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Numbers Chapter 1

Numbers 1:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:

Numbers 1:2 (NASB)

2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

Numbers 1:3 (NIV)

3 You and Aaron are to number by their divisions all the men in Israel twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army.

Numbers 1:4 (AMP)

4 And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father’s house.

Numbers 1:5 (NIV)

5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

Numbers 1:6 (NIV)

6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

Numbers 1:7 (NIV)

7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

Numbers 1:8 (NIV)

8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

Numbers 1:9 (NIV)

9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

Numbers 1:10 (NIV)

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

Numbers 1:11 (NIV)

11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

Numbers 1:12 (NIV)

12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

Numbers 1:13 (NIV)

13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

Numbers 1:14 (NIV)

14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

Numbers 1:15 (NIV)

15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

Numbers 1:16 (NIV)

16 These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.

Numbers 1:17 (NIV)

17 Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been given,

Numbers 1:18 (NIV)

18 and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people indicated their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,

Numbers 1:19 (NIV)

19 as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:

Numbers 1:20 (NASB)

20 Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:21 (NIV)

21 The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.

Numbers 1:22 (NASB)

22 Of the sons of Simeon, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, their numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:23 (NIV)

23 The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.

Numbers 1:24 (NASB)

24 Of the sons of Gad, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:25 (NIV)

25 The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.

Numbers 1:26 (NASB)

26 Of the sons of Judah, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:27 (NIV)

27 The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.

Numbers 1:28 (NASB)

28 Of the sons of Issachar, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:29 (NIV)

29 The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.

Numbers 1:30 (NASB)

30 Of the sons of Zebulun, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:31 (NIV)

31 The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.

Numbers 1:32 (NASB)

32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:33 (NIV)

33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

Numbers 1:34 (NASB)

34 Of the sons of Manasseh, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:35 (NIV)

35 The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.

Numbers 1:36 (NASB)

36 Of the sons of Benjamin, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:37 (NIV)

37 The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.

Numbers 1:38 (NASB)

38 Of the sons of Dan, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:39 (NIV)

39 The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.

Numbers 1:40 (NASB)

40 Of the sons of Asher, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:41 (NIV)

41 The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.

Numbers 1:42 (NASB)

42 Of the sons of Naphtali, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

Numbers 1:43 (NIV)

43 The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.

Numbers 1:44 (NASB)

44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household.

Numbers 1:45 (NIV)

45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

Numbers 1:46 (NIV)

46 The total number was 603,550.

Numbers 1:47 (NIV)

47 The families of the tribe of Levi, however, were not counted along with the others.

Numbers 1:48 (AMP)

48 For the Lord had said to Moses,

Numbers 1:49 (AMP)

49 Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number in the census of the Israelites.

Numbers 1:50 (AMP)

50 But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its vessels and furnishings and all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle [when journeying] and all its furnishings, and they shall minister to it and encamp around it.

Numbers 1:51 (CJB)-M

51 When the tabernacle is to be moved onward, it is the Levites who are to take it down and set it up in the new location; any layman who involves himself is to be put to death.

Numbers 1:52 (AMP)

52 The Israelites shall pitch their tents by their companies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own [tribal] standard.

Numbers 1:53 (NIV)

53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the Testimony so that wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Numbers 1:54 (NIV)

54 The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers Chapter 2

Numbers 2:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 2:2 (NIV)

2 “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting some distance from it, each man under his standard with the banners of his family.”

Numbers 2:3 (NIV)

3 On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Numbers 2:4 (NIV)

4 His division numbers 74,600.

Numbers 2:5 (NIV)

5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.

Numbers 2:6 (NIV)

6 His division numbers 54,400.

Numbers 2:7 (NIV)

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

Numbers 2:8 (NIV)

8 His division numbers 57,400.

Numbers 2:9 (NIV)

9 All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.

Numbers 2:10 (NIV)

10 On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

Numbers 2:11 (NIV)

11 His division numbers 46,500.

Numbers 2:12 (NIV)

12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 2:13 (NIV)

13 His division numbers 59,300.

Numbers 2:14 (NIV)

14 The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Numbers 2:15 (NIV)

15 His division numbers 45,650.

Numbers 2:16 (NIV)

16 All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.

Numbers 2:17 (NIV)

17 Then the Tent of Meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in his own place under his standard.

Numbers 2:18 (NIV)

18 On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.

Numbers 2:19 (NIV)

19 His division numbers 40,500.

Numbers 2:20 (NIV)

20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 2:21 (NIV)

21 His division numbers 32,200.

Numbers 2:22 (NIV)

22 The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

Numbers 2:23 (NIV)

23 His division numbers 35,400.

Numbers 2:24 (NIV)

24 All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.

Numbers 2:25 (NIV)

25 On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 2:26 (NIV)

26 His division numbers 62,700.

Numbers 2:27 (NIV)

27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran.

Numbers 2:28 (NIV)

28 His division numbers 41,500.

Numbers 2:29 (NIV)

29 The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.

Numbers 2:30 (NIV)

30 His division numbers 53,400.

Numbers 2:31 (NIV)

31 All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.

Numbers 2:32 (NIV)

32 These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All those in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.

Numbers 2:33 (NIV)

33 The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 2:34 (NASB)

34 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father’s household.

Numbers Chapter 3

Numbers 3:1 (NASB)

1 Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

Numbers 3:2 (NIV)

2 The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 3:3 (AMP)

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom Aaron consecrated and ordained to minister in the priest’s office.

Numbers 3:4 (NIV)

4 Nadab and Abihu, however, fell dead before the LORD when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons; so only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

Numbers 3:5 (NIV)

5 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 3:6 (NIV)

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

Numbers 3:7 (NIV)

7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:8 (NIV)

8 They are to take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:9 (CJB)-M

9 Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; their one responsibility in regard to the people of Israel is to serve him.

Numbers 3:10 (CJB)-M

10 You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of Priests; any layman who involves himself is to be put to death.”

Numbers 3:11 (NIV)

11 The LORD also said to Moses,

Numbers 3:12 (CJB)-M

12 “I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel in lieu of every firstborn male that is first from the womb among the people of Israel; the Levites are to be mine.

Numbers 3:13 (NIV)

13 for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether man or animal. They are to be mine. I am the LORD.”

Numbers 3:14 (CJB)-M

The Lord said to Moses in the Sinai Desert,

Numbers 3:15 (NASB)

15 “Number the sons of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number.”

Numbers 3:16 (NASB)

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

Numbers 3:17 (NIV)

17 These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Numbers 3:18 (NIV)

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.

Numbers 3:19 (NIV)

19 The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

Numbers 3:20 (NIV)

20 The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

Numbers 3:21 (NIV)

21 To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans.

Numbers 3:22 (NIV)

22 The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.

Numbers 3:23 (NASB)

23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,

Numbers 3:24 (NASB)

24 and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Numbers 3:25 (NASB)

25 Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,

Numbers 3:26 (NASB)

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them.

Numbers 3:27 (NIV)

27 To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites; these were the Kohathite clans.

Numbers 3:28 (NIV)

28 The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:29 (NIV)

29 The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:30 (NASB)

30 and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Numbers 3:31 (NIV)

31 They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.

Numbers 3:32 (NIV)

32 The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:33 (NIV)

33 To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.

Numbers 3:34 (NIV)

34 The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 6,200.

Numbers 3:35 (NIV)

35 The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:36 (NIV)

36 The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use,

Numbers 3:37 (NIV)

37 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs and ropes.

Numbers 3:38 (CJB)-M

38 Those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses, Aaron and his sons who were in charge of the Holy Place. They carried out their responsibility on behalf of the people of Israel, and any layman who involved himself was to be put to death.

Numbers 3:39 (NIV)

39 The total number of Levites counted at the LORD’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.

Numbers 3:40 (NIV)

40 The LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.

Numbers 3:41 (NIV)

41 Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the LORD.”

Numbers 3:42 (NIV)

42 So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.

Numbers 3:43 (NIV)

43 The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

Numbers 3:44 (NIV)

44 The LORD also said to Moses,

Numbers 3:45 (NIV)

45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the LORD.

Numbers 3:46 (NIV)

46 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

Numbers 3:47 (NIV)

47 collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

Numbers 3:48 (NIV)

48 Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”

Numbers 3:49 (NIV)

49 So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

Numbers 3:50 (NIV)

50 From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Numbers 3:51 (NIV)

51 Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.

Numbers Chapter 4

Numbers 4:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 4:2 (NASB)

2 “Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ households,

Numbers 4:3 (NIV)

3 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work in the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:4 (NKJV)

4 “This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things:

Numbers 4:5 (NIV)

5 When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.

Numbers 4:6 (CJB)

6 On that they are to place a covering of fine leather, and on top of that spread an all-blue cloth. Then they are to insert the carrying-poles.

Numbers 4:7 (NIV)

7 “Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is continually there is to remain on it.

Numbers 4:8 (CJB)

8 They are to spread on these things a scarlet cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.

Numbers 4:9 (CJB)

9 They are to take a blue cloth and cover the menorah for the light, its lamps, its tongs, its trays and the jars used to add oil to it.

Numbers 4:10 (NIV)

10 Then they are to wrap it and all its accessories in a covering of hides of sea cows and put it on a carrying frame.

Numbers 4:11 (CJB)

11 On the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with a covering of fine leather and insert its carrying-poles.

Numbers 4:12 (CJB)

12 They are to take all the utensils they use when serving in the sanctuary and put them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather and place them on a carrying-frame.

Numbers 4:13 (NIV)

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

Numbers 4:14 (CJB)

14 and place on it all the utensils required for their altar service—the fire pans, meat-hooks, shovels, basins and other utensils for the altar. Then they are to spread over it a fine leather covering and insert its carrying-poles.

Numbers 4:15 (NIV)

15 “After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites are to come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:16 (NIV)

16 “Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy furnishings and articles.”

Numbers 4:17 (NIV)

17 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Numbers 4:18 (AMP)

18 [Since] the tribe of the families of the Kohathites [are only Levites and not priests], do not [by exposing them to the sin of touching the most holy things] cut them off from among the Levites.

Numbers 4:19 (AMP)

19 But deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his work and to his burden [to be carried on the march].

Numbers 4:20 (AMP)

20 But [the Kohathites] shall not go in to see the sanctuary [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] or its holy things, even for an instant, lest they die.

Numbers 4:21 (NIV)

21 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 4:22 (NASB)

22 “Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ households, by their families;

Numbers 4:23 (NIV)

23 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:24 (NIV)

24 “This is the service of the Gershonite clans as they work and carry burdens:

Numbers 4:25 (CJB)

25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, its covering, the fine leather covering above it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

Numbers 4:26 (NIV)

26 the curtains of the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, the curtain for the entrance, the ropes and all the equipment used in its service. The Gershonites are to do all that needs to be done with these things.

Numbers 4:27 (NIV)

27 All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You shall assign to them as their responsibility all they are to carry.

Numbers 4:28 (NIV)

28 This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting. Their duties are to be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

Numbers 4:29 (NASB)

29 “As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ households;

Numbers 4:30 (NIV)

30 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 4:31 (NIV)

31 This is their duty as they perform service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,

Numbers 4:32 (NIV)

32 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, ropes, all their equipment and everything related to their use. Assign to each man the specific things he is to carry.

Numbers 4:33 (NIV)

33 This is the service of the Merarite clans as they work at the Tent of Meeting under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.”

Numbers 4:34 (NASB)

34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Numbers 4:35 (NIV)

35 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work in the Tent of Meeting,

Numbers 4:36 (NASB)

36 Their numbered men by their families were 2,750.

Numbers 4:37 (NIV)

37 This was the total of all those in the Kohathite clans who served in the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

Numbers 4:38 (NASB)

38 The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Numbers 4:39 (NIV)

39 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting,

Numbers 4:40 (NASB)

40 Their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.

Numbers 4:41 (NIV)

41 This was the total of those in the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command.

Numbers 4:42 (NASB)

42 The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers’ households,

Numbers 4:43 (NIV)

43 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting,

Numbers 4:44 (NASB)

44 Their numbered men by their families were 3,200.

Numbers 4:45 (NIV)

45 This was the total of those in the Merarite clans. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

Numbers 4:46 (NASB)

46 All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Numbers 4:47 (NIV)

47 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting

Numbers 4:48 (NASB)

48 Their numbered men were 8,580.

Numbers 4:49 (NIV)

49 At the LORD’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry. Thus they were counted, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers Chapter 5

Numbers 5:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 5:2 (NIV)

2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.

Numbers 5:3 (NIV)

3 Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

Numbers 5:4 (NIV)

4 The Israelites did this; they sent them outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

Numbers 5:5 (NIV)

5 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 5:6 (CJB)-M

6 “Tell the people of Israel, ‘When a man or woman commits any kind of sin against another person and thus breaks faith with the Lord, he incurs guilt.

Numbers 5:7 (CJB)

7 He must confess the sin which he has committed; and he must make full restitution for his guilt, add twenty percent and give it to the victim of his sin.

Numbers 5:8 (NASB)

8 ~’But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement is made for him.

Numbers 5:9 (AMP)

9 And every offering of all the holy things of the Israelites which they bring to the priest shall be his.

Numbers 5:10 (NIV)

10 Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but what he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.'”

Numbers 5:11 (NIV)

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 5:12 (NIV)

12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

Numbers 5:13 (NIV)

13 by sleeping with another man, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),

Numbers 5:14 (NIV)

14 and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure–or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure–

Numbers 5:15 (NIV)

15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder offering to draw attention to guilt.

Numbers 5:16 (NIV)

16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the LORD.

Numbers 5:17 (NIV)

17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

Numbers 5:18 (NIV)

18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the LORD, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.

Numbers 5:19 (NIV)

19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.

Numbers 5:20 (NIV)

20 But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have defiled yourself by sleeping with a man other than your husband”–

Numbers 5:21 (NIV)

21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse of the oath–“may the LORD cause your people to curse and denounce you when he causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.

Numbers 5:22 (NIV)

22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells and your thigh wastes away.” “‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”

Numbers 5:23 (NIV)

23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.

Numbers 5:24 (NIV)

24 He shall have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water will enter her and cause bitter suffering.

Numbers 5:25 (NIV)

25 The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD and bring it to the altar.

Numbers 5:26 (CJB)-M

26 The priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as its reminder portion and make it go up in smoke on the altar; afterwards, he is to make the woman drink the water.

Numbers 5:27 (NIV)

27 If she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then when she is made to drink the water that brings a curse, it will go into her and cause bitter suffering; her abdomen will swell and her thigh waste away, and she will become accursed among her people.

Numbers 5:28 (NIV)

28 If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is free from impurity, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.

Numbers 5:29 (NIV)

29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while married to her husband,

Numbers 5:30 (NIV)

30 or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the LORD and is to apply this entire law to her.

Numbers 5:31 (NIV)

31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.'”

Numbers Chapter 6

Numbers 6:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 6:2 (NASB)-M

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a [man] makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to the LORD,

Numbers 6:3 (NASB)

3 he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.

Numbers 6:4 (NASB)

4 ‘All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

Numbers 6:5 (NASB)

5 ‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Numbers 6:6 (NIV)

6 Throughout the period of his separation to the LORD he must not go near a dead body.

Numbers 6:7 (NIV)

7 Even if his own father or mother or brother or sister dies, he must not make himself ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of his separation to God is on his head.

Numbers 6:8 (NIV)

8 Throughout the period of his separation he is consecrated to the LORD.

Numbers 6:9 (NIV)

9 “‘If someone dies suddenly in his presence, thus defiling the hair he has dedicated, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing–the seventh day.

Numbers 6:10 (NASB)

10 ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 6:11 (NIV)

11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him because he sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day he is to consecrate his head.

Numbers 6:12 (NIV)

12 He must dedicate himself to the LORD for the period of his separation and must bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days do not count, because he became defiled during his separation.

Numbers 6:13 (NIV)

13 “‘Now this is the law for the Nazirite when the period of his separation is over. He is to be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 6:14 (NASB)

14 ~’He shall present his offering to the LORD: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering and one ewe-lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering and one ram without defect for a peace offering,

Numbers 6:15 (NASB)

15 and a basket of unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with their grain offering and their drink offering.

Numbers 6:16 (NIV)

16 “‘The priest is to present them before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.

Numbers 6:17 (NASB)

17 ~’He shall also offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, together with the basket of unleavened cakes; the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 6:18 (NIV)

18 “‘Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that he dedicated. He is to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

Numbers 6:19 (NIV)

19 “‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair of his dedication, the priest is to place in his hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and a cake and a wafer from the basket, both made without yeast.

Numbers 6:20 (NIV)

20 The priest shall then wave them before the LORD as a wave offering; they are holy and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

Numbers 6:21 (NIV)

21 “‘This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD in accordance with his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford. He must fulfill the vow he has made, according to the law of the Nazirite.'”

Numbers 6:22 (NIV)

22 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 6:23 (NIV)

23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

Numbers 6:24 (NIV)

24 “‘ “The LORD bless you and keep you;

Numbers 6:25 (NIV)

25 the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;

Numbers 6:26 (NIV)

26 the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”‘

Numbers 6:27 (CJB)-M

27 “In this way they are to put my name on the people of Israel, so that I will bless them.”

Numbers Chapter 7

Numbers 7:1 (NIV)

1 When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.

Numbers 7:2 (NASB)

2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who were over the numbered men).

Numbers 7:3 (NIV)

3 They brought as their gifts before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen–an ox from each leader and a cart from every two. These they presented before the tabernacle.

Numbers 7:4 (NIV)

4 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 7:5 (NIV)

5 “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the Tent of Meeting. Give them to the Levites as each man’s work requires.”

Numbers 7:6 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:7 (NIV)

7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required,

Numbers 7:8 (NIV)

8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

Numbers 7:9 (NIV)

9 But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things, for which they were responsible.

Numbers 7:10 (NIV)

10 When the altar was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.

Numbers 7:11 (NIV)

11 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the dedication of the altar.”

Numbers 7:12 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:13 (NIV)

13 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:14 (NIV)

14 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:15 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:16 (NIV)

16 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:17 (NIV)

17 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Numbers 7:18 (NIV)

18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:19 (NIV)

19 The offering he brought was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:20 (NIV)

20 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:21 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:22 (NIV)

22 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:23 (NIV)

23 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

Numbers 7:24 (NIV)

24 On the third day, Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:25 (NIV)

25 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:26 (NIV)

26 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:27 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:28 (NIV)

28 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:29 (NIV)

29 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

Numbers 7:30 (NIV)

30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the people of Reuben, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:31 (NIV)

31 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:32 (NIV)

32 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:33 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:34 (NIV)

34 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:35 (NIV)

35 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

Numbers 7:36 (NIV)

36 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the people of Simeon, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:37 (NIV)

37 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:38 (NIV)

38 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:39 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:40 (NIV)

40 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:41 (NIV)

41 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 7:42 (NIV)

42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the people of Gad, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:43 (NIV)

43 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:44 (NIV)

44 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:45 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:46 (NIV)

46 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:47 (NIV)

47 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Numbers 7:48 (NIV)

48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the people of Ephraim, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:49 (NIV)

49 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:50 (NIV)

50 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:51 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:52 (NIV)

52 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:53 (NIV)

53 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.

Numbers 7:54 (NIV)

54 On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the people of Manasseh, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:55 (NIV)

55 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:56 (NIV)

56 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:57 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:58 (NIV)

58 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:59 (NIV)

59 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 7:60 (NIV)

60 On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the people of Benjamin, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:61 (NIV)

61 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:62 (NIV)

62 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:63 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:64 (NIV)

64 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:65 (NIV)

65 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.

Numbers 7:66 (NIV)

66 On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the people of Dan, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:67 (NIV)

67 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:68 (NIV)

68 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:69 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:70 (NIV)

70 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:71 (NIV)

71 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 7:72 (NIV)

72 On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the people of Asher, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:73 (NIV)

73 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:74 (NIV)

74 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:75 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:76 (NIV)

76 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:77 (NIV)

77 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.

Numbers 7:78 (NIV)

78 On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the people of Naphtali, brought his offering.

Numbers 7:79 (NIV)

79 His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;

Numbers 7:80 (NIV)

80 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

Numbers 7:81 (NIV)

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

Numbers 7:82 (NIV)

82 one male goat for a sin offering;

Numbers 7:83 (NIV)

83 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

Numbers 7:84 (NIV)

84 These were the offerings of the Israelite leaders for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver plates, twelve silver sprinkling bowls and twelve gold dishes.

Numbers 7:85 (NIV)

85 Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels. Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Numbers 7:86 (NIV)

86 The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. Altogether, the gold dishes weighed a hundred and twenty shekels.

Numbers 7:87 (NIV)

87 The total number of animals for the burnt offering came to twelve young bulls, twelve rams and twelve male lambs a year old, together with their grain offering. Twelve male goats were used for the sin offering.

Numbers 7:88 (NIV)

88 The total number of animals for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering came to twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty male goats and sixty male lambs a year old. These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.

Numbers 7:89 (CJB)-M

89 When Moses went into the tent of meeting in order to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the ark-cover on the ark for the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke with him.

Numbers Chapter 8

Numbers 8:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 8:2 (CJB)

2 “Tell Aaron, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to cast their light forward, in front of the menorah.’”

Numbers 8:3 (CJB)-M

3 Aaron did this: he lit its lamps so as to give light in front of the menorah, as the Lord had ordered Moses.

Numbers 8:4 (CJB)-M

4 Here is how the menorah was made: it was hammered gold from its base to its flowers, hammered work, following the pattern the Lord had shown Moses. This is how he made the menorah.

Numbers 8:5 (NIV)

5 The LORD said to Moses:

Numbers 8:6 (NASB)

6 “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.

Numbers 8:7 (CJB)

7 Here is how you are to cleanse them: sprinkle the purification water on them, have them shave their whole body with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

Numbers 8:8 (CJB)

8 Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering, which is to be fine flour mixed with olive oil; while you take another bull for a sin offering.

Numbers 8:9 (NIV)

9 Bring the Levites to the front of the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.

Numbers 8:10 (AMP)

10 And you shall present the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites shall put their hands upon the Levites,

Numbers 8:11 (NASB)

11 “Aaron then shall present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

Numbers 8:12 (AMP)

12 Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

Numbers 8:13 (NKJV)

13 And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the LORD.

Numbers 8:14 (NIV)

14 In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

Numbers 8:15 (NIV)

15 “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 8:16 (AMP)

16 For they are wholly given to Me from among the Israelites; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites for Myself.

Numbers 8:17 (NIV)

17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

Numbers 8:18 (NASB)

18 “But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.

Numbers 8:19 (AMP)

19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the Israelites to do the service of the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement for them, that there may be no plague among the Israelites if they should come near the sanctuary.

Numbers 8:20 (NIV)

20 Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 8:21 (NKJV)

21 And the Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them, like a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

Numbers 8:22 (NIV)

22 After that, the Levites came to do their work at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 8:23 (NIV)

23 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 8:24 (CJB)-M

24 “Here are instructions concerning the Levites: when they reach the age of twenty-five, they are to begin performing their duties serving in the tent of meeting;

Numbers 8:25 (NKJV)-M

25 and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work, and shall no more do the work themselves [but instead serve in a supervisory role].

Numbers 8:26 (NIV)-M

26 They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the Tent of Meeting, [in a supervisory role] but they must not do the work themselves. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”

Numbers Chapter 9

Numbers 9:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said,

Numbers 9:2 (NIV)

2 “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.

Numbers 9:3 (NIV)

3 Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.”

Numbers 9:4 (NIV)

4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,

Numbers 9:5 (NIV)

5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 9:6 (AMP)

6 And there were certain men who were defiled by touching the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

Numbers 9:7 (NASB)

7 Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of the dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”

Numbers 9:8 (NIV)

8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”

Numbers 9:9 (NIV)

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 9:10 (NIV)

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they may still celebrate the LORD’s Passover.

Numbers 9:11 (NIV)

11 They are to celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Numbers 9:12 (NIV)

12 They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.

Numbers 9:13 (NIV)

13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people because he did not present the LORD’s offering at the appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

Numbers 9:14 (NIV)

14 “‘An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover must do so in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for the alien and the native-born.'”

Numbers 9:15 (NIV)

15 On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.

Numbers 9:16 (NIV)

16 That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.

Numbers 9:17 (NIV)

17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.

Numbers 9:18 (NIV)

18 At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.

Numbers 9:19 (NIV)

19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD’s order and did not set out.

Numbers 9:20 (NIV)

20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out.

Numbers 9:21 (NIV)

21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out.

Numbers 9:22 (NIV)

22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out.

Numbers 9:23 (NIV)

23 At the LORD’s command they encamped, and at the LORD’s command they set out. They obeyed the LORD’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.

Numbers Chapter 10

Numbers 10:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses:

Numbers 10:2 (NIV)

2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.

Numbers 10:3 (NIV)

3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 10:4 (NIV)

4 If only one is sounded, the leaders–the heads of the clans of Israel–are to assemble before you.

Numbers 10:5 (NIV)

5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.

Numbers 10:6 (NIV)

6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.

Numbers 10:7 (NIV)

7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal.

Numbers 10:8 (NIV)

8 “The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.

Numbers 10:9 (NIV)

9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.

Numbers 10:10 (NIV)

10 Also at your times of rejoicing–your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals–you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

Numbers 10:11 (NIV)

11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.

Numbers 10:12 (AMP)

12 And the Israelites took their journey by stages out of the Wilderness of Sinai, and the [guiding] cloud rested in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 10:13 (CJB)-M

13 So they set out on their first journey, in keeping with the Lord’s order through Moses.

Numbers 10:14 (NIV)

14 The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.

Numbers 10:15 (NIV)

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

Numbers 10:16 (NIV)

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

Numbers 10:17 (NIV)

17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out.

Numbers 10:18 (NIV)

18 The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.

Numbers 10:19 (AMP)

19 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 10:20 (AMP)

20 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Numbers 10:21 (NIV)

21 Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

Numbers 10:22 (NIV)

22 The divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud was in command.

Numbers 10:23 (AMP)

23 Over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 10:24 (AMP)

24 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni.

Numbers 10:25 (NIV)

25 Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out, under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.

Numbers 10:26 (AMP)

26 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ochran.

Numbers 10:27 (AMP)

27 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan.

Numbers 10:28 (NIV)

28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

Numbers 10:29 (NIV)

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

Numbers 10:30 (CJB)

30 But he replied, “I will not go; I would rather go back to my own country and my own kinsmen.”

Numbers 10:31 (NIV)

31 But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes.

Numbers 10:32 (NIV)

32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

Numbers 10:33 (NIV)

33 So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.

Numbers 10:34 (NIV)

34 The cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

Numbers 10:35 (AMP)

35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses said, Rise up, Lord; let Your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate You flee before You.

Numbers 10:36 (NIV)

36 Whenever it came to rest, he said, “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

Numbers Chapter 11

Numbers 11:1 (NIV)

1 Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 11:2 (NIV)

2 When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down.

Numbers 11:3 (NIV)

3 So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the LORD had burned among them.

Numbers 11:4 (AMP)

4 And the mixed multitude among them [the rabble who followed Israel from Egypt] began to lust greatly [for familiar and dainty food], and the Israelites wept again and said, Who will give us meat to eat?

Numbers 11:5 (NKJV)

5 We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;

Numbers 11:6 (NIV)

6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”

Numbers 11:7 (NIV)

7 The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.

Numbers 11:8 (NKJV)

8 The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil.

Numbers 11:9 (NIV)

9 When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

Numbers 11:10 (NIV)

10 Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.

Numbers 11:11 (NIV)

11 He asked the LORD, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?

Numbers 11:12 (NIV)

12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers?

Numbers 11:13 (NIV)

13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

Numbers 11:14 (NASB)

14 “I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.

Numbers 11:15 (NIV)

15 If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now–if I have found favor in your eyes–and do not let me face my own ruin.”

Numbers 11:16 (NIV)

16 The LORD said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.

Numbers 11:17 (NIV)

17 I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone.

Numbers 11:18 (NIV)

18 “Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it.

Numbers 11:19 (NIV)

19 You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days,

Numbers 11:20 (NASB)

20 but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”‘”

Numbers 11:21 (AMP)

21 But Moses said, The people among whom I am are 600,000 footmen [besides all the women and children], and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!

Numbers 11:22 (NIV)

22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”

Numbers 11:23 (NASB)

23 The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”

Numbers 11:24 (NIV)

24 So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the Tent.

Numbers 11:25 (NKJV)

25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.

Numbers 11:26 (NIV)

26 However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the Tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.

Numbers 11:27 (NIV)

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

Numbers 11:28 (NIV)

28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

Numbers 11:29 (CJB)-M

29 But Moses replied, “Are you so zealous to protect me? I wish all of the Lord’s people were prophets! I wish the Lord would put his Spirit on all of them!”

Numbers 11:30 (NIV)

30 Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Numbers 11:31 (NIV)

31 Now a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It brought them down all around the camp to about three feet above the ground, as far as a day’s walk in any direction.

Numbers 11:32 (NIV)

32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. Then they spread them out all around the camp.

Numbers 11:33 (NKJV)

33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was aroused against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

Numbers 11:34 (NIV)

34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

Numbers 11:35 (NIV)

35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.

Numbers Chapter 12

Numbers 12:1 (CJB)-M

1 Miriam (solicited the help) of Aaron and began criticizing Moses on account of the Ethiopian woman he had married, for he had in fact married an Ethiopian woman.

Numbers 12:2 (AMP)

2 And they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.

Numbers 12:3 (AMP)

3 Now the man Moses was very meek (gentle, kind, and humble) or above all the men on the face of the earth.

Numbers 12:4 (NIV)

4 At once the LORD said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the Tent of Meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them came out.

Numbers 12:5 (NIV)

5 Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the Tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them stepped forward,

Numbers 12:6 (AMP)

6 And He said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make Myself known to him in a vision and speak to him in a dream.

Numbers 12:7 (CJB)-M

7 But it isn’t that way with my servant Moses. He is the only one who is faithful in my entire household.

Numbers 12:8 (CJB)-M

8 With him I speak face to face and clearly, not in riddles; he sees the image of the Lord. So why weren’t you afraid to criticize my servant Moses?”

Numbers 12:9 (NASB)

9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them and He departed.

Numbers 12:10 (NIV)

10 When the cloud lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam–leprous, like snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had leprosy;

Numbers 12:11 (CJB)-M

11 Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t punish us for this sin we committed so foolishly.

Numbers 12:12 (NIV)

12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

Numbers 12:13 (NIV)

13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

Numbers 12:14 (NIV)

14 The LORD replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back.”

Numbers 12:15 (NIV)

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

Numbers 12:16 (NIV)

16 After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.

Numbers Chapter 13

Numbers 13:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 13:2 (NIV)

2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”

Numbers 13:3 (NIV)

3 So at the LORD’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

Numbers 13:4 (NIV)

4 These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

Numbers 13:5 (NIV)

5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

Numbers 13:6 (NIV)

6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

Numbers 13:7 (NIV)

7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

Numbers 13:8 (NIV)

8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

Numbers 13:9 (NIV)

9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

Numbers 13:10 (NIV)

10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

Numbers 13:11 (NIV)

11 from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

Numbers 13:12 (NIV)

12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

Numbers 13:13 (NIV)

13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

Numbers 13:14 (NIV)

14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

Numbers 13:15 (NIV)

15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

Numbers 13:16 (NIV)

16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)

Numbers 13:17 (NIV)

17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.

Numbers 13:18 (NIV)

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

Numbers 13:19 (AMP)

19 And whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they dwell in are camps or strongholds,

Numbers 13:20 (CJB)

20 See whether the land is fertile or unproductive and whether there is wood in it or not. Finally, be bold enough to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” When they left it was the season for the first grapes to ripen.

Numbers 13:21 (NIV)

21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.

Numbers 13:22 (NIV)

22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 13:24 (NIV)

24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

Numbers 13:25 (NIV)

25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.

Numbers 13:26 (NIV)

26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 13:27 (NIV)

27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.

Numbers 13:28 (NIV)

28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

Numbers 13:29 (NIV)

29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.”

Numbers 13:30 (CJB)

30 Caleb silenced the people around Moses and said, “We ought to go up immediately and take possession of it; there is no question that we can conquer it.”

Numbers 13:31 (NIV)

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”

Numbers 13:32 (NIV)

32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.

Numbers 13:33 (NIV)

33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

Numbers Chapter 14

Numbers 14:1 (CJB)-M

1 At this all the people of Israel cried out in dismay and wept all night long.

Numbers 14:2 (NIV)

2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!

Numbers 14:3 (NIV)

3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

Numbers 14:4 (NIV)

4 And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”

Numbers 14:5 (NIV)

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.

Numbers 14:6 (NIV)

6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes

Numbers 14:7 (NIV)

7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

Numbers 14:8 (NIV)

8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.

Numbers 14:9 (CJB)-M

9 Just don’t rebel against the Lord. And don’t be afraid of the people living in the land — we’ll eat them up! Their defense has been taken away from them, and the Lord is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”

Numbers 14:10 (AMP)

10 But all the congregation (embittered in mind with unbelief) said to stone [Joshua and Caleb] with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the Tent of Meeting before all the Israelites.

Numbers 14:11 (CJB)-M

11 The Lord said to Moses, “How much longer is this people going to treat me with contempt? How much longer will they not trust me, especially considering all the signs I have performed among them?

Numbers 14:12 (NIV)

12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.”

Numbers 14:13 (AMP)

13 But Moses said to the Lord, Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for You brought up this people in Your might from among them.

Numbers 14:14 (AMP)

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are in the midst of this people [of Israel], that You, Lord, are seen face to face, and that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Numbers 14:15 (NIV)

15 If you put these people to death all at one time, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,

Numbers 14:16 (NIV)

16 ‘The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath; so he slaughtered them in the desert.’

Numbers 14:17 (NIV)

17 “Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared:

Numbers 14:18 (AMP)

18 The Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.

Numbers 14:19 (NIV)

19 In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”

Numbers 14:20 (NIV)

20 The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked.

Numbers 14:21 (NIV)

21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth,

Numbers 14:22 (NIV)

22 not one of the men who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times–

Numbers 14:23 (NIV)

23 not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.

Numbers 14:24 (NIV)

24 But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

Numbers 14:25 (NIV)

25 Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”

Numbers 14:26 (NIV)

26 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 14:27 (NIV)

27 “How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.

Numbers 14:28 (NIV)

28 So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say:

Numbers 14:29 (NIV)

29 In this desert your bodies will fall–every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.

Numbers 14:30 (NIV)

30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Numbers 14:31 (NIV)

31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.

Numbers 14:32 (NIV)

32 But you–your bodies will fall in this desert.

Numbers 14:33 (CJB)-M

33 and your children will wander about in the desert for forty years bearing the consequences of your (infidelity to your espoused God) until the desert eats up your carcasses.

Numbers 14:34 (AMP)

34 After the number of the days in which you spied out the land [of Canaan], even forty days, for each day a year shall you bear and suffer for your iniquities, even for forty years, and you shall know My displeasure [the revoking of My promise and My estrangement].

Numbers 14:35 (NIV)

35 I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this desert; here they will die.”

Numbers 14:36 (AMP)

36 And the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble and complain against him by bringing back a slanderous report of the land,

Numbers 14:37 (NIV)

37 these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD.

Numbers 14:38 (NIV)

38 Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.

Numbers 14:39 (NIV)

39 When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.

Numbers 14:40 (AMP)

40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and we intend to go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.

Numbers 14:41 (AMP)

41 But Moses said, Why now do you transgress the command of the Lord [to turn back by way of the Red Sea], since it will not succeed?

Numbers 14:42 (NIV)

42 Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,

Numbers 14:43 (NIV)

43 for the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.”

Numbers 14:44 (NIV)

44 Nevertheless, in their presumption (thinking to go of their own strength) they went up toward the high hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the LORD’s covenant moved from the camp.

Numbers 14:45 (NIV)

45 Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.

Numbers Chapter 15

Numbers 15:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 15:2 (NIV)

2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you as a home

Numbers 15:3 (NIV)

3 and you present to the LORD offerings made by fire, from the herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the LORD–whether burnt offerings or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings or festival offerings–

Numbers 15:4 (NIV)

4 then the one who brings his offering shall present to the LORD a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil.

Numbers 15:5 (NIV)

5 With each lamb for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

Numbers 15:6 (NIV)

6 “‘With a ram prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil,

Numbers 15:7 (NIV)

7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Numbers 15:8 (NIV)

8 “‘When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow or a fellowship offering to the LORD,

Numbers 15:9 (NIV)

9 bring with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil.

Numbers 15:10 (NIV)

10 Also bring half a hin of wine as a drink offering. It will be an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Numbers 15:11 (NIV)

11 Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner.

Numbers 15:12 (CJB)

12 For as many animals as you prepare, do this for each one, regardless of how many animals there are.

Numbers 15:13 (NIV)

13 “‘Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Numbers 15:14 (NIV)

14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as you do.

Numbers 15:15 (NIV)

15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD:

Numbers 15:16 (NIV)

16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'”

Numbers 15:17 (NIV)

17 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 15:18 (CJB)-M

18 “Speak to the people of Israel; tell them, ‘When you enter the land where I am bringing you

Numbers 15:19 (NASB)

19 then it shall be, that when you eat of the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

Numbers 15:20 (CJB)

20 Set aside from your first dough a cake as a gift; set it aside as you would set aside a portion of the grain from the threshing-floor.

Numbers 15:21 (NIV)

21 Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the LORD from the first of your ground meal.

Numbers 15:22 (NIV)

22 “‘Now if you unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the LORD gave Moses–

Numbers 15:23 (NIV)

23 any of the LORD’s commands to you through him, from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come–

Numbers 15:24 (NIV)

24 and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.

Numbers 15:25 (NIV)

25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have brought to the LORD for their wrong an offering made by fire and a sin offering.

Numbers 15:26 (NIV)

26 The whole Israelite community and the aliens living among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.

Numbers 15:27 (NIV)

27 “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally, he must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.

Numbers 15:28 (NIV)

28 The priest is to make atonement before the LORD for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.

Numbers 15:29 (NIV)

29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether he is a native-born Israelite or an alien.

Numbers 15:30 (NIV)

30 “‘But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or alien, blasphemes the LORD, and that person must be cut off from his people.

Numbers 15:31 (NIV)

31 Because he has despised the LORD’s word and broken his commands, that person must surely be cut off; his guilt remains on him.'”

Numbers 15:32 (NIV)

32 While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

Numbers 15:33 (NIV)

33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly,

Numbers 15:34 (NIV)

34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.

Numbers 15:35 (NIV)

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.”

Numbers 15:36 (NIV)

36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:37 (NIV)

37 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 15:38 (NIV)

38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

Numbers 15:39 (NIV)

39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.

Numbers 15:40 (NIV)

40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.

Numbers 15:41 (NIV)

41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.'”

Numbers Chapter 16

Numbers 16:1 (NIV)

1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites–Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth–became insolent

Numbers 16:2 (NIV)

2 and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.

Numbers 16:3 (NASB)

3 They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

Numbers 16:4 (NIV)

4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.

Numbers 16:5 (NIV)

5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the LORD will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him.

Numbers 16:6 (NIV)

6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers

Numbers 16:7 (CJB)

7 put fire in them; and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow. The one whom the Lord chooses will be the one who is holy! It is you, you sons of Levi, who are taking too much on yourselves!”

Numbers 16:8 (NIV)

8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites!

Numbers 16:9 (CJB)-M

9 Is it for you a mere trifle that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you close to himself, so that you can do the work in the tabernacle of the Lord and stand before the community serving them?

Numbers 16:10 (NIV)

10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

Numbers 16:11 (NIV)

11 It is against the LORD that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?”

Numbers 16:12 (NIV)

12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!

Numbers 16:13 (NIV)

13 Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert? And now you also want to lord it over us?

Numbers 16:14 (NIV2011)

14 Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No, we will not come!”

Numbers 16:15 (NIV)

15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”

Numbers 16:16 (NIV)

16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow–you and they and Aaron.

Numbers 16:17 (NIV)

17 Each man is to take his censer and put incense in it–250 censers in all–and present it before the LORD. You and Aaron are to present your censers also.”

Numbers 16:18 (NIV)

18 So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 16:19 (NIV)

19 When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the entire assembly.

Numbers 16:20 (NIV)

20 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Numbers 16:21 (CJB)

21 “Separate yourselves from this assembly; I’m going to destroy them right now!”

Numbers 16:22 (CJB)

22 They fell on their faces and said, “Oh God, God of the spirits of all humankind, if one person sins, are you going to be angry with the entire assembly?”

Numbers 16:23 (NIV)

23 Then the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 16:24 (NASB)

24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'”

Numbers 16:25 (NASB)

25 Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him,

Numbers 16:26 (NIV)

26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

Numbers 16:27 (NIV)

27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.

Numbers 16:28 (NIV)

28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my idea:

Numbers 16:29 (NIV)

29 If these men die a natural death and experience only what usually happens to men, then the LORD has not sent me.

Numbers 16:30 (NIV)

30 But if the LORD brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”

Numbers 16:31 (NIV)

31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart

Numbers 16:32 (CJB)-M

32 the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all the people who had sided with Korah and everything they owned.

Numbers 16:33 (NIV)

33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

Numbers 16:34 (NIV)

34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

Numbers 16:35 (NIV)-M

35 And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250-laymen (intruders) who were offering the incense.

Numbers 16:36 (NIV)

36 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 16:37 (NIV)

37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to take the censers out of the smoldering remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy–

Numbers 16:38 (NIV)

38 the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives. Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar, for they were presented before the LORD and have become holy. Let them be a sign to the Israelites.”

Numbers 16:39 (NIV)

39 So Eleazar the priest collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,

Numbers 16:40 (NIV)

40 as the LORD directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense before the LORD, or he would become like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 16:41 (NIV)

41 The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You have killed the LORD’s people,” they said.

Numbers 16:42 (NIV)

42 But when the assembly gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the Tent of Meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

Numbers 16:43 (NIV)

43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the Tent of Meeting,

Numbers 16:44 (NIV)

44 and the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 16:45 (NIV)

45 “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

Numbers 16:46 (NASB)

46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the LORD, the plague has begun!”

Numbers 16:47 (NIV)

47 So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people, but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them.

Numbers 16:48 (NIV)

48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.

Numbers 16:49 (NIV)

49 But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.

Numbers 16:50 (NIV)

50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, for the plague had stopped.

Numbers Chapter 17

Numbers 17:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 17:2 (NIV)

2 “Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff.

Numbers 17:3 (NIV)

3 On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.

Numbers 17:4 (NIV)

4 Place them in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

Numbers 17:5 (NIV)

5 The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.”

Numbers 17:6 (NIV)

6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron’s staff was among them.

Numbers 17:7 (NIV)

7 Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.

Numbers 17:8 (NIV)

8 The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, which represented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.

Numbers 17:9 (NIV)

9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his own staff.

Numbers 17:10 (NIV)

10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put back Aaron’s staff in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.”

Numbers 17:11 (NIV)

11 Moses did just as the LORD commanded him.

Numbers 17:12 (NIV)

12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost!

Numbers 17:13 (NIV)

13 Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to die?”

Numbers Chapter 18

Numbers 18:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your father’s family are to bear the responsibility for offenses against the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses against the priesthood.

Numbers 18:2 (NIV)

2 Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the Tent of the Testimony.

Numbers 18:3 (CJB)

3 They are to be at your disposal and perform all kinds of tasks related to the tent; only they are not to come near the holy furnishings or the altar, so that neither they nor you will die.

Numbers 18:4 (AMP)

4 And they shall be joined to you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting—all the [menial] service of the Tent—and no stranger [no layman, anyone who is not a Levite] shall come near you [Aaron and your sons].

Numbers 18:5 (AMP)

5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and attend to the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense], that there be no wrath any more upon the Israelites [as in the incident of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram].

Numbers 18:6 (NIV)

6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to do the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:7 (NIV)

7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

Numbers 18:8 (NASB)

8 Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment.

Numbers 18:9 (NIV)

9 You are to have the part of the most holy offerings that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain or sin or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

Numbers 18:10 (NIV)

10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.

Numbers 18:11 (NIV)

11 “This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your regular share. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

Numbers 18:12 (CJB)-M

12 All the best of the olive oil, wine and grain, the first portion of what they give to the Lord, I have given to you.

Numbers 18:13 (CJB)-M

13 The first produce to turn ripe of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, is to be yours; every clean person in your family may eat it.

Numbers 18:14 (NIV)

14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD is yours.

Numbers 18:15 (CJB)-M

15 “Everything that comes first out of the womb, of all living things which they offer to the Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. However, the firstborn of a human being you must redeem, and the firstborn of an unclean beast you are to redeem.

Numbers 18:16 (NIV)

16 When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

Numbers 18:17 (NIV)

17 “But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep or a goat; they are holy. Sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Numbers 18:18 (NIV)

18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

Numbers 18:19 (CJB)-M

19 All the contributions of holy things which the people of Israel offer to the Lord I have given to you, your sons and your daughters with you; this is a perpetual law, an eternal covenant of salt before the Lord for you and your descendants with you.”

Numbers 18:20 (NIV)

20 The LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:21 (NIV)

21 “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:22 (CJB)-M

22 From now on, the people of Israel are not to approach the tent of meeting, so that they will not bear the consequences of their sin and die.

Numbers 18:23 (NIV)

23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the Tent of Meeting and bear the responsibility for offenses against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:24 (NIV)

24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.'”

Numbers 18:25 (NIV)

25 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 18:26 (NIV)

26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering.

Numbers 18:27 (CJB)

27 The gift you set aside will be accounted to you as if it were grain from the threshing-floor and grape juice from the wine vat.

Numbers 18:28 (NIV)

28 In this way you also will present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the LORD’s portion to Aaron the priest.

Numbers 18:29 (NIV)

29 You must present as the LORD’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’

Numbers 18:30 (NIV)

30 “Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.

Numbers 18:31 (NIV)

31 You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:32 (NASB)

32 ~’You will bear no sin by reason of it when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, or you will die.'”

Numbers Chapter 19

Numbers 19:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 19:2 (NIV)

2 “This is a requirement of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.

Numbers 19:3 (NIV)

3 Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

Numbers 19:4 (NIV)

4 Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 19:5 (NIV)

5 While he watches, the heifer is to be burned–its hide, flesh, blood and offal.

Numbers 19:6 (NIV)

6 The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

Numbers 19:7 (NIV)

7 After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.

Numbers 19:8 (NIV)

8 The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

Numbers 19:9 (NIV)

9 “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They shall be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.

Numbers 19:10 (NIV)

10 The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the aliens living among them.

Numbers 19:11 (NIV)

11 “Whoever touches the dead body of anyone will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:12 (AMP)

12 He shall purify himself with the water for impurity [made with the ashes of the burned heifer] on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean. But if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

Numbers 19:13 (NIV)

13 Whoever touches the dead body of anyone and fails to purify himself defiles the LORD’s tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.

Numbers 19:14 (NIV)

14 “This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days,

Numbers 19:15 (NIV)

15 and every open container without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.

Numbers 19:16 (NIV)

16 “Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:17 (NIV)

17 “For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them.

Numbers 19:18 (NIV)

18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave or someone who has been killed or someone who has died a natural death.

Numbers 19:19 (NIV)

19 The man who is clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify him. The person being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and that evening he will be clean.

Numbers 19:20 (NIV)

20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he must be cut off from the community, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, and he is unclean.

Numbers 19:21 (NIV)

21 This is a lasting ordinance for them. “The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening.

Numbers 19:22 (NIV)

22 Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

Numbers Chapter 20

Numbers 20:1 (NIV)

1 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

Numbers 20:2 (NIV)

2 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 20:3 (NASB)

3 The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!

Numbers 20:4 (NIV)

4 Why did you bring the LORD’s community into this desert, that we and our livestock should die here?

Numbers 20:5 (AMP)

5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates. And there is no water to drink.

Numbers 20:6 (NIV)

6 Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

Numbers 20:7 (NIV)

7 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 20:8 (NIV)

8 “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

Numbers 20:9 (NIV)

9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him.

Numbers 20:10 (NIV)

10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

Numbers 20:11 (NASB)

11 Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.

Numbers 20:12 (AMP)

12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in (rely on, cling to) Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the Israelites, you therefore shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Numbers 20:13 (AMP)

13 These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them.

Numbers 20:14 (NIV)

14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardships that have come upon us.

Numbers 20:15 (CJB)

15 that our ancestors went down into Egypt, we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

Numbers 20:16 (AMP)

16 But when we cried to the Lord, He heard us and sent an angel and brought us forth out of Egypt. Now behold, we are in Kadesh, a city on your country’s edge.

Numbers 20:17 (CJB)

17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through fields or vineyards, and we won’t drink any water from the wells. We will go along the King’s Highway, not turning aside either to the right or to the left until we have left your territory.”

Numbers 20:18 (NKJV)

18 Then Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword.”

Numbers 20:19 (NIV)

19 The Israelites replied: “We will go along the main road, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only want to pass through on foot–nothing else.”

Numbers 20:20 (NIV)

20 Again they answered: “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army.

Numbers 20:21 (NIV)

21 Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.

Numbers 20:22 (NIV)

22 The whole Israelite community set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

Numbers 20:23 (NIV)

23 At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Numbers 20:24 (AMP)

24 Aaron shall be gathered to his people. For he shall not enter the land which I have given to the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My instructions at the waters of Meribah.

Numbers 20:25 (AMP)

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor.

Numbers 20:26 (NIV)

26 Remove Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there.”

Numbers 20:27 (NIV)

27 Moses did as the LORD commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

Numbers 20:28 (NIV)

28 Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar. And Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain,

Numbers 20:29 (NIV)

29 and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

Numbers Chapter 21

Numbers 21:1 (NIV)

1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them.

Numbers 21:2 (NIV)

2 Then Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.”

Numbers 21:3 (CJB)-M

3 The Lord listened to what Israel said and handed over the Canaanites, so they completely destroyed them and their cities and named the place Hormah [complete destruction].

Numbers 21:4 (CJB)-M

4 Then they traveled from Mount Hor on the road toward the Red Sea in order to go around the land of Edom; but the people’s tempers grew short because of the detour.

Numbers 21:5 (NASB)

5 The people spoke against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food.”

Numbers 21:6 (CJB)-M

6 In response, The Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people; they bit the people, and many of the people of Israel died.

Numbers 21:7 (NIV)

7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

Numbers 21:8 (NIV)

8 The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”

Numbers 21:9 (NIV)

9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived.

Numbers 21:10 (NIV)

10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.

Numbers 21:11 (NIV)

11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the desert that faces Moab toward the sunrise.

Numbers 21:12 (NIV)

12 From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley.

Numbers 21:13 (NIV)

13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the desert extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Numbers 21:14 (NIV)

14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD says: “… Waheb in Suphah and the ravines, the Arnon

Numbers 21:15 (NIV)

15 and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

Numbers 21:16 (AMP)

16 From there the Israelites went on to Beer [a well], the well of which the Lord had said to Moses, Assemble the people together and I will give them water.

Numbers 21:17 (CJB)-M

17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, oh well! Sing to the well

Numbers 21:18 (CJB)

18 sunk by the princes, dug by the people’s leaders with the scepter, with their staffs!” From the desert they went to Mattanah,

Numbers 21:19 (NIV)

19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

Numbers 21:20 (NIV)

20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

Numbers 21:21 (NIV)

21 Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:

Numbers 21:22 (NIV)

22 “Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the king’s highway until we have passed through your territory.”

Numbers 21:23 (NIV)

23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the desert against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel.

Numbers 21:24 (NIV)

24 Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified.

Numbers 21:25 (NIV)

25 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding settlements.

Numbers 21:26 (AMP)

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as [the river] Arnon.

Numbers 21:27 (NIV)

27 That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored.

Numbers 21:28 (AMP)

28 For fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it has devoured Ar of Moab and the lords of the heights of the Arnon.

Numbers 21:29 (AMP)

29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of [the god] Chemosh! Moab has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:30 (NIV)

30 “But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba.”

Numbers 21:31 (NIV)

31 So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:32 (NIV)

32 After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 21:33 (NIV)

33 Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

Numbers 21:34 (NIV)

34 The LORD said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

Numbers 21:35 (AMP)

35 So the Israelites slew Og and his sons and all his people until there was not one left alive, And they possessed his land.

Numbers Chapter 22

Numbers 22:1 (NIV)

1 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 22:2 (AMP)

2 And Balak [the king of Moab] son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

Numbers 22:3 (AMP)

3 And Moab was terrified at the people and full of dread, because they were many. Moab was distressed and overcome with fear because of the Israelites.

Numbers 22:4 (AMP)

4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. So Balak son of Zippor, the king of the Moabites at that time,

Numbers 22:5 (AMP)

5 Sent messengers to Balaam [a foreteller of events] son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, even to the land of the children of his people, to say to him, There is a people come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the earth and they have settled down and dwell opposite me.

Numbers 22:6 (CJB)

6 Therefore, please come, and curse this people for me, because they are stronger than I am. Maybe I will be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land, for I know that whomever you bless is in fact blessed, and whomever you curse is in fact cursed.”

Numbers 22:7 (NIV)

7 The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination. When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

Numbers 22:8 (NIV)

8 “Spend the night here,” Balaam said to them, “and I will bring you back the answer the LORD gives me.” So the Moabite princes stayed with him.

Numbers 22:9 (NIV)

9 God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”

Numbers 22:10 (NIV)

10 Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:

Numbers 22:11 (NIV)

11 ‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.'”

Numbers 22:12 (AMP)

12 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.

Numbers 22:13 (AMP)

13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go back to your own land, for the Lord refuses to permit me to go with you.

Numbers 22:14 (NIV)

14 So the Moabite princes returned to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Numbers 22:15 (NIV)

15 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

Numbers 22:16 (NIV)

16 They came to Balaam and said: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Do not let anything keep you from coming to me,

Numbers 22:17 (NIV)

17 because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me.”

Numbers 22:18 (NIV)

18 But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

Numbers 22:19 (NIV)

19 Now stay here tonight as the others did, and I will find out what else the LORD will tell me.”

Numbers 22:20 (NIV)

20 That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.”

Numbers 22:21 (NIV)

21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.

Numbers 22:22 (NIV)

22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Numbers 22:23 (NIV)

23 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat her to get her back on the road.

Numbers 22:24 (NIV)

24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides.

Numbers 22:25 (NIV)

25 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her again.

Numbers 22:26 (NIV)

26 Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.

Numbers 22:27 (NIV)

27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff.

Numbers 22:28 (NIV)

28 Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”

Numbers 22:29 (NIV)

29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”

Numbers 22:30 (NIV)

30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?” “No,” he said.

Numbers 22:31 (NIV)

31 Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

Numbers 22:32 (AMP)

32 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? See, I came out to stand against and resist you, for your behavior is willfully obstinate and contrary before Me.

Numbers 22:33 (NIV)

33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her.”

Numbers 22:34 (NIV)

34 Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.”

Numbers 22:35 (NIV)

35 The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 22:36 (NASB)

36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, at the extreme end of the border.

Numbers 22:37 (CJB)-M

37 Balak said to Balaam, “I sent more than once to summon you! Why didn’t you come to me? Did you think I couldn’t pay you enough?”

Numbers 22:38 (CJB)-M

38 Balaam replied to Balak, “Here, I’ve come to you now! But I have no power of my own to say anything. The word that God puts in my mouth is what I will say.”

Numbers 22:39 (NIV)

39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

Numbers 22:40 (NIV)

40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the princes who were with him.

Numbers 22:41 (NIV)

41 The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he saw part of the people.

Numbers Chapter 23

Numbers 23:1 (NIV)

1 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Numbers 23:2 (NASB)

2 Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:3 (NIV)

3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.

Numbers 23:4 (NIV)

4 God met with him, and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

Numbers 23:5 (NIV)

5 The LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this message.”

Numbers 23:6 (AMP)

6 Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.

Numbers 23:7 (NIV)

7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’

Numbers 23:8 (NIV)

8 How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

Numbers 23:9 (NIV)

9 From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations.

Numbers 23:10 (AMP)

10 Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God], and let my last end be like theirs!

Numbers 23:11 (NIV)

11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!”

Numbers 23:12 (AMP)

12 And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?

Numbers 23:13 (NIV)

13 Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will see only a part but not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”

Numbers 23:14 (NIV)

14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:15 (NASB)

15 And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there.”

Numbers 23:16 (NIV)

16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this message.”

Numbers 23:17 (AMP)

17 And when he returned to Balak, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?

Numbers 23:18 (NIV)

18 Then he uttered his oracle: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

Numbers 23:19 (NIV)

19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

Numbers 23:20 (NIV)

20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

Numbers 23:21 (NIV)

21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.

Numbers 23:22 (NIV)

22 God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.

Numbers 23:23 (NIV)

23 There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’

Numbers 23:24 (AMP)

24 Behold, a people! They rise up as a lioness and lift themselves up as a lion; he shall not lie down until he devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

Numbers 23:25 (NIV)

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

Numbers 23:26 (NIV)

26 Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the LORD says?”

Numbers 23:27 (NIV)

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”

Numbers 23:28 (NASB)

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.

Numbers 23:29 (NIV)

29 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Numbers 23:30 (NIV)

30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers Chapter 24

Numbers 24:1 (NIV)

1 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as at other times, but turned his face toward the desert.

Numbers 24:2 (AMP)

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and he saw Israel abiding in their tents according to their tribes. And the Spirit of God came upon him

Numbers 24:3 (NIV)

3 and he uttered his oracle: “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,

Numbers 24:4 (NIV)

4 the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

Numbers 24:5 (NIV)

5 “How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel!

Numbers 24:6 (NIV)

6 “Like valleys they spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by the LORD, like cedars beside the waters.

Numbers 24:7 (NIV)

7 Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water. “Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.

Numbers 24:8 (NIV)

8 “God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces; with their arrows they pierce them.

Numbers 24:9 (NIV)

9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness–who dares to rouse them? “May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!”

Numbers 24:10 (NIV)

10 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam. He struck his hands together and said to him, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them these three times.

Numbers 24:11 (NIV)

11 Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.”

Numbers 24:12 (NIV)

12 Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,

Numbers 24:13 (NIV)

13 ‘Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD–and I must say only what the LORD says’?

Numbers 24:14 (NIV)

14 Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come.”

Numbers 24:15 (NIV)

15 Then he uttered his oracle: “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,

Numbers 24:16 (NIV)

16 the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

Numbers 24:17 (NIV)

17 “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the sons of Sheth.

Numbers 24:18 (NIV)

18 Edom will be conquered; Seir, his enemy, will be conquered, but Israel will grow strong.

Numbers 24:19 (NIV)

19 A ruler will come out of Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

Numbers 24:20 (NASB)

20 And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, But his end shall be destruction.”

Numbers 24:21 (NASB)

21 And he looked at the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said, “Your dwelling place is enduring, And your nest is set in the cliff.

Numbers 24:22 (NIV)-M

22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed when Asshur (Assyria) takes you captive.”

Numbers 24:23 (NIV)

23 Then he uttered his oracle: “Ah, who can live when God does this?

Numbers 24:24 (NIV)

24 Ships will come from the shores of Kittim; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to ruin.”

Numbers 24:25 (NIV)

25 Then Balaam got up and returned home and Balak went his own way.

Numbers Chapter 25

Numbers 25:1 (NIV)

1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,

Numbers 25:2 (AMP)

2 Who invited the [Israelites] to the sacrifices of their gods, and [they] ate and bowed down to Moab’s gods.

Numbers 25:3 (NIV)

3 So Israel joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor. And the LORD’s anger burned against them.

Numbers 25:4 (AMP)

4 And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the leaders or chiefs of the people, and hang them before the Lord in the sun [after killing them], that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.

Numbers 25:5 (NIV)

5 So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death those of your men who have joined in worshiping the Baal of Peor.”

Numbers 25:6 (NIV)

6 Then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 25:7 (AMP)

7 And when Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand

Numbers 25:8 (NIV)

8 and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear through both of them–through the Israelite and into the woman’s body. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;

Numbers 25:9 (NIV)

9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

Numbers 25:10 (NIV)

10 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 25:11 (NIV)

11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites; for he was as zealous as I am for my honor among them, so that in my zeal I did not put an end to them.

Numbers 25:12 (NIV)

12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him.

Numbers 25:13 (NIV)

13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Numbers 25:14 (NIV)

14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

Numbers 25:15 (NIV)

15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

Numbers 25:16 (NIV)

16 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 25:17 (NIV)

17 “Treat the Midianites as enemies and kill them,

Numbers 25:18 (NIV)

18 because they treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the affair of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of Peor.”

Numbers Chapter 26

Numbers 26:1 (NIV)

1 After the plague the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,

Numbers 26:2 (NIV)

2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families–all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.”

Numbers 26:3 (NIV)

3 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said,

Numbers 26:4 (NIV)

4 “Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the LORD commanded Moses.” These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:

Numbers 26:5 (NIV)

5 The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were: through Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; through Pallu, the Palluite clan;

Numbers 26:6 (NIV)

6 through Hezron, the Hezronite clan; through Carmi, the Carmite clan.

Numbers 26:7 (NIV)

7 These were the clans of Reuben; those numbered were 43,730.

Numbers 26:8 (NIV)

8 The son of Pallu was Eliab,

Numbers 26:9 (NIV)

9 and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the community officials who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among Korah’s followers when they rebelled against the LORD.

Numbers 26:10 (NIV)

10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men. And they served as a warning sign.

Numbers 26:11 (NIV)

11 The line of Korah, however, did not die out.

Numbers 26:12 (NIV)

12 The descendants of Simeon by their clans were: through Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; through Jamin, the Jaminite clan; through Jakin, the Jakinite clan;

Numbers 26:13 (NIV)

13 through Zerah, the Zerahite clan; through Shaul, the Shaulite clan.

Numbers 26:14 (NIV)

14 These were the clans of Simeon; there were 22,200 men.

Numbers 26:15 (NIV)

15 The descendants of Gad by their clans were: through Zephon, the Zephonite clan; through Haggi, the Haggite clan; through Shuni, the Shunite clan;

Numbers 26:16 (NIV)

16 through Ozni, the Oznite clan; through Eri, the Erite clan;

Numbers 26:17 (NIV)

17 through Arodi, the Arodite clan; through Areli, the Arelite clan.

Numbers 26:18 (NIV)

18 These were the clans of Gad; those numbered were 40,500.

Numbers 26:19 (NIV)

19 Er and Onan were sons of Judah, but they died in Canaan.

Numbers 26:20 (NIV)

20 The descendants of Judah by their clans were: through Shelah, the Shelanite clan; through Perez, the Perezite clan; through Zerah, the Zerahite clan.

Numbers 26:21 (NIV)

21 The descendants of Perez were: through Hezron, the Hezronite clan; through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.

Numbers 26:22 (NIV)

22 These were the clans of Judah; those numbered were 76,500.

Numbers 26:23 (NIV)

23 The descendants of Issachar by their clans were: through Tola, the Tolaite clan; through Puah, the Puite clan;

Numbers 26:24 (NIV)

24 through Jashub, the Jashubite clan; through Shimron, the Shimronite clan.

Numbers 26:25 (NIV)

25 These were the clans of Issachar; those numbered were 64,300.

Numbers 26:26 (NIV)

26 The descendants of Zebulun by their clans were: through Sered, the Seredite clan; through Elon, the Elonite clan; through Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan.

Numbers 26:27 (NIV)

27 These were the clans of Zebulun; those numbered were 60,500.

Numbers 26:28 (NIV)

28 The descendants of Joseph by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim were:

Numbers 26:29 (NIV)

29 The descendants of Manasseh: through Makir, the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead); through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.

Numbers 26:30 (NIV)

30 These were the descendants of Gilead: through Iezer, the Iezerite clan; through Helek, the Helekite clan;

Numbers 26:31 (NIV)

31 through Asriel, the Asrielite clan; through Shechem, the Shechemite clan;

Numbers 26:32 (NIV)

32 through Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; through Hepher, the Hepherite clan.

Numbers 26:33 (NIV)

33 (Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons; he had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.)

Numbers 26:34 (NIV)

34 These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.

Numbers 26:35 (NIV)

35 These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: through Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; through Beker, the Bekerite clan; through Tahan, the Tahanite clan.

Numbers 26:36 (NIV)

36 These were the descendants of Shuthelah: through Eran, the Eranite clan.

Numbers 26:37 (NIV)

37 These were the clans of Ephraim; those numbered were 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

Numbers 26:38 (NIV)

38 The descendants of Benjamin by their clans were: through Bela, the Belaite clan; through Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; through Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan;

Numbers 26:39 (NIV)

39 through Shupham, the Shuphamite clan; through Hupham, the Huphamite clan.

Numbers 26:40 (NIV)

40 The descendants of Bela through Ard and Naaman were: through Ard, the Ardite clan; through Naaman, the Naamite clan.

Numbers 26:41 (NIV)

41 These were the clans of Benjamin; those numbered were 45,600.

Numbers 26:42 (NIV)

42 These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: through Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. These were the clans of Dan:

Numbers 26:43 (NIV)

43 All of them were Shuhamite clans; and those numbered were 64,400.

Numbers 26:44 (NIV)

44 The descendants of Asher by their clans were: through Imnah, the Imnite clan; through Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; through Beriah, the Beriite clan;

Numbers 26:45 (NIV)

45 and through the descendants of Beriah: through Heber, the Heberite clan; through Malkiel, the Malkielite clan.

Numbers 26:46 (NIV)

46 (Asher had a daughter named Serah.)

Numbers 26:47 (NIV)

47 These were the clans of Asher; those numbered were 53,400.

Numbers 26:48 (NIV)

48 The descendants of Naphtali by their clans were: through Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan; through Guni, the Gunite clan;

Numbers 26:49 (NIV)

49 through Jezer, the Jezerite clan; through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.

Numbers 26:50 (NIV)

50 These were the clans of Naphtali; those numbered were 45,400.

Numbers 26:51 (NIV)

51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.

Numbers 26:52 (NIV)

52 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 26:53 (NIV)

53 “The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.

Numbers 26:54 (NIV)

54 To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those listed.

Numbers 26:55 (NIV)

55 Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.

Numbers 26:56 (NIV)

56 Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

Numbers 26:57 (NIV)

57 These were the Levites who were counted by their clans: through Gershon, the Gershonite clan; through Kohath, the Kohathite clan; through Merari, the Merarite clan.

Numbers 26:58 (NIV)

58 These also were Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan. (Kohath was the forefather of Amram;

Numbers 26:59 (NIV)

59 the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.

Numbers 26:60 (NIV)

60 Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 26:61 (NIV)

61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they made an offering before the LORD with unauthorized fire.)

Numbers 26:62 (NIV)

62 All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance among them.

Numbers 26:63 (NIV)

63 These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 26:64 (NIV)

64 Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai.

Numbers 26:65 (NIV)

65 For the LORD had told those Israelites they would surely die in the desert, and not one of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Numbers Chapter 27

Numbers 27:1 (NIV)

1 The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. They approached

Numbers 27:2 (NIV)

2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly, and said,

Numbers 27:3 (NIV)

3 “Our father died in the desert. He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the LORD, but he died for his own sin and left no sons.

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4 Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

Numbers 27:5 (NIV)

5 So Moses brought their case before the LORD

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6 and the LORD said to him,

Numbers 27:7 (NIV)

7 “What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father’s relatives and turn their father’s inheritance over to them.

Numbers 27:8 (NIV)

8 “Say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, turn his inheritance over to his daughter.

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9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

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10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

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11 If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to be a legal requirement for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.'”

Numbers 27:12 (NIV)

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim range and see the land I have given the Israelites.

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13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,

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14 for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

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15 Moses said to the LORD,

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16 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all mankind, appoint a man over this community

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17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Numbers 27:18 (NIV)

18 So the LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him.

Numbers 27:19 (NIV)

19 Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in their presence.

Numbers 27:20 (NIV)

20 Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him.

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21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

Numbers 27:22 (NIV)

22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly.

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23 Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD instructed through Moses.

Numbers Chapter 28

Numbers 28:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 28:2 (NIV)

2 “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘See that you present to me at the appointed time the food for my offerings made by fire, as an aroma pleasing to me.’

Numbers 28:3 (NIV)

3 Say to them: ‘This is the offering made by fire that you are to present to the LORD: two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day.

Numbers 28:4 (NIV)

4 Prepare one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,

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5 together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives.

Numbers 28:6 (NIV)

6 This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.

Numbers 28:7 (NKJV)

7 And its drink offering shall be one-fourth of a hin for each lamb; in a holy place you shall pour out the drink to the LORD as an offering.

Numbers 28:8 (NIV)

8 Prepare the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering that you prepare in the morning. This is an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Numbers 28:9 (NIV)

9 “‘On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil.

Numbers 28:10 (NIV)

10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 28:11 (NIV)

11 “‘On the first of every month, present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 28:12 (NIV)

12 With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil;

Numbers 28:13 (NIV)

13 and with each lamb, a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.

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14 With each bull there is to be a drink offering of half a hin of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon during the year.

Numbers 28:15 (NIV)

15 Besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.

Numbers 28:16 (NIV)

16 “‘On the fourteenth day of the first month the LORD’s Passover is to be held.

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17 On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without yeast.

Numbers 28:18 (NIV)

18 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

Numbers 28:19 (NIV)

19 Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 28:20 (NIV)

20 With each bull prepare a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;

Numbers 28:21 (NIV)

21 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

Numbers 28:22 (NIV)

22 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

Numbers 28:23 (NIV)

23 Prepare these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.

Numbers 28:24 (NIV)

24 In this way prepare the food for the offering made by fire every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the LORD; it is to be prepared in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 28:25 (NIV)

25 On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

Numbers 28:26 (NIV)

26 “‘On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the LORD an offering of new grain during the Feast of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

Numbers 28:27 (NIV)

27 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Numbers 28:28 (NIV)

28 With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;

Numbers 28:29 (NIV)

29 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

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30 Include one male goat to make atonement for you.

Numbers 28:31 (NIV)

31 Prepare these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.

Numbers Chapter 29

Numbers 29:1 (NIV)

1 “‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets.

Numbers 29:2 (NIV)

2 As an aroma pleasing to the LORD, prepare a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:3 (NIV)

3 With the bull prepare a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;

Numbers 29:4 (NIV)

4 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

Numbers 29:5 (NIV)

5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

Numbers 29:6 (NIV)

6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and drink offerings as specified. They are offerings made to the LORD by fire–a pleasing aroma.

Numbers 29:7 (NIV)

7 “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves and do no work.

Numbers 29:8 (NIV)

8 Present as an aroma pleasing to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:9 (NIV)

9 With the bull prepare a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;

Numbers 29:10 (NIV)

10 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

Numbers 29:11 (NIV)

11 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

Numbers 29:12 (NIV)

12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the LORD for seven days.

Numbers 29:13 (NIV)

13 Present an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:14 (NIV)

14 With each of the thirteen bulls prepare a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with each of the two rams, two-tenths;

Numbers 29:15 (NIV)

15 and with each of the fourteen lambs, one-tenth.

Numbers 29:16 (NIV)

16 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:17 (NIV)

17 “‘On the second day prepare twelve young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:18 (NIV)

18 With the bulls, rams and lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:19 (NIV)

19 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

Numbers 29:20 (NIV)

20 “‘On the third day prepare eleven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:21 (NIV)

21 With the bulls, rams and lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:22 (NIV)

22 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:23 (NIV)

23 “‘On the fourth day prepare ten bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:24 (NIV)

24 With the bulls, rams and lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:25 (NIV)

25 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:26 (NIV)

26 “‘On the fifth day prepare nine bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:27 (NIV)

27 With the bulls, rams and lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:28 (NIV)

28 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:29 (NIV)

29 “‘On the sixth day prepare eight bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:30 (NIV)

30 With the bulls, rams and lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:31 (NIV)

31 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:32 (NIV)

32 “‘On the seventh day prepare seven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:33 (NIV)

33 With the bulls, rams and lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:34 (NIV)

34 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:35 (NIV)

35 “‘On the eighth day hold an assembly and do no regular work.

Numbers 29:36 (NIV)

36 Present an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Numbers 29:37 (NIV)

37 With the bull, the ram and the lambs, prepare their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified.

Numbers 29:38 (NIV)

38 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Numbers 29:39 (NIV)

39 “‘In addition to what you vow and your freewill offerings, prepare these for the LORD at your appointed feasts: your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.'”

Numbers 29:40 (NIV)

40 Moses told the Israelites all that the LORD commanded him.

Numbers Chapter 30

Numbers 30:1 (NIV)

1 Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel: “This is what the LORD commands:

Numbers 30:2 (NIV)

2 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.

Numbers 30:3 (NIV)

3 “When a young woman still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge

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4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.

Numbers 30:5 (NIV)

5 But if her father forbids her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the LORD will release her because her father has forbidden her.

Numbers 30:6 (NIV)

6 “If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself

Numbers 30:7 (NIV)

7 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.

Numbers 30:8 (NIV)

8 But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the LORD will release her.

Numbers 30:9 (NIV)

9 “Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.

Numbers 30:10 (NIV)

10 “If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath

Numbers 30:11 (NIV)

11 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.

Numbers 30:12 (NIV)

12 But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will release her.

Numbers 30:13 (NIV)

13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

Numbers 30:14 (NLT)

14 But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges.

Numbers 30:15 (NLT)

15 If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt.”

Numbers 30:16 (NIV)

16 These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living in his house.

Numbers Chapter 31

Numbers 31:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 31:2 (NIV)

2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

Numbers 31:3 (NASB)

3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD’S vengeance on Midian.

Numbers 31:4 (NIV)

4 Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.”

Numbers 31:5 (NIV)

5 So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.

Numbers 31:6 (NIV)

6 Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

Numbers 31:7 (NIV)

7 They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.

Numbers 31:8 (NIV)

8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba–the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

Numbers 31:9 (NIV)

9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.

Numbers 31:10 (NIV)

10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.

Numbers 31:11 (NIV)

11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,

Numbers 31:12 (NIV)

12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 31:13 (NIV)

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

Numbers 31:14 (NIV)

14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army–the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds–who returned from the battle.

Numbers 31:15 (AMP)

15 And Moses said to them, Have you let all the women live?

Numbers 31:16 (AMP)

16 Behold, these caused the Israelites by the counsel of Balaam to trespass and act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a [smiting] plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

Numbers 31:17 (NIV)

17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,

Numbers 31:18 (AMP)

18 But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:19 (NIV)

19 “All of you who have killed anyone or touched anyone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.

Numbers 31:20 (NIV)

20 Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.”

Numbers 31:21 (NIV)

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the requirement of the law that the LORD gave Moses:

Numbers 31:22 (NIV)

22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead

Numbers 31:23 (NIV)

23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.

Numbers 31:24 (NIV)

24 On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”

Numbers 31:25 (NIV)

25 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 31:26 (NIV)

26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured.

Numbers 31:27 (NIV)

27 Divide the spoils between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the community.

Numbers 31:28 (NIV)

28 From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the LORD one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep or goats.

Numbers 31:29 (NIV)

29 Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s part.

Numbers 31:30 (NIV)

30 From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

Numbers 31:31 (NIV)

31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:32 (NIV)

32 The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep,

Numbers 31:33 (NIV)

33 72,000 cattle,

Numbers 31:34 (NIV)

34 61,000 donkeys

Numbers 31:35 (NIV)

35 and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.

Numbers 31:36 (NIV)

36 The half share of those who fought in the battle was: 337,500 sheep,

Numbers 31:37 (NIV)

37 of which the tribute for the LORD was 675;

Numbers 31:38 (NIV)

38 36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the LORD was 72;

Numbers 31:39 (NIV)

39 30,500 donkeys, of which the tribute for the LORD was 61;

Numbers 31:40 (NIV)

40 16,000 people, of which the tribute for the LORD was 32.

Numbers 31:41 (NIV)

41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s part, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:42 (NIV)

42 The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men–

Numbers 31:43 (NIV)

43 the community’s half–was 337,500 sheep,

Numbers 31:44 (NIV)

44 36,000 cattle,

Numbers 31:45 (NIV)

45 30,500 donkeys

Numbers 31:46 (NIV)

46 and 16,000 people.

Numbers 31:47 (NIV)

47 From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty persons and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.

Numbers 31:48 (NIV)

48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army–the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds–went to Moses

Numbers 31:49 (NIV)

49 and said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.

Numbers 31:50 (NIV)

50 So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired–armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces–to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

Numbers 31:51 (NIV)

51 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold–all the crafted articles.

Numbers 31:52 (NIV)

52 All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.

Numbers 31:53 (NIV)

53 Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.

Numbers 31:54 (NIV)

54 Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.

Numbers Chapter 32

Numbers 32:1 (NIV)

1 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.

Numbers 32:2 (NIV)

2 So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,

Numbers 32:3 (NIV)

3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon–

Numbers 32:4 (NIV)

4 the land the LORD subdued before the people of Israel–are suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock.

Numbers 32:5 (NIV)

5 If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:6 (NIV)

6 Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your countrymen go to war while you sit here?

Numbers 32:7 (NIV)

7 Why do you discourage the Israelites from going over into the land the LORD has given them?

Numbers 32:8 (NIV)

8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.

Numbers 32:9 (NIV)

9 After they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the LORD had given them.

Numbers 32:10 (NIV)

10 The LORD’s anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath:

Numbers 32:11 (NIV)

11 ‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old or more who came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob–

Numbers 32:12 (NIV)

12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.’

Numbers 32:13 (NIV)

13 The LORD’s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the desert forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.

Numbers 32:14 (NIV)

14 “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the LORD even more angry with Israel.

Numbers 32:15 (NIV)

15 If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the desert, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

Numbers 32:16 (NIV)

16 Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children.

Numbers 32:17 (NIV)

17 But we are ready to arm ourselves and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:18 (NIV)

18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received his inheritance.

Numbers 32:19 (NIV)

19 We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:20 (NIV)

20 Then Moses said to them, “If you will do this–if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

Numbers 32:21 (NIV)

21 and if all of you will go armed over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him–

Numbers 32:22 (NIV)

22 then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the LORD.

Numbers 32:23 (NIV)

23 “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

Numbers 32:24 (NIV)

24 Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

Numbers 32:25 (NIV)

25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “We your servants will do as our lord commands.

Numbers 32:26 (NIV)

26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

Numbers 32:27 (NIV)

27 But your servants, every man armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

Numbers 32:28 (NIV)

28 Then Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.

Numbers 32:29 (NIV)

29 He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, give them the land of Gilead as their possession.

Numbers 32:30 (NIV)

30 But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.”

Numbers 32:31 (NIV)

31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the LORD has said.

Numbers 32:32 (NIV)

32 We will cross over before the LORD into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:33 (NIV)

33 Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan–the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.

Numbers 32:34 (NIV)

34 The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

Numbers 32:35 (NIV)

35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

Numbers 32:36 (NIV)

36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.

Numbers 32:37 (NIV)

37 And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim,

Numbers 32:38 (NIV)

38 as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

Numbers 32:39 (NIV)

39 The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 32:40 (NIV)

40 So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Numbers 32:41 (NIV)

41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.

Numbers 32:42 (NIV)

42 And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.

Numbers Chapter 33

Numbers 33:1 (NIV)

1 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 33:2 (NIV)

2 At the LORD’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages:

Numbers 33:3 (NIV)

3 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians,

Numbers 33:4 (NIV)

4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had brought judgment on their gods.

Numbers 33:5 (NIV)

5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Succoth.

Numbers 33:6 (NIV)

6 They left Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.

Numbers 33:7 (NIV)

7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.

Numbers 33:8 (NIV)

8 They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.

Numbers 33:9 (NIV)

9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

Numbers 33:10 (NIV)

10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Numbers 33:11 (NIV)

11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

Numbers 33:12 (NIV)

12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

Numbers 33:13 (NIV)

13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.

Numbers 33:14 (NIV)

14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Numbers 33:15 (NIV)

15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.

Numbers 33:16 (NIV)

16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

Numbers 33:17 (NIV)

17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.

Numbers 33:18 (NIV)

18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

Numbers 33:19 (NIV)

19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

Numbers 33:20 (NIV)

20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.

Numbers 33:21 (NIV)

21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

Numbers 33:22 (NIV)

22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

Numbers 33:23 (NIV)

23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

Numbers 33:24 (NIV)

24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

Numbers 33:25 (NIV)

25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

Numbers 33:26 (NIV)

26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

Numbers 33:27 (NIV)

27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

Numbers 33:28 (NIV)

28 They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.

Numbers 33:29 (NIV)

29 They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.

Numbers 33:30 (NIV)

30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

Numbers 33:31 (NIV)

31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.

Numbers 33:32 (NIV)

32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.

Numbers 33:33 (NIV)

33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

Numbers 33:34 (NIV)

34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

Numbers 33:35 (NIV)

35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

Numbers 33:36 (NIV)

36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.

Numbers 33:37 (NIV)

37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.

Numbers 33:38 (NIV)

38 At the LORD’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.

Numbers 33:39 (NIV)

39 Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:40 (NIV)

40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

Numbers 33:41 (NIV)

41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

Numbers 33:42 (NIV)

42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

Numbers 33:43 (NIV)

43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.

Numbers 33:44 (NIV)

44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.

Numbers 33:45 (NIV)

45 They left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad.

Numbers 33:46 (NIV)

46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.

Numbers 33:47 (NIV)

47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.

Numbers 33:48 (NIV)

48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 33:49 (NIV)

49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.

Numbers 33:50 (NIV)

50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 33:51 (NIV)

51 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,

Numbers 33:52 (NIV)

52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

Numbers 33:53 (NIV)

53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

Numbers 33:54 (NIV)

54 Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.

Numbers 33:55 (NIV)

55 “‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

Numbers 33:56 (NIV)

56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.'”

Numbers Chapter 34

Numbers 34:1 (NIV)

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 34:2 (NIV)

2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries:

Numbers 34:3 (NIV)

3 “‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt Sea,

Numbers 34:4 (NIV)

4 cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,

Numbers 34:5 (NIV)

5 where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Sea.

Numbers 34:6 (NIV)

6 “‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.

Numbers 34:7 (NIV)

7 “‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor

Numbers 34:8 (NIV)

8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,

Numbers 34:9 (NIV)

9 continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

Numbers 34:10 (NIV)

10 “‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

Numbers 34:11 (NIV)

11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Kinnereth.

Numbers 34:12 (NIV)

12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. “‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.'”

Numbers 34:13 (NIV)

13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,

Numbers 34:14 (NIV)

14 because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

Numbers 34:15 (NIV)

15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

Numbers 34:16 (NIV)

16 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 34:17 (NIV)

17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Numbers 34:18 (NIV)

18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help assign the land.

Numbers 34:19 (NIV)

19 These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;

Numbers 34:20 (NIV)

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Simeon;

Numbers 34:21 (NIV)

21 Elidad son of Kislon, from the tribe of Benjamin;

Numbers 34:22 (NIV)

22 Bukki son of Jogli, the leader from the tribe of Dan;

Numbers 34:23 (NIV)

23 Hanniel son of Ephod, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

Numbers 34:24 (NIV)

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;

Numbers 34:25 (NIV)

25 Elizaphan son of Parnach, the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;

Numbers 34:26 (NIV)

26 Paltiel son of Azzan, the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

Numbers 34:27 (NIV)

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, the leader from the tribe of Asher;

Numbers 34:28 (NIV)

28 Pedahel son of Ammihud, the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

Numbers 34:29 (NIV)

29 These are the men the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

Numbers Chapter 35

Numbers 35:1 (NIV)

1 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 35:2 (NIV)

2 “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.

Numbers 35:3 (NIV)

3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for their cattle, flocks and all their other livestock.

Numbers 35:4 (NIV)

4 “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend out fifteen hundred feet from the town wall.

Numbers 35:5 (NIV)

5 Outside the town, measure three thousand feet on the east side, three thousand on the south side, three thousand on the west and three thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.

Numbers 35:6 (NIV)

6 “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

Numbers 35:7 (NIV)

7 In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.

Numbers 35:8 (NIV)

8 The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”

Numbers 35:9 (NIV)

9 Then the LORD said to Moses:

Numbers 35:10 (NIV)

10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,

Numbers 35:11 (NIV)

11 select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.

Numbers 35:12 (NIV)

12 They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.

Numbers 35:13 (NIV)

13 These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:14 (NIV)

14 Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge.

Numbers 35:15 (NIV)

15 These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites, aliens and any other people living among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.

Numbers 35:16 (NIV)

16 “‘If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:17 (NIV)

17 Or if anyone has a stone in his hand that could kill, and he strikes someone so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:18 (NIV)

18 Or if anyone has a wooden object in his hand that could kill, and he hits someone so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:19 (NIV)

19 The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Numbers 35:20 (NIV)

20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies

Numbers 35:21 (NIV)

21 or if in hostility he hits him with his fist so that he dies, that person shall be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

Numbers 35:22 (NIV)

22 “‘But if without hostility someone suddenly shoves another or throws something at him unintentionally

Numbers 35:23 (NIV)

23 or, without seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill him, and he dies, then since he was not his enemy and he did not intend to harm him,

Numbers 35:24 (NIV)

24 the assembly must judge between him and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

Numbers 35:25 (NIV)

25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he fled. He must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:26 (NIV)

26 “‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has fled

Numbers 35:27 (NIV)

27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.

Numbers 35:28 (NIV)

28 The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may he return to his own property.

Numbers 35:29 (NIV)

29 “‘These are to be legal requirements for you throughout the generations to come, wherever you live.

Numbers 35:30 (NIV)

30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

Numbers 35:31 (NIV)

31 “‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:32 (NIV)

32 “‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow him to go back and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

Numbers 35:33 (NIV)

33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Numbers 35:34 (NIV)

34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.'”

Numbers Chapter 36

Numbers 36:1 (NIV)

1 The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.

Numbers 36:2 (NIV)

2 They said, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

Numbers 36:3 (NIV)

3 Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.

Numbers 36:4 (NIV)

4 When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our forefathers.”

Numbers 36:5 (NIV)

5 Then at the LORD’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: “What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.

Numbers 36:6 (NIV)

6 This is what the LORD commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within the tribal clan of their father.

Numbers 36:7 (NIV)

7 No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers.

Numbers 36:8 (NIV)

8 Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

Numbers 36:9 (NIV)

9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”

Numbers 36:10 (NIV)

10 So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 36:11 (NIV)

11 Zelophehad’s daughters–Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah–married their cousins on their father’s side.

Numbers 36:12 (NIV)

12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s clan and tribe.

Numbers 36:13 (NIV)

13 These are the commands and regulations the LORD gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

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