NUM 1:1
Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the
second month, in the second year after they had come
out of the land of Egypt, saying,
NUM 1:2 "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
NUM 1:3 from twenty years old and upward,
whoever {is able to} go out to war in Israel, you
and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
NUM 1:4 "With you, moreover, there shall be a
man of each tribe, each one head of his father's
household.
NUM 1:5 "These then are the names of the men
who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son
of Shedeur;
NUM 1:6 of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai;
NUM 1:7 of Judah, Nahshon the son of
Amminadab;
NUM 1:8 of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
NUM 1:9 of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;
NUM 1:10 of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim,
Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur;
NUM 1:11 of Benjamin, Abidan the son of
Gideoni;
NUM 1:12 of Dan, Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai;
NUM 1:13 of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;
NUM 1:14 of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
NUM 1:15 of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
NUM 1:16 "These are they who were called of
the congregation, the leaders of their fathers'
tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel."
NUM 1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men
who had been designated by name,
NUM 1:18 and they assembled all the
congregation together on the first of the second
month. Then they registered by ancestry in their
families, by their fathers' households, according to
the number of names, from twenty years old and
upward, head by head,
NUM 1:19 just as the Lord had commanded
Moses. So he numbered them in the wilderness of
Sinai.
NUM 1:20 Now the sons of Reuben, Israel's
first-born, 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,
NUM 1:21 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Reuben, {were} 46,500.
NUM 1:22 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,
NUM 1:23 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Simeon, {were} 59,300.
NUM 1:24 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,
NUM 1:25 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Gad, {were} 45,650.
NUM 1:26 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,
NUM 1:27 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Judah, {were} 74,600.
NUM 1:28 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,
NUM 1:29 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Issachar, {were} 54,400.
NUM 1:30 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,
NUM 1:31 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Zebulun, {were} 57,400.
NUM 1:32 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,
NUM 1:33 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Ephraim, {were} 40,500.
NUM 1:34 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,
NUM 1:35 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Manasseh, {were} 32,200.
NUM 1:36 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,
NUM 1:37 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Benjamin, {were} 35,400.
NUM 1:38 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,
NUM 1:39 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Dan, {were} 62,700.
NUM 1:40 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,
NUM 1:41 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Asher, {were} 41,500.
NUM 1:42 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,
NUM 1:43 their numbered men, of the tribe of
Naphtali, {were} 53,400.
NUM 1:44 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.
NUM 1:45 So all the numbered men of the sons
of Israel by their fathers' households, from twenty
years old and upward, whoever {was able to} go out
to war in Israel,
NUM 1:46 even all the numbered men were
603,550.
NUM 1:47 The Levites, however, were not
numbered among them by their fathers' tribe.
NUM 1:48 For the Lord had spoken to Moses,
saying,
NUM 1:49 "Only the tribe of Levi you shall
not number, nor shall you take their census among
the sons of Israel.
NUM 1:50 "But you shall appoint the Levites
over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all
its furnishings and over all that belongs to it.
They shall carry the tabernacle and all its
furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they
shall also camp around the tabernacle.
NUM 1:51 "So when the tabernacle is to set
out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the
tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But
the layman who comes near shall be put to death.
NUM 1:52 "And the sons of Israel shall camp,
each man by his own camp, and each man by his own
standard, according to their armies.
NUM 1:53 "But the Levites shall camp around
the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be
no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel.
So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle
of the testimony."
NUM 1:54 Thus the sons of Israel did;
according to all which the Lord had commanded Moses,
so they did.
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NUM 2:1
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
NUM 2:2 "The sons of Israel shall camp, each
by his own standard, with the banners of their
fathers' households; they shall camp around the tent
of meeting at a distance.
NUM 2:3 "Now those who camp on the east side
toward the sunrise {shall be} of the standard of the
camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of
the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
NUM 2:4 and his army, even their numbered
men, 74,600.
NUM 2:5 "And those who camp next to him
{shall be} the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of
the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar,
NUM 2:6 and his army, even their numbered
men, 54,400.
NUM 2:7 "Then {comes} the tribe of Zebulun,
and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son
of Helon,
NUM 2:8 and his army, even his numbered men,
57,400.
NUM 2:9 "The total of the numbered men of the
camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall
set out first.
NUM 2:10 "On the south side {shall be} the
standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and
the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of
Shedeur,
NUM 2:11 and his army, even their numbered
men, 46,500.
NUM 2:12 "And those who camp next to him
{shall be} the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of
the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
NUM 2:13 and his army, even their numbered
men, 59,300.
NUM 2:14 "Then {comes} the tribe of Gad, and
the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of
Deuel,
NUM 2:15 and his army, even their numbered
men, 45,650.
NUM 2:16 "The total of the numbered men of
the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And
they shall set out second.
NUM 2:17 "Then the tent of meeting shall set
out {with} the camp of the Levites in the midst of
the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out,
every man in his place, by their standards.
NUM 2:18 "On the west side {shall be} the
standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and
the leader of the sons of Ephraim {shall be}
Elishama the son of Ammihud,
NUM 2:19 and his army, even their numbered
men, 40,500.
NUM 2:20 "And next to him {shall be} the
tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of
Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
NUM 2:21 and his army, even their numbered
men, 32,200.
NUM 2:22 "Then {comes} the tribe of Benjamin,
and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the
son of Gideoni,
NUM 2:23 and his army, even their numbered
men, 35,400.
NUM 2:24 "The total of the numbered men of
the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And
they shall set out third.
NUM 2:25 "On the north side {shall be} the
standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the
leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai,
NUM 2:26 and his army, even their numbered
men, 62,700.
NUM 2:27 "And those who camp next to him
{shall be} the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the
sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran,
NUM 2:28 and his army, even their numbered
men, 41,500.
NUM 2:29 "Then {comes} the tribe of Naphtali,
and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the
son of Enan,
NUM 2:30 and his army, even their numbered
men, 53,400.
NUM 2:31 "The total of the numbered men of
the camp of Dan, {was} 157,600. They shall set out
last by their standards."
NUM 2:32 These are the numbered men of the
sons of Israel by their fathers' households; the
total of the numbered men of the camps by their
armies, 603,550.
NUM 2:33 The Levites, however, were not
numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord
had commanded Moses.
NUM 2:34 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.
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NUM 3:1
Now these are {the records of} the generations of
Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with
Moses on Mount Sinai.
NUM 3:2 These then are the names of the sons
of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar
and Ithamar.
NUM 3:3 These are the names of the sons of
Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to
serve as priests.
NUM 3:4 But Nadab and Abihu died before the
Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord
in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no
children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests
in the lifetime of their father Aaron.
NUM 3:5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
NUM 3:6 "Bring the tribe of Levi near and set
them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve
him.
NUM 3:7 "And they shall perform the duties
for him and for the whole congregation before the
tent of meeting, to do the service of the
tabernacle.
NUM 3:8 "They shall also keep all the
furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the
duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of
the tabernacle.
NUM 3:9 "You shall thus give the Levites to
Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him
from among the sons of Israel.
NUM 3:10 "So you shall appoint Aaron and his
sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the
layman who comes near shall be put to death."
NUM 3:11 Again the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying,
NUM 3:12 "Now, behold, I have taken the
Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of
every first-born, the first issue of the womb among
the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
NUM 3:13 "For all the first-born are Mine; on
the day that I struck down all the first-born in the
land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the
first-born in Israel, from man to beast. They shall
be Mine; I am the Lord."
NUM 3:14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai, saying,
NUM 3:15 "Number the sons of Levi by their
fathers' households, by their families; every male
from a month old and upward you shall number."
NUM 3:16 So Moses numbered them according to
the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.
NUM 3:17 These then are the sons of Levi by
their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
NUM 3:18 And these are the names of the sons
of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
NUM 3:19 and the sons of Kohath by their
families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;
NUM 3:20 and the sons of Merari by their
families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers' households.
NUM 3:21 Of Gershon {was} the family of the
Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these
{were} the families of the Gershonites.
NUM 3:22 Their numbered men, in the numbering
of every male from a month old and upward, {even}
their numbered men {were} 7,500.
NUM 3:23 The families of the Gershonites were
to camp behind the tabernacle westward,
NUM 3:24 and the leader of the fathers'
households of the Gershonites {was} Eliasaph the son
of Lael.
NUM 3:25 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,
NUM 3:26 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.
NUM 3:27 And of Kohath {was} the family of
the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and
the family of the Hebronites and the family of the
Uzzielites; these were the families of the
Kohathites.
NUM 3:28 In the numbering of every male from
a month old and upward, {there were} 8,600,
performing the duties of the sanctuary.
NUM 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath
were to camp on the southward side of the
tabernacle,
NUM 3:30 and the leader of the fathers'
households of the Kohathite families was Elizaphan
the son of Uzziel.
NUM 3:31 Now their duties {involved} the ark,
the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the
utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister,
and the screen, and all the service concerning them;
NUM 3:32 and Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest {was} the chief of the leaders of Levi, {and
had} the oversight of those who perform the duties
of the sanctuary.
NUM 3:33 Of Merari {was} the family of the
Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these
{were} the families of Merari.
NUM 3:34 Their numbered men in the numbering
of every male from a month old and upward, {were}
6,200.
NUM 3:35 And the leader of the fathers'
households of the families of Merari {was} Zuriel
the son of Abihail. They {were} to camp on the
northward side of the tabernacle.
NUM 3:36 Now the appointed duties of the sons
of Merari {involved} the frames of the tabernacle,
its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its
equipment, and the service concerning them,
NUM 3:37 and the pillars around the court
with their sockets and their pegs and their cords.
NUM 3:38 Now those who were to camp before
the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting
toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his
sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the
obligation of the sons of Israel; but the layman
coming near was to be put to death.
NUM 3:39 All the numbered men of the Levites,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the
Lord by their families, every male from a month old
and upward, {were} 22,000.
NUM 3:40 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Number
every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a
month old and upward, and make a list of their
names.
NUM 3:41 "And you shall take the Levites for
Me, I am the Lord, instead of all the first-born
among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the
Levites instead of all the first-born among the
cattle of the sons of Israel."
NUM 3:42 So Moses numbered all the first-born
among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had
commanded him;
NUM 3:43 and all the first-born males by the
number of names from a month old and upward, for
their numbered men were 22,273.
NUM 3:44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying,
NUM 3:45 "Take the Levites instead of all the
first-born among the sons of Israel and the cattle
of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am
the Lord.
NUM 3:46 "And for the ransom of the 273 of
the first-born of the sons of Israel who are in
excess beyond the Levites,
NUM 3:47 you shall take five shekels apiece,
per head; you shall take {them} in terms of the
shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),
NUM 3:48 and give the money, the ransom of
those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to
his sons."
NUM 3:49 So Moses took the ransom money from
those who were in excess, beyond those ransomed by
the Levites;
NUM 3:50 from the first-born of the sons of
Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of
the sanctuary, 1,365.
NUM 3:51 Then Moses gave the ransom money to
Aaron and to his sons, at the command of the Lord,
just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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NUM 4:1
Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
NUM 4:2 "Take a census of the descendants of
Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their
families, by their fathers' households,
NUM 4:3 from thirty years and upward, even to
fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the
work in the tent of meeting.
NUM 4:4 "This is the work of the descendants
of Kohath in the tent of meeting, {concerning} the
most holy things.
NUM 4:5 "When the camp sets out, Aaron and
his sons shall go in and they shall take down the
veil of the screen and cover the ark of the
testimony with it;
NUM 4:6 and they shall lay a covering of
porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over {it} a
cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles.
NUM 4:7 "Over the table of the bread of the
Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and
put on it the dishes and the pans and the
sacrificial bowls and the jars for the libation, and
the continual bread shall be on it.
NUM 4:8 "And they shall spread over them a
cloth of scarlet {material,} and cover the same with
a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert
its poles.
NUM 4:9 "Then they shall take a blue cloth
and cover the lampstand for the light, along with
its lamps and its snuffers, and its trays and all
its oil vessels, by which they serve it;
NUM 4:10 and they shall put it and all its
utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall
put it on the carrying bars.
NUM 4:11 "And over the golden altar they
shall spread a blue cloth and cover it with a
covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its
poles;
NUM 4:12 and they shall take all the utensils
of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary,
and put them in a blue cloth and cover them with a
covering of porpoise skin, and put them on the
carrying bars.
NUM 4:13 "Then they shall take away the ashes
from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.
NUM 4:14 "They shall also put on it all its
utensils by which they serve in connection with it:
the firepans, the forks and shovels and the basins,
all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread
a cover of porpoise skin over it and insert its
poles.
NUM 4:15 "And when Aaron and his sons have
finished covering the holy {objects} and all the
furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to
set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to
carry {them,} so that they may not touch the holy
{objects} and die. These are the things in the tent
of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
NUM 4:16 "And the responsibility of Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light
and the fragrant incense and the continual grain
offering and the anointing oil - - the
responsibility of all the tabernacle and of all that
is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings."
NUM 4:17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to
Aaron, saying,
NUM 4:18 "Do not let the tribe of the
families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the
Levites.
NUM 4:19 "But do this to them that they may
live and not die when they approach the most holy
{objects:} Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign
each of them to his work and to his load;
NUM 4:20 but they shall not go in to see the
holy {objects} even for a moment, lest they die."
NUM 4:21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying,
NUM 4:22 "Take a census of the sons of
Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their
families;
NUM 4:23 from thirty years and upward to
fifty years old, you shall number them; all who
enter to perform the service to do the work in the
tent of meeting.
NUM 4:24 "This is the service of the families
of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying:
NUM 4:25 they shall carry the curtains of the
tabernacle and the tent of meeting {with} its
covering and the covering of porpoise skin that is
on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the
tent of meeting,
NUM 4:26 and the hangings of the court, and
the screen for the doorway of the gate of the court
which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and
their cords and all the equipment for their service;
and all that is to be done, they shall perform.
NUM 4:27 "All the service of the sons of the
Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their
work, shall be {performed} at the command of Aaron
and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty
all their loads.
NUM 4:28 "This is the service of the families
of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of
meeting, and their duties {shall be} under the
direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
NUM 4:29 "{As for} the sons of Merari, you
shall number them by their families, by their
fathers' households;
NUM 4:30 from thirty years and upward even to
fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who
enters the service to do the work of the tent of
meeting.
NUM 4:31 "Now this is the duty of their
loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting:
the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its
pillars and its sockets,
NUM 4:32 and the pillars around the court and
their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with
all their equipment and with all their service; and
you shall assign {each man} by name the items he is
to carry.
NUM 4:33 "This is the service of the families
of the sons of Merari, according to all their
service in the tent of meeting, under the direction
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
NUM 4:34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders
of the congregation numbered the sons of the
Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers'
households,
NUM 4:35 from thirty years and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who entered the service
for work in the tent of meeting.
NUM 4:36 And their numbered men by their
families were 2,750.
NUM 4:37 These are the numbered men of the
Kohathite families, everyone who was serving in the
tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered
according to the commandment of the Lord through
Moses.
NUM 4:38 And the numbered men of the sons of
Gershon by their families, and by their fathers'
households,
NUM 4:39 from thirty years and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who entered the service
for work in the tent of meeting.
NUM 4:40 And their numbered men by their
families, by their fathers' households, were 2,630.
NUM 4:41 These are the numbered men of the
families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who was
serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.
NUM 4:42 And the numbered men of the families
of the sons of Merari by their families, by their
fathers' households,
NUM 4:43 from thirty years and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who entered the service
for work in the tent of meeting.
NUM 4:44 And their numbered men by their
families were 3,200.
NUM 4:45 These are the numbered men of the
families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the commandment of the Lord
through Moses.
NUM 4:46 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,
NUM 4:47 from thirty years and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the
work of service and the work of carrying in the tent
of meeting.
NUM 4:48 And their numbered men were 8,580.
NUM 4:49 According to the commandment of the
Lord through Moses, they were numbered, everyone by
his serving or carrying; thus these were his
numbered men, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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NUM 5:1
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
NUM 5:2 "Command the sons of Israel that they
send away from the camp every leper and everyone
having a discharge and everyone who is unclean
because of a {dead} person.
NUM 5:3 "You shall send away both male and
female; you shall send them outside the camp so that
they will not defile their camp where I dwell in
their midst."
NUM 5:4 And the sons of Israel did so and
sent them outside the camp; just as the Lord had
spoken to Moses, thus the sons of Israel did.
NUM 5:5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
NUM 5:6 "Speak to the sons of Israel, 'When a
man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind,
acting unfaithfully against the Lord, and that
person is guilty,
NUM 5:7 then he shall confess his sins which
he has committed, and he shall make restitution in
full for his wrong, and add to it one-fifth of it,
and give {it} to him whom he has wronged.
NUM 5:8 '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.
NUM 5:9 'Also every contribution pertaining
to all the holy {gifts} of the sons of Israel, which
they offer to the priest, shall be his.
NUM 5:10 'So every man's holy {gifts} shall
be his; whatever any man gives to the priest, it
becomes his.' "
NUM 5:11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying,
NUM 5:12 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and
say to them, 'If any man's wife goes astray and is
unfaithful to him,
NUM 5:13 and a man has intercourse with her
and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and
she is undetected, although she has defiled herself,
and there is no witness against her and she has not
been caught in the act,
NUM 5:14 if a spirit of jealousy comes over
him and he is jealous of his wife when she has
defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes
over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has
not defiled herself,
NUM 5:15 the man shall then bring his wife to
the priest, and shall bring {as} an offering for her
one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not
pour oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it
is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of
memorial, a reminder of iniquity.
NUM 5:16 'Then the priest shall bring her
near and have her stand before the Lord,
NUM 5:17 and the priest shall take holy water
in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of
the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and
put {it} into the water.
NUM 5:18 'The priest shall then have the
woman stand before the Lord and let {the hair of}
the woman's head go loose, and place the grain
offering of memorial in her hands, which is the
grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the
priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings
a curse.
NUM 5:19 'And the priest shall have her take
an oath and shall say to the woman, "If no man has
lain with you and if you have not gone astray into
uncleanness, {being} under {the authority of} your
husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that
brings a curse;
NUM 5:20 if you, however, have gone astray,
{being} under {the authority of} your husband, and
if you have defiled yourself and a man other than
your husband has had intercourse with you "
NUM 5:21 (then the priest shall have the
woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the
priest shall say to the woman), "the Lord make you a
curse and an oath among your people by the Lord's
making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell;
NUM 5:22 and this water that brings a curse
shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen
swell and your thigh waste away."And the woman shall
say," Amen. Amen."
NUM 5:23 'The priest shall then write these
curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into
the water of bitterness.
NUM 5:24 'Then he shall make the woman drink
the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that
the water which brings a curse will go into her and
{cause} bitterness.
NUM 5:25 'And the priest shall take the grain
offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, and he
shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and
bring it to the altar;
NUM 5:26 and the priest shall take a handful
of the grain offering as its memorial offering and
offer {it} up in smoke on the altar, and afterward
he shall make the woman drink the water.
NUM 5:27 'When he has made her drink the
water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled
herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that
the water which brings a curse shall go into her and
{cause} bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and
her thigh will waste away, and the woman will become
a curse among her people.
NUM 5:28 'But if the woman has not defiled
herself and is clean, she will then be free and
conceive children.
NUM 5:29 'This is the law of jealousy: when a
wife, {being} under {the authority of} her husband,
goes astray and defiles herself,
NUM 5:30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes
over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall
then make the woman stand before the Lord, and the
priest shall apply all this law to her.
NUM 5:31 'Moreover, the man shall be free
from guilt, but that woman shall bear her guilt.'"
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NUM 6:1
Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
NUM 6:2 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and say
to them, 'When a man or woman makes a special vow,
the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to the
Lord,
NUM 6:3 he shall abstain from wine and strong
drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from
wine or strong drink, neither shall he drink any
grape juice, nor eat fresh or dried grapes.
NUM 6:4 '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.
NUM 6:5 '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.
NUM 6:6 'All the days of his separation to
the Lord he shall not go near to a dead person.
NUM 6:7 'He shall not make himself unclean
for his father or for his mother, for his brother or
for his sister, when they die, because his
separation to God is on his head.
NUM 6:8 'All the days of his separation he is
holy to the Lord.
NUM 6:9 'But if a man dies very suddenly
beside him and he defiles his dedicated head {of
hair,} then he shall shave his head on the day when
he becomes clean; he shall shave it on the seventh
day.
NUM 6:10 '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.
NUM 6:11 'And the priest shall offer one for
a sin offering and {the} other for a burnt offering,
and make atonement for him concerning his sin
because of the {dead} person. And that same day he
shall consecrate his head,
NUM 6:12 and shall dedicate to the Lord his
days as a Nazirite, and shall bring a male lamb a
year old for a guilt offering; but the former days
shall be void because his separation was defiled.
NUM 6:13 'Now this is the law of the Nazirite
when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he
shall bring the offering to the doorway of the tent
of meeting.
NUM 6:14 'And 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,
NUM 6:15 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 libations.
NUM 6:16 'Then the priest shall present
{them} before the Lord and shall offer his sin
offering and his burnt offering.
NUM 6:17 '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
libation.
NUM 6:18 'The Nazirite shall then shave his
dedicated head {of hair} at the doorway of the tent
of meeting, and take the dedicated hair of his head
and put {it} on the fire which is under the
sacrifice of peace offerings.
NUM 6:19 'And the priest shall take the ram's
shoulder {when it has been} boiled, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer, and shall put {them} on the hands
of the Nazirite after he has shaved his dedicated
{hair}.
NUM 6:20 'Then the priest shall wave them for
a wave offering before the Lord. It is holy for the
priest, together with the breast offered by waving
and the thigh offered by lifting up; and afterward
the Nazirite may drink wine.'
NUM 6:21 "This is the law of the Nazirite who
vows his offering to the Lord according to his
separation, in addition to what {else} he can
afford; according to his vow which he takes, so he
shall do according to the law of his separation."
NUM 6:22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying,
NUM 6:23 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons,
saying, 'Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel.
You shall say to them:
NUM 6:24 The Lord bless you, and keep you;
NUM 6:25 The Lord make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
NUM 6:26 The Lord lift up His countenance on
you, And give you peace.'
NUM 6:27 "So they shall invoke My name on the
sons of Israel, and I then will bless them."
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NUM 7:1
Now it came about on the day that Moses had finished
setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and
consecrated it with all its furnishings and the
altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and
consecrated them also.
NUM 7:2 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).
NUM 7:3 When they brought their offering
before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen,
a cart for {every} two of the leaders and an ox for
each one, then they presented them before the
tabernacle.
NUM 7:4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
NUM 7:5 "Accept {these things} from them,
that they may be used in the service of the tent of
meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites,
{to} each man according to his service."
NUM 7:6 So Moses took the carts and the oxen,
and gave them to the Levites.
NUM 7:7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to
the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
NUM 7:8 and four carts and eight oxen he gave
to the sons of Merari, according to their service,
under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
NUM 7:9 But he did not give {any} to the sons
of Kohath because theirs {was} the service of the
holy {objects, which} they carried on the shoulder.
NUM 7:10 And the leaders offered the
dedication {offering} for the altar when it was
anointed, so the leaders offered their offering
before the altar.
NUM 7:11 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Let
them present their offering, one leader each day,
for the dedication of the altar."
NUM 7:12 Now the one who presented his
offering on the first day {was} Nahshon the son of
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
NUM 7:13 and his offering {was} one silver
dish whose weight {was} one hundred and thirty
{shekels,} one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of
them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
NUM 7:14 one gold pan of ten {shekels,} full
of incense;
NUM 7:15 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one
year old, for a burnt offering;
NUM 7:16 one male goat for a sin offering;
NUM 7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
five male lambs one year old. This {was} the
offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
NUM 7:18 On the second day Nethanel the son
of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented {an
offering;}
NUM 7:19 he presented as his offering one
silver dish whose weight {was} one hundred and
thirty {shekels,} one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary,
both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a
grain offering;
NUM 7:20 one gold pan of ten {shekels,} full
of incense;
NUM 7:21 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one
year old, for a burnt offering;
NUM 7:22 one male goat for a sin offering;
NUM 7:23 and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
five male lambs one year old. This {was} the
offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
NUM 7:24 On the third day {it was} Eliab the
son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun;
NUM 7:25 his offering {was} one silver dish
whose weight {was} one hundred and thirty {shekels,}
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
NUM 7:26 one gold pan of ten {shekels,} full
of incense;
NUM 7:27 one young bull, one ram, one male
lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
NUM 7:28 one male goat for a sin offering;
NUM 7:29 and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
five male lambs one year old. This {was} the
offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
NUM 7:30 On the fourth day {it was} Elizur
the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben;
NUM 7:31 his offering {was} one silver dish
whose weight {was} one hundred and thirty {shekels,}
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
NUM 7:32 one gold pan of ten {shekels,} full
of incense;
NUM 7:33 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one
year old, for a burnt offering;
NUM 7:34 one male goat for a sin offering;
NUM 7:35 and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
five male lambs one year old. This {was} the
offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
NUM 7:36 On the fifth day {it was} Shelumiel
the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of
Simeon;
NUM 7:37 his offering {was} one silver dish
whose weight {was} one hundred and thirty {shekels,}
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
NUM 7:38 one gold pan of ten {shekels,} full
of incense;
NUM 7:39 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one
year old, for a burnt offering;
NUM 7:40 one male goat for a sin offering;
NUM 7:41 and for the sacrifi
