Numbers 9–11

Chapter 9

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying, ²Let the children of Israel also hold the passover at its set time; ³on the fourteenth day in this month between the two evenings, ye shall hold it at its set time; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof shall ye hold it. ⁴And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should hold the passover. ⁵And they held the passover in the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, between the two evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. ⁶And there were men, who were unclean through the dead body of a man, and could not hold the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. ⁷And those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel? ⁸And Moses said to them, Stay, and I will hear what Jehovah commands concerning you. ⁹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your generations be unclean by reason of a dead body or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall hold the passover to Jehovah. ¹¹In the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the two evenings, shall they hold it; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs shall they eat it. ¹²They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to every ordinance of the passover shall they hold it. ¹³But a man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to hold the passover, that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples; because he presented not the offering of Jehovah at its set time: that man shall bear his sin. ¹⁴And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, according to the rite of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do. Ye shall have one rite, both for the stranger and for him that is born in the land.

¹⁵And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle of the tent of testimony; and at even it was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire, until the morning. ¹⁶So it was continually: the cloud covered it, and at night it was as the appearance of fire. ¹⁷And when the cloud rose from the tent, then the children of Israel journeyed; and at the place where the cloud stood still, there the children of Israel encamped. ¹⁸According to the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped; all the days that the cloud dwelt upon the tabernacle they encamped. ¹⁹And when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not. ²⁰And if it were so that the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle, according to the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. ²¹And if it were so that the cloud was there from the evening until the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed; or a day and a night, and the cloud was taken up, they journeyed; ²²or two days, or a month, or many days, when the cloud was long upon the tabernacle, dwelling upon it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. ²³At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

Chapter 10

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. ³And when they shall blow with them, the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁴And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee. ⁵And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward. ⁶And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie southward shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm on their setting forward. ⁷And when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not blow an alarm: ⁸the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations. ⁹And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰And in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.

¹¹And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹²And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stood still in the wilderness of Paran. ¹³And they first took their journey, according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses. ¹⁴The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward first according to their hosts, and over his host was Nahshon 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 the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle. ¹⁸And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elizur 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 sanctuary: and the others set up the tabernacle whilst they came. ²²And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elishama 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 the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, the rear-guard of all the camps according to their hosts, and over his host was Ahiezer 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. ²⁸These were the settings forward of the children of Israel according to their hosts: so did they set forward.

²⁹And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel. ³⁰And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go. ³¹And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes. ³²And it shall be, if thou come with us, that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us, so will we do to thee. ³³And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah and went three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting-place for them. ³⁴And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set forward out of the camp. ³⁵And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face. ³⁶And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.

Chapter 11

¹And it came to pass that when the people murmured, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah; and Jehovah heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them, and consumed some in the extremity of the camp. ²And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah—and the fire abated. ³And they called the name of that place Taberah; because a fire of Jehovah burned among them.

⁴And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat? ⁵We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; ⁶and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes. ⁷And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium. ⁸The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it with hand-mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of oil-cakes. ⁹And when the dew fell upon the camp by night, the manna fell upon it. ¹⁰And Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; it was also evil in the eyes of Moses. ¹¹And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? ¹²Have I conceived all this people, have I brought them forth, that…