Offerings of the princes.

70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:

73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 85 Each charger of silver weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl, seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels.

87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat of fering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was fanointed.

89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto bim.

CHAPTER VIII.

The lighting of the lamps. 5 The consecration of the Levites. 23 The age and time of their serv

ice.

ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say

Aing

Consecration of the Levites.

2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thon "lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

8 And Aaron did so; be lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

B. C. 1490.

a Ex. 25, 37, & 40, 25.

b Ex. 25. 31.

46And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold; unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: dac-e Ex. 25. 18. cording unto the pattern which the LORD d Ex. 25, 40. had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

5

ing,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, say

6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

18.

7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purify-ech, 19.9, 17, ing upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.

let

↑ Heb. them cause a razor to pass over, fc.

Lev. 14. 8,9.

g Lev. 2. 1. à See Ex. 29. 4. & 40. 12.

9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of thei Lev. 8. 3. children of Israel together.

10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel & shall Lev. 1. 4. put their hands upon the Levites:

11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the chil+ dren of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.

13-And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.

14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and "offer them for an offering.

16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

17 P For all the firstborn of the children of p Ex. 13. 2,12, Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

19 And I have given the Levites as ta gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: "that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites were purified, and

9 ch. 3. 9. ↑ Heb. given.

ch. 1. 53. & 16. 46. & 18. 5.

2 Chr. 26. 16.

. ver. 7.

The passover to be observed.

B. C. 1490. t ver. 11, 12.

u ver. 15.

zver. 5, &c.

a Ex.12.1, &c. Lev. 23. 5. ch. 28. 16. Deut. 16.1.2. + Heb. between the two evenings, Ex. 12, 0.

b Josh. 5. 10.

e ch.5.2. & 19. 11, 16.

they washed their clothes; tand Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 "And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Israelites guided by a cloud.

brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall "bear his sin.

14 And 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: "ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for bim that was born in the land.

15

25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

CHAPTER IX.

The passover is commanded again. 6 A second passover allowed for them that were unclean or absent. 15 The cloud guideth the removings and encampings of the Israelites.

ND 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,

the

at

2 Let the children of Israel also keep passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, 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.

4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And 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.

6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that See John 18. day: dand they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

10 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.

11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: knoJohn 1). 36. cording to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud "was 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.

18 At the commandment of the LORD the. children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: 'as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.

B. C. 1490.

1 ver. 7. nch. 5. 31.

• Ex. 12. 49.

p Ex. 40. 34. Neh. 9.12.19. Ps. 78. 14. 9 Ex. 13. 21, & 40. 38.

r Ex. 40. 36. ch. 10. 11, 33, 34.

P. 80, 1

1 Cor. 10. 1.

↑ Heb. prolonged.

teh. 1.53. & 3. 8.

20. And so it was, when the cloud was a 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. 21 And so it was, when the cloud † abode Heb. was. 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.

22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel "abode in their tents, and journeyed not but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in their tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

CHAPTER X.

The use of the silver trumpets. 11 The Israelites remove from Sinai to Paran. 14 The order of their mareh. 29 Holab is entreated by Moses not to leave them. 35 The prayer of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say

ing,

u Ex. 40. 36, 37.

ver. 19,

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the "calling of a Is. 1. 13. the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

3 And when they shall blow with them, 6Jer. 4. 5. all the assembly shall assemble themselves Joel 2, 15. to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousauds of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

e Ex. 18. 21. ch. 1. 16. & 7.2.

5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps deh. 2. 3. that lie on the east parts shall go forward. G When ye blow an alarm the second time,

The order of Israel's march.

B. C. 1490.

ech. 2. 20.

then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, fye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

8 And 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.

9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that toppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in 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.

11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the 2 wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the "wilderness of

Paran.

ch. 1. 51.

ych. 4. 24, 31. & 7.6, 7, 8. sch. 2. 10, 16.

ach. 4. 4, 15.

& 7.9. That is, the Gershonites and the Merarita. See ver. 17. eh. 1. 51. bch. 2. 18. 21.

e ch. 2. 25, 31. Josh, f. 9.

14 t In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was "Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon..

17 And the tabernacle was taken down;

The people lust for flesh.

children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

B. C. 1490.

+ Heb. These.

28 td Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, ch. 2. 34. when they set forward.

29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father ine law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

31 And 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 i instead of eyes."

Ex. 2. 18.

Gen. 12. 7. Judg. 1. 16. & 4. 11.

▲ Gen. 32. 12. Ex. 3. 8. & 6. 7,8.

iJob 29. 15.

32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD & Judg. 1. 16. shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

34 And "the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the

35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, "Rise up, LORD, o Ps. 68.1, 2. & and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.

CHAPTER XI.

The fire at Taberah quenched at the prayer of Moses. 4 The people lust for flesh, and loathe the manna. 10 Moses complaineth of the burden of his charge. 16 Seventy elders are appointed to bear it with him. 31 Quails are given at Kibrothhattaavah.

Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

19 And over the host of the tribe of the

heard it; band his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

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

21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishams the son of Ammihud.

23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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

25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ähiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.

27 And over the host of the tribe of the

132. 8.

+ Heb. ten thousand thousands.

a Deut. 9. 22.

Or, were as plainers.

it were com

↑ Heb. it was evil in the ears of, fo.

Ps. 78, 21.
Lev. 10, 2.

ch. 16. 35. 2 Kings 1.12. Ps. 106. 18. d James 5. 16. ↑ Heb. sunk. That is, A burning Deut. 9. 22. e As Ex. 12.38. + Heb. lusted a lust. † Heb. returned and wept.

6 But now hour soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before ƒPs. 78. 18. & our eyes.

7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

8 And the people went 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 fresh oil.

9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 Then Moses heard the people weep

106. 14.
1 Cor. 10. 6.

g Ex. 16. 3.

h ch. 21. 5.

Ex. 16.14,31. + Heb, eye of it as the eye of.

k Gen. 2. 12. Ex. 16. 31. m Ex. 16. 13, 14.

B. C. 1490. throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and "the anger of the n. Ps. 78. 21. LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

o Deut. 1. 12. 11 And Moses said unto the LORD. Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

p Is. 40. 11. 9 Ta. 49. 23. 1 Thess. 2. 7. r Gen. 26,3. & 50. 24. Ex. 13. 5. s Matt. 15.33. Mark 8. 4. t Ex. 18. 18. u See 1 Kings 19. 4. Jonah 4. 3. * Zeph, 3. 15.

9.

12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a Inursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, "kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

16 And the LORD said unto Moses, y See Ex.24.1, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

z Deut, 16, 18.

a ver. 25.

Gen. 11. 5. &
18. 21.
Ex. 19. 20.

b1 Sam. 10. 6.

2 Kin. 2. 15. Neh. 9. 20. Is. 41. 3. Joel 2. 28. e Ex. 19. 10. d Ex. 16. 7. e ver. 5. Acta 7. 39.

ƒPs. 78, 29, & 106. 15.

↑ Heb. month of days. gch. 21. 5.

à Gen. 12. 2. Ex. 12. 37. & 38. 26. ch. 1. 46.

i See 2 Kings

7.2.

Matt. 15. 33. Mark 8. 4. John 6. 7, 9.

k Is, 50, 2. & 59. 1.

ch, 23. 19. Es. 12, 25. & 24. 11.

m ver. 16.

n ver. 17. eh, 12, 5.

o See 2 Kings 2. 15.

p See 1 Sam. 10. 5, 6. 10. & 19. 29, 21, 23. Joel 2. 23. Acts 2.17,18 1 Cor. 14. 1. &c.

17 And I will come down and talk with thee there and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh for ye have wept din 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.

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days,

Aaron and Miriam rebuked.

them that were written, but 9 went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, "forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

31 And there went forth a twind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, tas it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten "homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

35 And the people journeyed from Kib roth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

CHAPTER XII. God rebuketh Aaron and Miriam for speaking against Moses. 10 Miriam becometh leprous. 13 The prayer of Moses for her. 14 God commandeth her to be shut out from the camp seven days.

days;

20 ƒ 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?

21 And Moses said, A The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass

unto thee or not.

24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD "came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, "when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eidad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of

man whom be had married: for he had +married an Ethiopian woman.

2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face. of the earth.)

B. C. 1490.

7 See 1 Sam. 20. 28. Jer. 36. 5.

See Mark 9. 38. Luke 9. 49. John 3. 26. #1 Cor. 14. 5.

Ex. 16. 13. Ps. 78. 26,27, 28. & 105.40.

↑ Heb. as it were the way of a day..

u Ex. 16. 36. Ez. 45. 11.

P. 78.30,31.

That is, The graves of lust, Deut. 9. 22.

y ch. 33. 17. Heb. they were in, fo,

Or, Cushite. a Ex. 2. 21.

+ Heb, taken. b Ex. 15, 20. Mic. 6. 4.

e Gen. 29, 33. ch. II. 1. 2 Kin. 19. 4. Is. 37. 4. Ez.35, 12, 13.

d Ps. 76. 9. ech. 11. 25. & 16. 19.

4 dAnd the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of Gen. 15. 1.& the congregation. And they three came

out.

5And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.

46. 2.

Job 33. 15.
Ez. 1. 1.
Dan. 8. 2. &
10. 8, 16, 17.
Luke 1. 11,

22.

Acts 10, 11, 17. & 22, 17, 18.

6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him fin ag Gen. 31. 10, vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

7 h My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

11.

1 Kings 3, 5. Matt. 1. 20.

h Pa. 105, 26, Heb. 3. 2, 5.

8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even "apparently, and not in dark speech-1 Tim. 3. 15. es; and "the similitude of the LORD shall / Ex. 33. 11. he behold: wherefore then "were ye not Deut. 34. 10. afraid to speak against my servant Moses? m 1 Cor. 13.12. 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled Ex. 33, 19. against them; and he departed.

10 And the cloud departed from off the

o 2 Pet. 2. 10. Jude 8.