{N}THE CENSUS OF ISRAEL{/}

{1}1{/}

[\u0095]_[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses, in the desert of Sinai, in the 
Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the 
second year after their departure from the land of Egypt. He said:
{R}_{I}2_{/}"Take a census of the whole community of Israel, by clans and 
families, taking a count of the names of all the males, head by 
head. {R}_{I}3_{/}You and Aaron will enlist all men of Israel, twenty 
years of age and over, able to give military service. {R}_{I}4_{/}From 
each tribe you shall take a man, the head of his family, to help 
you in this.
{I}5_{/}These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: For 
Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. {I}6_{/}For Simeon, Shelumiel son of 
Zurishaddai. {R}_{I}7_{/}For Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab. {I}8_{/}For 
Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar. {I}9_{/}For Zebu-lun, Eliab son of 
Helon. {R}_{I}10_{/}Of the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama son of 
Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. {I}11_{/}For 
Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. {R}_{I}12_{/}For Dan, Ahiezer son of 
Ammishaddai. {I}13_{/}For Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran. {I}14_{/}For Gad, 
Eliasaph son of Reuel. {I}15_{/}For Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan."
{R}_{I}16_{/}These men were elected by public acclamation; they were 
leaders of their ancestral clans, chiefs of Israel's hosts.
{I}17_{/}Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, {R}_{I}18_{/}and 
on the first day of the second month they called together the 
whole community. The sons of Israel listed their names according 
to their clans and families, and one by one the names of all men 
of twenty years and over were recorded and counted. {R}_{I}19_{/}As 
Yahweh had commanded, Moses took a census of them in the desert of 
Sinai.
[=]_{R}_{I}20_{/}When the tribe of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, had been 
listed by clans and families, the names of all the males of twenty 
years and over, able to give military service, were recorded one 
by one. {I}21_{/}The total of these for the tribe of Reuben was 
46,500.
{I}22_{/}When the tribe of Simeon had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service, were recorded one by one. {I}23_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
{I}24_{/}When the tribe of Gad had been listed by clans and families, 
the names of all the males of twenty years and over, able to give 
military service were recorded one by one. {I}25_{/}The total of these 
for the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
{R}_{I}26_{/}When the tribe of Judah had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service, were recorded one by one. {R}_{I}27_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
{I}28_{/}When the tribe of Issachar had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service were recorded one by one. {I}29_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
{I}30_{/}When the tribe of Zebulun had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service, were recorded one by one. {I}31_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
{R}_{I}32_{/}The descendants of Joseph: when the tribe of Ephraim had 
been listed by clans and families, the names of all the males of 
twenty years and over, able to give military service, were 
recorded one by one. {R}_{I}33_{/}The total of these for the tribe of 
Ephraim was 40,500. {R}_{I}34_{/}When the tribe of Manasseh had been 
listed by clans and families, the names of all the males of twenty 
years and over, able to give military service, were recorded one 
by one. {R}_{I}35_{/}The total of these for the tribe of Manasseh was 
32,200.
{I}36_{/}When the tribe of Benjamin had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service, were recorded one by one. {I}37_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
{R}_{I}38_{/}When the tribe of Dan had been listed by clans and families, 
the names of all the males of twenty years and over, able to give 
military service were recorded one by one. {R}_{I}39_{/}The total of 
these for the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
{I}40_{/}When the tribe of Asher had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service, were recorded one by one. {I}41_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
{I}42_{/}When the tribe of Napthali had been listed by clans and 
families, the names of all the males of twenty years and over, 
able to give military service, were recorded one by one. {I}43_{/}The 
total of these for the tribe of Napthali was 53,400.
{R}_{I}44_{/}Such were the men registered by Moses, Aaron and the twelve 
leaders of Israel, each representing his tribe. {R}_{I}45_{/}Every man of 
Israel of twenty years and over, able to give military service, 
was counted according to his tribe. {I}46_{/}Altogether the full total 
was 603,550.
{I}47_{/}But the Levites and their tribe were not included in the 
count.
{I}48_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
{R}_{I}49_{/}"Do not take any census of the Levites, or register them 
among the sons of Israel. [=]_{I}50_{/}You yourself must enlist the 
Levites to serve the Holy Tent of the Testimony and to look after 
its furnishings and its belongings. They are to carry the Holy 
Tent, and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and set 
up their camp around it. {R}_{I}51_{/}Whenever the Holy Tent is to be 
moved, the Levites shall take it down; whenever the Holy Tent is 
to be set up again, they shall do this. Any layman coming near it 
must be put to death.
{R}_{I}52_{/}The sons of Israel are to set up their tents in formation, 
each man with his own group and under his own banner. 
[=]_{R}_{I}53_{/}But the Levites are to set up their tents around the 
Holy Tent of the Testimony, lest God's anger fall on the whole 
community of Israel. The Levites will take care of the Holy Tent 
of the Testimony."
{R}_{I}54_{/}The sons of Israel did exactly as Yahweh had commanded 
Moses.

{N}ISRAEL'S ARMIES{/}

{1}2{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said: {R}_{I}2_{/}"The Israelites 
are to camp, every man by his own banner, under the flag of his 
tribe. They are to camp all around the Holy Tent of the Testimony, 
but at some distance from it.
{R}_{I}3_{/}Those who are to camp on the east side, towards the sunrise: 
the camp of Judah around his banner, in battle arrangement. Leader 
of the sons of Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab. {I}4_{/}His command: 
74,600 men.
{I}5_{/}Encamped next to him:
The tribe of Issachar. Leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel 
son of Zuar. {I}6_{/}His command: 54,400 men.
{I}7_{/}The tribe of Zebulun. Leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab son 
of Helon. {I}8_{/}His command: 57,400.
{R}_{I}9_{/}The assembled strength of the camp of Judah numbers in all 
186,400. These are to be first in marching.
{I}10_{/}On the south side, the banner of the camp of Reuben, in 
battle formation. Leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur son of 
Shedeur. {I}11_{/}His command: 46,500 men.
{I}12_{/}Beside him shall camp: the tribe of Simeon. Leader of the 
sons of Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. {I}13_{/}His comand: 
59,300 men.
{I}14_{/}The tribe of Gad. Leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph son of 
Reuel. {I}15_{/}His command: 45,650 men.
{I}16_{/}The assembled strength of the camp of Reuben numbers in all 
151,450. They are to be second in order of marching.
{R}_{I}17_{/}Next the Tent of Meeting will move, since the camp of the 
Levites is located in the middle of the other camps. The order of 
marching is to be the same order as in camping, every man under 
his own banner.
{R}_{I}18_{/}On the west side, the banner of the camp of Ephraim, in 
battle formation. Leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama son of 
Ammihud. {I}19_{/}His command: 40,500 men.
{R}_{I}20_{/}Next to him: the tribe of Manasseh. Leader of the tribe of 
Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. {I}21_{/}His command: 32,200 men.
{I}22_{/}The tribe of Benjamin. Leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan 
son of Gideoni. {I}23_{/}His command: 35,400 men.
{R}_{I}24_{/}The assembled strength of the camp of Ephraim numbers in all 
108,100. They are to be third in order of marching.
{R}_{I}25_{/}On the north side, the banner of the camp of Dan, in battle 
formation. Leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 
{I}26_{/}His command: 62,700 men.
{I}27_{/}Beside him shall camp {I}28_{/}the tribe of Asher. Leader of the 
sons of Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran. His command: 41,500 men.
{I}29_{/}The tribe of Naphtali. Leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira 
son of Enan. {I}30_{/}His command: 53,400 men.
{R}_{I}31_{/}The assembled strength of the camp of Dan numbers in all 
157,600. They are to be last in order of marching."
{R}_{I}32_{/}Such was the total count of the sons of Israel when the 
census was made according to tribes. The full count of the entire 
camp, grouped under the various commands, was 603,550. {R}_{I}33_{/}The 
Levites, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, were not included in this 
census of the sons of Israel.
{R}_{I}34_{/}The sons of Israel did exactly as Yahweh had commanded 
Moses. This was how they camped, grouped by banners. This was how 
they broke camp, each in his own clan, every man with his own 
family.

{N}THE TRIBE OF LEVI{/}

{1}3{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}These are the descendants of Aaron and Moses, at the time 
when Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.
[=]_{I}2_{/}These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the 
eldest, then Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
{R}_{I}3_{/}These are the names of Aaron's sons, priests anointed and 
invested with the powers of the priesthood. [=]_{R}_{I}4_{/}Nadab and 
Abihu died in the presence of Yahweh, in the desert of Sinai, when 
they offered fire that was unlawful. They left no children and so 
it fell to Eleazar and Ithamar to exercise the priesthood under 
their father Aaron.
{I}5_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
{I}6_{/}"Call for the tribe of Levi and appoint them as servants to 
Aaron the priest. {I}7_{/}They are to perform the duties that are laid 
on him and on the entire community before the Tent of Meeting, in 
their service of the Holy Tent. {R}_{I}8_{/}They shall take care of the 
furnishings for the Tent of Meeting, and serve me in the Holy Tent 
as representatives of the sons of Israel. {R}_{I}9_{/}You are to give the 
Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given to him by the sons 
of Israel.
{R}_{I}10_{/}You are to enroll also Aaron and his sons, and they are to 
carry out the priestly duty. But any layman who comes near is to 
be put to death."
{I}11_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
[=]_{R}_{I}12_{/}"I myself have chosen the Levites from among the sons of 
Israel, in place of the firstborn, those who open the mother's 
womb among the sons of Israel; the Levites therefore belong to me, 
[=]_{R}_{I}13_{/}for every firstborn belongs to me. On the day I struck 
all the firstborn of the Egyptians, I consecrated for my own all 
the firstborn of Israel, of both man and beast. They are mine; I 
am Yahweh."
{R}_{I}14_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai. He said: 
{I}15_{/}"You are to take a census of the sons of Levi by families and 
clans; all the males of the age of one month and over must be 
counted." {I}16_{/}Moses took this census, as Yahweh had ordered. 
{I}17_{/}These are the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and 
Merari.
{I}18_{/}These are the names of Gershon's sons by their clans: Libni 
and Shimei; {R}_{I}19_{/}Kohath's sons by their clans: Amran, Izhar, 
Hebron and Uzziel; {I}20_{/}Merari's sons by their clans: Mahli and 
Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, grouped according to their 
ancestral families.
{I}21_{/}From Gershon are descended the Libnite and the Shimeite 
clans; these are the Gershonite clans. {I}22_{/}Their number, counting 
the males of one month and over, came to 7,500.
{I}23_{/}The Gershonite clans camped behind the Holy Tent, on the west 
side. {I}24_{/}The leader of the clan of Gershon was Eliasaph son of 
Lael. [=]_{I}25_{/}In the Tent of Meeting the sons of Gershon had 
charge of the Holy Tent, its inner and outer covers, {R}_{I}26_{/}the 
screen for the entrance and curtains for the court which is around 
the Holy Tent and the altar, and the ropes needed for all this 
work.
{I}27_{/}From Kohath are descended the Amramite, the Izharite, the 
Hebronite and the Uzzielite clans; these are the Kohathite clans. 
{I}28_{/}Their full number, counting the males of one month and over, 
came to 8,300. They were in charge of the sanctuary. {I}29_{/}The 
Kohathite clans camped on the south side of the Holy Tent. 
{I}30_{/}The leader of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of 
Uzziel. [=]_{R}_{I}31_{/}They were in charge of the ark, the table, the 
lampstand, the altars, the sacred vessels used in the liturgy, and 
the screen.
{I}32_{/}The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar, son of Aaron the 
priest. He was the head of all those who were in charge of the 
sanctuary.
{I}33_{/}From Merari are descended the Mahlite and the Mushite clans; 
these are the Merarite clans. {I}34_{/}Their full number, counting the 
males of one month and over, came to 6,200. {I}35_{/}The leader of the 
Merarite clans was Zuriel, son of Abihail. They camped on the 
north side of the Holy Tent. {I}36_{/}The sons of Merari were in 
charge of the framework of the Holy Tent, with its crossbars, 
posts and bases, all its fittings, {I}37_{/}and also the posts around 
the court, with their bases, pegs and ropes.
{R}_{I}38_{/}Finally, on the east side, facing the Holy Tent and the Tent 
of Meeting, toward the sunrise, was the camp of Moses and Aaron 
and his sons, who had charge of the sanctuary for the people of 
Israel. Anyone else coming near was to be put to death.
{I}39_{/}Altogether, the total count of Levites of the age of one 
month and over, whom Moses numbered by clans as Yahweh had 
ordered, came to 22,000.
{R}_{I}40_{/}Yahweh said to Moses:
"Take a census of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, all 
the males from the age of one month and over; take a census of 
them by name. {R}_{I}41_{/}Then you will take the Levites for me, Yahweh, 
instead of the firstborn of Israel; in the same way you will give 
me their cattle instead of the firstborn cattle of the sons of 
Israel."
{R}_{I}42_{/}As Yahweh commanded, Moses took a census of all the 
firstborn of the sons of Israel. {I}43_{/}The total count, by name, of 
the firstborn from the age of one month and over came to 22,273.
{I}44_{/}Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
{R}_{I}45_{/}"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn of Israel's 
sons, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; the 
Levites shall be my own. {R}_{I}46_{/}But you have to buy back the 273 of 
the firstborn of the sons of Israel who outnumber the Levites. 
[=]_{I}47_{/}So for each one you are to pay five pieces of silver, 
according to the official standard, {I}48_{/}and you shall give this 
money to Aaron and his sons."
{I}49_{/}Moses received the 1,365 pieces of silver as ransom from 
those who were left when the rest had been redeemed by the 
Levites. {I}50_{/}From the firstborn of the Israelites he received one 
thousand three hundred and sixty-five pieces of silver according 
to the sanctuary standard. {I}51_{/}And he gave them to Aaron and his 
sons as Yahweh had ordered.

{N}THE LEVITE FAMILIES: THE KOHATHITES{/}

{1}4{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said: {I}2_{/}"Take a 
census of those Levites who are sons of Kohath, by sub-clans and 
families {I}3_{/}count all the men between thirty and fifty years of 
age, those able to give military service who will be given tasks 
in the Tent of Meeting.
{I}4_{/}These are the duties of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of 
Meeting: they are to have charge of the most holy things. {I}5_{/}When 
it is time to move from the camp, Aaron and his sons are to come 
and take down the veil of the screen. With it they shall cover up 
the ark of the Statement. {I}6_{/}On top of this they shall put a 
covering of fine leather, and spread over the whole a cloth all of 
violet. Then they are to fix the poles to the ark.
{I}7_{/}Over the offertory table they are to spread a violet cloth and 
put on it the dishes, cups, bowls and jars for the wine offering; 
the bread offered to the Lord shall be perpetually on it. {I}8_{/}Over 
these they shall spread a cloth of scarlet and cover the whole 
with a covering of fine leather. Then they are to fix the poles to 
the table.
{I}9_{/}They are then to take a cloth of violet and cover the light-
bearing lampstand together with the lamps, tongs, trays and all 
the oil jars that belong to it. [=]_{I}10_{/}They are to put it, with 
all its utensils, on a covering of fine leather and place it on 
the carrying frame.
{R}_{I}11_{/}Over the golden altar they must spread a violet cloth, and 
cover that with a covering of fine leather. Then they are to fix 
the poles to it.
{I}12_{/}They are also to take all the other objects used in the 
service of the sanctuary. They must put them all on a violet 
cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather and place them 
together on the carrying frame.
{R}_{I}13_{/}When they have removed the ashes from the altar, they must 
spread a scarlet cloth over it, {R}_{I}14_{/}and place on this all the 
objects used in the service at the altar: the fire pans, hooks, 
shovels, sprinkling basins and all the altar vessels. Over the 
whole they must spread a covering of fine leather. Then they are 
to fix the poles to it.
[=]_{I}15_{/}When Aaron and his sons have finished covering all the 
sacred objects and all the equipment in preparation for moving 
from camp, the sons of Kohath are to come to carry the sacred 
things, but without touching any of them; otherwise they would 
die. This is the duty given to the sons of Kohath in the Tent of 
Meeting. {I}16_{/}Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, is to watch over 
the oil for the light, the sweet-smelling incense, the grain 
offerings and the anointing oil; he must watch over the whole Holy 
Tent and everything in it: the sacred objects and their 
equipment."
{I}17_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said: {I}18_{/}"Do not let 
the families of Kohath be cut off from the number of the Levites. 
{I}19_{/}This is what you shall do for them, lest they die when they 
approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons must go in and 
assign to each of them his task. {I}20_{/}In this way they can go in 
and yet not look, even for a moment, on any of the holy things; if 
they do, they will die."

{N}THE GERSHONITE FAMILIES{/}

{I}21_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said to him:
{I}22_{/}"Take a census also of the sons of Gershon, by families and 
sub-clans: {I}23_{/}count the men between thirty and fifty years of 
age, those able to give military service, who will be given tasks 
in the Tent of Meeting.
{I}24_{/}These are the duties of the Gershonites: {I}25_{/}They are to 
carry the curtains of the Holy Tent, the Tent of Meeting with its 
covering and the other covering of fine leather that goes over it, 
{R}_{I}26_{/}the screen for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the 
curtains for the court, the screen for the entrance to the court 
that is around the Holy Tent and the altar, the ropes and all the 
necessary equipment.
{I}27_{/}They are to be responsible for these things. These are the 
duties of the sons of Gershon. Their functions and their tasks are 
to be carried out under the direction of Aaron and his sons: you 
must see that they fulfill their duties. {I}28_{/}Such shall be the 
duties of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their work will 
be supervised by Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

{N}THE MERARITE FAMILIES{/}

{I}29_{/}You are to count the sons of Merari, by sub-clans and 
families. {I}30_{/}Count all the men between thirty and fifty years of 
age, those able to give military service, who will be given tasks 
in the Tent of Meeting.
{I}31_{/}The burden they are to carry and the duties that are to fall 
to them in the Tent of Meeting shall be as follows: the framework 
of the Holy Tent, its crossbars, its posts and bases, {R}_{I}32_{/}the 
posts around the court with their bases, pegs, ropes and all the 
fittings used in setting them up. You are to draw up a list of 
their names with the duty that each man must fulfill.
{I}33_{/}These are the duties of the Merarite clans. All their duties 
in the Tent of Meeting will be supervised by Ithamar, son of Aaron 
the priest."

{N}CENSUS OF THE LEVITES{/}

{I}34_{/}Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community took a census 
of the sons of Kohath, by sub-clans and families, {R}_{I}35_{/}of every 
man between thirty and fifty years of age, able to give military 
service and to be given tasks in the Tent of Meeting, {I}36_{/}the 
total of their clans was 2,750 men. {I}37_{/}This was the number of 
the Kohathites, of all those who were given tasks in the Tent of 
Meeting whom Moses and Aaron counted at the Lord's command given 
through Moses.
{I}38_{/}A census was taken of the sons of Gershon, {R}_{I}39_{/}by sub-clans 
and families, of every man between thirty and fifty years of age 
able to give military service and to be given tasks in the Tent of 
Meeting. {I}40_{/}The total was 2,630 men. {I}41_{/}This was the number of 
the Gershonites, of all those who were given tasks in the Tent of 
Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the Lord's command.
{I}42_{/}A census was taken of the sons of Merari, by sub-clans and 
families, {R}_{I}43_{/}of every man between thirty and fifty years of 
age, able to give military service and to be given tasks in the 
Tent of Meeting. {I}44_{/}The total was 3,200 men. {I}45_{/}This was the 
number of the Merarites whom Moses and Aaron counted at the Lord's 
command through Moses.
{I}46_{/}The total number of Levites, counted according to clans and 
families - {I}47_{/}all the men between thirty and fifty years of age, 
able to give military service and to be given tasks of carrying 
burdens in the Tent of Meeting {I}48_{/}amounted to 8,580. {I}49_{/}At 
Yahweh's command given through Moses, the census was taken to 
assign to every man his duty and his task; they were numbered as 
Yahweh had commanded Moses.

{N}VARIOUS LAWS{/}

{1}5{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: [=]_{I}2_{/}"Order the Israelites 
to put out of the camp all lepers, and all who suffer from a 
contagious infection, or who have become unclean by touching a 
corpse. {R}_{I}3_{/}Man or woman, you must put them out and forbid them 
to return to the camp. The Israelites must not allow the camp 
where I dwell among them to become unclean in this way."
{I}4_{/}The Israelites did so: they put them out of the camp. The 
Israelites did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
{I}5_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, [=]_{R}_{I}6_{/}"Tell the people of 
Israel: 
If anyone commits a fault against another person, and thus is 
unfaithful to Yahweh, {I}7_{/}that person must confess the sin 
committed and give back in full the amount which was taken plus 
20' more. Payment is to be made to the person who was wronged.
{I}8_{/}If, however, that person has died and there is no near 
relative to whom the ill-gotten goods can be returned, this 
payment owed to Yahweh shall be given to the priest, in addition 
to the ram of atonement with which the priest makes atonement for 
the guilty person. {I}9_{/}For of everything consecrated by Israelites 
and brought to the priest he has a right to the share set aside. 
[=]_{I}10_{/}Whatever a person consecrates is his own; whatever is 
given to the priest belongs to the priest."
{I}11_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}12_{/}"Say this to the people 
of Israel:
If anyone has a wife who goes astray and is unfaithful to him, 
{R}_{I}13_{/}sleeping with some other man without the husband's 
knowledge, and she disgraces herself in secret in this way, 
without any witness against her, and without anyone catching her 
in the act; {R}_{I}14_{/}then, perhaps the spirit of jealousy will come 
over the husband and make him jealous for the wife who has 
disgraced herself. But perhaps the spirit of jealousy comes upon 
the husband, and makes him jealous of his wife even though she is 
innocent. [=]_{R}_{I}15_{/}In these cases the man must bring his wife 
before the priest, and on her behalf make an offering of two 
pounds of barley flour. He is not to pour oil on it or put incense 
on it, because this is an 'offering for jealousy,' a memorial 
offering to record a fault.
{I}16_{/}The priest is then to bring the woman forward and stand her 
before Yahweh. {R}_{I}17_{/}Then he shall take living water in an earthen 
jar, and on the water throw dust that he has taken from the floor 
of the Holy Tent. {R}_{I}18_{/}After he has placed the woman before 
Yahweh, he shall loosen her hair and put in her hands the 
commemorative offering (that is, the offering for jealousy). In 
his own hands the priest will hold the bowl containing bitter 
water that brings a curse.
{R}_{I}19_{/}He is then to make the woman agree to an oath. He shall say 
to her: If it is not true that a man has slept with you, that you 
have gone astray and disgraced yourself while under your husband's 
authority, then may this water of bitterness and cursing do you no 
harm. {R}_{I}20_{/}But if it is true that you have gone astray, and have 
disgraced yourself by sharing your bed with a man other than your 
husband, {I}21_{/}may Yahweh make of you an example and a curse among 
your people, making your breast shrink and your stomach swell! 
{R}_{I}22_{/}May this water of cursing enter your body to swell your 
stomach and to shrink your breast! The woman must answer: Amen! 
Amen!
{R}_{I}23_{/}Then the priest shall write these curses down and wash them 
off in the bowl of bitter water. {R}_{I}24_{/}He must make the woman 
drink this water of bitterness and of cursing, and this water of 
cursing shall go into her and be bitter inside her.
{R}_{I}25_{/}The priest shall then take the offering for jealousy from 
the woman's hands, and hold it up before Yahweh with a gesture of 
offering, and so carry it up to the altar. {R}_{I}26_{/}He shall take a 
handful of the flour as a memorial, and burn it on the altar.
He shall then make the woman drink the water. {R}_{I}27_{/}After he has 
made her drink it, if it is true that she has disgraced herself, 
deceiving her husband, then the water of cursing that goes into 
her shall indeed be bitter: her belly will swell and her breast 
shrink, and she will be a curse among her people. {I}28_{/}But if she 
has not disgraced herself and is clean, then she will go unharmed 
and will bear children.
{R}_{I}29_{/}This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a woman has gone 
astray and disgraced herself while under her husband's authority, 
{R}_{I}30_{/}or when a spirit of jealousy has come over a man and made 
him jealous for his wife. When a husband brings such a woman 
before Yahweh, the priest must apply this law to her in full. 
{I}31_{/}The husband shall be guiltless, but the woman must bear the 
punishment for her sin."

{N}THE NAZIRITES{/}

{1}6{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Speak to the people of Israel 
{R}_{I}2_{/}and say to them: When either a man or a woman makes a special 
vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to Yahweh, {I}3_{/}he 
shall abstain from wine and strong drink. He shall not drink 
vinegar made from wine or strong drink; nor shall he drink the 
juice of the grape or eat fresh or dried grapes. {I}4_{/}All the time 
he lives as a Nazirite he shall eat nothing produced by the 
grapevine, from the pips to the skin.
{R}_{I}5_{/}All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall touch 
his head. Until the time of his dedication to Yahweh is over, he 
will be a consecrated person and he shall let his hair grow 
freely. {R}_{I}6_{/}For all the time of his separation in honor of Yahweh 
he shall not go near a dead person, {R}_{I}7_{/}not even for his father, 
mother, brother or sister, lest he be defiled, for he bears on his 
head the sign of his consecration to God. {I}8_{/}All the time he 
lives as a Nazirite he is consecrated to Yahweh. 
{I}9_{/}If someone suddenly dies near him, his dedicated head is 
defiled. He then shall be purified on the seventh day and shave 
his head on that day. [=]_{I}10_{/}Then on the eighth day he shall 
bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the 
entrance to the Tent of Meeting. {R}_{I}11_{/}The priest shall offer one 
as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering; so he shall 
make atonement for his sin because of the dead person. {I}12_{/}And 
that same day the Nazirite shall again consecrate his head and 
bring a yearling lamb as a guilt offering. The time of his 
consecration begins again from that day. The former days are not 
valid for his separation has been defiled.
[=]_{I}13_{/}This is the ritual regarding the Nazirite on the day when 
his period of consecration is completed. He is to be led to the 
entrance of the Tent of Meeting, {R}_{I}14_{/}and must make his offering 
to Yahweh: a one-year-old male lamb without any defect for burnt 
offering, a one-year-old lamb without any defect for sacrifice for 
sin; a ram without any defect for peace offering; {I}15_{/}and a 
basket of unleavened loaves made of fine flour mixed with oil, and 
of unleavened wafers spread with oil, with the required offerings 
of grain and wine. {R}_{I}16_{/}When he has brought all this before 
Yahweh, the priest must offer the sacrifice for sin and the burnt 
offering for the Nazirite. {I}17_{/}Then he shall offer the peace 
offering with the ram and the unleavened bread in the basket, and 
finally the priest shall offer the accompanying offerings of grain 
and wine. {I}18_{/}Then the Nazirite shall shave off his consecrated 
hair at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and put it in the 
fire of peace offering. {I}19_{/}The priest is to take the shoulder of 
the ram, as soon as it is cooked, with an unleavened cake from the 
basket, and an unleavened wafer. He is to put them into the hands 
of the Nazirite who has just shaved off his hair. [=]_{R}_{I}20_{/}With 
them he must make the gesture of offering before Yahweh; as it is 
a holy thing, it belongs by law to the priest, in addition to the 
breast that has been presented and the leg of the ram that has 
been set aside. After this the Nazirite may once more drink wine.
{I}21_{/}Such is the ritual for the Nazirite, if, besides the hair, he 
has also vowed a personal offering to Yahweh, he must fulfill the 
vow he has made, in addition to what the ritual prescribes for his 
hair."

{N}THE BLESSING{/}

[\u0095]_{I}22_{/}Then Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, {R}_{I}23_{/}"Speak to Aaron 
and his sons and say to them: This is how you shall bless the 
people of Israel; you shall say:
[=]_{I}24{/}May Yahweh bless you and keep you!
{I}25_{/}May Yahweh let his face shine on you, and be gracious to you!
[=]_{I}26_{/}May Yahweh look kindly on you, and give you his peace!
{R}_{I}27_{/}In that way shall they put my name on the people of Israel 
and I will bless them."

{N}OFFERING OF WAGONS{/}

{1}7{/}

[=]_[*]_{R}_{I}1_{/}On the day Moses finished setting up the Holy Tent, 
he anointed and consecrated it with all its furniture, as well as 
the altar and all its equipment. When he had anointed and 
consecrated it all, {R}_{I}2_{/}the leaders of Israel made an offering; 
these were the heads of the clans, who were leaders of tribes and 
had supervised the census. {I}3_{/}They brought their offering before 
Yahweh: six covered wagons and twelve oxen, one wagon for every 
two leaders and one ox each. They brought them before the Holy 
Tent. {I}4_{/}Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said, {I}5_{/}"Accept these 
from them, and let them be set apart for the service of the Tent 
of Meeting. You are to give them to the Levites, to each as his 
duties require."
{I}6_{/}Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the 
Levites. {I}7_{/}To the sons of Gershon he gave two wagons and four 
oxen for the duties they had to perform. {I}8_{/}To the sons of Merari 
he gave four wagons and eight oxen, for the duties they had to 
perform under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 
{I}9_{/}But to the sons of Kohath he gave none at all, because the 
sacred duty given to them had to be carried on their shoulders.
[=]_{R}_{I}10_{/}The leaders then made an offering for the dedication of 
the altar, on the day it was anointed. They brought their offering 
before the altar, {R}_{I}11_{/}and Yahweh said to Moses, "Let the leaders 
each bring an offering each day for a period of twelve days for 
the dedication of the altar."
{R}_{I}12_{/}On the first day an offering was brought by Nahshon son of 
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. {I}13_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}14_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}15_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering; {R}_{I}16_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin; {I}17_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon son of 
Amminadab.
{I}18_{/}On the second day an offering was brought by Nethanel son of 
Zuar, leader of Issachar. {I}19_{/}His offering was: one silver bowl 
weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces 
by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain 
offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}20_{/}one golden bowl 
weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}21_{/}one young bull, 
one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering, 
{R}_{I}22_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}23_{/}and, for the peace 
offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-
old lambs. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
{I}24_{/}On the third day an offering was brought by Eliab son of 
Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun. {I}25_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing   ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}26_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing 50 ounces, filled with incense, {I}27_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering; {R}_{I}28_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}29_{/}and for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
{I}30_{/}On the fourth day an offering was brought by Elizur son of 
Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben. {I}31_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}32_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}33_{/}one 
young bull, one ram, and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering, {R}_{I}34_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}35_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Elizur son of 
Shedeur.
{I}36_{/}On the fifth day an offering was brought by Shelumiel son of 
Zurishaddai, leader of the sons of Simeon. {I}37_{/}His offering was: 
one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 38_one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}39_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering, {R}_{I}40_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin; {I}41_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of 
Zurishaddai.
{I}42_{/}On the sixth day an offering was brought by Eliasaph son of 
Reuel, leader of the sons of Gad. {I}43_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}44_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}45_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering, {R}_{I}46_{/}one goat for sacrifice for sin, {I}47_{/}and, for the 
peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of 
Reuel.
{R}_{I}48_{/}On the seventh day an offering was brought by Elishama son 
of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim. {I}49_{/}His offering was: 
one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}50_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces filled with incense, {I}51_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering; {R}_{I}52_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}53_{/}and, for 
the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Elishama, son of 
Ammihud.
{R}_{I}54_{/}On the eighth day an offering was brought by Gamaliel son of 
Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh. {I}55_{/}His offering was: 
one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}56_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}57_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering: {R}_{I}58_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin; {I}59_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of 
Pedahzur. 
{I}60_{/}On the ninth day an offering was brought by Abidan son of 
Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin. {I}61_{/}His offering was: 
one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one sprinkling bowl weighing 
30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the 
grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}62_{/}one golden 
bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}63_{/}one young 
bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering; {R}_{I}64_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}65_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Abidan son of 
Gideoni.
{R}_{I}66_{/}On the tenth day an offering was brought by Ahiezer son of 
Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan. {I}67_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled, 
for the grain offering, with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}68_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}69_{/}one 
young bull, one ram, and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering, {R}_{I}70_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}71_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of 
Ammishaddai.
{I}72_{/}On the eleventh day an offering was brought by Pagiel son of 
Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher. {I}73_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}74_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}75_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering; {R}_{I}76_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin; {I}77_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.
{I}78_{/}On the twelfth day an offering was brought by Ahira son of 
Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali. {I}79_{/}His offering was: one 
silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl 
weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled 
for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, {I}80_{/}one 
golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, {I}81_{/}one 
young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt 
offering; {R}_{I}82_{/}one goat for the sacrifice for sin, {I}83_{/}and, for 
the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male 
one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
{R}_{I}84_{/}These were the offerings made by the leaders of Israel for 
the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed: twelve 
silver bowls, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve golden 
bowls. {I}85_{/}Each silver bowl weighed 50 ounces, and each 
sprinkling bowl 30 ounces, the silver of these objects weighing in 
all 60 pounds. {I}86_{/}The twelve golden bowls filled with incense 
weighed four ounces each, the gold of these bowls weighing in all 
48 ounces.
{R}_{I}87_{/}The sum total of animals for the burnt offering: twelve 
bulls, twelve rams, twelve male one-year-old lambs, together with 
their accompanying grain offering. For the sacrifice for sin, 
twelve goats. {R}_{I}88_{/}The sum total of animals for the peace 
offering: twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, and sixty 
male one-year-old lambs.
These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar, after it 
had been anointed.
{R}_{I}89_{/}When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, 
he heard the voice speaking to him from above the Mercy Seat which 
was on the Ark of the Covenant, from between the two cherubim.

{1}8{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: [=]_{I}2_{/}"Say this to Aaron: 
Set up the lamps, so that the seven lamps throw their light toward 
the front of the lampstand."
{I}3_{/}Aaron set up the lamps to the front of the lampstand, as the 
Lord had commanded Moses. {I}4_{/}This lampstand was made of hammered 
gold; from its stem to its petals, it was of hammered gold. This 
lampstand had been made according to the pattern Yahweh had shown 
to Moses.

{N}THE LEVITES ARE OFFERED TO YAHWEH{/}

[*]_{I}5_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: {I}6_{/}"Separate the Levites 
from the other Israelites and purify them. [=]_{R}_{I}7_{/}You shall 
sprinkle them with the water of purification, and they shall shave 
their bodies all over and wash their clothing. They will then be 
clean. {R}_{I}8_{/}They shall next take a young bull, with the 
accompanying grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you 
shall take a second young bull for a sacrifice for sin. {R}_{I}9_{/}Then 
bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting, and call together 
the whole community of Israel. {R}_{I}10_{/}When you have brought the 
Levites before Yahweh, the sons of Israel must lay their hands on 
them. {I}11_{/}Aaron shall then offer the Levites, and make the 
gesture of offering waving them before Yahweh on behalf of the 
Israelites. From that time, they will be dedicated to the service 
of Yahweh.
{R}_{I}12_{/}The Levites must then lay their hands on the heads of the 
bulls, one of which you are to offer as a sacrifice for sin, and 
the other as a burnt offering to Yahweh; this is the rite of 
atonement for the Levites. {I}13_{/}Having brought the Levites before 
Aaron and his sons, you will present them to Yahweh and wave them 
before him. {R}_{I}14_{/}So you shall set the Levites apart from the rest 
of the sons of Israel, so that they may be mine. {I}15_{/}The Levites 
may begin their ministry in the Tent of Meeting when you have 
purified them and offered them with the gesture of offering. 
[=]_{R}_{I}16_{/}They are given me from among all the sons of Israel. 
They are to replace all the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. I 
have taken them for my own. {R}_{I}17_{/}For all the firstborn among the 
sons of Israel, man and beast, belong to me: the day I struck all 
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated them to myself, 
{R}_{I}18_{/}and now, in place of all the firstborn among the sons of 
Israel, I have taken the Levites. {R}_{I}19_{/}But now I give them to 
Aaron and his sons from among the sons of Israel and they will 
minister in the Tent of Meeting on behalf of the sons of Israel, 
and perform the rite of atonement over them, so that none of the 
sons of Israel may be struck down for approaching the sanctuary."
{R}_{I}20_{/}Moses, Aaron and the whole community of the sons of Israel 
dealt with the Levites exactly as Yahweh had ordered Moses; this 
is what the sons of Israel did with them. {I}21_{/}The Levites 
purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented 
them and waved them before Yahweh. Then he performed the rite of 
atonement over them. {I}22_{/}The Levites were then allowed to perform 
their ministry in the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and 
his sons. As Yahweh had ordered Moses concerning the Levites, so 
it was done to them.
{I}23_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: {I}24_{/}"This concerns the 
Levites. The Levite shall exercise his ministry and do his duties 
in the Tent of Meeting from the age of twenty-four onward. 
{I}25_{/}After the age of fifty, he is no longer bound to the 
ministry; he shall have no further duties; {I}26_{/}but he can still 
help his brothers to perform the services in the Tent of Meeting, 
though he himself will no longer have any ministry. See that this 
is the rule for the ministry of the Levites."

{N}DATE OF THE PASSOVER{/}

{1}9{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the 
second year after the exodus from Egypt, in the first month. He 
said:
{R}_{I}2_{/}"Let the sons of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed 
time. [=]_{R}_{I}3_{/}The fourteenth day of this month, between the two 
evenings, is the appointed time for you to keep it. Then you must 
celebrate the Passover according to all the laws and customs 
proper to it."
{R}_{I}4_{/}So Moses gave orders for the sons of Israel to celebrate the 
Passover. {R}_{I}5_{/}They celebrated it in the wilderness of Sinai, in 
the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the 
two evenings. The people of Israel did exactly as Yahweh had 
ordered Moses.
{R}_{I}6_{/}It happened that some men had become unclean by touching a 
dead body and they could not celebrate the Passover that day. They 
came the same day to Moses and Aaron, {R}_{I}7_{/}and said to them, "We 
have become unclean by touching a dead body. Why should we be 
forbidden to celebrate the sacrifice to Yahweh at the proper time 
with the rest of the Israelites?" {I}8_{/}Moses answered them, "Wait 
there till I hear what Yahweh tells me about you."
{I}9_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}10_{/}"Say this to the 
Israelites: If anyone, among you or your descendants, becomes 
unclean by touching a dead body or is far away on a journey, he 
can still celebrate the Passover for Yahweh. {I}11_{/}He shall do it 
one month later instead, on the fourteenth day, between the two 
evenings. Then you shall celebrate it with unleavened bread and 
bitter herbs; [=]_{R}_{I}12_{/}nothing of the victim must be left over 
until morning, nor must they break any of its bones: You shall 
keep all the regulations of the Passover. {R}_{I}13_{/}But anyone who is 
clean and not away on a journey, and who fails to celebrate the 
Passover, shall be cut off from his people because he did not 
bring the offering to Yahweh at its appointed time. So he must 
suffer the punishment for his sin.
{R}_{I}14_{/}If a stranger is living among you and wants to celebrate the 
Passover for Yahweh, he must celebrate it in accordance with the 
laws and customs of the Passover. There is to be only one law 
among you, for settler and native alike."

{N}BY MEANS OF THE CLOUD, GOD LEADS HIS PEOPLE{/}

[=]_[*]_{I}15_{/}On the day the Holy Tent, that is the Tent of 
Meeting, was set up, the Cloud covered it. At nightfall the Cloud 
took the appearance of fire over the Holy Tent and remained so 
until the morning. {I}16_{/}The Cloud covered it continually in 
daytime and at night it looked like fire.
{I}17_{/}Whenever the Cloud lifted above the Tent, the Israelites took 
down their tents and continued their journey; whenever the Cloud 
stopped, there the Israelites camped. {I}18_{/}The Israelites left at 
the command of Yahweh, and at his command they camped.
The people remained in camp as long as the Cloud rested on the 
Holy Tent. {I}19_{/}As long as the Cloud stayed above the Holy Tent 
the Israelites obeyed Yahweh and did not move on.
{I}20_{/}Whether the Cloud happened to stay for many days above the 
Holy Tent or only one day, they camped at Yahweh's command and 
moved on at Yahweh's command. {I}21_{/}If the Cloud happened to remain 
only from evening to morning, they moved on when it lifted the 
next morning. Or, if it stayed for a whole day and night, they 
moved on only when it lifted. {I}22_{/}Sometimes it stayed there for 
two days, a month, or a year; however long the Cloud stayed above 
the Holy Tent, the Israelites remained in camp in the same place, 
and when it lifted they moved on. {I}23_{/}At Yahweh's command they 
camped, and at Yahweh's command they moved on. They obeyed 
Yahweh's command given through Moses.

{1}10{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: [=]_{I}2_{/}"Make two trumpets of 
hammered silver that you shall use for calling the people 
together, and for sounding the order to move on. {I}3_{/}Whenever both 
trumpets are sounded, the whole community is to gather around you, 
at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. {I}4_{/}But if only one 
trumpet is sounded, then only the leaders, the chiefs of clans are 
to gather around you.
{I}5_{/}When the trumpet sounds shrilly, the camps to the east shall 
move on. {I}6_{/}At the second shrill blast, the camps pitched to the 
south shall move on. The trumpet blast shall be shrill when they 
are to leave; {I}7_{/}but to gather the people, the trumpet shall be 
sounded plainly. {R}_{I}8_{/}The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound 
the trumpets; this is a law for you and your descendants for all 
time to come.
[=]_{R}_{I}9_{/}When you are in your own land and are to go to war 
against an enemy who oppresses you, you shall sound the trumpet 
shrilly so Yahweh your God will remember you, and you will be 
delivered from your enemies.
[=]_{R}_{I}10_{/}On joyful occasions, on your festival and new-moon 
feast, you will sound the trumpet at the time of your burnt 
offering and your communion sacrifices, and they will call you to 
the remembrance of your God. I am Yahweh your God."

{N}ISRAEL'S ARMIES IN ORDERED ARRAY{/}

{R}_{I}11_{/}On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year 
after the people left Egypt, the Cloud lifted over the Holy Tent 
of the Covenant {R}_{I}12_{/}and the Israelites moved on, in marching 
order, from the desert of Sinai. The Cloud came to rest in the 
desert of Paran.
{I}13_{/}This was the first stage of the Israelites' journey at the 
command of Yahweh given through Moses: {R}_{I}14_{/}in the front was the 
banner of the camp of the tribe of Judah, in battle formation. In 
command of Judah's force was Nahshon son of Amminadab; {I}15_{/}in 
command of the tribe of Issachar, in battle formation, was 
Nethanel son of Zuar; {I}16_{/}in command of the tribe of Zebulun, in 
battle formation, was Eliab son of Helon. 
{I}17_{/}Then, the Holy Tent was taken down and the sons of Gershon 
and the sons of Merari started out, carrying the Holy Tent.
{I}18_{/}Then came the banner of the camp of the tribe of Reuben, in 
battle formation. In command of Reuben's force was Elizur son of 
Shedeur; {I}19_{/}in command of the tribe of Simeon, in battle 
formation, was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; {I}20_{/}in command of 
the tribe of Gad, in battle formation, was Eliasaph, son of Reuel.
{I}21_{/}Then came the sons of Kohath, who carried the sanctuary (the 
Holy Tent was set up before their arrival.) 
{R}_{I}22_{/}Then came the banner of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, in 
battle formation. In command of Ephraim's force was Elishama son 
of Ammihud; {R}_{I}23_{/}in command of the tribe of Manasseh, in battle 
formation, was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; {I}24_{/}in command of the 
tribe of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni.
{R}_{I}25_{/}Last of all, serving as rearguard of all the camps, came the 
sons of Dan, in battle formation. In command of the force of Dan 
was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; {I}26_{/}in command of the tribe of 
the sons of Asher, in battle formation, was Pagiel son of Ochran; 
{I}27_{/}in command of the sons of Naphtali, in battle formation, was 
Ahira son of Enan.
{I}28_{/}Such was the order of march for the Israelites, in battle 
formation. So they set out.

{C}MEMORIES OF THE DESERT (1ST PART){/}

[\u0095]_[=]_{R}_{I}29_{/}Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses' father-in-law, 
Reuel the Midianite, "We are setting out for the land which Yahweh 
has promised to give us. Come with us, and we will treat you well, 
for Yahweh has promised happiness to Israel." He answered, {I}30_{/}"I 
will not come with you. I would rather go to my own land and my 
own family." Moses replied, {R}_{I}31_{/}"Do not leave us, for you know 
where we can camp in the desert, and so you will be our eyes. 
{I}32_{/}If you come with us, you will share in the blessing with 
which Yahweh blesses us."
{R}_{I}33_{/}They moved on from the Mountain of Yahweh, a three days' 
journey, and for three days the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh went 
before them, [=]_{I}34_{/}seeking out a resting place for them.

Yahweh's cloud was over them by day when they left the camp. 
[=]_{I}35_{/}Whenever the Ark left, Moses would say, "Arise, Yahweh, 
and let your enemies be scattered and let those who hate you flee 
before you." {R}_{I}36_{/}And when it came to rest, he would say, "Come 
back, Yahweh, to the multitude - the armies of Israel."

{1}11{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Now the people were seeking a quarrel with Yahweh. Yahweh 
heard and his anger was aroused. A fire from Yahweh flared out 
against them and burned the outer part of the camp. {I}2_{/}Then the 
people cried out to Moses and he interceded for them to Yahweh and 
the fire died out. {I}3_{/}They called the place Taberah, because the 
fire of Yahweh was inflamed against them.
{I}4_{/}Now the rabble that was among them had greedy desires and even 
the Israelites wept and said, "Who will give us meat to eat? 
{R}_{I}5_{/}We remember the fish we ate without cost in Egypt, the 
cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions and garlic. {I}6_{/}Now 
our appetite is gone; there's nothing to look at, nothing but 
manna."
[=]_{I}7_{/}Now the manna was like coriander seed and had the 
appearance of bedellium. {I}8_{/}The people went about gathering it up 
and then ground it between millstones or pounded it in a mortar. 
They boiled it in a pot and made cakes with it which tasted like 
cakes made with oil. {I}9_{/}As soon as dew fell at night in the camp, 
the manna came with it.
{I}10_{/}Moses heard the people crying, family by family at the 
entrance to their tent and Yahweh became very angry.
This displeased Moses. [=]_{I}11_{/}Then Moses said to Yahweh, "Why 
have you treated your servant so badly? Is it because you do not 
love me that you burdened me with this people? {I}12_{/}Did I conceive 
all these people and did I give them birth? And now you want me to 
carry them in my bosom as a nurse carries an infant, to the land 
you promised on oath to their fathers? [*]_{I}13_{/}Where would I get 
meat for all these people, when they cry to me saying: 'Give us 
meat that we may eat?' {I}14_{/}I cannot, myself alone, carry all 
these people; the burden is too heavy for me. {I}15_{/}Kill me rather 
than treat me like this, I beg of you, if you look kindly on me, 
and let me not see your anger."
[=]_{R}_{I}16_{/}Yahweh said to Moses, "Assemble seventy men from the 
elders of Israel whom you recognize as elders and men of authority 
over them and bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them take 
their stand there with you. {R}_{I}17_{/}I shall come down to speak with 
you and I shall take some of the spirit that is in you and put it 
in them. From now on they will share with you the burden of the 
people so that no longer will you bear it alone.
{R}_{I}18_{/}You shall say to the people of Israel: Consecrate yourselves 
for tomorrow and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the 
hearing of Yahweh, saying: Who will give us meat to eat? For it 
was well with us in Egypt! Yahweh will give you meat and {I}19_{/}you 
shall eat, not only one day, or two, or five or ten or twenty days 
{R}_{I}20_{/}but a whole month until it comes out of your nostrils and 
becomes loathsome to you. For you have rejected Yahweh who is in 
your midst and have wept before him saying: Why did we ever leave 
Egypt?"
{I}21_{/}And Moses said, "The people I am with are six hundred 
thousand on foot and yet you say, 'I will give them meat and they 
shall eat it for a whole month!' [=]_{R}_{I}22_{/}Will sheep and cattle 
be slaughtered in sufficient number for them? All the fish of the 
sea would not be enough for them."
[=]_{I}23_{/}And Yahweh said to Moses, "Is Yahweh's arm shortened? Now 
you shall see whether or not my word is true."

{N}THE SPIRIT GIVEN TO THE ELDERS{/}

[\u0095]_[*]_{I}24_{/}Moses then went out and told the people what Yahweh 
had said. He assembled seventy men from among the elders and 
placed them round about the Tent. {R}_{I}25_{/}Yahweh came down in the 
cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the spirit that was upon 
him and put it on the seventy elders. Now when the spirit rested 
upon them, they prophesied. But this they did not do again.
{R}_{I}26_{/}Two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad, 
the name of the other Medad. However, the spirit came on them for 
they were among those who were registered though they had not gone 
out to the Tent. As they prophesied inside the camp, {R}_{I}27_{/}a young 
man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the 
camp." [=]_{R}_{I}28_{/}Joshua, the son of Nun, who ministered to Moses 
from his youth said, "My lord Moses, stop them!"
[=]_{R}_{I}29_{/}But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous on my behalf? 
Would that all Yahweh's people were prophets and that Yahweh would 
send his spirit upon them!" {I}30_{/}Then Moses and all the elders of 
the people returned to the camp.
[=]_{R}_{I}31_{/}A wind arose, sent by Yahweh, that drove in quails from 
the sea and let them down beside the camp covering the distance of 
a day's walk on one side and almost a day's walk on the other side 
around the camp; they were about three feet deep on the ground.
{I}32_{/}The people spent that day, the whole night and all the next 
day gathering the quail. He who gathered the least had ten homers; 
and they spread them out for themselves around the camp. {I}33_{/}The 
meat was still between their teeth when already the anger of 
Yahweh was kindled against the people and he struck them with a 
very severe plague.
[=]_{I}34_{/}That place was named Kibroth-hattaavah because there they 
buried these greedy people. {I}35_{/}From Kibroth-hattaavah the people 
moved on towards Hazeroth where they remained.

{N}MIRIAM AND AARON CHALLENGE MOSES{/}

{1}12{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the 
Cushite woman he had married [=]_{I}2_{/}and they said, "Has Yahweh 
only spoken through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?" And 
Yahweh heard.
{R}_{I}3_{/}Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than any man on 
the face of the earth. {I}4_{/}Yet suddenly Yahweh said to Moses, 
Aaron and Miriam, "Come out, all three of you, to the Tent of 
Meeting." The three of them came out.
{I}5_{/}Yahweh came down in the pillar of cloud and, standing at the 
door of the Tent, called Aaron and Miriam. They both went out and 
{R}_{I}6_{/}he said, "Listen carefully to what I say,
If there is a prophet among you,
I reveal myself to him in a vision
and I speak to him in a dream.
[=]_{I}7_{/}It is not so for my servant, Moses,
my trusted steward in all my household.
[=]_{I}8_{/}To him I speak face to face,
openly, and not in riddles,
and he sees the presence of Yahweh.
Why then did you not fear to speak against my servant, against 
Moses?"
{I}9_{/}Yahweh became angry with them and he departed.
[=]_{I}10_{/}The cloud moved away from above the Tent and Miriam was 
there white as snow with leprosy. Aaron turned towards Miriam and 
he saw that she was leprous. {I}11_{/}And he said to Moses, "My lord, 
I beg you, do not charge us with this sin that we have foolishly 
committed. {I}12_{/}Let her not be like the stillborn whose flesh is 
half-eaten when it comes from its mother's womb."
[=]_{R}_{I}13_{/}Then Moses cried to Yahweh, "Heal her, O God, I beg of 
you." [=]_{I}14_{/}But Yahweh said to Moses, "If her father spat in 
her face, would she not hide in shame for seven days? Let her then 
be confined outside the camp for seven days; only then shall she 
be admitted again."
{I}15_{/}And so Miriam was confined for seven days outside the camp 
and the people did not move on until she had been readmitted.
{I}16_{/}After that the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the 
wilderness of Paran.

{N}MOSES SENDS SCOUTS TO EXPLORE THE PROMISED LAND{/}

{1}13{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh then spoke to Moses, saying, [=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}"Send men to 
explore the land of Canaan that I am giving to the sons of Israel; 
send one man from each of the ancestral tribes, all of them 
leaders."
{I}3_{/}So Moses sent these men from the wilderness of Paran as Yahweh 
commanded. All were leaders among the Israelites {I}4_{/}and these 
were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of 
Zaccur; {I}5_{/}from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 
{R}_{I}6_{/}from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; {I}7_{/}from 
the tribe of Issachar, Igal; {R}_{I}8_{/}from the sons of Joseph and from 
the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun; {I}9_{/}from the tribe of 
Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; {I}10_{/}from the tribe of Zebulun, 
Gaddiel the son of Sodi; {R}_{I}11_{/}from the sons of Joseph and from 
the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; {R}_{I}12_{/}from the tribe 
of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; {I}13_{/}from the tribe of Asher, 
Sethur the son of Michael; {I}14_{/}from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi 
the son of Vophsi; {I}15_{/}from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of 
Mahci.
[\u0095]_{R}_{I}16_{/}These are the names of the men sent by Moses to explore 
the country. But Hoshea, the son of Nun, Moses called Joshua.
{R}_{I}17_{/}So Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan and said to 
them, "Go up by the south and then into the hill country {I}18_{/}and 
see what the land is like, whether the people there are strong or 
weak, many or few. {I}19_{/}See also whether the land they live in is 
good or barren. See what their cities are like, if they are open 
camps or fortresses. {I}20_{/}See if the soil is fertile or poor, if 
the land is wooded or not. Be courageous and take some of the 
fruit of the land." It was the season for early grapes.
{I}21_{/}They went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Zin 
to Rehob near the entrance of Hamath. {R}_{I}22_{/}They went up by the 
south and reached Hebron, an old city which had been built seven 
years before Zoan in Egypt; the Anakites, Ahiman, Sheshai and 
Talmai were living there.
{I}23_{/}And they came to the valley of Eshcol where they cut down a 
branch with a cluster of grapes. Two of them carried this by means 
of a pole. They also brought pomegranates and figs. {R}_{I}24_{/}Because 
of the cluster that the sons of Israel had cut, they called that 
place the Valley of Eshcol.
{I}25_{/}After forty days of exploration, they returned. {I}26_{/}They 
went and met Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israelites in 
the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They gave an account to them 
and the whole community and showed them the fruit of this land. 
[=]_{I}27_{/}And they said,
"We entered the land where you sent us, truly a land flowing with 
milk and honey and here is the fruit. {I}28_{/}But how strong are the 
people who inhabit the land! The cities are fortified with walls 
and bars, and we even saw there descendants of the Anakites. 
{R}_{I}29_{/}Amalekites live in the region of the Negeb; Hittites, 
Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; the Canaanites 
are by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan."
{R}_{I}30_{/}Caleb then quieted the people who rose up against Moses and 
said, "We should go up and take over the land, for we shall surely 
overcome it." {I}31_{/}But the men who had gone up with him said, "We 
cannot advance against these people for they are stronger than we 
are."
{I}32_{/}And they spread an unfavorable report about the land that 
they had explored, saying to the Israelites,"The land we went 
through to explore is a land that devours its inhabitants and all 
the people we saw there are men of great size. [=]_{I}33_{/}We even 
saw giants (these giants were the Anakites). We felt like 
grasshoppers before them, and to them we must have seemed the 
same."

{N}REBELLION AT KADESH{/}

{1}14{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Then all the community broke out in loud cries and wept 
during the night. [=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}All the people grumbled against Aaron 
and Moses; and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we 
had died in Egypt or died in the wilderness. {R}_{I}3_{/}Why is Yahweh 
bringing us to this country where we shall fall under the sword, 
and our women and little children become part of the plunder? 
Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?" {R}_{I}4_{/}And they 
said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and return to Egypt." 
{I}5_{/}Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of 
the Israelite community. {R}_{I}6_{/}Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son 
of Jephunneh from those who had explored the country, tore their 
clothes {R}_{I}7_{/}and then spoke to the whole community of Israel, 
saying, "The land we went through to explore is, indeed, a very 
good land. {I}8_{/}If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us to 
this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 
{I}9_{/}Only do not rebel against Yahweh, and don't be afraid of the 
people of the land for they will be bread for us: their protection 
is withdrawn and Yahweh is with us. Have no fear of them!"
{R}_{I}10_{/}All the community spoke of stoning them when the Glory of 
Yahweh appeared before all the people of Israel in the Tent of 
Meeting.
[*]_{I}11_{/}Yahweh said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn 
me? How long will they refuse to believe me, in spite of the signs 
I performed among them? [=]_{I}12_{/}I will strike them with a plague 
and destroy them, and then I will make of you a greater and more 
powerful nation than they are."
{I}13_{/}And Moses said to Yahweh, "The Egyptians know that you have 
brought out this people from their midst by your power, 
[=]_{I}14_{/}and they told it to the inhabitants of the land. They 
know that you, Yahweh, are in the midst of your people, and that 
they have seen you face to face. They know that your cloud stands 
with your people and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud 
by day and a pillar of fire by night. {I}15_{/}And now you would 
destroy this people at one stroke! 
Then the nations that have heard of you will say: {R}_{I}16_{/}Yahweh was 
not able to bring this people to the land he had promised them in 
oath, so he slaughtered them in the desert. {I}17{/}Now let your power 
be seen, my Lord. For, according to your words, [=]_{I}18_{/}you are 
slow to anger and rich in steadfast love: you forgive sin and 
rebellion, yet you do not declare innocent those who are guilty, 
but you punish children to the third and fourth generation for the 
wickedness of their fathers. {R}_{I}19_{/}Pardon then, I pray you, the 
sin of this people according to the greatness of your mercy just 
as you have pardoned them from Egypt even until now."
[*]_{I}20_{/}Then Yahweh said, "I pardon them as you have pleaded, 
[=]_{I}21_{/}but as truly as I live and the Glory of Yahweh fills the 
earth, {R}_{I}22_{/}I swear that they will not see the land I promised to 
their fathers. For all these have seen my Glory and the signs I 
performed in Egypt and in the desert, and yet have put me to the 
test ten times and have not heeded my voice. {R}_{I}23_{/}Only my servant 
Caleb will enter it, [=]_{R}_{I}24_{/}because he has a different spirit 
and because he has followed me faithfully. I will bring him to the 
land where he has already been and his descendants shall possess 
it, [=]_{R}_{I}25_{/}while the Amalekites and the Canaanites will remain 
in the valley. 
So you shall turn tomorrow and leave for the desert by way of the 
Red Sea."
{I}26_{/}Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, {R}_{I}27_{/}"How long 
will this wicked community grumble against me?" I have heard the 
grumblings of the people of Israel against me. {I}28_{/}Say to them: 
As truly as I live, it is Yahweh who speaks, I will do to you what 
you have said in my hearing. [=]_{R}_{I}29_{/}All of you of twenty years 
or more, numbered in the census, who grumbled against me, your 
corpses will fall in the desert. [=]_{R}_{I}30_{/}You will not enter the 
land where I swore to settle you, except Caleb, son of Jephunneh 
and Joshua, son of Nun. {I}31_{/}But your children, whom you said 
would be part of the plunder, them I will bring and they will know 
the land that you have rejected. {R}_{I}32_{/}Your corpses will fall in 
the desert {R}_{I}33_{/}and your sons will wander with their flocks for 
forty years in the desert, bearing the guilt of your faithlessness 
till the last of you lies dead in the desert.
{I}34_{/}According to the number of days spent in exploring the land - 
forty days, for every day a year - for forty years you shall bear 
the guilt of your sins and you shall know what it is to oppose me. 
{I}35_{/}I, Yahweh, have spoken. Surely this is what I will do to this 
wicked community that has conspired against me. In this wilderness 
they shall be destroyed and this is where they shall die."
{R}_{I}36_{/}The men sent by Moses to explore the land and who on their 
return had made the community grumble against him, {I}37_{/}those men 
who wickedly spread a bad report on the land, died of a plague 
before Yahweh. {R}_{I}38_{/}Only Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of 
Jephunneh, survived out of those who went to explore the land.
{I}39_{/}When Moses related this to the Israelites, the people mourned 
bitterly. {I}40_{/}They rose early in the morning and went up to the 
mountain saying, "Here we are! We have sinned but now we are ready 
to go to the place that Yahweh spoke of." {I}41_{/}But Moses said, 
"Why are you going to disobey Yahweh's command? You will not 
succeed. {I}42_{/}Do not go up lest you be struck down by your enemies 
for Yahweh is not with you. [=]_{R}_{I}43_{/}The Amalekites and the 
Canaanites are there ahead of you and you will fall by the sword, 
for you turned away from following Yahweh and he will not be with 
you."
{R}_{I}44_{/}They insisted on going up to the top of the mountain but 
neither the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh nor Moses moved from 
inside the camp. {R}_{I}45_{/}Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who 
lived in the hill country came down and defeated them, beating 
them back as far as Hormah.

{C}MORE LAWS{/}

{1}15{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}2_{/}"Tell this to the 
people of Israel: This is a rule for you when you have entered the 
land I give to you. {I}3_{/}When you make a fragrant offering to 
Yahweh, either as a burnt offering or in payment of a vow, or as a 
voluntary gift, or on the occasion of one of your solemn feasts, 
whoever takes from his herds and flocks for a fragrant offering to 
Yahweh {I}4_{/}shall bring also, as a gift to Yahweh, a grain offering 
of two pounds of fine flour mixed with two pints of oil. {R}_{I}5_{/}He 
shall also make a wine offering, two pints for each lamb, in 
addition to the burnt offering or sacrifice. {R}_{I}6_{/}For a man, he 
shall make a grain offering of four pounds of fine flour mixed 
with three pints of oil, {I}7_{/}and a wine offering of three pints of 
wine, offering it as a sweet-smelling offering for Yahweh. {R}_{I}8_{/}If 
he offers a bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, in payment of a 
vow or as a peace offering to Yahweh, {I}9_{/}he shall offer also a 
grain offering of six pounds of fine flour mixed with four pints 
of oil, [=]_{I}10_{/}and a wine offering of four pints of wine, as a 
burnt offering, sweet-smelling offering to Yahweh. {I}11_{/}This must 
be done for every bull, every ram, every lamb or goat. 
{R}_{I}12_{/}Whatever the number of victims you have for sacrifice, you 
must do the same for each of them.
{R}_{I}13_{/}This must be done by every man of your people who makes a 
burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling offering for Yahweh. {I}14_{/}If 
any stranger living among you, or among your descendants, will 
also make a burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling offering for 
Yahweh: just as you act, so must the stranger do. {R}_{I}15_{/}There 
shall be only one law for you and for the foreigner among you. 
This is a law that shall bind your descendants forever before 
Yahweh: you and the stranger are alike. {R}_{I}16_{/}There is to be the 
same law, and the same regulation for you and for the stranger who 
lives among you."
{I}17_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}18_{/}"Speak to the people of 
Israel and say to them: When you have entered the land to which I 
am bringing you, {I}19_{/}and you eat the bread of this country, you 
shall set aside a share for Yahweh. {I}20_{/}You must set aside one 
loaf as the first fruits of your grain, and set this offering 
aside like the one set aside from your threshing. {I}21_{/}You are to 
set aside for Yahweh a share of the best of your flour, and your 
descendants are to do the same, from generation to generation.
{I}22_{/}If without meaning to do so, you fail in any of these 
commands that Yahweh has given to Moses {I}23_{/}and that Yahweh has 
commanded you through Moses, this is what you have to do, you and 
your descendants. {R}_{I}24_{/}If it is an unintentional fault of the 
community, the community as a whole must make a burnt offering of 
a young  bull,  a sweet-smelling offering for Yahweh, with the 
required offering of flour and wine, and a he-goat must be offered 
as a sacrifice for sin. {R}_{I}25_{/}The priest must perform the ceremony 
of atonement over the entire community of Israel, and pardon will 
be given, since it was an unintentional fault and they have 
brought their offering as a burnt offering to Yahweh, not counting 
their sacrifice for sin for their unintentional fault. {R}_{I}26_{/}The 
entire community of Israel will be forgiven, as also the stranger 
who lives among them, since the entire people have sinned without 
meaning to do so.
[=]_{R}_{I}27_{/}If it is an individual who has sinned unintentionally, 
he must offer a one-year-old goat in sacrifice for sin. {I}28_{/}The 
priest shall perform the ceremony of atonement before Yahweh over 
the person who has gone astray by this sin of inadvertence; when 
the ceremony of atonement has been performed over him, he will be 
forgiven, {R}_{I}29_{/}whether he is an Israelite, or a stranger living 
among them. There shall be only one law among you for the one who 
sins by an unintentional fault.
{I}30_{/}But the one who sins deliberately, whether native or 
stranger, angers Yahweh himself. Such a person must be cut off 
from the community; {I}31_{/}he has rejected the word of Yahweh and 
broken his command. This person must be entirely cut off because 
of sin." 

{N}BREAKING THE SABBATH{/}

{R}_{I}32_{/}While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, a man was 
caught gathering wood on the sabbath day. {I}33_{/}Those who caught 
him gathering wood brought him before Moses, Aaron and the whole 
community. {I}34_{/}He was kept under guard because the penalty he 
should undergo had not yet been decided. {R}_{I}35_{/}Yahweh said to 
Moses, "This man must be put to death: the whole community shall 
stone him outside the camp." {R}_{I}36_{/}The whole community took him  
outside the camp and stoned him till he was dead, as Yahweh had 
commanded Moses.
{I}37_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, [=]_{R}_{I}38_{/}"Speak to the 
people of Israel and tell them to put a fringe on the hems of 
their garments and a violet  cord on this fringe. {I}39_{/}You must  
then have a fringe,  and the sight of it will remind you of all 
the commands of Yahweh. You  are then to put them into practice,  
and no longer follow the desires of your heart and your eyes, 
which would lead you to go astray. {R}_{I}40_{/}So you will remember all 
my commandments to put them into practice, and you will be 
consecrated to your God. [=]_{R}_{I}41_{/}It is I, Yahweh your God, who 
have brought you out of the land of Egypt so that I may be your 
God, I, Yahweh, your God."

{N}PRETENSIONS OF KORAH; REBELLION OF DATHAN AND ABIRAM{/}

{1}16{/}

[\u0095]_[=]_{I}1_{/}Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, from the tribe of 
Levi - and also Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Peleth, 
from the tribe of Reuben - rebelled against Moses. {I}2_{/}Two hundred 
fifty Israelites followed him; all were well known leaders in the 
community and members of the council.
[=]_{I}3_{/}They came together and addressed Moses and Aaron saying, 
"It is enough! The whole community is consecrated to Yahweh and he 
lives among them. Why  then, do you set yourselves over the 
community of Yahweh?"
{I}4_{/}When Moses, heard this, he threw himself face downward on the 
ground. [=]_{I}5_{/}Then he said to Korah and all his followers, 
"Tomorrow morning Yahweh will make known who belongs to him, and 
who is consecrated to him and may approach him. He himself will 
let the one he has chosen approach." {I}6_{/}You Korah with all your 
followers, take your censers tomorrow. {I}7_{/}Then you will fill them 
with burning coals and put incense in them before Yahweh, and 
Yahweh will indicate the one who is holy. Sons of Levi, you have 
gone too far!"
{I}8_{/}Moses said to Korah, "Listen to me now, you sons of Levi. 
[=]_{R}_{I}9_{/}Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has set 
you apart from the rest of the community of Israel, and called you 
close to himself for service in the Holy Tent of Yahweh, to stand 
before this community and perform the sacred service on their 
behalf? [=]_{I}10_{/}He has called you to be near him, you and all 
your brother Levites with you, and now you want the office of 
priesthood as well! {I}11_{/}What is the misdeed of Aaron that you 
complain against him? It is against Yahweh himself that you and 
your followers have rebelled."
{I}12_{/}Moses sent messengers to summon Dathan and Abiram, the sons 
of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come up. {I}13_{/}Is it not 
enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk 
and honey to die in the wilderness? Do you also want to lord it 
over us? {I}14_{/}You did not bring us into a land flowing with  milk 
and honey, nor give us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do 
you suppose that all these people are blind? We will not come."
[=]_{I}15_{/}Moses then became angry and said to Yahweh, "Do not look 
favorably on their offering. I have not taken a single donkey, nor 
have I harmed any of them."
{I}16_{/}Moses said to Korah, "You and all your company be present 
before Yahweh tomorrow, you and they, together with Aaron. 
{I}17_{/}Each of you take his censer, put incense in it and present it 
before Yahweh - 250 censers! - and Aaron will do the same." 
{R}_{I}18_{/}So every man took his censer and put incense in it and they 
stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. 
{I}19_{/}Korah assembled all the community against them at the 
entrance to the Tent of Meeting and the Glory of Yahweh appeared 
to all the community.
{I}20_{/}Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, {I}21_{/}"Stand aside from 
this community so that I may immediately destroy them." 
[=]_{R}_{I}22_{/}They fell on their faces and said, "God, God of the 
spirits of all mortals, for one man's sin will you become angry 
with the whole congregation?"
{I}23_{/}Yahweh answered Moses, {I}24_{/}"Speak to the community and say 
this: Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram." 
{R}_{I}25_{/}Moses got up and went towards Dathan and Abiram, and the 
elders of Israel followed him. {I}26_{/}He spoke to the community 
saying, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men and touch 
nothing that belongs to them lest you perish because of all their 
sins." {I}27_{/}They withdrew from the area near the tents of Korah, 
Dathan and Abiram; they came out and were standing with their 
wives, their sons and little ones. 
[\u0095]_{I}28_{/}Then Moses said, "By this you shall know that Yahweh sent 
me to do all these deeds and that it is not my doing. {R}_{I}29_{/}If 
these men die a natural death, merely suffering the fate of all 
men, then Yahweh has not sent me. {I}30_{/}But if Yahweh works a 
miracle and the earth, opening its mouth, swallows them, together 
with all they possess, and they descend alive to Sheol, you will 
know that these men have rejected Yahweh."
{I}31_{/}As Moses finished saying all this, the earth under them split 
in two, {I}32_{/}opened its mouth and engulfed them with their 
household and all the men who belonged to Korah with their 
possessions. {I}33_{/}They descended alive to Sheol with all that 
belonged to them; the earth covered them and they perished from 
the midst of the assembly. {I}34_{/}On hearing their cries, all the 
Israelites who were around them fled, for they said, "Let not the 
earth swallow us as well!"
{I}35_{/}A fire then came forth from Yahweh and consumed the 250 men 
who were offering incense.

{1}17{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, {I}2_{/}"Tell Eleazar, son of 
Aaron the priest, to take the censers from the blaze and scatter 
the fire some distance away, for the censers are now holy 
{R}_{I}3_{/}because these men sinned at the cost of their lives. Let the 
censers be made into plates to cover the altar, because they have 
been offered before Yahweh and are sacred. Let them be a sign to 
the Israelites."
{R}_{I}4_{/}So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers of those men 
who were burned during the offering and had them hammered out to 
make a covering for the altar {R}_{I}5_{/}and to serve as a reminder to 
the sons of Israel that no one who is not a priest, a descendant 
of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before Yahweh, lest he 
become like Korah and his followers, just as Yahweh had said to 
Eleazer through Moses. 

{N}AARON PLEADS FOR THE PEOPLE{/}

{R}_{I}6_{/}On the following day, the entire community of Israel grumbled 
against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have brought death to the 
people of Yahweh." {I}7_{/}As the community was rising together 
against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tent of Meeting; 
and there was the Cloud covering it, and the Glory of Yahweh 
appeared. {I}8_{/}And Moses and Aaron went to the door of the Tent of 
Meeting.
{I}9_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, [*]_{I}10_{/}"Stand away from this 
community; I am going to destroy them here and now." The two of 
them threw themselves face downward on the ground. {R}_{I}11_{/}Then 
Moses said to Aaron, "Take the firepan, fill it with burning coals 
from the altar, put incense in it and hurry to the community to 
ask the mercy of Yahweh for them. The anger has come down from 
Yahweh and the terrible disease has begun." {I}12_{/}Aaron did as 
Moses said and ran among the community, but the terrible disease 
was already at work among them. He put in the incense and asked 
for the mercy of Yahweh on the people. {R}_{I}13_{/}Then he stood between 
the living and the dead, and the terrible disease stopped. 
{I}14_{/}There were 14,700 victims of the terrible disease, not 
counting those who died because of Korah. {I}15_{/}Then Aaron came 
back to Moses at the Tent of Meeting; the terrible disease had 
been stopped.

{N}AARON'S BRANCH{/}

{I}16_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}17_{/}"Tell the people of 
Israel to give you walking sticks, one for each tribe; that is 
twelve sticks for the leaders of the twelve tribes, and write the 
name of each on his stick; {I}18_{/}and on the stick of Levi write the 
name of Aaron because he is the first among the families of Levi. 
{R}_{I}19_{/}Then put them in the Tent of Meeting before the ark, at the 
place where I meet you. {R}_{I}20_{/}The man whose stick sprouts will be 
the one I have chosen; this is how I shall stop the complaints 
that the Israelites make against you."
{R}_{I}21_{/}Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders 
gave him a stick, twelve sticks in all for their tribes; and 
Aaron's stick was among them. {I}22_{/}Moses placed them before Yahweh 
in the Tent of the Meeting. {I}23_{/}On the following day, Moses came 
to the Tent of the Testimony and there, already sprouting, was 
Aaron's stick, standing for the tribe of Levi. Buds had opened, 
flowers had blossomed, and almonds had already ripened. 
{R}_{I}24_{/}Moses took all the sticks away from before Yahweh and 
brought them back to all the people of Israel; they examined them 
and each one took back his own stick.
[=]_{I}25_{/}Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's stick before 
the Ark and keep it as a sign to these rebels, so that I will no 
longer hear their complaints and they may not die." {I}26_{/}Moses did 
as Yahweh had commanded.

{N}ATONEMENT: THE DUTY OF THE PRIESTHOOD{/}

{R}_{I}27_{/}The people of Israel said to Moses, "We are lost! We are all 
to die! {I}28_{/}Anyone who draws near the Holy Tent of Yahweh dies! 
Are we doomed to die to the last one?"

{1}18{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Then Yahweh said to Aaron:  "You and your sons, and your 
whole family shall be responsible for the sanctuary. You and your 
sons with you shall suffer the guilt for any faults committed 
while serving as priests in the Holy Tent. {I}2_{/}Let your brothers 
of the tribe of Levi, your father's tribe, come with you too. They 
are to join you and serve you, yourselves and your sons, before 
the Tent of the Statement. {R}_{I}3_{/}They are to be at your service and 
the service of the whole Tent. But let them not come near the 
sacred vessels or the altar, lest they die and you as well. 
{I}4_{/}They are to help you, they are to take charge of the Tent of 
Meeting for the entire ministry of the Tent, and no layman shall 
come near you. 
{R}_{I}5_{/}You yourselves must take charge of the sanctuary and the 
altar, and my anger will never again fall on the Israelites. {I}6_{/}I 
myself have chosen your relatives, the Levites, from among the 
Israelites as a gift to you. They will belong to Yahweh, to serve 
at the Tent of Meeting. {R}_{I}7_{/}But you and your sons will undertake 
the priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and all the 
sacred things that lie behind the veil. You will perform the 
worship services, the duties of which I entrust to your 
priesthood. But the layman who comes near shall die."

{N}THE PRIESTS' SHARE{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}8_{/}Yahweh said to Aaron: "I myself have given you all that 
is set aside for me, from every offering of the people of Israel. 
I give it to you and to your sons as your share forever. {R}_{I}9_{/}This 
is what shall be yours of the most holy things, of the consecrated 
food: every offering that the Israelites give back to me, whether 
it be a grain offering or a sacrifice for sin or a sacrifice of 
repayment is a thing most holy; it shall belong to you and your 
sons. {I}10_{/}You may eat these most holy things. Every male may eat 
them. You are to consider them sacred.
{I}11_{/}To you also shall belong all the firstfruits that are set 
aside and offered by the Israelites; this I give to you, as well 
as to your sons and daughters, forever. Every person in your house 
who is clean may eat it. {I}12_{/}All the best of the oil, all the 
best of the wine and wheat, the firstfruits given by them to 
Yahweh, these I give to you. [=]_{I}13_{/}All the first harvest of 
their land which they bring to Yahweh shall be yours. Every person 
in your house who is clean may eat them. {R}_{I}14_{/}Everything in 
Israel which has been dedicated to me shall be yours. {I}15_{/}Every 
firstborn brought to Yahweh shall be yours, the firstborn of all 
living creatures, whether child or animal. Nevertheless, you must 
make the people buy back the firstborn child and the firstborn of 
an unclean animal. {I}16_{/}They must buy back the child in the month 
in which it is born at the price of five pieces of silver 
according to the official standard. {R}_{I}17_{/}The firstborn of cow, 
sheep and goat - these alone you shall not buy back. They are 
holy: you must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn the fat 
as a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling offering for Yahweh; 
{I}18_{/}the meat shall be yours, together with the breast that has 
been presented with the gesture of offering, and the right hind 
leg. {R}_{I}19_{/}All that the Israelites set aside for Yahweh from the 
holy things, this I give to you, and to your sons and daughters, 
forever. This is a covenant of salt, an everlasting covenant 
before Yahweh, for you and your descendants after you."

{N}THE LEVITES' SHARE{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}20_{/}Yahweh said to Aaron: "You shall have no property in the 
land of Israel, no share of it shall be yours. It is I who will be 
your share and your inheritance among the people of Israel.
{R}_{I}21_{/}See, to the Levites I give as their inheritance all the 
tithes collected in Israel, in return for their services, for the 
ministry they render in the Tent of Meeting. {R}_{I}22_{/}In this way the 
Israelites will no longer go near the Tent of Meeting; this sin 
would carry the death to them. 
{R}_{I}23_{/}The Levites will take care of the Tent of Meeting, and have 
the full responsibility for it. This is a law forever for all your 
descendants: because of this the Levites are to have no 
inheritance among the Israelites. {R}_{I}24_{/}The tithe that the people 
of Israel set aside for Yahweh, I give to the Levites for their 
inheritance. For this reason I have told them that they are to 
have no inheritance among the people of Israel."
[=]_{I}25_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}26_{/}"You are to say to 
the Levites: When you receive the tithe that the people of Israel 
must pay and which I am giving you as your inheritance, you are to 
set aside a part of this as a special contribution for Yahweh. 
{I}27_{/}This will take the place of the offerings of new grain and 
new wine that all the people have to give me. {I}28_{/}Thus you too 
will set aside a share for Yahweh, of all the tithes you receive 
from the Israelites, and you will give to Aaron the priest this 
part you have set aside for Yahweh. {I}29_{/}Out of all the gifts you 
receive you will set aside the best as a share for Yahweh.
{I}30_{/}This best part that the Levites set aside shall be credited 
to you as an offering of the threshing floor and the wine press. 
{I}31_{/}You may eat them anywhere, you and your families: this is 
your payment for serving in the Tent of Meeting. {I}32_{/}You will not 
be guilty of any sin because of this, as long as you have 
presented the best part to Yahweh. You will not eat any of the 
gifts before the best part is offered. In this way you will not 
defile the sacred gifts of the Israelites and you will not die."

{N}THE ASHES OF THE RED COW{/}

{1}19{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said: {R}_{I}2_{/}"This is a 
regulation and a law that Yahweh gives to you. Say to the people 
of Israel that they are to bring you a red cow which has no 
defects and has never been made to work. {I}3_{/}You will give it to 
Eleazar the priest so that it may be taken outside the camp and 
slaughtered in his presence. {I}4_{/}Then Eleazar the priest is to 
take some of the cow's blood on his finger, and sprinkle this 
blood seven times toward the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}5_{/}The cow shall then be burned in his presence; including hide, 
flesh, blood, and the intestines too. [=]_{R}_{I}6_{/}Then the priest is 
to take cedar wood, a twig of hyssop leaves and a red cord, and 
throw them on the fire where the cow is burning. {R}_{I}7_{/}Finally he 
shall wash his clothing and bathe his body in water, after which 
he may go back to the camp, but he will remain unclean until 
evening. {R}_{I}8_{/}The man who has burned the cow shall also wash his 
clothing and bathe his body in water and will remain unclean until 
evening. [=]_{R}_{I}9_{/}A clean man shall gather up the ashes of the cow 
and put them outside the camp, in a clean place. They must be kept 
for the community of Israel to prepare the water of purification.
{R}_{I}10_{/}The man who has gathered up the ashes of the cow shall wash 
his clothing and will remain unclean until evening. This will be a 
law forever, for the people of Israel as well as for the stranger 
living among them.

{N}A CASE OF UNCLEANNESS{/}

[=]_{I}11_{/}Anyone who touches a corpse of any person whatsoever, 
will be unclean for seven days. {I}12_{/}He shall purify himself with 
these waters on the third and the seventh day, and he will be 
clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third and the 
seventh day he will not be clean. {R}_{I}13_{/}Anyone who touches a dead 
person, the body of a man that has died, and has not purified 
himself, defiles the Holy Tent of Yahweh; such a person must be 
cut off from Israel because the waters for purification have not 
flowed over him; he is unclean, and his uncleanness remains in 
him.
{R}_{I}14_{/}This is the law when a person dies in a house. Anyone who 
goes into the house, or anyone who is already there, becomes 
unclean for seven days. {I}15_{/}Equally unclean shall be every open 
jar and pot in the house that has not been closed with a lid or 
fastening.
{I}16_{/}Anyone in the open country who touches a person who has been 
killed, or a person who had died, or human bones or a tomb, 
becomes unclean for seven days.
{R}_{I}17_{/}For the unclean, you shall take some of the ashes of the cow 
that was offered for the sin and you shall throw it into water in 
a vessel. {R}_{I}18_{/}A clean man shall dip a twig of hyssop in the 
water and sprinkle it on the house and everything in it, and on 
the persons as well who were there. And he shall sprinkle it on 
the one who touched the bone or the dead body or the one slain, or 
the grave.
[=]_{R}_{I}19_{/}The clean man shall sprinkle water on the unclean on the 
third and the seventh days. So, on the seventh day the unclean is 
cleansed; he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself on this day 
and in the evening he will become clean. {R}_{I}20_{/}But if the unclean 
man does not cleanse himself, he shall be cut off from the 
assembly, lest he defile the sanctuary of Yahweh. As long as the 
water of purification has not been thrown upon him, he is unclean.
{R}_{I}21_{/}This shall be a lasting ordinance for you. The man who 
sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes and 
those who touch this water are unclean until the evening. 
{I}22_{/}Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean and 
whoever touches it shall be unclean until evening."

{C}MEMORIES OF THE DESERT (2ND PART){/}

{N}YOU DID NOT TRUST ME{/}

{1}20{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The whole congregation of Israel came to the wilderness 
of Zin in the first month and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam 
died and was buried there.
[=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}Now there was no water for the community, and the people 
gathered together against Moses and Aaron.  [=]_{I}3_{/}They disputed 
with Moses saying, "Would that we had perished with our kinsmen in 
the presence of Yahweh!
{R}_{I}4_{/}Why have you led Yahweh's community to this desert to die 
here with our cattle? {R}_{I}5_{/}And why did you bring us out of Egypt 
to this wretched place? It's no place for grain or figs or vines 
or pomegranates and there's not even water for drinking."
{I}6_{/}Moses and Aaron fled from the assembly to the entrance of the 
Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces. Then the Glory of Yahweh 
appeared {I}7_{/}and Yahweh spoke to Moses, {R}_{I}8_{/}"Take your rod and 
assemble the community, you and Aaron, your brother. In their 
presence command the rock to give forth water and you will make 
water gush from the rock for the community and their livestock to 
drink."
{I}9_{/}So Moses took the rod from before Yahweh as he had been 
ordered.
{R}_{I}10_{/} Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the 
rock and said to them, "Listen, you rebels. Shall we bring water 
for you from this rock?" [=]_{R}_{I}11_{/}Moses  raised  his  hand  and 
struck the rock twice with his rod. And then water  in  abundance  
gushed  out  for the community and their livestock to drink.
[=]_{I}12_{/}But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "You did not trust me 
nor treat me as the Holy One in the sight of the Israelites; 
because of that you shall not lead this community into the land 
that I am giving you."
{R}_{I}13_{/}It was at the waters of Meribah that the sons of Israel 
quarreled with Yahweh and where he showed his holiness to them.

{N}EDOM REFUSES RIGHT OF WAY{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}14_{/}Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, 
and they said to him, "This is the petition of your brother 
Israel: you know the trials we had  to suffer. {R}_{I}15_{/}Our fathers 
went down to Egypt and we lived there for a long time. But the 
Egyptians treated us badly as they did our fathers. [=]_{R}_{I}16_{/}Then 
we cried to Yahweh and he listened to us. He sent an angel to 
bring us out of Egypt and now we are in Kadesh, the town which is 
on the borders of your territory. {R}_{I}17_{/}We want you to let us pass 
through your land. We will not cross any  fields or vineyards, or 
drink any water from the wells, but we will keep to the king's 
road without turning to right or left until we are out of your 
land."
{R}_{I}18_{/}Edom answered, "You shall not pass through my land. If you 
do, I will come out to attack you." {R}_{I}19_{/}The Israelites then 
said, "We will keep to the road and we will even pay for the water 
we and our cattle drink. We ask only for your permission to pass 
through with our sheep."
{R}_{I}20_{/}Edom answered, "You shall not pass through." And the 
Edomites marched out to meet Israel with many armed men and a 
strong army. {R}_{I}21_{/}Thus, Edom refused to let Israel pass through 
his land, and Israel had to turn away.

{N}DEATH OF AARON{/}

{R}_{I}22_{/}The Israelites set out from Kadesh and the whole community 
came to Mount Hor. {R}_{I}23_{/}There, on the border of the land of Edom, 
Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, {R}_{I}24_{/}"Aaron must now be gathered 
to his people. You shall not enter the land that I am giving to 
Israel since you rebelled against me at the waters of Meribah. 
{R}_{I}25_{/}Take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, and bring them up Mount 
Hor.  {I}26_{/}There, strip Aaron of his garments and put them on 
Eleazar his son, before Aaron is gathered to his people. For he is 
to die there."
{R}_{I}27_{/}Moses did as Yahweh ordered. In the sight of the whole 
community they went up Mount Hor. [=]_{I}28_{/}There Moses stripped 
Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron 
died there on top of the mountain. {I}29_{/}When the Israelites saw 
that Aaron had died, the whole community wept for him for thirty 
days.  

{1}21{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}When the Canaanite king of  Arad, in the Negeb, heard 
that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he attacked Israel 
and took some prisoners. {R}_{I}2_{/}Then Israel made this vow to Yahweh, 
"If you put these people into my hand, I will consecrate their 
towns by anathema." {R}_{I}3_{/}Yahweh heard the voice of Israel and 
delivered the Canaanites into their hands. They were wiped out and 
their towns were destroyed according to the anathema. Because of 
this that place was named Hormah.

{N}THE BRONZE SERPENT{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}4_{/}From Mount Hor they set out by the Red Sea road to go 
around the land of Edom. The people were  discouraged  by  the  
journey  {R}_{I}5_{/}and began to complain against God and Moses, "Why 
have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There 
is neither bread nor water here and we are disgusted with this 
tasteless manna."
[=]_{I}6_{/}Yahweh then sent fiery serpents against them. They bit the 
people and many of the Israelites died. {I}7_{/}Then the people came 
to Moses and said, "We have sinned, speaking against Yahweh and 
against you. Plead with Yahweh to take the serpents away."
Moses pleaded for the people [=]_{R}_{I}8_{/}and Yahweh said to him, 
"Make a fiery serpent and set it on a standard; whoever has been 
bitten and then looks at it shall live."
{R}_{I}9_{/}So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a standard. 
Whenever a man was bitten, he looked towards the bronze serpent 
and he lived.

{N}TOWARDS TRANSJORDANIA{/}

[=]_{I}10_{/}The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth, {I}11_{/}Then 
they left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that 
borders Moab, toward the sunrise. {I}12_{/}They set out from there and 
camped in the Valley of Zered. {R}_{I}13_{/}They set out from there and 
camped beyond the Arnon. This valley in the desert begins in the 
land of the Amorites and is on the border of Moab, between the 
Moabites and the Amorites. {I}14_{/}Because of this, it is written in 
the book of the Wars of Yahweh: Waheb, by Suphah, and the Valley 
of Arnon {I}15_{/}and the slope of the ravine that runs down to Ar 
along the border of Moab.
{R}_{I}16_{/}From there they went on to Beer. This is the well of which 
Yahweh said to Moses, "Call the people together and I will give 
them water." {R}_{I}17_{/}Then it was that Israel sang this song, "Let 
the water spring! Sing out for the well; {R}_{I}18_{/}the well sunk by 
princes, the well dug by the leaders of the people with their 
sticks, with their staves."
From the desert they went to Mattanah; {I}19_{/}from Mattanah to 
Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth; {R}_{I}20_{/}from Bamoth to the valley 
that gives on to the country of Moab, toward the heights of Pisgah 
which looks down on the desert.

{N}CONQUEST OF TRANSJORDANIA{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}21_{/}Israel sent this message to Sihon, king of the Amorites, 
{R}_{I}22_{/}"We want to pass through your land. We will not cross any 
fields or vineyards or drink any water from the wells. We will 
keep to the king's road until we are out of your land."
{R}_{I}23_{/}But Sihon refused to let Israel pass through his land. He 
gathered all his people, marched into the desert to meet Israel 
and reached Jahaz. There he gave battle to Israel. {R}_{I}24_{/}But 
Israel struck him down and conquered his country from the Arnon to 
the Jabbok, which is the frontier of the Ammorites because this 
frontier was well-defended.  {R}_{I}25_{/}Israel occupied all the cities 
and the towns of the Amorites, including Heshbon and the towns 
depending on it.
{R}_{I}26_{/}Heshbon was the capital of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who 
had fought against the former king of Moab and captured from him 
all this territory as far as the Arnon. {I}27_{/}Because of this the 
poets continue singing this song, "Courage, Heshbon, city of 
Sihon, well built and well founded! [=]_{R}_{I}28_{/}A fire came out of 
Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab 
and the Baals of the high places of Moab. {I}29_{/}Woe to you, Moab! 
You are lost, people of Chemosh! Your sons have fled; your 
daughters were taken captive. {R}_{I}30_{/}For Sihon, king of the 
Amorites, has destroyed Heshbon. The little children and the women 
were brought as far as Dibon and Nophah, the men were taken as far 
as Medeba."
{R}_{I}31_{/}When the Israelites settled in the country of the Amorites, 
{R}_{I}32_{/}Moses sent spies to explore Jazer. Israel took this city 
with all the towns depending on it, and the Amorites who lived 
there were evicted.
{R}_{I}33_{/}After that the Israelites turned and went up to Bashan.  Og,  
king of Bashan, set out with all his people to meet them and gave 
them battle in Edrei. {R}_{I}34_{/}Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Do not be 
afraid of him, for I have given him into your hands with all his 
people and his land. You shall deal with him as you did with 
Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon." {I}35_{/}The 
Israelites killed him, his sons and all his people to the last. 
And they took possession of his land.

{1}22{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}Then the Israelites  journeyed on and camped in the plains of 
Moab along the Jordan opposite Jericho.

{N}THE STORY OF BALAAM{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}2_{/}Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw all that the Israelites 
had done to the Amorites. {R}_{I}3_{/}And the Moabites were afraid of 
Israel, because they were a very numerous people. In fact, they 
were terrified. {R}_{I}4_{/}So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, 
"Look, this horde is destroying everything around us as easily as 
the ox eats the grass of the field."
So Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab at the time, {R}_{I}5_{/}sent 
messengers to summon Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor near the river 
in the land of the Amonites. Balak said, "A people has come out of 
Egypt; they cover the face of the earth and are settling opposite 
me. {I}6_{/}Come and put a curse on these people because they are too 
powerful for me. Then perhaps I may be able to defeat them and 
drive them out of the land, for I well know that those you bless 
are indeed blessed and those you curse are cursed."
[=]_{I}7_{/}The elders of Moab and Midian set out, taking with them 
the fee for divination. They went to Balaam and gave him Balak's 
message. {I}8_{/}Balaam said to them, "Stay here tonight and I will 
give you whatever answer Yahweh will have given me." So the 
Moabite elders stayed in Balaam's house.
[*]_{R}_{I}9_{/}God came to Balaam and asked him, "Who are these men with 
you?" {R}_{I}10_{/}Balaam said to God, "Balak, son of Zippor, king of 
Moab, sent them to me with this message: {R}_{I}11_{/}A people has come 
out of Egypt  and covers the face of the earth. Now come and put a 
curse on them for me. Perhaps I shall then be able to fight and 
drive them away." {R}_{I}12_{/}But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with 
them; you must not put a curse on them because they are blessed."
{R}_{I}13_{/}Next morning Balaam got up and said to the elders of Balak,  
"Return to your country for Yahweh has refused to let me go with 
you." {I}14_{/}So the Moabite elders returned to Balak and said, 
"Balaam refused to come with us."
{I}15_{/}Balak sent other leaders, more numerous and more 
distinguished than the first. {I}16_{/}They went to Balaam and said, 
"This is what Balak, son of Zippor says: Do not refuse to come to 
me; {I}17_{/}I will greatly honor you; whatever you ask of me I will 
do for you. Please come and lay a curse on this people for me."
{R}_{I}18_{/}Balaam answered the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak gave 
me his house full of silver and gold I could not do anything great 
or small beyond the command of Yahweh, my God. {I}19_{/}Now you, too, 
stay here tonight as the others did, till I wait for what else 
Yahweh may tell me."
[=]_{R}_{I}20_{/}God came to Balaam at night and said, "If these men have 
come to summon you, go with them, but you may only do what I tell 
you." {I}21_{/}Balaam got up next morning, saddled his donkey and went 
with the Moabite leaders.

{N}BALAAM'S DONKEY{/}

{R}_{I}22_{/}But the anger of God was aroused because of his going and 
Yahweh's angel posted himself on the road, a drawn sword in his 
hand. Balaam was riding on the donkey and his two boys were with 
him. {I}23_{/}When the donkey saw the angel, she turned off the road 
and went into the field. Then Balaam hit the donkey to get her 
back on to the road. {I}24_{/}But the angel of Yahweh stood on a 
narrow lane between vineyards with a stone wall in either side. 
{I}25_{/}When the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, she shrank against 
the wall crushing Balaam's foot against it so he beat her again.
{I}26_{/}Then Yahweh's angel went ahead and stopped at a narrow place 
where there was no room to go either to the right or left. 
{I}27_{/}When the donkey saw Yahweh's angel there, she lay down under 
Balaam; he was angry and beat her with a stick.
{I}28_{/}But now Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey and she said to 
Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me three times?" 
{I}29_{/}Balaam answered, "You have made a fool of me. If I had a 
sword just now I would kill you." {I}30_{/}And the donkey said to 
Balaam, "Am I not your own donkey that you have ridden to this 
day? Have I ever dared to do this to you?" He said, "No!"
{I}31_{/}Then Yahweh opened Balaam's eyes and he saw Yahweh's angel 
standing on the road with a drawn sword. He bowed and fell 
downward, his face to the ground.  {I}32_{/}Yahweh's angel said to 
him, "Why did you strike your donkey three times? I have come here 
to oppose you because you are going a wrong way. {I}33_{/}The donkey 
saw me and turned away three times. Otherwise I would have killed 
you, but not her."
{I}34_{/}And Balaam said to Yahweh's angel, "I did not want to sin. I 
did not know you were posted against me on the road. But if this 
journey displeases you I will go back."
{I}35_{/}Yahweh's angel said to Balaam, "Go with these men, but you 
may say only what I tell you." So Balaam went on with Balak's men.

{N}BALAAM AND BALAK{/}

{I}36_{/}When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went to meet him at 
the boundary city of Moab on the Arnon border. {I}37_{/}Then Balak 
said to Balaam, "I sent an urgent summons to you; why didn't you 
come? Did you think I would not pay you well enough?"
[=]_{I}38_{/}Balaam then said to Balak, "Now I have come to you; but 
what can I say? Only what Yahweh puts on my lips."
{I}39_{/}So Balaam went with Balak and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. 
{I}40_{/}There Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep and gave some to 
Balaam and the leaders who were with him. {R}_{I}41_{/}Next morning Balak 
took Balaam up to the high places of Baal and from there he saw 
some of the people of Israel.

{1}23{/}

{I}1_{/}Balaam said, "Build me seven altars here and prepare seven 
bullocks and seven rams for me," {R}_{I}2_{/}Balak did just as Balaam had 
ordered and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on 
each altar. {I}3_{/}Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your 
offering while I go aside. Perhaps Yahweh will meet me and 
whatever he lets me see I will tell you." So he went to a barren 
hill.
{R}_{I}4_{/}God met Balaam who said, "I have prepared the seven altars 
and on each altar I have offered a bullock and a ram." {I}5_{/}Yahweh 
then put a message on Balaam's lips and said, "Go back to Balak 
and give him this message." {I}6_{/}Balaam returned and found Balak 
standing beside his offering, together with the leaders of Moab. 
{R}_{I}7_{/}Then Balaam pronounced his oracle:
"From Aram, Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the 
eastern mountains. 'Come, curse Jacob for me!
Come, denounce Israel! {R}_{I}8_{/}How can I curse him whom God has not 
cursed? How can I de-nounce him whom God has not denounced?
[=]_{I}9_{/}From the peak of the crags I see him, from the heights I 
behold him. I see a people that lives apart, a people different 
from all the nations.
{R}_{I}10_{/}Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part 
of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright and may my end be 
like theirs!"
{I}11_{/}Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took 
you to curse my ene-mies and you have actually blessed them." 
{I}12_{/}And Balaam answered, "Must I not take care to say what Yahweh 
puts on my lips?"
{I}13_{/}Balak said to him, "Come with me to another place where you 
will see them. You will not see all of them, only the tail end, 
and there you shall curse them for me." {I}14_{/}So he took him to the 
field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah and built seven altars and 
offered a bullock and a ram on each altar. {I}15_{/}Balaam said to 
Balak, "Stay here beside your burnt offering while I go and meet 
Yahweh over there."
{I}16_{/}Yahweh met Balaam and put words on his lips and said, "Go 
back to Balak and give him this message." {I}17_{/}He returned and 
found Balak posted beside his burnt offering with the leaders of 
Moab. Balak asked, "What did Yahweh say?" {I}18_{/}Balaam then 
pronounced his oracle,
"Be ready to hear, Balak; listen to me, son of Zippor. 
[=]_{R}_{I}19_{/}God is not a man that he should lie, nor a son of man 
that he should repent. Has he said he will do something and will 
not do it? Has he promised something and not fulfilled it? 
{I}20_{/}See, I have received a command to bless; when he has blessed 
I cannot change it. {R}_{I}21_{/}He has not seen misfortune in Jacob or 
observed misery in Israel. Yahweh, their God is with them, and the 
shout of a king among them.
{R}_{I}22_{/}God has brought them out of Egypt; he is for them like the 
horns of a wild ox. {R}_{I}23_{/}There are no diviners or magicians in 
Israel. But it shall be made known to them what God will do with 
them.
[=]_{I}24_{/}Behold a people that rises like a lioness, that rouses 
itself like a lion. It shall not lie down before it devours its 
prey and drinks the blood of its victims."
{I}25_{/}Balak said to Balaam, "Even though you cannot curse them, do 
not bless them." {I}26_{/}But Balaam answered, "Did I not tell you 
that whatever Yahweh says, I will do?" {R}_{I}27_{/}And Balak said to 
Balaam, "Come, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it is 
God's will that you curse them for me there."
{I}28_{/}Then Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the 
wasteland, {I}29_{/}and Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for 
me here and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams." {R}_{I}30_{/}Balak 
did just as Balaam ordered and offered a bullock and a ram on each 
altar.

{N}BALAAM'S BLESSING{/}

{1}24{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}But Balaam saw that Yahweh willingly blessed Israel. He did 
not seek out signs as he had done before, but turned towards the 
desert. {R}_{I}2_{/}He looked up and saw Israel camping, tribe by tribe; 
and the spirit of God came upon him {R}_{I}3_{/}and he uttered his song: 
"Word of Balaam, son of Beor, the seer, the one who hears the 
words of God,
{I}4_{/}and beholds the vision of the Almighty,
in ecstasy, with eyes unveiled.
[=]_{R}_{I}5_{/}How goodly are your tents, Jacob, your encampments, 
Israel!
{I}6_{/}Like valleys stretching far,
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes planted by Yahweh,
like cedars beside the waters.
{R}_{I}7_{/}His buckets are overflowing and his seeds are always watered. 
His king becomes stronger than Agag, and his kingdom grows.
{R}_{I}8_{/}His God brought him out of Egypt and fights for him like the 
horns of a wild ox.
He devours the carcasses of his enemies and crushes their bones in 
pieces.
[=]_{I}9_{/}He lies like a lion, or like a lioness; who dares rouse 
him?
Blessed is he who blesses you!
And cursed is he who curses you!"
{I}10_{/}Balak's anger burned against Balaam; he beat his hands 
together and said, "I called you to curse my enemy and you have 
blessed him three times! {I}11_{/}So flee to your place now. I said I 
would greatly reward you but Yahweh has taken away your reward."
{I}12_{/}Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers: 
{I}13_{/}though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and 
gold, I could not do anything, good or bad, of my own accord 
beyond Yahweh's command? What Yahweh speaks, I speak. {R}_{I}14_{/}Now, 
before I return to my people, come that I may warn you what this 
people will do to your people in the days to come."
[\u0095]_{I}15_{/}Then Balaam pronounced his oracle:
"Word of Balaam, son of Beor, the seer,
{R}_{I}16_{/}the one who hears the words of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,
and sees the vision of the Almighty,
in ecstasy, with eyes unveiled.
[=]_{R}_{I}17_{/}I see a figure, but not really.
I behold him but not near.
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
he rises with a staff in his hand;
he shatters the forehead of Moab
and tears down all the sons of Sheth.
{R}_{I}18_{/}He conquers the land of Edom,
and takes the cities of his enemies.
Israel grows strong;
{R}_{I}19_{/}Jacob dominates."
{I}20_{/}Then Balaam looked to Amalek's country; he said, "Amalek, the 
first of the nations, will finally meet with destruction."
{I}21_{/}Then he looked to the Kainite's land and continued his 
oracle: Your dwelling place is enduring, your nest is set in the 
rock, {I}22_{/}but you shall be destroyed; and finally Asshur shall 
take you captive."
{R}_{I}23_{/}Balaam continued his oracle and said: "Alas! Who will live 
when God does this? [=]_{I}24_{/}Ships shall come from Kittim and 
shall conquer Asshur, but also Eber; they too shall be destroyed."
{I}25_{/}Then Balaam rose and set out on his journey home while Balak 
also went on his way.

{N}ISRAEL'S LICENTIOUSNESS IN BAAL PEOR{/}

{1}25{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Israel settled at Shittim and the men began to enjoy 
themselves with the Moabite women and to have sex with them. 
[=]_{I}2_{/}These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their 
gods. There the people  ate and bowed down before their gods.
[=]_{I}3_{/}The Israelites prostituted themselves to the god of  Peor, 
so Yahweh's anger flared against them. {R}_{I}4_{/}He said to Moses, 
"Take all the leaders of these people and hang them in broad 
daylight before Yahweh, so that his fierce anger may turn away 
from Israel." {R}_{I}5_{/}So Moses told the Israelite judges, "Each of 
you shall slay any of your men who have joined in worshiping the 
Baal of Peor."
{R}_{I}6_{/}Then a man, an Israelite, came back bringing a Midianite 
woman to his family in view of Moses and the Israelite community 
while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 
{I}7_{/}When Phinehas, a son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest saw 
this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand {R}_{I}8_{/}and 
followed the Israelite into the tent. There he drove the spear 
through both the man and the woman. So the plague against the 
Israelites was checked {I}9_{/}but those who had already died numbered 
twenty-four thousand.
{I}10_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses, {R}_{I}11_{/}"Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son 
of Aaron the priest, has turned away the blows of my anger from 
the sons of Israel, zealous as he was for me; he has defended my 
honor among you. Because of this, I did not feel zealous for my 
honor so that I should destroy the people of Israel.  
{R}_{I}12_{/}Therefore tell him that I am making with him a covenant of 
friendship. [=]_{R}_{I}13_{/}I grant to him and his descendants that they 
be my priests forever, because he was zealous for his God and made 
atonement for the sons of Israel."
[\u0095]_{I}14_{/}The Israelite slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri, 
son of Salu, a leader of a Simeonite family. {I}15_{/}And the name of 
the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a 
tribal chief of a Midianite family.
{I}16_{/}Yahweh said to Moses, {I}17_{/}"Attack the Midianites and crush  
them, {I}18_{/}for they have been your enemies, deceiving you with 
regard to Peor and with regard to Cozbi, their kinswoman, daughter 
of a Midianite leader, who was slain on the day of the plague 
because of Peor."
After the plague, it happened that . . .

{C}LAWS AND FEASTS{/}

{N}THE SECOND CENSUS{/}

{1}26{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest. 
He said: {R}_{I}2_{/}"Take a census of all the community of Israel, by 
families: all those of twenty years and over, able to give 
military service." {R}_{I}3_{/}So Moses and Eleazar the priest enlisted 
the people in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan opposite Jericho 
as Yahweh had commanded Moses. {R}_{I}4_{/}They counted the men twenty 
years and over among the Israelites who had come out of the land 
of Egypt.
{R}_{I}5_{/}Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The tribe of Reuben: for 
Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; for Pallu, the Palluite clan; {I}6_{/}for 
Hezron, the Hezronite clan; for Carmi, the Carmite clan. {I}7_{/}These 
were the Reubenite clans. They numbered 43,730 men.
{I}8_{/}The descendants of Pallu: Eliab. {I}9_{/}The sons of Eliab: 
Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. These two, Dathan and Abiram, 
councillors of the community, were the ones who rebelled against 
Moses and Aaron; they belonged to the followers of Korah who 
rebelled against Yahweh. {I}10_{/}The earth opened its mouth and 
swallowed them (Korah died with his followers), when fire 
destroyed the 250 men as a warning to the people. {I}11_{/}The sons of 
Korah were not killed.
{I}12_{/}The tribe of Simeon by clans: for Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; 
for Jamin, the Jaminite clan; for Jachin, the Jachinite clan; 
{I}13_{/}for Zerah, the Zerahite clan; for Shaul, the Shaulite clan. 
{I}14_{/}These were the Simeonite clans. They numbered 22,200 men.
{I}15_{/}The tribe of Gad by clans: for Zephon, the Zephonite clan; 
for Haggi, the Haggite clan; for Shuni, the Shunite clan; {I}16_{/}for 
Ozni, the Oznite clan; for Eri, the Erite clan; {I}17{/}for Arod, the 
Arodite clan; for Areli, the Arelite clan. {I}18_{/}These were the 
clans of the tribe of Gad. They numbered 40,500 men.
{R}_{I}19_{/}The tribe of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the 
land of Canaan. {R}_{I}20_{/}The other sons of Judah became clans: for 
Shelah, the Shelanite clan; for Perez, the Perezzite clan; for 
Zerah, the Zerahite clan. {I}21_{/}The sons of Perez were: for Hezron, 
the Hezronite clan; for Hamul, the Hamulite clan. {R}_{I}22_{/}These were 
the clans of Judah. They numbered 76,500 men.
{I}23_{/}The tribe of Issachar, by clans: for Tola, the Tolaite clan; 
for Puvah, the Puvite clan; {I}24_{/}for Jashub, the Jashubite clan; 
for Shimron, the Shimronite clan. {I}25_{/}These were the clans of 
Issachar. They numbered 64,300 men.
{I}26_{/}The tribe of Zebulun by clans: for Sered, the Seredite clan; 
for Elon, the Elonite clan; for Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan. 
{I}27_{/}These were the clans of Zebulun. They numbered 60,500 men.
{R}_{I}28_{/}The tribe of Joseph, by clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
{R}_{I}29_{/}The tribe of Manasseh: for Machir, the Machirite clan; 
Machir was the father of Gilead: for Gilead, the Gileadite clan. 
{I}30_{/}These were the clans of Gilead; for Iezer, the Iezerite clan; 
for Helek, the Helekite clan; {R}_{I}31_{/}Asriel, the Asrielite clan; 
Shechem, the Shechemite clan; {I}32_{/}Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; 
Hepher, the Hepherite clan. {R}_{I}33_{/}Zelophehad son of Hepher had no 
sons but only daughters; these are the names of Zelophehad's 
daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. {R}_{I}34_{/}These 
were the clans of Manasseh. They numbered 52,700 men.
{R}_{I}35_{/}The tribe of Ephraim by clans: for Shuthelah, the 
Shuthelahite clan; for Becher, the Becherite clan; for Tahan, the 
Tahanite clan. {I}36_{/}These are the sons of Shuthelah: for Eran, the 
Eranite clan. {R}_{I}37_{/}These were the clans of Ephraim. They numbered 
32,500 men.
These were the descendants of Joseph, by clans.
{I}38_{/}The tribe of Benjamin, by clans: for Bela, the Belaite clan; 
for Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; for Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan; 
{I}39_{/}for Shephupham, the Shephuphamite clan; for Hupham, the 
Huphamite clan. {I}40_{/}Bela had Ard and Naaman for sons: the Ardite 
clan; for Naaman, the Naamite clan. {I}41_{/}The tribe of Benjamin by 
clans numbered 45,600 men.
{R}_{I}42_{/}The tribe of Dan, by clans: for Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. 
{I}43_{/}All the Shuhamite clans numbered 64,400 men.
{I}44_{/}The tribe of Asher, by clans: for Imnah, the Imnite clan; for 
Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; for Beriah, the Beriite clan. {I}45_{/}The 
clans of Heber and Malchiel were descendants of Beriah. {I}46_{/}The 
daughter of Asher was called Serah. {I}47_{/}These were the clans of 
Asher. They numbered 53,400 men.
{I}48_{/}The tribe of Naphtali, by clans: for Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite 
clan; for Guni, the Gunite clan; {I}49_{/}for Jezer, the Jezerite 
clan; for Shillem, the Shillemite clan. {I}50_{/}The clans of Naphtali 
numbered 45,400 men.
{R}_{I}51_{/}The sons of Israel numbered in all 601,730 men.
{I}52_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}53_{/}"The land is to be 
divided among the tribes as a heritage, according to the number of 
those registered. [=]_{I}54_{/}To a tribe large in number you are to 
give a large area of land; to a small one in number, a small area; 
to each the heritage will be in proportion to the number 
registered. {I}55_{/}The dividing of the land is, however, to be done 
by lot. {I}56_{/}Each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to 
the number of men registered."
{I}57_{/}These are, by clans, the Levites that were registered: for 
Gershon, the Gershonite clan; for Kohath, the Kohathite clan; for 
Merari, the Merarite clan.
{I}58_{/}These are the Levite subclans: the Libnites, the Hebronites, 
the Mahlites, the Mushites, the Kohathites. Kohath was the father 
of Amram, {R}_{I}59_{/}who married Jochebed, descendant of Levi, born in 
Egypt. She bore Aaron, Moses and Miriam their sister. {I}60_{/}Aaron 
was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. {I}61_{/}Nadab 
and Abihu died when they offered unlawful fire before Yahweh.
{I}62_{/}Altogether there were registered 23,000 males of one month 
and over. They were listed separately from the rest of the 
Israelites, because they would receive no property in Israel.
{R}_{I}63_{/}These were the men registered by Moses and Eleazar the 
priest who took this census of the Israelites in the plains of 
Moab, near the Jordan River, opposite Jericho. {R}_{I}64_{/}Not one of 
them was among those whom Moses and Aaron had listed in the desert 
of Sinai; [=]_{R}_{I}65_{/}for Yahweh had told them that these were to 
die in the desert and none would remain, except Caleb, son of 
Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun.

{1}27{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}Then the daughters of Zelophehad came forward. Zelophehad was 
the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, 
son of Joseph. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, 
Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. {I}2_{/}They appeared before Moses, before 
Eleazer the priest, and before the leaders and the whole 
community, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and said, 
[=]_{R}_{I}3_{/}"Our father died in the desert. He was not one of those 
who rebelled against Yahweh, nor among the followers of Korah; but 
he died for his own sin as all the people and he did not leave any 
sons. {I}4_{/}Why must our father's name disappear from among his 
clan? Since he had no son, give us some property among our 
father's relatives."
{I}5_{/}Moses took their case before Yahweh, {I}6_{/}and Yahweh spoke to 
Moses. He said, [=]_{I}7_{/}"The daughters of Zelophehad have a just 
case. Give them property for their inheritance among their 
father's relatives; pass on to them their father's inheritance. 
{R}_{I}8_{/}Then say this to the people of Israel, If a man dies without 
sons, his inheritance is to be given to his daughter. {I}9_{/}If he 
has no daughters, the inheritance is to go to his brothers. 
{I}10_{/}If he has no brothers, it is to go to his father's brothers. 
{R}_{I}11_{/}If his father has no brothers, it is to go to the member of 
his clan who is most nearly related: he is to hold it as his own 
property. This shall be a law for the people of Israel, as Yahweh 
has commanded Moses."

{N}JOSHUA SUCCEEDS MOSES{/}

[=]_{I}12_{/}Yahweh said to Moses, "Climb this mountain of the Abarim 
range, and look on the land I give to the Israelites. 
[=]_{I}13_{/}After you have seen it, you will die, as Aaron your 
brother did. [=]_{R}_{I}14_{/}For you both rebelled against my command in 
the desert of Zin when the community complained against me, when I 
commanded you to proclaim my holy power before their eyes in the 
matter of the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, 
in the desert of Zin). 
{I}15_{/}Moses said to Yahweh, {R}_{I}16_{/}"May Yahweh, God of the spirits 
that give life to all living creatures, appoint a leader for this 
community, [=]_{I}17_{/}who shall go out and come in at their head, 
who shall lead them out and bring them in; so that the community 
of Yahweh may not be like sheep without a shepherd." {R}_{I}18_{/}Yahweh 
answered Moses, "Take Joshua, son of Nun, a man in whom the Spirit 
dwells, and lay your hands on him. {I}19_{/}Then bring him before 
Eleazar, the priest, and the whole community, to instruct him in 
their presence {R}_{I}20_{/}and to give him a share of your authority, so 
that the whole community of the sons of Israel may obey him. 
[=]_{R}_{I}21_{/}Eleazar the priest shall consult me for him and tell him 
my decisions by means of the Urim and Thummim. Then Joshua will 
direct all the Israelites, the whole community, in all their 
affairs."
{R}_{I}22_{/}Moses did as Yahweh had commanded. He took Joshua and 
brought him before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, 
{I}23_{/}laid his hands on him and instructed him, as Yahweh had 
directed through Moses.

{1}28{/}

{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}2_{/}"Give the sons of Israel 
this command: Take care to bring the food offerings, my sweet-
smelling offerings at the times I have appointed.
[=]_{I}3_{/}Say to them: These are the burnt offerings you must offer 
to Yahweh:

{N}DAILY SACRIFICES{/}

Every day, two one-year-old lambs without any defect. {I}4_{/}The 
first lamb you must offer in the morning, the second in the 
evening, {I}5_{/}together with a grain offering of two pounds of fine 
flour mixed with two pints of purest oil. {R}_{I}6_{/}This is the 
everlasting burnt offering which was first offered at Mount Sinai 
as a sweet-smelling offering for Yahweh. {R}_{I}7_{/}The accompanying 
wine offering to be poured out at the altar is two pints of wine 
for each lamb. {I}8_{/}The second lamb you must offer in the evening; 
do this in the same way as the morning offering, together with the 
wine offering.

{N}THE SABBATH SACRIFICE{/}

[=]_{I}9_{/}On the sabbath day, you must offer two one-year-old lambs 
without any defect, and four pounds of fine flour as a grain 
offering, mixed with oil, as well as the accompanying wine 
offering. {I}10_{/}This burnt offering is to be offered every sabbath 
in addition to the daily offering with its accompanying wine 
offering.

{N}THE NEW-MOON SACRIFICE{/}

[=]_{I}11_{/}At the beginning of each of your months you must offer a 
burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram and seven one-
year-old lambs without any defect; {I}12_{/}for each bull a grain 
offering of six pounds of fine flour mixed with oil; {I}13_{/}for each 
lamb, four pounds of fine flour mixed with oil. These burnt 
offerings are sweet-smelling offerings to Yahweh. {I}14_{/}The 
accompanying wine offering is four pints of wine for a bull, three 
pints for a ram, two pints for a lamb. This must be the monthly 
burnt offering, month after month, every month of the year. 
{R}_{I}15_{/}In addition to the daily burnt offering, a he-goat must be 
offered to Yahweh, as a sacrifice for sin, with its accompanying 
wine offering.

{N}THE FEAST OF THE UNLEAVENED BREAD{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}16_{/}The fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of 
Yahweh, {I}17_{/}and the fifteenth day of this month is a feast day. 
For seven days unleavened bread must be eaten. {I}18_{/}On the first 
day you shall gather for worship and not do work of a worker. 
{I}19_{/}You shall offer to Yahweh a burnt offering: two young bulls, 
a ram, seven one-year-old sheep without any defect. {I}20_{/}The 
accompanying grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil is to be 
six pounds for the bull, four pounds for the ram, {I}21_{/}and two 
pounds for each of the seven lambs. {R}_{I}22_{/}There must also be a he-
goat for the sacrifice for sin, for the atonement over you. 
{I}23_{/}This must be done in addition to the daily morning offering. 
{I}24_{/}You must do this every day for seven days. It is food, a 
burnt offering, a fragrant offering to Yahweh; it is to be offered 
in addition to the daily offering and its accompanying wine 
offering. {I}25_{/}On the seventh day you shall gather for worship and 
not do work of a worker.

{N}THE FEAST OF WEEKS{/}

{I}26_{/}On the first day of the harvest, when you make your offering 
of new fruits to Yahweh at your Feast of Weeks, you are to gather 
for worship; you must do no work of workers. {I}27_{/}You must offer 
as a burnt offering: two young bulls, one ram, seven one-year-old 
lambs. {I}28_{/}The ac-companying grain offering of fine flour mixed 
with oil is to be six pounds for each bull, {I}29_{/}four pounds for 
the ram, and two pounds for each of the seven lambs. {R}_{I}30_{/}There 
must also be a he-goat for the sacrifice for sin, for the 
atonement over you. {I}31_{/}This must be done in addition to the 
daily offering and its accompanying wine offering.

{N}THE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL{/}

{1}29{/}

[=]_{I}1_{/}In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you 
shall gather for worship and do no work of a worker. It shall be a 
day on which you sound the trumpets. {I}2_{/}You must offer as a burnt 
offering: one young bull, one ram, seven one-year-old lambs 
without any defect. {I}3_{/}The accompanying grain offering of fine 
flour mixed with oil is to be six pounds for the bull, four pounds 
for the ram, {I}4_{/}and two pounds for each of the seven lambs. 
{R}_{I}5_{/}There must also be a he-goat for the sacrifice for sin, for 
the atonement over you. {R}_{I}6_{/}All this must be done in addition to 
the monthly burnt offering with its grain offering, the daily 
offering with its grain offering, and the accompanying wine 
offering according to the law, as a burnt offering and sweet-
smelling offering to Yahweh.

{N}THE DAY OF ATONEMENT{/}

[=]_{I}7_{/}On the tenth day of this seventh month, you shall gather 
for worship. You must fast and do no work of a worker. {I}8_{/}You 
must offer a burnt offering and a sweet-smelling offering to 
Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs of 
your choice without any defect. {I}9_{/}The accompanying grain 
offering of fine flour mixed with oil is to be six pounds for the 
bull, four pounds for the ram, {I}10_{/}and two pounds for each of the 
seven lambs. {R}_{I}11_{/}A he-goat must be offered for the sacrifice for 
sin. This is in addition to the sacrifice for the feast of 
Atonement, and to the daily burnt offering with its accompanying 
grain offering and wine offerings.

{N}THE FEAST OF THE TENT{/}

[=]_{I}12_{/}On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to 
gather for worship and do no work of a worker, and for the space 
of seven days you are to celebrate a feast for Yahweh. {I}13_{/}You 
must offer as a burnt offering and sweet-smelling offering to 
Yahweh: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old 
lambs without any defect. {I}14_{/}The accompanying grain offering of 
fine flour mixed with oil is to be six pounds for each of the 
thirteen bulls, four pounds for each of the two rams, {I}15_{/}two 
pounds for each of the fourteen lambs; {R}_{I}16_{/}also one he-goat as a 
sacrifice for sin. This is in addition to the daily burnt offering 
and its grain offering and wine offering.
{I}17_{/}On the second day: twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen 
one-year-old lambs without any defect; {I}18_{/}the accompanying grain 
offering and wine offering, as required, in proportion to the 
number of bulls, rams and lambs; {R}_{I}19_{/}also one he-goat for 
sacrifice for sin. This is in addition to the daily burnt offering 
with its grain offering and wine offering.
{I}20_{/}On the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-
old lambs without any defect, {I}21_{/}the accompanying grain offering 
and wine offering, as required, in proportion to the number of 
bulls, rams and lambs; {R}_{I}22_{/}also one he-goat for the sacrifice 
for sin. This is in addition to the daily burnt offering with its 
grain offering and wine offering.
{I}23_{/}On the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old 
lambs without any defect: {I}24_{/}the accompanying grain offering and 
wine offering, as required, in proportion to the number of bulls, 
rams and lambs; {R}_{I}25_{/}also one he-goat for the sacrifice for sin. 
This is in addition to the daily burnt offering with its grain 
offering and wine offering.
{I}26_{/}On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old 
lambs without any defect: {I}27_{/}the accompanying grain offering and 
wine offering, as required, in proportion to the number of bulls, 
rams and lambs; {R}_{I}28_{/}also one he-goat for the sacrifice for sin. 
This is in addition to the daily burnt offering with its grain 
offering and wine offering.
{I}29_{/}On the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-
old lambs without any defect; {I}30_{/}the accompanying grain offering 
and wine offering, as required, in proportion to the number of 
bulls, rams and lambs; {R}_{I}31_{/}also one he-goat for the sacrifice 
for sin. This is in addition to the daily burnt offering with its 
grain offering and wine offering.
{I}32_{/}On the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-
old lambs without any defect; {I}33_{/}the accompanying grain offering 
and wine offering, as required, in proportion to the number of 
bulls, rams and lambs; {R}_{I}34_{/}also one he-goat for the sacrifice 
for sin. This is in addition to the daily burnt offering with its 
grain offering and wine offering.
{I}35_{/}On the eighth day you shall all gather for worship and do no 
work of a worker. {I}36_{/}You shall offer as a burnt offering and 
sweet-smelling offering to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven one-
year-old lambs without any defect; {I}37_{/}the accompanying grain 
offering and wine offering, as required, in proportion to the 
number of bulls, rams {R}_{I}38_{/}and lambs; also one he-goat for the 
sacrifice for sin. This is in addition to the daily burnt offering 
with its grain offering and wine offering.
{I}39_{/}This is what you are to do for Yahweh at your solemn feasts, 
besides whatever burnt offerings, grain offerings and wine 
offerings you present as your free-will offerings."

{N}RULES ABOUT VOWS{/}

{1}30{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}Moses told the people of Israel exactly what Yahweh had 
commanded him.
[=]_{R}_{I}2_{/}Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel. He 
said, "This is what Yahweh has commanded:
[=]_{R}_{I}3_{/}If a man makes a vow to give something to Yahweh or a 
solemn promise to abstain from something, he must not break his 
promise: whatever he promises by word of mouth he must do.
{R}_{I}4_{/}If a woman makes a vow to give something to the Lord or a 
solemn promise to abstain from something while she is still young 
and lives in her father's house, {R}_{I}5_{/}and if he hears about this 
vow or promise made by her and says nothing to her about it, she 
must do whatever she has promised. {R}_{I}6_{/}But if the father on the 
day he learns of it expresses his disapproval of it, then she is 
not required to keep her promise. Yahweh will not hold her to her 
promise, since her father has expressed his disapproval.
{I}7{/}-{R}_{I}8_{/}If a woman makes a vow before being married or makes a 
solemn promise to abstain from something, either deliberately or 
without giving it much thought, she must do everything she vowed 
even after she marries if her husband learns of it and says 
nothing about it.{R}_{I}9_{/}But if on the day he learns of it he 
expresses his disapproval to her, she is not required to keep her 
promise. Yahweh will not hold her to it. {I}10_{/}Any vow of a widow 
or of a divorced woman, or any pledge to which she binds herself 
is valid.
{R}_{I}11_{/}If she has made a vow or a solemn promise to abstain from 
something while in her husband's house, {I}12_{/}and if when the 
husband learns of it he says nothing to her and does not express 
disapproval to her, then she must do whatever she has vowed or 
solemnly promised to abstain from. {I}13_{/}But if the husband forbids 
it on the day he learns of it, she is not required to do whatever 
she has vowed or solemnly promised. Yahweh will not hold her to 
it.
{R}_{I}14_{/}Any vow or solemn promise to abstain from something that the 
wife makes, must be allowed or forbidden by the husband. {R}_{I}15_{/}If 
by the following day the husband has said nothing to her, it means 
that he approves or allows her vow, whatever it may be, or her 
solemn promise, whatever it may be. He confirms the vows of his 
wife by saying nothing on the day he learns of them. {R}_{I}16_{/}But if 
he forbids them a long time after he learned of them, then he must 
suffer what results from the wife's failure to fulfill the vow or 
solemn promise."
{R}_{I}17_{/}These are the laws given by Yahweh to Moses, concerning the 
relationship between man and wife, and between a father and his 
daughter while still young and living in her father's home.

{N}THE HOLY WAR AGAINST MIDIAN{/}

{1}31{/}

[\u0095]_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {I}2_{/}"Fully avenge the 
Israelites for what they have suffered from the Midianites. After 
that you will be joined to your people."
[=]_{I}3_{/}Moses said to the people, "Let some of you go off to the 
war and attack the Midianites, for you have to carry out Yahweh's 
vengeance. {R}_{I}4_{/}Put a thousand men in the field from each of the 
tribes of Israel."
{I}5_{/}In this way the Israelites provided twelve thousand men 
equipped for war, one thousand from each tribe. {I}6_{/}Moses put them 
in the field, one thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas, son of 
Eleazar the priest, to go with them carrying the sacred vessels 
and the trumpets for sounding the alarm.
{R}_{I}7_{/}They attacked the Midianites, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, 
and they put every male to death. {R}_{I}8_{/}And further, they killed 
the kings of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the five 
Midianite kings; they also put Balaam son of Beor to the sword. 
{R}_{I}9_{/}The sons of Israel took the Midianite women captive with 
their young children, and took for themselves all their cattle, 
all their flocks and all their goods. [=]_{I}10_{/}They set fire to 
the towns where they lived and all their camps. {R}_{I}11_{/}Then, taking 
all the spoils, all that they had captured, man and beast, 
{R}_{I}12_{/}they brought the captives and the spoils to Moses, Eleazer 
the priest, and all the community of the sons of Israel, at the 
camp in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan River opposite 
Jericho.

{N}LAWS REGARDING WAR{/}

{I}13_{/}Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the 
community went out of the camp to meet them. {I}14_{/}Moses was angry 
with the commanders of the army, the captains of thousands and the 
captains of hundreds, who had come back from this battle. {I}15_{/}He 
said, "Why have you spared the lives of all the women? 
[=]_{R}_{I}16_{/}These were the very ones who, on Balaam's advice, 
tempted the people of Israel and made them unfaithful to Yahweh at 
Peor: hence the epidemic which struck the community of Israel. 
{R}_{I}17_{/}So kill all the male children. Kill also all the women who 
have slept with a man. {R}_{I}18_{/}Spare the lives only of the young 
girls who have not slept with a man, and take them for yourselves. 
{R}_{I}19_{/}As for you, you must camp for seven days outside the camp, 
all of you who have killed a man or touched a corpse. Purify 
yourselves, you and your prisoners, on the third and seventh days; 
{I}20_{/}purify also all clothing, everything made of skin, everything 
woven of goats' hair and everything made of wood."
{I}21_{/}Eleazar, the priest, said to the soldiers who had come back 
from this battle, "These are the regulations given by Yahweh to 
Moses. {R}_{I}22_{/}The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin and lead, 
everything that is not melted by fire, must be passed through the 
fire to become clean, and also be purified by the water for 
purification. {R}_{I}23_{/}But whatever would be melted by fire you must 
pass through water.
{I}24_{/}On the seventh day you will wash your clothes and then be 
clean. You may then come back to the camp."
{I}25_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: {R}_{I}26_{/}"With Eleazar, the 
priest, and the heads of families in the community, count the 
prizes of battle and the captives, man and beast. {I}27_{/}Then share 
out the spoils, half and half, between those who fought the battle 
and the rest of the community. {I}28_{/}As Yahweh's share you will set 
aside, from the share of the soldiers who took part in the battle, 
one out of every 500 persons, oxen, donkeys and sheep. {I}29_{/}These 
are to be taken from the half share which is their due, and given 
to Eleazar, the priest, as an offering to Yahweh. {R}_{I}30_{/}From the 
half which is due to the community of Israel, you will take one 
out of every fifty persons, oxen, donkeys, sheep, and all other 
animals, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the Holy 
Tent of Yahweh."
{I}31_{/}Moses and Eleazar, the priest, did as Yahweh had commanded 
Moses. {I}32_{/}The prizes of battle, the remainder of the spoil 
captured by the soldiers, came to 675,000 head of sheep and goats, 
{I}33_{/}72,000 head of cattle, {I}34_{/}61,000 donkeys, {R}_{I}35_{/}and, in 
persons, women who had never slept with a man, 32,000 in all. 
{I}36_{/}The half assigned to those who had taken part in the war 
amounted to 337,500 head of sheep and goats, {I}37_{/}of which 
Yahweh's share was 675; {I}38_{/}36,000 head of cattle, of which 
Yahweh's share was seventy-two; {I}39_{/}30,500 donkeys, of which 
Yahsweh's share was sixty-one, {I}40_{/}and 16,000 persons, of which 
Yahweh's share was thirty-two. {I}41_{/}Moses gave Eleazar, the 
priest, the share set aside for Yahweh, in accordance with 
Yahweh's instructions to Moses.
{I}42_{/}As for the half due to the Israelite community, which Moses 
had separated from that of the soldiers, {I}43_{/}this half, the 
community's share, came to 337,500 head of sheep and goats, 
{I}44_{/}36,000 head of cattle, {I}45_{/}30,500 donkeys {I}46_{/}and 16,000 
persons. {R}_{I}47_{/}From this half, the share of the community of 
Israel, Moses took one out of every fifty, man and beast, and gave 
them to the Levites who had charge of the Holy Tent of Yahweh, 
according to what Yahweh said to Moses.
{I}48_{/}Then the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and 
the captains of hundreds, came to Moses {I}49_{/}and said, "Your 
servants have numbered the soldiers under their command; not one 
is missing. {I}50_{/}And further, we bring as an offering for Yahweh 
the gold ornaments we have found, armlets and bracelets, signet 
rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves 
before Yahweh." {I}51_{/}Moses and Eleazar, the priest, accepted this 
gold from them, all this jewelry. {I}52_{/}This offering of gold given 
by them to Yahweh weighed over 400 pounds, all given by the 
captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
{I}53_{/}Each of the soldiers took his own loot. {R}_{I}54_{/}But Moses and 
Eleazar, the priest, received the gold from the captains of 
thousands and of hundreds, and carried it to the Tent of Meeting 
as a reminder to Yahweh of the people of Israel.

{N}THE ISRAELITES SETTLE IN TRANSJORDANIA{/}

{1}32{/}

[\u0095]_{R}_{I}1_{/}The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned great herds of fine 
cattle. Now they saw that the land of Jazer and Gilead was good 
for raising livestock. {I}2_{/}Because of this they went to Moses, 
Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community, and said to 
them, {I}3_{/}"The land around Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, 
Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon, {R}_{I}4_{/}which Yahweh has conquered in 
the sight of the community of Israel, is good land for raising 
cattle, and we have livestock. {R}_{I}5_{/}If we have deserved your 
friendship, give us this land for our own; do not make us cross 
the Jordan River."
{I}6_{/}Moses replied, "Shall you stay here while your brothers are 
off to the war? [=]_{R}_{I}7_{/}Why do you discourage the people of 
Israel from entering the land that Yahweh has given them? {I}8_{/}This 
is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to 
inspect the land. {R}_{I}9_{/}They went up as far as the Valley of Eshcol 
and inspected the land; but they kept the people of Israel from 
entering the land Yahweh had given them. [=]_{I}10{/}Because of this 
Yahweh was angry that day and swore this oath, [=]_{R}_{I}11_{/}'These 
men of twenty years and over, who came out from Egypt, will never 
see the land that I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 
For they have not followed me faithfully, {R}_{I}12_{/}except Caleb son 
of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun: these indeed 
have followed Yahweh faithfully.' {R}_{I}13_{/}The anger of Yahweh blazed 
out against Israel and he made them wander in the desert for forty 
years, until the generation that offended Yahweh had all 
disappeared. {R}_{I}14_{/}And now, will you do as your fathers did? You, 
new generation of sinful people, will you add still more to the 
burning anger of Yahweh against Israel! {R}_{I}15_{/}If you turn away 
from him, he will make your roaming in the desert still longer, 
and all this people will perish because of you."
{I}16_{/}But they explained their purpose to Moses, "We would like to 
build sheepfolds here for our flocks and towns for our young 
children. {R}_{I}17_{/}Then we ourselves will take up arms to lead the 
people of Israel until we have brought them to the place appointed 
for them: only our young children will stay in the fortified 
towns, safe from the inhabitants of the country. {R}_{I}18_{/}As for us 
we will not return to our homes until every one of the Israelites 
has taken possession of his inheritance. {R}_{I}19_{/}For we shall have 
no inheritance with them on the other bank of the Jordan River or 
beyond, since our inheritance has fallen to us here, east of the 
Jordan."
{I}20_{/}Moses said to them, "If you mean what you have said, if you 
are prepared to go to battle in the presence of Yahweh, {R}_{I}21_{/}and 
if all your fighting men cross the Jordan River under the command 
of Yahweh, until he has defeated all his enemies, {R}_{I}22_{/}then, once 
Yahweh has taken possession of the land, you may go back; you 
shall be free of your obligation toward Yahweh and Israel, and 
this country shall be your inheritance before Yahweh. {I}23_{/}But if 
you do not, you will sin against Yahweh, and you can be sure that 
your sin will follow you. {I}24_{/}Build towns, then, for your young 
children and fenced places for your sheep; but do what you have 
promised."
{I}25_{/}The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your 
servants will do as you order, sir. {I}26_{/}Our children, our wives, 
our sheep and all our livestock will stay in the towns of Gilead, 
{R}_{I}27_{/}but we, every man armed for war, will cross over the Jordan 
before Yahweh to fight as you have ordered."
[\u0095]_{R}_{I}28_{/}Then Moses gave instructions about them to Eleazar, the 
priest, to Joshua, son of Nun, and to the other leaders of Israel. 
{R}_{I}29_{/}Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of 
Reuben, all who are armed for battle, cross the Jordan before 
Yahweh to fight with you, then once you have conquered the land, 
you will give them the country of Gilead for their possession. 
{R}_{I}30_{/}But if they do not cross over and go into battle with you, 
then they must have their possessions among you in the land of 
Canaan."
{I}31_{/}The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben replied, "What Yahweh 
has said to us, we will do. {R}_{I}32_{/}We will cross into the land of 
Canaan and go into battle under Yahweh's command; but our 
inheritance shall be beyond the Jordan." {R}_{I}33_{/}Moses gave to the 
tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh, the 
territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites, as well as that of Og, 
king of Bashan, and all the land and towns surrounding them.
{I}34_{/}The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, {I}35_{/}Atroth-
shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, {I}36_{/}Beth-nimrah, Beth-haran, fortified 
towns, and fenced places for the sheep.
{I}37_{/}The sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 
{I}38_{/}Nebo, Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. They 
gave names to the towns they had built.
[=]_{R}_{I}39_{/}The sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead. They 
conquered it and drove out the Amorites who were there. 
{R}_{I}40_{/}Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled 
there. [=]_{R}_{I}41_{/}Jair son of Manasseh attacked and captured some 
villages and called them villages of Jair. {I}42_{/}Nobah attacked and 
captured Kenath with its outlying villages, and called it Nobah 
after himself.

{N}THE STAGES OF THE EXODUS{/}

{1}33{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}Here are the stages of the journey of the people of Israel 
when they left the land of Egypt by divisions, under the 
leadership of Moses and Aaron. {I}2_{/}Moses followed Yahweh's 
instructions and wrote down the starting place for each stage of 
the journey. Here are the stages or, better, the starting places.
{R}_{I}3_{/}They left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of 
the year. On the day following the Passover, the people of Israel 
set out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, {R}_{I}4_{/}when 
they were burying their dead. For Yahweh had killed all their 
firstborn; he had also passed judgment on the gods of Egypt.
[=]_{R}_{I}5_{/}The people of Israel left Rameses and camped at Succoth. 
{I}6_{/}Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham which is on the 
edge of the wilderness. {I}7_{/}They left Etham, turned back to Pi-
hahiroth which faces Baal-zephon, and camped before Migdol. 
{R}_{I}8_{/}They left Pi-hahiroth, crossed over the sea into the 
wilderness, and after marching for three days in the desert of 
Etham, they camped at Marah. {R}_{I}9_{/}They left Marah and reached 
Elim. At Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm 
trees; they camped there.
{R}_{I}10_{/}They left Elim and camped by the Sea of Reeds. {R}_{I}11_{/}They 
left the Sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin. 
{R}_{I}12_{/}They left the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. 
{I}13_{/}They left Dophkah and camped at Alush. {R}_{I}14_{/}They left Alush 
and camped at Rephidim; the people found no drinking water there. 
[=]_{I}15_{/}They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai. 
{I}16_{/}They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-
hattaavah. {I}17_{/}They left Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at 
Hazeroth. {I}18_{/}They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. {I}19_{/}They 
left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. {I}20_{/}They left Rimmon-
perez and camped at Libnah. {I}21_{/}They left Libnah and camped at 
Rissah. {I}22_{/}They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. {R}_{I}23_{/}They 
left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. {R}_{I}24_{/}They left Mount 
Shepher and camped at Haradah. {I}25_{/}They left Haradah and camped 
at Makheloth. 
{I}26_{/}They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath. {I}27_{/}They left 
Tahath and camped at Terah. {I}28_{/}They left Terah and camped at 
Mithkah. {I}29_{/}They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. {I}30_{/}They 
left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. [=]_{I}31_{/}They left Moseroth 
and camped at Bene-jaakan. {I}32_{/}They left Bene-jaakan and camped 
at Hor-haggidgad. {I}33_{/}They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at 
Jotbathah. {I}34_{/}They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. 
{I}35_{/}They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
{I}36_{/}They left Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin; 
that is Kadesh. {R}_{I}37_{/}They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on 
the borders of the land of Edom. {R}_{I}38_{/}There Aaron, the priest, 
went up Mount Hor at Yahweh's command and there he died, in the 
fortieth year of the journey of the Israelites from the land of 
Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. 
{I}39_{/}Aaron was {I}123{/} years old when he died at Mount Hor.
[=]_{R}_{I}40_{/}The king of Arad, a Canaanite who lived in the Negeb in 
the land of Canaan, was informed when the people of Israel 
arrived. {R}_{I}41_{/}So they left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. 
{I}42_{/}They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon. {I}43_{/}They left Punon 
and camped at Oboth. {I}44_{/}They left Oboth and camped in Moabite 
territory at Iye-abarim. {I}45_{/}They left Iye-abarim and camped at 
Dibon-gad. {I}46_{/}They left Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-
diblathaim. {I}47_{/}They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the 
Abarim mountains facing Nebo. {R}_{I}48_{/}They left the Abarim mountains 
and camped in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan opposite 
Jericho. [=]_{R}_{I}49_{/}There they camped near the Jordan between 
Bethha-jeshimoth and Abel-hashshittim, in the plains of Moab.
{R}_{I}50_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, near the Jordan 
River opposite Jericho. He said: {R}_{I}51_{/}"Say this to the people of 
Israel: When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 
[=]_{I}52_{/}you must drive out all the inhabitants of the country. 
You must destroy their stones, and their idols and all their 
places of worship. {I}53_{/}You will take possession of this land and 
settle in it for I have given it to you for your own. {R}_{I}54_{/}You 
are to divide it by drawing lots among your clans. To a large clan 
you will give a larger piece of property, to a small clan a 
smaller one. Where the lot falls for each, that will be his. Make 
this division according to tribes.
[=]_{I}55_{/}But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the 
country, then those you have allowed to remain will be as 
splinters in your eyes and thorns in your side; they will harass 
you in the land where you are to live {I}56_{/}and I will treat you as 
I meant to treat them."

{N}THE BOUNDARIES OF CANAAN{/}

{1}34{/}

[=]_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, {R}_{I}2_{/}"Give the people of 
Israel this order: When you go into the land of Canaan, this 
territory will be your inheritance. This is the land of Canaan 
with its boundaries:
{R}_{I}3_{/}The southern part of your country will stretch from the 
wilderness of Zin along the borders of Edom. It will start on the 
east at the southern end of the Salt Sea. {R}_{I}4_{/}It will then turn 
south toward the Ascent of the Scorpions and go through Zin as far 
as Kadeshbarnea. Then it will go northwest toward Hazar-addar and 
pass through Azmon. {R}_{I}5_{/}From Azmon the boundary will turn toward 
the valley at the border of Egypt and end at the Big Sea (the 
Mediterranean Sea).
{R}_{I}6_{/}The Big Sea will be your western boundary. {R}_{I}7_{/}For your 
northern boundary you will draw a line from the Big Sea to Mount 
Hor, {R}_{I}8_{/}then from Mount Hor you will draw a line to the Pass of 
Hamath, and the boundary will end at Zedad. {I}9_{/}From there it will 
go on to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern 
boundary.
{I}10_{/}You will then draw your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to 
Shepham. {R}_{I}11_{/}The boundary will go south from Shepham toward 
Riblah on the east side of Ain and on to the hills on the eastern 
shore of Lake Galilee. {R}_{I}12_{/}The boundary will then follow the 
Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land with the 
boundaries surrounding it."
{R}_{I}13_{/}Moses then gave this instruction to the people of Israel: 
"This is the land you are to divide by lot, which Yahweh has 
commanded to be given to the remaining nine and a half tribes. 
{R}_{I}14_{/}The tribe of Reuben and the tribe of Gad with its clans and 
also the half tribe of Manasseh have already been given their land 
{R}_{I}15_{/}beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho, to the east, toward the 
sunrise."
{I}16_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: {R}_{I}17_{/}"These are the names of 
those who will share out the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua 
son of Nun, {I}18_{/}with one leader from each tribe. {R}_{I}19_{/}Here are 
the names of these men:
For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; {I}20_{/}for the tribe 
of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud; {I}21_{/}for the tribe of Benjamin, 
Elidad son of Chislon; {R}_{I}22_{/}for the tribe of Dan, the leader, 
Bukki son of Jogli; {R}_{I}23_{/}for the tribe of Manasseh, the leader 
Hanniel son of Ephod; {R}_{I}24_{/}and for the tribe of Ephraim, the 
leader Kemuel son of Shiphtan; {I}25_{/}for the tribe of Zebulun, the 
leader Elizaphan son of Parnach; {I}26_{/}for the tribe of Issachar, 
the leader Paltiel, son of Azzan; {I}27_{/}for the tribe of Asher, the 
leader Ahihud son of Shelomi; {I}28_{/}for the tribe of Naphtali, the 
leader Pedahel son of Ammi-hud." {R}_{I}29_{/}These are the men whom 
Yahweh commanded to divide the land of Canaan among the tribes of 
Israel as their inheritance.

{N}THE SHARE OF THE LEVITES{/}

{1}35{/}

[=]_{R}_{I}1_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, near the 
Jordan opposite Jericho. He said:
{R}_{I}2_{/}"Tell the people of Israel to give to the Levites, out of the 
property they possess, towns in which to live and pasture land 
around the towns. {I}3_{/}They will live in the towns and the 
surrounding pasture land is to be for their cattle and all their 
animals. {I}4_{/}The pasture land surrounding the towns that you give 
to the Levites shall extend from the walls of the towns 500 yards 
in each direction, {I}5_{/}so that there is a square area measuring 
1,000 yards on each side, with the town in the middle. {R}_{I}6_{/}The 
towns you give to the Levites will be the six towns of refuge to 
which a person can escape who causes another's death; and you are 
to give them forty-two more towns. {I}7_{/}Altogether you will give 
forty-eight towns to the Levites, towns together with their 
pasture lands. {R}_{I}8_{/}You will take these towns from the property of 
the sons of Israel, taking more towns from the tribes who own 
more, and less from tribes who own less. Every tribe will give 
towns to the Levites in proportion to the land they themselves 
have received."

{N}CITIES OF REFUGE{/}

[\u0095]_[=]_{I}9_{/}Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:
{R}_{I}10_{/}"Say this to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan 
River and reach the land of Canaan, {I}11_{/}you are to select towns 
which you will make into towns of refuge to which a person who has 
killed someone accidentally may escape. {R}_{I}12_{/}In these towns they 
will be safe from the dead person's relative who wants revenge, so 
that the killer may not die without being brought to trial before 
the community. {I}13_{/}The towns you give will serve you as six 
cities of refuge: {R}_{I}14_{/}the three that you give beyond the Jordan 
and the three that you give in the land of Canaan are to be cities 
of refuge. [=]_{R}_{I}15_{/}These six towns will be a refuge for the 
people of Israel as well as for the stranger and the foreigner 
among you, where anyone who has killed accidentally may find 
safety.
{I}16{/}-{I}18_{/}But if the killer has struck someone with an iron 
object, or with a stone or wooden instrument and has killed that 
person, he is a murderer and must be put to death. {R}_{I}19_{/}The dead 
person's nearest relative must put the murderer to death. When he 
finds him he must kill him.
{R}_{I}20_{/}If a person hates someone and causes his death by pushing 
him down or by throwing something at him {R}_{I}21_{/}or by hitting him 
with his fist, he is a murderer and is to be put to death. The 
dead person's nearest relative must put him to death when he finds 
him. [*]_{I}22_{/}If, however, a person has accidentally killed 
someone whom he does not hate, either by pushing him down or 
throwing him down or throwing something at him {I}23_{/}or, without 
looking, has thrown a stone that kills someone, {R}_{I}24_{/}then the 
community shall judge in favor of the one who caused death rather 
than in favor of the dead person's relative who seeks revenge. 
{R}_{I}25_{/}They will send the person who killed someone accidentally 
back to the city of refuge where he went for safety, and there he 
must stay until the death of the high priest. {R}_{I}26_{/}If the killer 
should leave the city of refuge to which he had gone for safety 
{R}_{I}27_{/}and the dead person's nearest relative meets him outside the 
city of refuge, the relative may kill him without fear of 
punishment {R}_{I}28_{/}since the killer should stay in his city of 
refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of 
the high priest is he free to go back to his own home. {I}29_{/}These 
regulations are for you and your descendants wherever you may be.
[=]_{R}_{I}30_{/}In case of murder, the accused may be found guilty and 
put to death only on the evidence of two or more witnesses; the 
evidence of only one witness is not enough to uphold an accusation 
of murder. {R}_{I}31_{/}You shall not accept payment to save the life of 
a murderer condemned to death; he must die. {R}_{I}32_{/}Nor are you to 
accept payment from anyone who wishes to leave his city of refuge 
to return and live in his own home before the death of the high 
priest. [=]_{I}33_{/}You must not defile the land you live in. Murder 
defiles the land and there is no other atonement for the land 
where blood has been shed than through the blood of the murderer. 
{R}_{I}34_{/}You must not defile the land you live in, the land in which 
I live; for I, Yahweh, live among the people of Israel."

{N}A WIFE'S INHERITANCE{/}

{1}36{/}

{R}_{I}1_{/}Then the heads of families in the clan of Gilead, son of 
Machir, grandson of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, came 
forward. They spoke before Moses and  the  heads of the families 
of Israel {R}_{I}2_{/}and said:
"Yahweh has commanded you to give the land to the people of 
Israel, sharing it out by drawing lots; and Yahweh has commanded 
you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his 
daughters. {R}_{I}3_{/}Now, if they marry someone from another tribe in 
Israel, their property will be taken away from the inheritance of 
our fathers. The property of the tribe to which they will belong 
will be increased, while the property given to us will be 
decreased. {I}4_{/}And when the jubilee year comes, the property of 
these women will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which 
they then belong, and lost to the inheritance of our own tribe."
{R}_{I}5_{/}Moses, at Yahweh's command, gave the following ruling to the 
people of Israel. He said:
"The tribe of Joseph is right. {I}6_{/}This is Yahweh's decision for 
the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry whom they please, but 
they must marry into a clan of their father's tribe. {R}_{I}7_{/}The 
property of the people of Israel is not to be transferred from 
tribe to tribe; the property of every Israelite is to remain 
attached to his own tribe. {R}_{I}8_{/}Every woman who has inherited 
property in one of the tribes of Israel must marry into a clan of 
her own tribe, so that each Israelite may inherit the property of 
his ancestors. {R}_{I}9_{/}No property may be transferred from one tribe 
to another: every tribe of Israel will always keep its own 
property."
{I}10__{/}The daughters of Zelophehad did as Yahweh had commanded 
Moses. {R}_{I}11_{/}Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, daughters of 
Zelophehad, married the sons of their father's brothers. 
{R}_{I}12_{/}Since they married into the clans of Manasseh, son of 
Joseph, their property remained with the tribe of their father's 
clan.
{R}_{I}13_{/}These are the commandments and laws that Yahweh gave to the 
people of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab near the 
Jordan opposite Jericho.

