The passover enjoined. keep the passover on that day: and e they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: NUMBERS, X. B. C. 1490. e ch.27.2.5. 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an of- f ver.3. fering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? 8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. 9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19. g Ex. 12.8. h Ex. 12.10. Ex. 12.46. k Ex.12.15. 10 Speak unto the children of Is- by reason of a dead body, or bin m ch.5.31. 12 They shall leave none h of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul k shall be cut off from among his people because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his ap 40.38. Ne.9.12.19. Ps.78.14. Of the cloud and fire. 19 And when the cloud 2 tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge t of the LORD, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud 3 abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode u in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the q Deut. 1.33. LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD r ch.10.11,33. they journeyed: they kept v the charge of the LORD, at the w commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Ex.40.36 38. s 1Cor.10.1. pointed 7 season, that man shall 2 prolonged. AND the LORD spake unto Mo bear m his sin. 3.8. Zec.3.7. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn t ch.1.53. among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so 3 was. shall he do ye shall have one n ordinance, both for the stranger, u Ex.40.36, and for him that was born in the land. v ver. 19. 37. w Ps.77.20. 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered o the tabernacle, namely, 4 And if they blow but with one the tent of the testimony: and at (CHAP. 10.) trumpet, then the princes, which are heads c of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, d then the camps that lie on the east e parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the g priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. The Israelites' march. ye shall NUMBERS, XI. 9 And if ye go to war h in your land against the enemy that oppresseth i you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered k before the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies. 10 Also m in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for an memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. 11 T And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the seventh month, in the second year, that the cloud o was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 10.8.12. Ps. 106.42. k Ge.8.1. Ps. 106.4. 136.23. Lu. 1.70,71. m ch.29.1. Lev.23.34. 1Chr. 15.24. 2Chr.5.12. 7.6. 29.26. Ezra 3.10. Ne. 12.35. Ps.81.3. 89.15. n Ex.28.29. Acts 10.4. o ch.9.17-20. Ex.40.36, 37. pEx. 19.1. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; p and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pa- q ch. 12. 16. ran q r ch.2.9-34. 13 And they first took their jour-s ch.2.3-9. ney according to the command-t ch.1.51. ment of the LORD r by the hand of u ch.4.24. Moses. 14 In the first place went the s standard of the camp of the chil-1 dren of Judah according to their armies and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken t 7.6-8. v ch.2.10-16. w ch.4.4-15. i. e. the Gershenites and the Merarites, x ch.2. 18-24. y ch.2.25-31. z Jos.6.9. Is.58.8. 2 These. a Ex.2.18, Reuel. down; and the sons of Gershon b Ge. 12.7. and the sons of Merari set forward, e Ex.6.7,S. bearing u the tabernacle. d Job 29.15. 18 And the standard v of the e Ju. 1.16. camp of Reuben set forward ac- 4.11. cording to their armies: and over f Ex.3.1. his host was Elizur the son of She-g Deut. 1.33. deur. Jos.3.3-6. 19 And over the host of the tribe h Ex. 13.21. of the children of Simeon was She- Ne.9.12.19. lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. and 21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: w 1 the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. i Ps.68. 1,2. 132.8. 3 ten thou sand thou- (CHAP. 11.) a Deut.9.22. or, were as it were complainers. 22 And the standard r of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their ar-2 it was evil mies and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. in the ears of. 23 And over the host of the tribeb Fs.78.21. of the children of Manasseh was c Lev. 10.2. Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And over the host of the tribe 2Ki. 1.12. The Israelites' march. of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 T And the standardy of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward z of all the camps throughout their hosts and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 2 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel a the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, Ib will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good c concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee: forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.d 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same e will we do unto thee. 33 T And they departed from the f mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before g them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them. 34 And the cloud h of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise, i up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD unto the 3 many thousands of Israel. The people lust for flesh. NUMBERS, XI. the LORD, the fire 3 was quenched. | B. C. 1490. 3 And he called the name of the place 4 Taberah: because the fire 3 sunk. of the LORD burnt among them. 4 And the mixed d multitude that was among them 5 fell a lusting and the children of Israel also 6 wept again, and said, Who e shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick. 6 But now f our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander-seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.g 4 i. e. a burn- 6 returned e 1Cor. 10.6. f ch.21.5. as the eye. i Ex. 16.14. k ver. 1. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the m Is 40.11. taste of fresh oil. 1 Ps. 139.21. n Is.49.23. 9 And when the dew i fell upon the camp in the night, the manna o Ge. 13. 15. fell upon it. 10 26.3. q Ex. 18.18. Then Moses heard the peo-p Mat. 15.33. ple weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent : and the anger of the LORD was kindled k greatly; Moses also was r 1Ki. 19.4. displeased. Jon.4.3. Ge. 11.5. 11 And Moscs said unto the s Ex.24.1,9. LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflict-t ver.25. ed thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this peo 18.21. Ex. 19.20. Moses' burden divided. talk with thee there and I will take of the spirit u which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify v yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh : for you have wept in the ears w of the LORD, saying, Who a shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a 8 whole month, y until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall a the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is b the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether c my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 And Moses went out, and ple? have I begotten them, that u 2Ki.2.9,15. told the people the words of the Is.44.3. Joel 2.28. v Ex. 19.10. w Ex. 16.7. thou shouldest say unto me, days. 106.15. 14 I am not able to bear all this y Ps.78.29. people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, r kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight and let me not see my wretchedness. z ch.1.46. Ex. 12.37. a 2Ki.7.2. Mark 8.4. b Is.50.2. 21.14. d ver. 17. 16 And the LORD said unto! Moses, Gather unto me seventy sc Eze. 12.25. men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the taberna- e 1Sam. 10.5, cle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And t I will come down and 6,&c. f Jer.36.5,6. LORD and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down d in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders and it came to pass, that, when e the spirit rested upon them, they prophiesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and f they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, Miriam's leprosy is healed g Luke 9.49. h 1Cor. 14.5. i Ex. 16. 13. 105.40. at the prayer of Moses. vision, f and will speak unto him in a g dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful h in all mine house.i 8 With him will I speak mouth k to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not l afraid to speak against my servant Moses? NUMBERS, XII, XIII. the servant of Moses, one of his B. C. 1490. young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid g them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? Would h God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that, the LORD would put his spirit upon them! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 And there went forth al wind from the LORD, and broughti k Ex. 16.36. quails from the sea, and let them 1 Ps.78.30,31. fall by the camp, as it were 9 a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other! side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten k homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. 31 And he called the name of that place 10 Kibroth-hattaavah : because there they buried the people that lusted. 35 And the people journeyed_m from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode 11 at Hazeroth. CHAPTER XII. God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron. Miriam and Aaron 9 the way of 10 That is, m ch.33.17. they were in. (CHAP. 12.) a Ex.2.21. b Ex. 15.20. Ps. 94.7-9. Eze.35.12, d Ps.76.9. e ch.11.25. f Ge. 15.1. against Moses because of the 1 Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had 2 married ag an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken b also by us? And the LORD heard c it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4 And d the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. h 13. 46.2. 1Ki.3.5. kindled against them; and he de 9 And the anger of the LORD was parted. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous m white as snow and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was lep rous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, n and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal o her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 T And the LORD said unto Moses, if her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out p from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. Heb.3.2,5.1 k Ex.33.11. Deut.34.10. 12Pet.2.10. m Deut.24.9. 2K1.5.27. 2Ch.26.19 21. n 2S1.24.10. 5 And the LORD came down e in the pillar of the cloud, and stood o Jam.5.15. in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and p Lev. 13.46. they both came forth. (CHAP. 13.) a ch.32.8. 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make Deut.1.23. myself known unto him in a CHAPTER XIII. The names of the men who were sent to search the land: 26 their relation. AND the LORD spake unto Mo saying, 2 Send a thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 22 And they ascended by the w Deut. 1.28. south, and came unto Hebron; 3 statures. where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. Deut.9.2. (Now Hebron m was built seven y ver.22. years before Zoan n in Egypt.) 23 And they came unto the 1 brookz Is.40.22. of 2 Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster (CHAP. 14.) of grapes, and they bare it between a ch.11.4. two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the b Ps. 106.24, figs. 25. c Deut. 17.16. Ne.9.17. Acts 7.39. 24 The place was called the 1 brook 2 Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from search- d ch. 16.4,22. ing of the land after forty days. Their evil report. 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the ciuldren of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; o and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth p with milk and honey; and this q is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people r be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great and moreover we saw the children of Anak s there. 29 The Amalekites t dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb u stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well v able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And w they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of 3 a great stature.r 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, y which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, z and so we were in their sight. CHAPTER XIV. The people murmur at the news. A up their voice, and cried; and the people wept a that night. 2 Ánd all the children of Israel murmured b against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return c into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces d before all the assem |