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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of
Sinai:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Speak 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.
“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the
Passover to the LORD.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me,
saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
And say thou unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have
wept in the ears of the LORD,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
And say to the people:
Consecrate yourselves for
tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have
cried out in the hearing of the LORD,
saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be
loathsome unto you: because that ye have
despised the LORD which is among you, and have
wept before him,
saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you
nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have
cried out before Him,
saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
So Moses
cried out to the LORD, “O God, please
heal her!”
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel,
saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great
stature.
So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had
spied out: “The land we
explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in
stature.
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and
explored is an exceedingly good land.
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
And now, I
beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken,
saying,
So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be
magnified, just as You have declared:
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
And Moses told these
sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people
mourned greatly.
And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people
mourned bitterly.
And they rose up early in the morning, and
gat them up into the top of the mountain,
saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have
sinned.
Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed
sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Later, the LORD said to Moses,
And he spake unto
Korah and unto all his company,
saying, Even to
morrow the LORD will
shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
Then he said to
Korah and all his followers, “
Tomorrow morning the LORD will
reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Speak unto the congregation,
saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of
Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram.
“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of
Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram.”
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
And he
warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground
clave asunder that was under them:
As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth
swallow us up also.
At their
cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled,
saying, “The earth may
swallow us too!”
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
But on the
morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron,
saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
and the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
This is the
ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red
heifer without spot, wherein is no
blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded:
Instruct the Israelites to bring you an
unblemished red
heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
And the people
chode with Moses, and spake,
saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount
Hor, by the coast of the land of
Edom,
saying,
And at Mount
Hor, near the border of the land of
Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the
Amorites,
saying,
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the
Amorites,
saying,
He sent messengers therefore unto
Balaam the son of Beor to
Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him,
saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they
abide over against me:
he sent messengers to
Balaam son of Beor at
Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
And
Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
saying,
And
Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
And the LORD put a word in
Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Then the LORD put a message in
Balaam’s mouth,
saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from
Aram, out of the mountains of the east,
saying, Come,
curse me Jacob, and come,
defy Israel.
And
Balaam lifted up an
oracle,
saying: “Balak brought me from
Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a
curse on Jacob for me; come and
denounce Israel!’
And the LORD met
Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
And the LORD met with
Balaam and put a message in his mouth,
saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Then
Balaam lifted up an
oracle,
saying: “Arise, O Balak, and
listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
But
Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,
saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
But
Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
And he took up his parable, and said,
Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
and he lifted up an
oracle,
saying: “This is the prophecy of
Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
And
Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me,
saying,
Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me
And he took up his parable, and said,
Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Then
Balaam lifted up an
oracle,
saying, “This is the prophecy of
Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Then
Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an
oracle,
saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
And he looked on the
Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Next he saw the
Kenites and lifted up an
oracle,
saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a
cliff.
And he took up his parable, and said,
Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Once more
Balaam lifted up an
oracle,
saying: “
Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
saying,
After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and
Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
And Moses and
Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho,
saying,
So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from
Jericho, Moses and
Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And they stood before Moses, and before
Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
saying,
the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses,
Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
and the LORD answered him,
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
So Moses appealed to the LORD,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said to Moses,
And Moses spake unto the people,
saying, Arm some of
yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and
avenge the LORD of
Midian.
So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and
execute the LORD’s
vengeance on them.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
The LORD said to Moses,
The children of
Gad and the children of
Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to
Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation,
saying,
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses,
Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
And the LORD’S anger was
kindled the same time, and he
sware,
saying,
So the anger of the LORD was
kindled that day, and He
swore an oath,
saying,
And the children of
Gad and the children of
Reuben spake unto Moses,
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
And the children of
Gad and the children of
Reuben answered,
saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho,
saying,
On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from
Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And Moses commanded the children of Israel,
saying, This is the land which ye shall
inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
So Moses commanded the Israelites, “
Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho,
saying,
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from
Jericho:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
This is the thing which the LORD
doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad,
saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry
anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
The LORD our God spake unto us in
Horeb,
saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
The LORD our God said to us at
Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
and the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts
melt,
saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the
Anakim there.’”
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was
wroth, and
sware,
saying,
When the LORD heard your words, He grew
angry and
swore an oath,
saying,
Also the LORD was
angry with me for your sakes,
saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
The LORD was also
angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
At this time the LORD said to me,
And command thou the people,
saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of
Esau, which dwell in
Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good
heed unto
yourselves therefore:
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of
Esau, who live in
Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
the LORD said to me,
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of
Heshbon with words of peace,
saying,
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of
Heshbon,
saying,
And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of
valor are to cross over, armed for battle,
ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
And I commanded Joshua at that time,
saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms
whither thou passest.
And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
And I
besought the LORD at that time,
saying,
At that time I also
pleaded with the LORD:
(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to
shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;)
saying,
At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come,
saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee,
saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD
doth drive them out from before thee.
When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
Furthermore the LORD spake unto me,
saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea,
saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor
hearkened to his voice.
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
Take
heed to
thyself that thou be not
snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou
enquire not after their gods,
saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”