Numbers 9–11

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, ^ain the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ²Let the children of Israel also keep ^bthe passover at his appointed season. ³In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. ⁴And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. ⁵And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

⁶And there were certain men, who were ^cdefiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: ^dand they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: ⁷and those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel? ⁸And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and ^eI will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

⁹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ¹⁰Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord. ^11fThe fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and ^geat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ^12hThey shall leave none of it unto the morning, ⁱnor break any bone of it: ^kaccording to all the ordinances of the passover they ^lshall keep it. ¹³But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he ^mbrought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall ⁿbear his sin. ¹⁴And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ^oye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

¹⁵And ^pon the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the Testimony: and ^qat even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. ¹⁶So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. ¹⁷And when the cloud ^rwas taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. ¹⁸At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: ^sas long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in the tents. ¹⁹And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel ^tkept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not. ²⁰And so it was, when the cloud was ^ua few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. ²¹And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. ²²Or whether it were two days, or a month, ^xor a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel ^yabode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. ²³At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they ^zkept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

X.And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Make thee two trumpets of silver; of ^aa whole piece thou shalt make them: that thou mayest use them for the ^bcalling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. ³And when ^cthey shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are ^dheads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. ⁵When ye blow ^ean alarm, then ^fthe camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. ⁶When you blow ^ean alarm the second time, then the camps that lie ^gon the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow ^ean alarm for their journeys. ⁷But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not ^hsound an alarm. ⁸ⁱAnd the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. ⁹And ^kif ye go to war in your land against the enemy that ^loppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be ^mremembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰Also ⁿin the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and ^oin the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

¹¹And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud ^pwas taken up from off the tabernacle of the Testimony. ¹²And the children of Israel took ^qtheir journeys out of the ^rwilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the ^swilderness of Paran. ¹³And they first took their journey ^taccording to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. ^14uIn the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was ^xNahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁷And ^ythe tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, ^zbearing the tabernacle.

¹⁸And ^athe standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was ^bElizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ²¹And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the ^csanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

²²And ^dthe standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was ^eElishama the son of Ammihud. ²³And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁵And ^fthe standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was ^gthe rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was ^hAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. ²⁷And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

²⁹And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of ⁱRaguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, ^kI will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for ^lthe Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. ³⁰And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. ³¹And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us ^minstead of eyes. ³²And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that ⁿwhat goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

³³And they departed from ^othe mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^pwent before them in the three days’ journey, to search out ^qa resting place for them. ³⁴And ^rthe cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. ³⁵And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,

^sRise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered;

And let them that hate thee flee before thee.

³⁶And when it rested, he said,

Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.

XI.And ^awhen the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; ^band his anger was kindled; and the ^cfire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. ²And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses ^dprayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. ³And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

⁴And the ^emixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, ^fWho shall give us flesh to eat? ^5gWe remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: ⁶but now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. ⁷And ^hthe manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of ⁱbdellium. ⁸And the people ^kwent about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of ^lfresh oil. ⁹And ^mwhen the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. ¹⁰Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also ⁿwas displeased. ^11oAnd…