of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around their cities.
Num 35:3 - And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their animals.
Num 35:4 - And the pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be from the city wall and outward, a thousand acubits all around.
Num 35:5 - And you shall measure from the outside of 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, with the city in the center. This shall be their pasture lands for the cities.
Num 35:6 - And the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six 1acities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
Num 35:7 - All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be 1aforty-eight cities, they and their pasture lands.
Num 35:8 - And concerning the 1cities which you shall give from the possession of the children of Israel, from the larger tribe you shall take a alarger number, and from the smaller tribe you shall take a smaller number; each one, according to its inheritance which they will inherit, shall give some of its cities to the Levites.
b.  The cities of refuge — vv. 9-34
Num 35:9 - Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 35:10 - Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Num 35:11 - Then you shall designate for yourselves cities to be your acities of refuge, so that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally may flee there.
Num 35:12 - And the cities shall be for you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer may not die unless he stands before the assembly for judgment.
Num 35:13 - And the cities which you shall give shall be your six cities of refuge.
Num 35:14 - You shall give athree cities across the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
Num 35:15 - For the children of Israel and for the 1stranger and for the 1sojourner among them, these six cities shall be for refuge, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
Num 35:16 - But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, and he died, he is a murderer; the 1murderer shall surely be aput to death.
Num 35:17 - And if he struck him with a stone in hand, by which one could die, and he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Num 35:18 - Or if he struck him with a wooden object in hand, by which one could die, and he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Num 35:19 - The aavenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he encounters him, he shall put him to death.
Num 35:20 - And if he pushed him out of hatred or threw something upon him while lying in wait, and he died,
Num 35:21 - Or in enmity struck him with his hand, and he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he encounters him.
Num 35:22 - But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw upon him anything without lying in wait,
Num 35:23 - Or came upon him with any stone, by which someone could die, without seeing him and dropped it upon him, and he died, when he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm,
Num 35:24 - Then the assembly shall ajudge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
Num 35:25 - And the assembly shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall return him to his city of refuge to which he had fled; and he shall dwell in it until the death of the 1high priest, who was aanointed with the holy oil.
Num 35:26 - But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundary of his city of refuge to which he has fled,
Num 35:27 - And the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundary of his city of refuge and the avenger of blood slays the manslayer, he shall not have guilt for blood,
Num 35:28 - Because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession.
Num 35:29 - And these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Num 35:30 - Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be slain upon the testimony of awitnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person so that he die.
Num 35:31 - Moreover you shall not take a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
Num 35:32 - And you shall not take a ransom for one who has fled to his city of refuge, so that he may return to live in the land before the death of the high priest.
Num 35:33 - Thus you shall not pollute the land in which you are, for blood apollutes the land. And no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the bblood of the one who shed it.
Num 35:34 - And you shall not defile the land in which you are dwelling, in the midst of which I atabernacle; for I Jehovah tabernacle in the bmidst of the children of Israel.

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Chapter 36 of 36

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5.  A further statute concerning the females among Israel inheriting the good land — 36:1-13
Num 36:1 - And the heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the sons of aGilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel;
Num 36:2 - And they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by alot to the children of Israel, and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of bZelophehad our brother to his daughters.
Num 36:3 - But if they 1are married to one of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
Num 36:4 - And when the ajubilee of the children of Israel takes place, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Num 36:5 - Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
Num 36:6 - This is what Jehovah commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be 1married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father they shall marry.
Num 36:7 - aSo an inheritance of the children of Israel shall not go around from tribe to tribe, for each one of the children of Israel shall 1cling to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Num 36:8 - And every adaughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall 1marry into one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that each one of the children of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Num 36:9 - aSo an inheritance shall not go around from one tribe to another tribe, for each one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall cling to his own inheritance.
Num 36:10 - Just as Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did;
Num 36:11 - That is, Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah and Noah, the daughters of aZelophehad, were married to their uncles’ sons.
Num 36:12 - They 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.
Num 36:13 - These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded through Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the 1Jordan at Jericho.
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