“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one.

May Yahweh bless you and protect you;

God is not a man who lies,
or a son of man who changes His mind.
Does He speak and not act,
or promise and not fulfill?

If You kill this people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of Your fame will declare,

I see him, but not now;
I perceive him, but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.
He will smash the forehead of Moab
and strike down all the Shethites.

from the sons of Joseph:
Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;

You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;

While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.

Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman).

These are the names of the men who are to assist you:

Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so You should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing woman carries a baby,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “God, please heal her!”

Each of you is to take his firepan, place incense on it, and present his firepan before the Lord—250 firepans. You and Aaron are each to present your firepan also.”

Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;

He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, because the hair consecrated to his God is on his head.

“Let us travel through your land. We won’t go into the fields or vineyards. We won’t drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway until we have traveled through your territory.”

The same law and the same ordinance will apply to both you and the foreigner who resides with you.”

A people rise up like a lioness;
They rouse themselves like a lion.
They will not lie down until they devour the prey
and drink the blood of the slain.

and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;

Where can I get meat to give all these people? For they are crying to me: ‘Give us meat to eat!’

Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;

During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony.

The Lord answered Moses, “If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

“Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the Lord.

and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of those 20 years old or more,

Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad;

He is holy to the Lord during the time of consecration.

These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

The person is to confess the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation, add a fifth of its value to it, and give it to the individual he has wronged.

Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;

Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

‘Since the Lord wasn’t able to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

The descendants of Gad: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening veil, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

I can’t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.

those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

These were the Zebulunite clans numbered by their registered men: 60,500.

those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

just as the Lord commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

The descendants of Simeon: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, those registered counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

“I give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the Israelites present to the Lord as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord for you as well as your offspring.”

The Israelites traveled on from the Wilderness of Sinai, moving from one place to the next until the cloud stopped in the Wilderness of Paran.

But if that individual has no relative to receive compensation, the compensation goes to the Lord for the priest, along with the atonement ram by which the priest will make atonement for the guilty person.

When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing on the path with a drawn sword in His hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.

The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Each man took his firepan, placed fire in it, put incense on it, and stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting along with Moses and Aaron.

Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them and don’t bless them!”

The Lord told Aaron, “You will not have an inheritance in their land; there will be no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

and two quarts with each of the seven lambs,

The Lord instructed Moses:

The captives remaining from the plunder the army had taken totaled:

675,000 sheep and goats,

those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Then I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the Spirit who is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.

After Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.

After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

The Lord instructed Moses:

and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself—

Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. He brought 70 men from the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.

If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”

“Separate yourselves from this community so I may consume them instantly.”

Geuel son of Machi from the tribe of Gad.

The descendants of Zebulun: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Each one’s holy contribution is his to give; what each one gives to the priest will be his.”

So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought back in.

and one male goat to make atonement for yourselves.

those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

“Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.

These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

Balaam then arose and went back to his homeland, and Balak also went his way.

“If someone suddenly dies near him, defiling his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his purification; he is to shave it on the seventh day.

They are to place over this a covering made of manatee skin, spread a solid blue cloth on top, and insert its poles.

“So now, may my Lord’s power be magnified just as You have spoken:

You will eat, not for one day, or two days, or five days, or 10 days, or 20 days,

But a person who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person will be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

Then present the Levites before the Lord, and have the Israelites lay their hands on them.

those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

“Tell the people: Purify yourselves in readiness for tomorrow, and you will eat meat because you cried before the Lord: ‘Who will feed us meat? We really had it good in Egypt.’ The Lord will give you meat and you will eat.

On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

along with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers coated with oil.

The military divisions of the camp of Judah with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over Judah’s divisions.

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah.

On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

So they went up and scouted out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob near the entrance to Hamath.

“The Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting, take the hair from his head, and put it on the fire under the fellowship sacrifice.

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes nauseating to you—because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and cried to Him: ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

They set out for the first time according to the Lord’s command through Moses.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Every holy contribution the Israelites present to the priest will be his.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with 600,000 foot soldiers, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

72,000 cattle,

They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with a covering made of manatee skin, and insert the poles in the table.

So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left, and they took possession of his land.

Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.

See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

Throughout your generations, you are to give the Lord a contribution from the first batch of your dough.

If flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the Issachar tribe,

“This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he must be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Whenever the cloud was lifted up above the tent, the Israelites would set out; at the place where the cloud stopped, there the Israelites camped.

Then the Lord descended in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed the Spirit on the 70 elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they never did it again.

We threw them down;
Heshbon has been destroyed as far as Dibon.
We caused desolation as far as Nophah,
which reaches as far as Medeba.

It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, appearing like fire at night.

and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the Zebulun tribe.

Joseph’s descendants by their clans from Manasseh and Ephraim:

The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement on behalf of the Nazirite, since he sinned because of the corpse. On that day he must consecrate his head again.

Contemptible people among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites cried again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

So Israel lived in the Amorites’ land.

The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command.

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

“They are to spread a blue cloth over the table of the Presence and place the plates and cups on it, as well as the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to be on it.

Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out.

The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? You will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.”

“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

They departed from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).

After they set out from Kadesh, the entire Israelite community came to Mount Hor.

Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites.

“They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

After Moses sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite: “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

The donkey saw the Angel of the Lord and pressed herself against the wall, squeezing Balaam’s foot against it. So he hit her once again.

So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people?

The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom,

Next the military divisions of the camp of Ephraim with their banner set out, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over Ephraim’s division.

He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the Lord and to bring a year-old male lamb as a restitution offering. But do not count the previous period, because his consecrated hair became defiled.

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

But Moses asked him, “Are you jealous on my account? If only all the Lord’s people were prophets and the Lord would place His Spirit on them!”

Manasseh’s descendants:
the Machirite clan from Machir.
Machir fathered Gilead;
the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord’s work.

Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth, responded, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the Lord told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted.

those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.

Two men had remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the other Medad; the Spirit rested on them—they were among those listed, but had not gone out to the tent—and they prophesied in the camp.

We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day the Lord issued the commands and onward throughout your generations—

Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of Simeon’s tribe,

“See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border at the edge of his territory.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their sin. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two quarts of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance that brings sin to mind.

and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

and if it was done unintentionally without the community’s awareness, the entire community is to prepare one young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

I speak with him directly,
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.

So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

The Lord instructed Moses,

The military divisions of the camp of Reuben with their banner set out, and Elizur son of Shedeur was over Reuben’s division.

He is to present an offering to the Lord of one unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, one unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, one unblemished ram as a fellowship offering,

The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.

The Lord told Moses, “Each day have one leader present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”

Yet as surely as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,

“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, with its lamps, snuffers, and firepans, as well as its jars of oil by which they service it.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land where I am bringing you,

he is to abstain from wine and beer. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or from beer. He must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.

Moses heard the people, family after family, crying at the entrance of their tents. The Lord was very angry; Moses was also provoked.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man’s wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him,

“Please don’t leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

“Aaron and his sons are to finish covering the holy objects and all their equipment whenever the camp is to move on. The Kohathites will come and carry them, but they are not to touch the holy objects or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the tent of meeting.

His military division numbers 74,600.

So Moses registered them in obedience to the Lord as he had been commanded:

But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

The priest must then make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the person who acts in error sinning unintentionally, and when he makes atonement for him, he will be forgiven.

“When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God and be delivered from your enemies.

“But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the Lord’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn’t caught in the act;

Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages.

The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”

This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening.

Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

They said, “Does the Lord speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?” And the Lord heard it.

You are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your fellowship sacrifices and on your joyous occasions, your appointed festivals, and the beginning of each of your months. They will serve as a reminder for you before your God: I am Yahweh your God.”

“Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.

As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam’s skin suddenly became diseased, as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward her, he saw that she was diseased

and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out.

The military divisions of the camp of Dan with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over Dan’s division.

So that place was named Taberah, because the Lord’s fire had blazed among them.

The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar.

The Lord instructed Moses:

But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

because every firstborn belongs to Me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to Myself, both man and animal. They are Mine; I am Yahweh.”

This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out.

Then they must place it with all its utensils inside a covering made of manatee skin and put them on the carrying frame.

In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to Me.

the Asrielite clan from Asriel;
the Shechemite clan from Shechem;

The Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

Please don’t let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

“If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreign resident and the native of the land.”

“If one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

“Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”

Not so with My servant Moses;
he is faithful in all My household.

He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.

You are to have the same law for the person who acts in error, whether he is an Israelite or a foreigner who lives among you.

You will not incur guilt because of it once you have presented the best part of it, but you must not defile the Israelites’ holy offerings, so that you will not die.”

at this point the priest must make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her—‘May the Lord make you into an object of your people’s cursing and swearing when He makes your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

Your offering will be credited to you as if it were your grain from the threshing floor or the full harvest from the winepress.

Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

Kohath’s sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You vent Your wrath on the whole community?”

The entire Israelite community and the foreigner who resides among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the entire community.

You must present the entire offering due the Lord from all your gifts. The best part of the tenth is to be consecrated.

The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.

and said to Moses, “My lord, please don’t hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil.

Please pardon the wrongdoing of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your faithful love, just as You have forgiven them from Egypt until now.”

you are to offer a contribution to the Lord when you eat from the food of the land.

Pagiel son of Ochran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

The descendants of Manasseh: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

“You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

Bela’s descendants from Ard and Naaman:
the Ardite clan from Ard;
the Naamite clan from Naaman.

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three come out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went out.

and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

Then the priest is to take holy water in a clay bowl, and take some of the dust from the tabernacle floor and put it in the water.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

You are to present an offering to the Lord from every tenth you receive from the Israelites. Give some of it to Aaron the priest as an offering to the Lord.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:
the Belaite clan from Bela;
the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel;
the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;

The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,

Then the Lord descended in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them came forward,

When the community assembled against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the tent of meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it, and the Lord’s glory appeared.

Then the Lord told Moses, “The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp.”

After the priest has the woman stand before the Lord, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering for remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard the Israelites were coming.

The descendants of Asher: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

and the tribute to the Lord was 675
from the sheep and goats;

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’

“And the woman must reply, ‘Amen, Amen.’

The Lord’s anger burned against them, and He left.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man or woman makes a special vow, a Nazirite vow, to consecrate himself to the Lord,

“Then the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

“They are to spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with a covering made of manatee skin, and insert its poles.

So Moses gave them—the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.

“The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord.

Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested.

from the 36,000 cattle,
the tribute to the Lord was 72;

When calling the assembly together, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

For they have been exclusively assigned to Me from the Israelites. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn.

and the leader of the Gershonite family was Eliasaph son of Lael.

After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.

and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites.

He will also offer the ram as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened bread. Then the priest will offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.

However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.

On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. After he anointed and consecrated these things,

“You must not cut his hair throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He must be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the Lord; he is to let the hair of his head grow long.

the Shuphamite clan from Shupham;
the Huphamite clan from Hupham.

When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out.

then you and your household may eat it anywhere. It is your wage in return for your work at the tent of meeting.

The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side,

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her thigh will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

The Lord spoke to Moses,

He will require the woman to drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause bitter suffering.

But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has slept with you’—

“Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen—and all the work relating to them.

They are to take all the serving utensils they use in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering made of manatee skin, and put them on a carrying frame.

They departed from the Abarim range and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.

and the leader of the family of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500.

They departed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

For every firstborn among the Israelites is Mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to Myself on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.

and 16,000 people.

“They are to remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,

The priest is to wave them as a presentation offering before the Lord. It is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

You must send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.”

The Lord spoke to Moses:

From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

They departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

men from 30 years old to 50 years old—everyone who is qualified to do work at the tent of meeting.

the community’s half was:

337,500 sheep and goats,

The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon.

The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,

The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

“This is the ritual of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord for his consecration, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes in keeping with the ritual for his consecration.”

They departed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.

The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

“When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses—

Moses took one out of every 50, selected from the people and the livestock of the Israelites’ half. He gave them to the Levites who perform the duties of the Lord’s tabernacle, as the Lord had commanded him.

the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the tent ropes—all the work relating to these.

But Balaam answered him, “Didn’t I tell you: Whatever the Lord says, I must do?”

“The priest is to present these before the Lord and sacrifice the Nazirite’s sin offering and burnt offering.

Then they set out from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to bypass the land of Edom, but the people became impatient because of the journey.

The priest is to take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, wave the offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar.

The priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head.

You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor.

“This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

Counting every male one month old or more, there were 8,600 responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

This is what you must do to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

“Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has oversight of the lamp oil, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, the holy objects and their utensils.”

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did this to the Levites. The Israelites did everything to them the Lord commanded Moses regarding the Levites.

On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering.

He is not to eat anything produced by the grapevine, from seeds to skin, during his vow.

may Yahweh make His face shine on you
and be gracious to you;

Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

The Lord replied to Moses,

The Lord spoke to Moses:

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”

those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.

and place all the equipment on it that they use in serving: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and basins—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread a covering made of manatee skin over it and insert its poles.

those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

These were the Benjaminite clans numbered by their registered men: 45,600.

The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them before the Lord as a presentation offering. Aaron also made atonement for them to ceremonially cleanse them.

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

Then the Angel of the Lord stood in a narrow passage between the vineyards, with a stone wall on either side.

none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me,

The priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar. Then he will require the woman to drink the water.

The husband will be free of guilt, but that woman will bear the consequences of her guilt.”

or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest will apply this entire ritual to her.

This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting, and their duties will be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

The descendants of Joseph:

The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

may Yahweh look with favor on you
and give you peace.

“In regard to the Levites: From 25 years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting.

For fire came out of Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It consumed Ar of Moab,
the lords of Arnon’s heights.

“As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral houses.

“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be wiped out from the Levites.

“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral houses and their clans.

In this way they will pronounce My name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Nahbi son of Vophsi from the tribe of Naphtali;

This is the way the lampstand was made: it was a hammered work of gold, hammered from its base to its flower petals. The lampstand was made according to the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.

Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.

Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.

A wind sent by the Lord came up and blew quail in from the sea; it dropped them at the camp all around, three feet off the ground, about a day’s journey in every direction.

Is the land fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous. Bring back some fruit from the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at the Lord’s command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.

one male goat for a sin offering;

The Lord said to Moses,

Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to perform service, to do work at the tent of meeting.

But at 50 years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.

After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. So they did to them as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

As his offering, he presented one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them.

They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.”

This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transportation duties:

They are to transport the tabernacle curtains, the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering made of manatee skin on top of it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

But Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence when they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the Zebulunites, presented an offering.

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to do the work of the tent of meeting.

The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

“All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.

The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. They will carry out everything that needs to be done with these items.

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:

Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

Therefore the poets say:

Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt;
let the city of Sihon be restored.

and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

“The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral houses. They are to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it:

When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she crouched down under Balaam. So he became furious and beat the donkey with his stick.

Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took

Then Caleb quieted the people in the presence of Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land because we can certainly conquer it!”

They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.

But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”

They brought as their offering before the Lord six covered carts and 12 oxen, a cart from every two leaders and an ox from each one, and presented them in front of the tabernacle.

“Tell the community: Get away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.

Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering.

will ever see the land I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have despised Me will see it.

All those registered numbered 603,550.

But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.

Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

They camped at the Lord’s command, and they set out at the Lord’s command. They carried out the Lord’s requirement according to His command through Moses.

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.

His military division numbers 54,400.

those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

“But the person who acts defiantly, whether native or foreign resident, blasphemes the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and captured some prisoners.

one male goat for a sin offering;

The Lord spoke to Moses:

But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout their generations they are to make tassels for the corners of their garments, and put a blue cord on the tassel at each corner.

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan across from Jericho.

Whether it was two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. But when it was lifted, they set out.

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it must be put to death.

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

For I have given them the tenth that the Israelites present to the Lord as a contribution for their inheritance. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances.”

I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

So now, kill all the male children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man,

Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you 20 years old or more—because you have complained about Me.

But since My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me completely, I will bring him into the land where he has gone, and his descendants will inherit it.

The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon.

one male goat for a sin offering;