In the Sinai desert, the LORD spoke to Moses inside the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month of the second year after they had left the land of Egypt. He said,

Moses and Aaron gathered these men who had been mentioned by name.

just as the LORD had commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Sinai desert.

These individuals were the ones whom Moses and Aaron registered from the twelve leaders of Israel, each person from his ancestral house.

because the LORD had ordered Moses:

The Israelis observed everything that the LORD had commanded Moses, doing exactly what they were told.

Later, the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

but the descendants of Levi were not numbered along with the other Israelis, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

So the Israelis did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses; that is, they encamped under their standard as each person traveled with his own tribe and ancestral house.

This is a record of the genealogies of Aaron and Moses current as of the day on which the LORD addressed Moses on Mount Sinai.

The LORD told Moses,

Later, the LORD told Moses,

The LORD also told Moses in the Sinai wilderness,

So Moses numbered them according to the instruction of the LORD, as he had been commanded.

In front of the tent and east of the Tent of Meeting, Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons encamped facing the east. They were tasked to perform the duties of the sanctuary and care for the needs of the Israelis. Any unauthorized person who approached was to be executed.

As the LORD had instructed, everyone counted by Moses and Aaron from the descendants of Levi, according to their tribe, all males from a month old and above numbered 22,000.

Later the LORD instructed Moses: "Number all the first-born males of Israel from a month old and above and list their names.

So Moses numbered all the firstborn from the sons of Israel just as the LORD commanded him.

Then the LORD told Moses,

So Moses took the ransom money to account for the difference in the total number of those redeemed by the descendants of Levi.

From the firstborn of the Israelis, Moses took money amounting to 1,365 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and his sons according to the LORD's instructions, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

The LORD told Moses and Aaron,

Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

Then the LORD told Moses,

Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses

from the tribe of the descendants of Kohath, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses.

from the tribes of the descendants of Gershon, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said.

from the tribes of the descendants of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses.

The total of those who were numbered from the descendants of Levi by Moses and Aaron; that is, from the leaders of Israel counted according to their tribes and ancestral houses

They were numbered under the supervision of Moses according to what the LORD had said. Each person was assigned a responsibility to carry out, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

The LORD told Moses,

So the Israelis sent them outside the camp. The Israelis did just what the LORD had told Moses.

The LORD told Moses,

Then the LORD told Moses,

Then the LORD told Moses,

Later, the LORD told Moses,

The same day that Moses finished setting up, anointing, and consecrating the tent and its utensils, he also anointed and consecrated the altar and its utensils.

the LORD told Moses,

So Moses took the carts and the oxen and presented them to the descendants of Levi.

the LORD told Moses, "They are to present their offerings, one leader per day, for the dedication of the altar."

When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the L ORD, he heard a voice speaking to him above the Mercy Seat over the Ark of the Testimony. He spoke to him from between the two cherubim.

The LORD told Moses,

So Aaron did so, setting up the lamps to illuminate the area in front of the lamp stand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

This was how the lamp stand was crafted from hammered gold: From its base to its flowers, it was made of hammered gold. Moses crafted the lamp stand just as the LORD had showed him.

Then the LORD told Moses,

So Moses and Aaron and the Israelis did this on behalf of the descendants of Levi. The Israelis did everything that the LORD commanded concerning the descendants of Levi.

After this, the descendants of Levi entered into their work of service at the appointed place, in the presence of Aaron and his sons. They did everything that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the descendants of Levi.

Later, the LORD told Moses,

The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai during the first month of the second year that they had left Egypt,

So Moses instructed the Israelis to observe the Passover.

They observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelis did everything that the LORD had commanded through Moses.

But there were men who couldn't observe the Passover that day because they had come in contact with a corpse. That very day, they approached Moses and Aaron

"Wait while I hear what the LORD has to say about you," Moses replied.

Then the LORD told Moses,

According to what the LORD said, they would remain in camp, and according to what the LORD said, they would travel. They kept the commands that the LORD had given through Moses.

The LORD also told Moses,

doing what the LORD had said through Moses.

Then Moses told Reuel's son Hobab, Moses' relative by marriage from Midian, "We are traveling to the place about which the LORD said "I will give it to you.' So come with us and we'll be good to you, because the LORD has spoken good things about Israel."

Then Moses responded, "Please don't leave us now, since you know where we can camp in the wilderness. You could be our guide.

Whenever the ark was ready to travel, Moses would say: "Arise, LORD, to scatter your enemies, so that whoever hates you will flee from your presence."

When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire stopped.

Moses heard the people weeping throughout their entire families. Everyone gathered at the entrance to their tents so that the LORD was very angry. Moses thought the situation was bad,

Then the LORD told Moses, "Gather together for me 70 men who are elders of Israel, men whom you know to be elders of the people and officers over them. Then bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them stand there with you.

Moses responded, "I'm with 600,000 people on foot and you're saying I am to give them enough meat to eat for a whole month?

But the LORD responded to Moses, "Is the LORD short on power? You're now going to witness whether what I say will come to pass or not."

So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He gathered 70 men from the elders of the people and stationed them around the tent.

The LORD came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses, and made an apportionment from the spirit who rested on him to the 70 elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but that was it.

A young man ran and reported to Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!"

In response, Nun's son Joshua, Moses' attendant and one of his choice men, exclaimed, "My master Moses! Stop them!"

"Are you jealous on account of me?" Moses asked in reply. "I wish all of the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"

Then Moses that is, he and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses on account of the Cushite woman that he had married.

They asked, "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through us?" But the LORD heard it.

Now the man Moses was very humble more than any person on earth.

All of a sudden, the LORD told Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "The three of you are to come out to the Tent of Meeting." So the three of them went out.

But that's not how it is with my servant Moses, since he has been entrusted with my entire household!

I speak to him audibly and in visions, not in mysteries. If he can gaze at the image of the LORD, why aren't you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

Aaron begged Moses, "I pray my lord, please don't hold this sin against us, since we've acted foolishlyand sinned in doing so.

So Moses prayed to the LORD: "O LORD, please heal her."

But the LORD told Moses, "If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn't she be humiliated? She is to be placed in isolation for seven days. After that, she may be brought in."

Later, the LORD told Moses,

So that's just what Moses did, sending them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the LORD's instructions. All of the men were Israeli leaders.

These are the names of the men sent by Moses to explore the land.

Moses renamed Nun's son Hoshea to Joshua. Then he sent them out to explore the land of Canaan. He instructed them, "Go up from here through the Negev, then ascend to the hill country.

came in to Moses and Aaron, and delivered their report to the entire congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back their report to the entire congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

Caleb silenced the people on Moses' behalf and responded, "Let's go up and take control, because we can definitely conquer it."

All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, "We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness.

Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in front of the entire assembly of the congregation of Israel.

Suddenly, the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all of the Israelis. "How long will this people keep on spurning me and refusing to trust me, despite all the miracles that I've done among them?" the LORD asked Moses.

But Moses responded to the LORD, "When Egypt hears that you've brought this people out from among them with a mighty demonstration of power,

Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

After this, the men whom Moses sent out to explore the land, who returned and made the whole congregation complain against him by bringing an evil report concerning the land,

After Moses had told all of this to the Israelis, the people deeply mourned.

But Moses asked them, "Why do you continue to sin against what the LORD said? Don't you know that you can never succeed?

But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, even though the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and Moses didn't leave the camp.

Later, the LORD instructed Moses,

Then the LORD instructed Moses:

"Here's what you are to do when you all go astray and fail to observe all these commands that the LORD had spoken to Moses,

including anything that the LORD commanded you by the authority of Moses, starting from the day the LORD commanded Moses and continuing through your generations.