Numbers 14 — GNB — Biblija.net

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ All night long the people cried out in distress. ² They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, “It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness! ³ Why is the Lord taking us into that land? We will be killed in battle, and our wives and children will be captured. Wouldn't it be better to go back to Egypt?”

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ So they said to one another, “Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!” ⁵ Then Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground in front of all the people. ⁶ And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ and said to the people, “The land we explored is an excellent land.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ If the Lord is pleased with us, he will take us there and give us that rich and fertile land.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Do not rebel against the Lord and don't be afraid of the people who live there. We will conquer them easily. The Lord is with us and has defeated the gods who protected them; so don't be afraid.”

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The whole community was threatening to stone them to death, but suddenly the people saw the dazzling light of the Lord's presence appear over the Tent.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, “How much longer will these people reject me? How much longer will they refuse to trust in me, even though I have performed so many miracles among them?

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² I will send an epidemic and destroy them, but I will make you the father of a nation that is larger and more powerful than they are!”

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ But Moses said to the Lord, “You brought these people out of Egypt by your power. When the Egyptians hear what you have done to your people,

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ they will tell it to the people who live in this land. These people have already heard that you, Lord, are with us, that you appear in plain sight when your cloud stops over us, and that you go before us in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ Now if you kill all your people, the nations who have heard of your fame will say

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ that you killed your people in the wilderness because you were not able to bring them into the land you promised to give them. ¹⁷ So now, Lord, I pray, show us your power and do what you promised when you said, ¹⁸ ‘I, the Lord, am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.’ ¹⁹ And now, Lord, according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.” ²⁰ The Lord answered, “I will forgive them, as you have asked.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ But I promise that as surely as I live and as surely as my presence fills the earth,

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me. ²³ They will never enter the land which I promised to their ancestors. None of those who have rejected me will ever enter it. ²⁴ But because my servant Caleb has a different attitude and has remained loyal to me, I will bring him into the land which he explored, and his descendants will possess the land

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ in whose valleys the Amalekites and the Canaanites now live. Turn back tomorrow and go into the wilderness in the direction of the Gulf of Aqaba.”

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ “How much longer are these wicked people going to complain against me? I have heard enough of these complaints! ²⁸ Now give them this answer: ‘I swear that as surely as I live, I will do to you just what you have asked. I, the Lord, have spoken. ²⁹ You will die and your corpses will be scattered across this wilderness. Because you have complained against me, none of you over twenty years of age will enter that land. ³⁰ I promised to let you live there, but not one of you will, except Caleb and Joshua. ³¹ You said that your children would be captured, but I will bring them into the land that you rejected, and it will be their home.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² You will die here in this wilderness. ³³ Your children will wander in the wilderness for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last one of you dies. ³⁴ You will suffer the consequences of your sin for forty years, one year for each of the forty days you spent exploring the land. You will know what it means to have me against you! ³⁵ I swear that I will do this to you wicked people who have gathered together against me. Here in the wilderness every one of you will die. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ -37 The men Moses had sent to explore the land brought back a false report which caused the people to complain against the Lord. And so the Lord struck them with a disease, and they died. ³⁸ Of the twelve spies only Joshua and Caleb survived.

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ When Moses told the Israelites what the Lord had said, they mourned bitterly. ⁴⁰ Early the next morning they started out to invade the hill country, saying, “Now we are ready to go to the place which the Lord told us about. We admit that we have sinned.”

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ But Moses said, “Then why are you disobeying the Lord now? You will not succeed! ⁴² Don't go. The Lord is not with you, and your enemies will defeat you. ⁴³ When you face the Amalekites and the Canaanites, you will die in battle; the Lord will not be with you, because you have refused to follow him.” ⁴⁴ Yet they still dared to go up into the hill country, even though neither the Lord's Covenant Box nor Moses left the camp. ⁴⁵ Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived there attacked and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hormah.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord gave Moses ² the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them. ³ A bull, a ram, a sheep, or a goat may be presented to the Lord as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering or as an offering at your regular religious festivals; the odor of these food offerings is pleasing to the Lord.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ -5 Whoever presents a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering to the Lord is to bring with each animal 2 pounds of flour mixed with 2 pints of olive oil as a grain offering, together with 2 pints of wine. ⁶ When a ram is offered, 4 pounds of flour mixed with 3 pints of olive oil are to be presented as a grain offering,

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ together with 3 pints of wine. The odor of these sacrifices is pleasing to the Lord.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ When a bull is offered to the Lord as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow or as a fellowship offering,

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ a grain offering of 6 pounds of flour mixed with 4 pints of olive oil is to be presented,

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ together with 4 pints of wine. The odor of this sacrifice is pleasing to the Lord.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ That is what shall be offered with each bull, ram, sheep, or goat.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² When more than one animal is offered, the accompanying offering is to be increased proportionately.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ All native Israelites are to do this when they present a food offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ And if at any time foreigners living among you, whether on a temporary or a permanent basis, make a food offering, an odor that pleases the Lord, they are to observe the same regulations. ¹⁵ For all time to come, the same rules are binding on you and on the foreigners who live among you. You and they are alike in the Lord's sight;

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ the same laws and regulations apply to you and to them. ¹⁷ The Lord gave Moses ¹⁸ the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them. ¹⁹ When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to the Lord. ²⁰ When you bake bread, the first loaf of the first bread made from the new grain is to be presented as a special contribution to the Lord. This is to be presented in the same way as the special contribution you make from the grain you thresh.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ For all time to come, this special gift is to be given to the Lord from the bread you bake.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² But suppose someone unintentionally fails to keep some of these regulations which the Lord has given Moses. ²³ And suppose that in the future the community fails to do everything that the Lord commanded through Moses. ²⁴ If the mistake was made because of the ignorance of the community, they are to offer a bull as a burnt offering, an odor that pleases the Lord, with the proper grain offering and wine offering. In addition, they are to offer a male goat as a sin offering.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ The priest shall perform the ritual of purification for the community, and they will be forgiven, because the mistake was unintentional and they brought their sin offering as a food offering to the Lord.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ The whole community of Israel and the foreigners living among them will be forgiven, because everyone was involved in the mistake.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ If any of you sin unintentionally, you are to offer a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering. ²⁸ At the altar the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to purify you from your sin, and you will be forgiven. ²⁹ The same regulation applies to all who unintentionally commit a sin, whether they are native Israelites or resident foreigners. ³⁰ But any who sin deliberately, whether they are natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating the Lord with contempt, and they shall be put to death, ³¹ because they have rejected what the Lord said and have deliberately broken one of his commands. They are responsible for their own death.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² Once, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath. ³³ He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community, ³⁴ and was put under guard, because it was not clear what should be done with him. ³⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him to death outside the camp.”

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded.

Rules about Tassels

³⁷ The Lord commanded Moses ³⁸ to say to the people of Israel: “Make tassels on the corners of your garments and put a blue cord on each tassel. You are to do this for all time to come.

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ The tassels will serve as reminders, and each time you see them you will remember all my commands and obey them; then you will not turn away from me and follow your own wishes and desires. ⁴⁰ The tassels will remind you to keep all my commands, and you will belong completely to me.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ I am the Lord your God; I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ -2 Korah son of Izhar, from the Levite clan of Kohath, rebelled against the leadership of Moses. He was joined by three members of the tribe of Reuben—Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—and by 250 other Israelites, well-known leaders chosen by the community. ³ They assembled before Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! All the members of the community belong to the Lord, and the Lord is with all of us. Why, then, Moses, do you set yourself above the Lord's community?”

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ When Moses heard this, he threw himself on the ground and prayed. ⁵ Then he said to Korah and his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us who belongs to him; he will let the one who belongs to him, that is, the one he has chosen, approach him at the altar. ⁶ -7 Tomorrow morning you and your followers take fire pans, put live coals and incense on them, and take them to the altar. Then we will see which of us the Lord has chosen. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!”

The Share of the Priests

⁸ Moses continued to speak to Korah. “Listen, you Levites!

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Do you consider it a small matter that the God of Israel has set you apart from the rest of the community, so that you can approach him, perform your service in the Lord's Tent, and minister to the community and serve them?

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ He has let you and all the other Levites have this honor—and now you are trying to get the priesthood too!

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ When you complain against Aaron, it is really against the Lord that you and your followers are rebelling.”

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, but they said, “We will not come!

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Isn't it enough that you have brought us out of the fertile land of Egypt to kill us here in the wilderness? Do you also have to lord it over us?

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ You certainly have not brought us into a fertile land or given us fields and vineyards as our possession, and now you are trying to deceive us. We will not come!” ¹⁵ Moses became angry and said to the Lord, “Do not accept any offerings these men bring. I have not wronged any of them; I have not even taken one of their donkeys.”

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow you and your 250 followers must come to the Tent of the Lord's presence; Aaron will also be there. ¹⁷ Each of you will take his fire pan, put incense on it, and then present it at the altar.” ¹⁸ So they each took their fire pans, put live coals and incense on them, and stood at the entrance of the Tent with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹ Then Korah gathered the whole community, and they stood facing Moses and Aaron at the entrance of the Tent. Suddenly the dazzling light of the Lord's presence appeared to the whole community, ²⁰ and the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ “Move back from these people, and I will destroy them immediately.”

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² But Moses and Aaron bowed down with their faces to the ground and said, “O God, you are the source of all life. When one of us sins, do you become angry with the whole community?” ²³ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁴ “Tell the people to move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ Then Moses, accompanied by the leaders of Israel, went to Dathan and Abiram.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ He said to the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men and don't touch anything that belongs to them. Otherwise, you will be wiped out with them for all their sins.”

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and children. ²⁸ Moses said to the people, “This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things and that it is not by my own choice that I have done them. ²⁹ If these men die a natural death without some punishment from God, then the Lord did not send me. ³⁰ But if the Lord does something unheard of, and the earth opens up and swallows them with all they own, so that they go down alive to the world of the dead, you will know that these men have rejected the Lord.” ³¹ As soon as he had finished speaking, the ground under Dathan and Abiram split open

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² and swallowed them and their families, together with all of Korah's followers and their possessions. ³³ So they went down alive to the world of the dead, with their possessions. The earth closed over them, and they vanished. ³⁴ All the people of Israel who were there fled when they heard their cry. They shouted, “Run! The earth might swallow us too!” ³⁵ Then the Lord sent a fire that blazed out and burned up the 250 men who had presented the incense.

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses,

Rules about Tassels

³⁷ “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the bronze fire pans from the remains of those who have been burned, and scatter the coals from the fire pans somewhere else, because the fire pans are holy. ³⁸ They became holy when they were presented at the Lord's altar. So take the fire pans of these who were put to death for their sin, beat them into thin plates, and make a covering for the altar. It will be a warning to the people of Israel.”

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ So Eleazar the priest took the fire pans and had them beaten into thin plates to make a covering for the altar. ⁴⁰ This was a warning to the Israelites that no one who was not a descendant of Aaron should come to the altar to burn incense for the Lord. Otherwise he would be destroyed like Korah and his men. All this was done as the Lord had commanded Eleazar through Moses.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ The next day the whole community complained against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have killed some of the Lord's people.” ⁴² After they had all gathered to protest to Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tent and saw that the cloud was covering it and that the dazzling light of the Lord's presence had appeared. ⁴³ Moses and Aaron went and stood in front of the Tent, ⁴⁴ and the Lord said to Moses, ⁴⁵ “Move back from these people, and I will destroy them on the spot!” The two of them bowed down with their faces to the ground, ⁴⁶ and Moses said to Aaron, “Take your fire pan, put live coals from the altar in it, and put some incense on the coals. Then hurry with it to the people and perform the ritual of purification for them. Hurry! The Lord's anger has already broken out and an epidemic has already begun.” ⁴⁷ Aaron obeyed, took his fire pan and ran into the middle of the assembled people. When he saw that the plague had already begun, he put the incense on the coals and performed the ritual of purification for the people. ⁴⁸ This stopped the plague, and he was left standing between the living and the dead. ⁴⁹ The number of people who died was 14,700, not counting those who died in Korah's rebellion.

Instructions before Crossing the Jordan

⁵⁰ When the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tent.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord said to Moses, ² “Tell the people of Israel to give you twelve walking sticks, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man's name on his stick ³ and then write Aaron's name on the stick representing Levi. There will be one stick for each tribal leader.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Take them to the Tent of my presence and put them in front of the Covenant Box, where I meet you. ⁵ Then the stick of the man I have chosen will sprout. In this way I will put a stop to the constant complaining of these Israelites against you.” ⁶ So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a stick, one for each tribe, twelve in all, and Aaron's stick was put with them.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ Moses then put all the sticks in the Tent in front of the Lord's Covenant Box.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ The next day, when Moses went into the Tent, he saw that Aaron's stick, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted. It had budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Moses took all the sticks and showed them to the Israelites. They saw what had happened, and each leader took his own stick back.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron's stick back in front of the Covenant Box. It is to be kept as a warning to the rebel Israelites that they will die unless their complaining stops.”

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Moses did as the Lord commanded.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² The people of Israel said to Moses, “Then that's the end of us!

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ If anyone who even comes near the Tent must die, then we are all as good as dead!”

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and the Levites must suffer the consequences of any guilt connected with serving in the Tent of my presence; but only you and your sons will suffer the consequences of service in the priesthood. ² Bring in your relatives, the tribe of Levi, to work with you and help you while you and your sons are serving at the Tent. ³ They are to fulfill their duties to you and their responsibilities for the Tent, but they must not have any contact with sacred objects in the Holy Place or with the altar. If they do, both they and you will be put to death.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ They are to work with you and fulfill their responsibilities for all the service in the Tent, but no unqualified person may work with you. ⁵ You and your sons alone must fulfill the responsibilities for the Holy Place and the altar, so that my anger will not again break out against the people of Israel. ⁶ I am the one who has chosen your relatives the Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you. They are dedicated to me, so that they can carry out their duties in the Tent.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ But you and your sons alone shall fulfill all the responsibilities of the priesthood that concern the altar and what is in the Most Holy Place. These things are your responsibility, because I have given you the gift of the priesthood. Any unqualified person who comes near the sacred objects shall be put to death.”

The Share of the Priests

⁸ The Lord said to Aaron, “Remember that I am giving you all the special contributions made to me that are not burned as sacrifices. I am giving them to you and to your descendants as the part assigned to you forever.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Of the most sacred offerings not burned on the altar, the following belong to you: the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the repayment offerings. Everything that is presented to me as a sacred offering belongs to you and your sons.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ You must eat these things in a holy place, and only males may eat them; consider them holy.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ “In addition, any other special contributions that the Israelites present to me shall be yours. I am giving them to you, your sons, and your daughters for all time to come. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat them.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² “I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ It all belongs to you. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat it.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ “Everything in Israel that has been unconditionally dedicated to me belongs to you. ¹⁵ “Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard. ¹⁷ But the first-born of cows, sheep, and goats are not to be bought back; they belong completely to me and are to be sacrificed. Throw their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an odor pleasing to me. ¹⁸ The meat from them belongs to you, like the breast and the right hind leg of the special offering. ¹⁹ “I am giving to you, to your sons, and to your daughters, for all time to come, all the special contributions which the Israelites present to me. This is an unbreakable covenant that I have made with you and your descendants.” ²⁰ The Lord said to Aaron, “You will not receive any property that can be inherited, and no part of the land of Israel will be assigned to you. I, the Lord, am all you need.”

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ The Lord said, “I have given to the Levites every tithe that the people of Israel present to me. This is in payment for their service in taking care of the Tent of my presence.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death. ²³ From now on only the Levites will take care of the Tent and bear the full responsibility for it. This is a permanent rule that applies also to your descendants. The Levites shall have no permanent property in Israel, ²⁴ because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel.”

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ The Lord commanded Moses

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ to say to the Levites: “When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the Lord gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the Lord.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ This special contribution will be considered as the equivalent of the offering which the farmer makes of new grain and new wine. ²⁸ In this way you also will present the special contribution that belongs to the Lord from all the tithes which you receive from the Israelites. You are to give this special contribution for the Lord to Aaron the priest. ²⁹ Give it from the best that you receive. ³⁰ When you have presented the best part, you may keep the rest, just as the farmer keeps what is left after he makes his offering. ³¹ You and your families may eat the rest anywhere, because it is your wages for your service in the Tent.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² You will not become guilty when you eat it, as long as you have presented the best of it to the Lord. But be sure not to profane the sacred gifts of the Israelites by eating any of the gifts before the best part is offered; if you do, you will be put to death.”

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord commanded Moses and Aaron ² to give the Israelites the following regulations. Bring to Moses and Aaron a red cow which has no defects and which has never been worked, ³ and they will give it to Eleazar the priest. It is to be taken outside the camp and killed in his presence.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Then Eleazar is to take some of its blood and with his finger sprinkle it seven times in the direction of the Tent. ⁵ The whole animal, including skin, meat, blood, and intestines, is to be burned in the presence of the priest. ⁶ Then he is to take some cedar wood, a sprig of hyssop, and a red cord and throw them into the fire.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ After that, he is to wash his clothes and pour water over himself, and then he may enter the camp; but he remains ritually unclean until evening.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ The one who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and pour water over himself, but he also remains unclean until evening.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Then someone who is ritually clean is to collect the ashes of the cow and put them in a ritually clean place outside the camp, where they are to be kept for the Israelite community to use in preparing the water for removing ritual uncleanness. This ritual is performed to remove sin.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The one who collected the ashes must wash his clothes, but he remains unclean until evening. This regulation is valid for all time to come, both for the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² They must purify themselves with the water for purification on the third day and on the seventh day, and then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on both the third and the seventh day, they will not be clean.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Those who touch a corpse and do not purify themselves remain unclean, because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile the Lord's Tent, and they will no longer be considered God's people.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ In the case of a person who dies in a tent, anyone who is in the tent at the time of death or who enters it becomes ritually unclean for seven days. ¹⁵ Every jar and pot in the tent that has no lid on it also becomes unclean.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ If any touch a person who has been killed or has died a natural death outdoors or if any touch a human bone or a grave, they become unclean for seven days. ¹⁷ To remove the uncleanness, some ashes from the red cow which was burned to remove sin shall be taken and put in a pot, and fresh water added. ¹⁸ In the first case, someone who is ritually clean is to take a sprig of hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, everything in it, and the people who were there. In the second case, someone who is ritually clean is to sprinkle the water on those who had touched the human bone or the dead body or the grave. ¹⁹ On the third day and on the seventh the person who is ritually clean is to sprinkle the water on the unclean persons. On the seventh day he is to purify those, who, after washing their clothes and pouring water over themselves, become ritually clean at sunset. ²⁰ Those who have become ritually unclean and do not purify themselves remain unclean, because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile the Lord's Tent and will no longer be considered God's people.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ You are to observe this rule for all time to come. The person who sprinkles the water for purification must also wash his clothes; anyone who touches the water remains ritually unclean until evening.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² Whatever an unclean person touches is unclean, and anyone else who touches it remains unclean until evening.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ In the first month the whole community of Israel came to the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. ² There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered around Moses and Aaron ³ and complained: “It would have been better if we had died in front of the Lord's Tent along with the other Israelites.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Why have you brought us out into this wilderness? Just so that we can die here with our animals? ⁵ Why did you bring us out of Egypt into this miserable place where nothing will grow? There's no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates. There is not even any water to drink!” ⁶ Moses and Aaron moved away from the people and stood at the entrance of the Tent. They bowed down with their faces to the ground, and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence appeared to them.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ The Lord said to Moses,

The Share of the Priests

⁸ “Take the stick that is in front of the Covenant Box, and then you and Aaron assemble the whole community. There in front of them all speak to that rock over there, and water will gush out of it. In this way you will bring water out of the rock for the people, for them and their animals to drink.”

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Moses went and got the stick, as the Lord had commanded.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ He and Aaron assembled the whole community in front of the rock, and Moses said, “Listen, you rebels! Do we have to get water out of this rock for you?”

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Then Moses raised the stick and struck the rock twice with it, and a great stream of water gushed out, and all the people and animals drank.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² But the Lord reprimanded Moses and Aaron. He said, “Because you did not have enough faith to acknowledge my holy power before the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land that I promised to give them.”

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ This happened at Meribah, where the people of Israel complained against the Lord and where he showed them that he is holy.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. They said, “This message is from your kinsmen, the tribes of Israel. You know the hardships we have suffered, ¹⁵ how our ancestors went to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated our ancestors and us,

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ and we cried to the Lord for help. He heard our cry and sent an angel, who led us out of Egypt. Now we are at Kadesh, a town at the border of your territory. ¹⁷ Please permit us to pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road or go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink from your wells. We will stay on the main road until we are out of your territory.” ¹⁸ But the Edomites answered, “We refuse to let you pass through our country! If you try, we will march out and attack you.” ¹⁹ The people of Israel said, “We will stay on the main road, and if we or our animals drink any of your water, we will pay for it—all we want is to pass through.” ²⁰ The Edomites repeated, “We refuse!” and they marched out with a powerful army to attack the people of Israel.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ Because the Edomites would not let the Israelites pass through their territory, the Israelites turned and went another way.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² The whole community of Israel left Kadesh and arrived at Mount Hor, ²³ on the border of Edom. There the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ²⁴ “Aaron is not going to enter the land which I promised to give to Israel; he is going to die, because the two of you rebelled against my command at Meribah.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ Take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor,

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ and there remove Aaron's priestly robes and put them on Eleazar. Aaron is going to die there.”

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ Moses did what the Lord had commanded. They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community, ²⁸ and Moses removed Aaron's priestly robes and put them on Eleazar. There on the top of the mountain Aaron died, and Moses and Eleazar came back down. ²⁹ The whole community learned that Aaron had died, and they all mourned for him for thirty days.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ When the Canaanite king of Arad in the southern part of Canaan heard that the Israelites were coming by way of Atharim, he attacked them and captured some of them. ² Then the Israelites made a vow to the Lord: “If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate them and their cities to you and will destroy them.” ³ The Lord heard them and helped them conquer the Canaanites. So the Israelites completely destroyed them and their cities, and named the place Hormah.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road that leads to the Gulf of Aqaba, in order to go around the territory of Edom. But on the way the people lost their patience ⁵ and spoke against God and Moses. They complained, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can't stand any more of this miserable food!” ⁶ Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many Israelites were bitten and died.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Now pray to the Lord to take these snakes away.” So Moses prayed for the people.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ Then the Lord told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten would look at the bronze snake and be healed.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ After leaving that place, they camped at the ruins of Abarim in the wilderness east of Moabite territory.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² Then they camped in Zered Valley.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ From there they moved again and camped on the north side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness which extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.)

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ That is why The Book of the Lord's Battlesspeaks of “...the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the valleys; the Arnon River, ¹⁵ and the slope of the valleys that extend to the town of Ar and toward the border of Moab.”

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ From there they went on to a place called Wells, where the Lord said to Moses, “Bring the people together, and I will give them water.” ¹⁷ At that time the people of Israel sang this song:
“Wells, produce your water;
And we will greet it with a song—
¹⁸ The well dug by princes
And by leaders of the people,
Dug with a royal scepter
And with their walking sticks.” They moved from the wilderness to Mattanah, ¹⁹ and from there they went on to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, ²⁰ and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of the Moabites, below the top of Mount Pisgah, looking out over the desert.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say:

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² “Let us pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road and go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from your wells; we will stay on the main road until we are out of your territory.” ²³ But Sihon would not permit the people of Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered his army and went out to Jahaz in the wilderness and attacked the Israelites. ²⁴ But the Israelites killed many of the enemy in battle and occupied their land from the Arnon River north to the Jabbok, that is, to the Ammonites, because the Ammonite border was strongly defended.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ So the people of Israel captured all the Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all the surrounding towns, and settled in them.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ Heshbon was the capital city of the Amorite king Sihon, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had captured all his land as far as the Arnon River.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ That is why the poets sing,
“Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city!
We want to see it rebuilt and restored.
²⁸ Once from this city of Heshbon
Sihon's army went forth like a fire;
It destroyed the city of Ar in Moab
And devoured the hills of the upper Arnon.
²⁹ How terrible for you, people of Moab!
You worshipers of Chemosh are brought to ruin!
Your god let the men become refugees,
And the women became captives of the Amorite king.
³⁰ But now their descendants are destroyed,
All the way from Heshbon to Dibon,
From Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba.” ³¹ So the people of Israel settled in the territory of the Amorites,

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² and Moses sent men to find the best way to attack the city of Jazer. The Israelites captured it and its surrounding towns and drove out the Amorites living there. ³³ Then the Israelites turned and took the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan marched out with his army to attack them at Edrei. ³⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him. I will give you victory over him, all his people, and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled at Heshbon.” ³⁵ So the Israelites killed Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors, and then they occupied his land.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Israelites moved on and set up camp in the plains of Moab east of the Jordan and opposite Jericho. ² When the king of Moab, Balak son of Zippor, heard what the Israelites had done to the Amorites and how many Israelites there were, ³ he and all his people became terrified.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ The Moabites said to the leaders of the Midianites, “This horde will soon destroy everything around us, like a bull eating the grass in a pasture.” So King Balak ⁵ sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor near the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw. They brought him this message from Balak: “I want you to know that a whole nation has come from Egypt; its people are spreading out everywhere and threatening to take over our land. ⁶ They outnumber us, so please come and put a curse on them for me. Then perhaps we will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. I know that when you pronounce a blessing, people are blessed, and when you pronounce a curse, they are placed under a curse.”

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ So the Moabite and Midianite leaders took with them the payment for the curse, went to Balaam, and gave him Balak's message.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ Balaam said to them, “Spend the night here, and tomorrow I will report to you whatever the Lord tells me.” So the Moabite leaders stayed with Balaam.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these people that are staying with you?”

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ He answered, “King Balak of Moab has sent them to tell me

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ that a people who came from Egypt has spread out over the whole land. He wants me to curse them for him, so that he can fight them and drive them out.”

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them, and do not put a curse on the people of Israel, because they have my blessing.”

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ The next morning Balaam went to Balak's messengers and said, “Go back home; the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ So they returned to Balak and told him that Balaam had refused to come with them. ¹⁵ Then Balak sent a larger number of leaders, who were more important than the first.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ They went to Balaam and gave him this message from Balak: “Please don't let anything prevent you from coming to me! ¹⁷ I will reward you richly and do anything you say. Please come and curse these people for me.” ¹⁸ But Balaam answered, “Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not disobey the command of the Lord my God in even the smallest matter. ¹⁹ But please spend the night, as the others did, so that I may learn whether or not the Lord has something else to tell me.” ²⁰ That night God came to Balaam and said, “If these men have come to ask you to go with them, get ready and go, but do only what I tell you.”

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ So the next morning Balaam saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite leaders.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² God was angry that Balaam was going, and as Balaam was riding along on his donkey, accompanied by his two servants, the angel of the Lord stood in the road to bar his way. ²³ When the donkey saw the angel standing there holding a sword, it left the road and turned into the fields. Balaam beat the donkey and brought it back onto the road. ²⁴ Then the angel stood where the road narrowed between two vineyards and had a stone wall on each side.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ When the donkey saw the angel, it moved over against the wall and crushed Balaam's foot against it. Again Balaam beat the donkey.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ Once more the angel moved ahead; he stood in a narrow place where there was no room at all to pass on either side.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ This time, when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down. Balaam lost his temper and began to beat the donkey with his stick. ²⁸ Then the Lord gave the donkey the power of speech, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you? Why have you beaten me these three times?” ²⁹ Balaam answered, “Because you have made a fool of me! If I had a sword, I would kill you.” ³⁰ The donkey replied, “Am I not the same donkey on which you have ridden all your life? Have I ever treated you like this before?” “No,” he answered. ³¹ Then the Lord let Balaam see the angel standing there with his sword; and Balaam threw himself face downward on the ground.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² The angel demanded, “Why have you beaten your donkey three times like this? I have come to bar your way, because you should not be making this journey. ³³ But your donkey saw me and turned aside three times. If it hadn't, I would have killed you and spared the donkey.” ³⁴ Balaam replied, “I have sinned. I did not know that you were standing in the road to oppose me; but now if you think it is wrong for me to go on, I will return home.” ³⁵ But the angel said, “Go on with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with them.

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at Ar, a city on the Arnon River at the border of Moab.

Rules about Tassels

³⁷ Balak said to him, “Why didn't you come when I sent for you the first time? Did you think I wasn't able to reward you enough?” ³⁸ Balaam answered, “I came, didn't I? But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.”

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ So Balaam went with Balak to the town of Huzoth, ⁴⁰ where Balak slaughtered cattle and sheep and gave some of the meat to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, from where Balaam could see a part of the people of Israel.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ He said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and bring me seven bulls and seven rams.” ² Balak did as he was told, and he and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. ³ Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go to see whether or not the Lord will meet me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So he went alone to the top of a hill,

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ and God met him. Balaam said to him, “I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each.” ⁵ The Lord told Balaam what to say and sent him back to Balak to give him his message. ⁶ So he went back and found Balak still standing by his burnt offering with all the leaders of Moab.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ Balaam uttered this prophecy:
“Balak king of Moab has brought me
From Syria, from the eastern mountains.
‘Come speak for me,’ he said.
‘Put a curse on the people of Israel.’

The Share of the Priests

⁸ How can I curse what God has not cursed,
Or speak of doom when the Lord has not?

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ From the high rocks I can see them;
I can watch them from the hills.
They are a nation that lives alone;
They know they are blessed more than other nations.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The descendants of Israel are like the dust—
There are too many of them to be counted.
Let me end my days like one of God's people;
Let me die in peace like the righteous.”

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but all you have done is bless them.”

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² He answered, “I can say only what the Lord tells me to say.”

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come with me to another place from which you can see only some of the Israelites. Curse them for me from there.”

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ He took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Mount Pisgah. There also he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each of them. ¹⁵ Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will meet God over there.”

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ The Lord met Balaam, told him what to say, and sent him back to Balak to give him his message. ¹⁷ So he went back and found Balak still standing by his burnt offering, with the leaders of Moab. Balak asked what the Lord had said, ¹⁸ and Balaam uttered this prophecy:
“Come, Balak son of Zippor,
And listen to what I have to say.
¹⁹ God is not like people, who lie;
He is not a human who changes his mind.
Whatever he promises, he does;
He speaks, and it is done.
²⁰ I have been instructed to bless,
And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ I foresee that Israel's future
Will bring her no misfortune or trouble.
The Lord their God is with them;
They proclaim that he is their king.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² God has brought them out of Egypt;
He fights for them like a wild ox.
²³ There is no magic charm, no witchcraft,
That can be used against the nation of Israel.
Now people will say about Israel,
‘Look what God has done!’
²⁴ The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion:
It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured,
Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed.”

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ Then Balak said to Balaam, “You refuse to curse the people of Israel, but at least don't bless them!”

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ Balaam answered, “Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the Lord told me?”

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ Balak said, “Come with me, and I will take you to another place. Perhaps God will be willing to let you curse them for me from there.” ²⁸ So he took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor overlooking the desert. ²⁹ Balaam said to him, “Build seven altars for me here and bring me seven bulls and seven rams.” ³⁰ Balak did as he was told, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ By now Balaam knew that the Lord wanted him to bless the people of Israel, so he did not go to look for omens, as he had done before. He turned toward the desert ² and saw the people of Israel camped tribe by tribe. The spirit of God took control of him, ³ and he uttered this prophecy:
“The message of Balaam son of Beor,
The words of the man who can see clearly,

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Who can hear what God is saying.
With staring eyes I see in a trance
A vision from Almighty God.
⁵ The tents of Israel are beautiful,
⁶ Like long rows of palms
Or gardens beside a river,
Like aloes planted by the Lord
Or cedars beside the water.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ They will have abundant rainfall
And plant their seed in well-watered fields.
Their king shall be greater than Agag,
And his rule shall be extended far and wide.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ God brought them out of Egypt;
He fights for them like a wild ox.
They devour their enemies,
Crush their bones, smash their arrows.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ The nation is like a mighty lion;
When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it.
Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed,
And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.”

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ Balak clenched his fists in anger and said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but three times now you have blessed them instead.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Now get on home! I promised to reward you, but the Lord has kept you from getting the reward.”

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² Balaam answered, “I told the messengers you sent to me that

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ even if you gave me all the silver and gold in your palace, I could not disobey the command of the Lord by doing anything of myself. I will say only what the Lord tells me to say.”

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ Balaam said to Balak, “Now I am going back to my own people, but before I go, I am warning you what the people of Israel will do to your people in the future.” ¹⁵ Then he uttered this prophecy:
“The message of Balaam son of Beor,
The words of the man who can see clearly,

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ Who can hear what God is saying
And receive the knowledge that comes from the Most High.
With staring eyes I see in a trance
A vision from Almighty God.
¹⁷ I look into the future,
And I see the nation of Israel.
A king, like a bright star, will arise in that nation.
Like a comet he will come from Israel.
He will strike the leaders of Moab
And beat down all the people of Seth.
¹⁸ He will conquer his enemies in Edom
And make their land his property,
While Israel continues victorious.
¹⁹ The nation of Israel will trample them down
And wipe out the last survivors.” ²⁰ Then in his vision Balaam saw the Amalekites and uttered this prophecy:
“Amalek was the most powerful nation of all,
But at the end it will perish forever.”

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ In his vision he saw the Kenites, and uttered this prophecy:
“The place where you live is secure,
Safe as a nest set high on a cliff,

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² But you Kenites will be destroyed
When Assyria takes you captive.” ²³ Balaam uttered this prophecy:
“Who are these people gathering in the north?
²⁴ Invaders will sail from Cyprus;
They will conquer Assyria and Eber,
But they, in turn, will perish forever.”

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ Then Balaam got ready and went back home, and Balak went on his way.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there. ² These women invited them to sacrificial feasts, where the god of Moab was worshiped. The Israelites ate the food and worshiped the god ³ Baal of Peor. So the Lord was angry with them

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ and said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of Israel and, in obedience to me, execute them in broad daylight, and then I will no longer be angry with the people.” ⁵ Moses said to the officials, “Each of you is to kill every man in your tribe who has become a worshiper of Baal of Peor.” ⁶ One of the Israelites took a Midianite woman into his tent in the sight of Moses and the whole community, while they were mourning at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest, saw this, he got up and left the assembly. He took a spear,

The Share of the Priests

⁸ followed the man and the woman into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them. In this way the epidemic that was destroying Israel was stopped,

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ but it had already killed twenty-four thousand people.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The Lord said to Moses,

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ “Because of what Phinehas has done, I am no longer angry with the people of Israel. He refused to tolerate the worship of any god but me, and that is why I did not destroy them in my anger.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² So tell him that I am making a covenant with him that is valid for all time to come.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ He and his descendants are permanently established as priests, because he did not tolerate any rivals to me and brought about forgiveness for the people's sin.”

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the head of a family in the tribe of Simeon. ¹⁵ The woman's name was Cozbi. Zur, her father, was chief of a group of Midianite clans.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ The Lord commanded Moses, ¹⁷ “Attack the Midianites and destroy them, ¹⁸ because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor.”

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ After the epidemic the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, ² “Take a census by families of the whole community of Israel, of all men twenty years old or older who are fit for military service.” ³ -4 Moses and Eleazar obeyed and called together all the men of that age group. They assembled in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho. These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt: ⁵ The tribe of Reuben (Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob): the clans of Hanoch, Pallu, ⁶ Hezron, and Carmi.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ These clans numbered 43,730 men.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ The descendants of Pallu were Eliab

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ and his sons Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These are the Dathan and Abiram who were chosen by the community. They defied Moses and Aaron and joined the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The ground opened and swallowed them, and they died with Korah and his followers when fire destroyed 250 men; they became a warning to the people.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ But the sons of Korah were not killed.)

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² The tribe of Simeon: the clans of Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin,

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Zerah, and Shaul.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ These clans numbered 22,200 men. ¹⁵ The tribe of Gad: the clans of Zephon, Haggi, Shuni,

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ Ozni, Eri, ¹⁷ Arod, and Areli. ¹⁸ These clans numbered 40,500 men. ¹⁹ -21 The tribe of Judah: the clans of Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hezron, and Hamul. (Two of Judah's sons, Er and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan.)

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² These clans numbered 76,500 men. ²³ The tribe of Issachar: the clans of Tola, Puah, ²⁴ Jashub, and Shimron.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ These clans numbered 64,300 men.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ The tribe of Zebulun: the clans of Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ These clans numbered 60,500 men. ²⁸ The tribes of Joseph, who was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead: ³⁰ the clans of Iezer, Helek, ³¹ Asriel, Shechem,

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² Shemida, and Hepher. ³³ Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These clans numbered 52,700 men. ³⁵ The tribe of Ephraim: the clans of Shuthelah, Becher, and Tahan.

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ The clan of Eran traced its descent from Shuthelah.

Rules about Tassels

³⁷ These clans numbered 32,500 men. These are the clans descended from Joseph. ³⁸ The tribe of Benjamin: the clans of Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram,

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ Shephupham, and Hupham. ⁴⁰ The clans of Ard and Naaman traced their descent from Bela.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ These clans numbered 45,600 men. ⁴² The tribe of Dan: the clan of Shuham, ⁴³ which numbered 64,400 men. ⁴⁴ The tribe of Asher: the clans of Imnah, Ishvi, and Beriah. ⁴⁵ The clans of Heber and Malchiel traced their descent from Beriah. ⁴⁶ Asher had a daughter named Serah. ⁴⁷ These clans numbered 53,400 men. ⁴⁸ The tribe of Naphtali: the clans of Jahzeel, Guni, ⁴⁹ Jezer, and Shillem.

Instructions before Crossing the Jordan

⁵⁰ These clans numbered 45,400 men. ⁵¹ The total number of the Israelite men was 601,730. ⁵² The Lord said to Moses, ⁵³ “Divide the land among the tribes, according to their size. ⁵⁴ -56 Divide the land by drawing lots, and give a large share to a large tribe and a small one to a small tribe.” ⁵⁷ The tribe of Levi consisted of the clans of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁵⁸ Their descendants included the subclans of Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi, and Korah. Kohath was the father of Amram, ⁵⁹ who was married to Levi's daughter Jochebed, who was born in Egypt. She bore Amram two sons, Aaron and Moses, and a daughter, Miriam. ⁶⁰ Aaron had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unholy fire to the Lord. ⁶² The male Levites who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. They were listed separately from the rest of the Israelites, because they were not given any property in Israel. ⁶³ All these clans were listed by Moses and Eleazar when they took a census of the Israelites in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho. ⁶⁴ There was not even one man left among those whom Moses and Aaron had listed in the first census in the Sinai Desert. ⁶⁵ The Lord had said that all of them would die in the wilderness, and except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun they all did.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah were the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph. ² They went and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole community at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence and said, ³ “Our father died in the wilderness without leaving any sons. He was not among the followers of Korah, who rebelled against the Lord; he died because of his own sin.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Just because he had no sons, why should our father's name disappear from Israel? Give us property among our father's relatives.” ⁵ Moses presented their case to the Lord, ⁶ and the Lord said to him,

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ “What the daughters of Zelophehad request is right; give them property among their father's relatives. Let his inheritance pass on to them.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ Tell the people of Israel that whenever a man dies without leaving a son, his daughter is to inherit his property.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ If he has no daughter, his brothers are to inherit it.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ If he has no brothers, his father's brothers are to inherit it.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ If he has no brothers or uncles, then his nearest relative is to inherit it and hold it as his own property. The people of Israel are to observe this as a legal requirement, just as I, the Lord, have commanded you.”

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² The Lord said to Moses, “Go up the Abarim Mountains and look out over the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ After you have seen it, you will die, as your brother Aaron did,

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ because both of you rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin. When the whole community complained against me at Meribah, you refused to acknowledge my holy power before them.” (Meribah is the spring at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) ¹⁵ Moses prayed,

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ “Lord God, source of all life, appoint, I pray, a man who can lead the people ¹⁷ and can command them in battle, so that your community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.” ¹⁸ The Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a capable man, and place your hands on his head. ¹⁹ Have him stand in front of Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and there before them all proclaim him as your successor. ²⁰ Give him some of your own authority, so that the whole community of Israel will obey him.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ He will depend on Eleazar the priest, who will learn my will by using the Urim and Thummim. In this way Eleazar will direct Joshua and the whole community of Israel in all their affairs.”

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² Moses did as the Lord had commanded him. He had Joshua stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community. ²³ As the Lord had commanded, Moses put his hands on Joshua's head and proclaimed him as his successor.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord commanded Moses ² to instruct the Israelites to present to God at the appointed times the required food offerings that are pleasing to him. ³ These are the food offerings that are to be presented to the Lord: for the daily burnt offering, two one-year-old male lambs without any defects.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Offer the first lamb in the morning, and the second in the evening, ⁵ each with a grain offering of 2 pounds of flour, mixed with 2 pints of the best olive oil. ⁶ This is the daily offering that is completely burned, which was first offered at Mount Sinai as a food offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ As the wine offering with the first lamb, pour out at the altar 2 pints of wine.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ In the evening offer the second lamb in the same way as the morning offering, together with its wine offering. It also is a food offering, an odor pleasing to the Lord.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ On the Sabbath day offer two one-year-old male lambs without any defects, 4 pounds of flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering, and the wine offering.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ This burnt offering is to be offered every Sabbath in addition to the daily offering with its wine offering.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Present a burnt offering to the Lord at the beginning of each month: two young bulls, one ram, seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² As a grain offering, offer flour mixed with olive oil: with each bull, 6 pounds of flour; with the ram, 4 pounds;

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ and with each lamb, 2 pounds. These burnt offerings are food offerings, an odor pleasing to the Lord.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ The proper wine offering is 4 pints of wine with each bull, 3 pints with the ram, and 2 pints with each lamb. This is the regulation for the burnt offering for the first day of each month throughout the year. ¹⁵ And in addition to the daily burnt offering with its wine offering, offer one male goat as a sin offering.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ The Passover Festival in honor of the Lord is to be held on the fourteenth day of the first month. ¹⁷ On the fifteenth day a religious festival begins which lasts seven days, during which only bread prepared without yeast is to be eaten. ¹⁸ On the first day of the festival you are to gather for worship, and no work is to be done. ¹⁹ Offer a burnt offering as a food offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ²⁰ Offer the proper grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil: 6 pounds with each bull, 4 pounds with the ram,

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ and 2 pounds with each lamb.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, and in this way perform the ritual of purification for the people. ²³ Offer these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. ²⁴ In the same way, for seven days offer to the Lord a food offering, an odor pleasing to him. Offer this in addition to the daily burnt offering and wine offering.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ Meet for worship on the seventh day and do no work.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ On the first day of the Harvest Festival, when you present the offering of new grain to the Lord, you are to gather for worship, and no work is to be done.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ Offer a burnt offering as an odor pleasing to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ²⁸ Offer the proper grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil: 6 pounds with each bull, 4 pounds with the ram, ²⁹ and 2 pounds with each lamb. ³⁰ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, and in this way perform the ritual of purification for the people. ³¹ Offer these and the wine offering in addition to the daily burnt offering and grain offering.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ On the first day of the seventh month you are to gather for worship, and no work is to be done. On that day trumpets are to be blown. ² Present a burnt offering to the Lord, an odor pleasing to him: one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ³ Offer the proper grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil: 6 pounds of flour with the bull, 4 pounds with the ram,

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ and 2 pounds with each lamb. ⁵ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, and in this way perform the ritual of purification for the people. ⁶ Offer these in addition to the regular burnt offering for the first day of the month with its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and wine offering. These food offerings are an odor pleasing to the Lord.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ Gather for worship on the tenth day of the seventh month; eat no food and do no work.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ Offer a burnt offering to the Lord, an odor pleasing to him: one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ Offer the proper grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil: 6 pounds of flour with the bull, 4 pounds with the ram,

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ and 2 pounds with each lamb.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the goat offered in the ritual of purification for the people, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and wine offering.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² Gather for worship on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. Celebrate this festival in honor of the Lord for seven days and do no work.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ On this first day offer a food offering to the Lord, an odor pleasing to him: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ Offer the proper grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil: 6 pounds of flour with each bull, 4 pounds with each ram, ¹⁵ and 2 pounds with each lamb, with the required wine offerings.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. Offer these in addition to the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and wine offering. ¹⁷ On the second day offer twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ¹⁸ -19 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day. ²⁰ On the third day offer eleven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ -22 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day. ²³ On the fourth day offer ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ²⁴ -25 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ On the fifth day offer nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ -28 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day. ²⁹ On the sixth day offer eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ³⁰ -31 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² On the seventh day offer seven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. ³³ -34 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day. ³⁵ On the eighth day gather for worship and do no work.

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ Offer a burnt offering as a food offering to the Lord, an odor pleasing to him: one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

Rules about Tassels

³⁷ -38 Offer with them all the other offerings required for the first day.

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ These are the regulations concerning the burnt offerings, grain offerings, wine offerings, and fellowship offerings that you are to make to the Lord at your appointed festivals. These are in addition to the offerings you give in fulfillment of a vow or as freewill offerings. ⁴⁰ So Moses told the people of Israel everything that the Lord had commanded him.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ Moses gave the following instructions to the leaders of the tribes of Israel. ² When a man makes a vow to give something to the Lord or takes an oath to abstain from something, he must not break his promise, but must do everything that he said he would. ³ When a young woman still living in her father's house makes a vow to give something to the Lord or promises to abstain from something,

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ she must do everything that she vowed or promised unless her father raises an objection when he hears about it. ⁵ But if her father forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her father refused to let her keep it. ⁶ If an unmarried woman makes a vow, whether deliberately or carelessly, or promises to abstain from something, and then marries,

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ she must do everything that she vowed or promised unless her husband raises an objection when he hears about it.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ A widow or a divorced woman must keep every vow she makes and every promise to abstain from something.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ If a married woman makes a vow or promises to abstain from something,

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ she must do everything that she vowed or promised unless her husband raises an objection when he hears about it.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her husband prevented her from keeping her vow.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Her husband has the right to affirm or to annul any vow or promise that she has made.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ But if, by the day after he hears of the vow, he has raised no objection, she must do everything that she has vowed or promised. He has affirmed the vow by not objecting on the day he heard of it. ¹⁵ But if he later annuls the vow, he must suffer the consequences for the failure to fulfill the vow.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ These are the rules that the Lord gave Moses concerning vows made by an unmarried woman living in her father's house or by a married woman.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord said to Moses, ² “Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die.” ³ So Moses said to the people, “Get ready for war, so that you can attack Midian and punish them for what they did to the Lord.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ From each tribe of Israel send a thousand men to war.” ⁵ So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle. ⁶ Moses sent them to war under the command of Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took charge of the sacred objects and the trumpets for giving signals.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ They attacked Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed all the men,

The Share of the Priests

⁸ including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ The people of Israel captured the Midianite women and children, took their cattle and their flocks, plundered all their wealth,

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ and burned all their cities and camps.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ They took all the loot that they had captured, including the prisoners and the animals,

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² and brought them to Moses and Eleazar and to the community of the people of Israel, who were at the camp on the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Moses, Eleazar, and all the other leaders of the community went out of the camp to meet the army.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ Moses became angry with the officers, the commanders of battalions and companies, who had returned from the war. ¹⁵ He asked them, “Why have you kept all the women alive?

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ Remember that it was the women who followed Balaam's instructions and at Peor led the people to be unfaithful to the Lord. That was what brought the epidemic on the Lord's people. ¹⁷ So now kill every boy and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse, ¹⁸ but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins. ¹⁹ Now all of you who have killed anyone or have touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day purify yourselves and the women you have captured. ²⁰ You must also purify every piece of clothing and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood.”

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ Eleazar the priest said to the men who had returned from battle, “These are the regulations that the Lord has given to Moses.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² -23 Everything that will not burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, is to be purified by passing it through fire. Everything else is to be purified by the water for purification. ²⁴ On the seventh day you must wash your clothes; then you will be ritually clean and will be permitted to enter the camp.”

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ The Lord said to Moses,

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ “You and Eleazar, together with the other leaders of the community, are to count everything that has been captured, including the prisoners and the animals.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ Divide what was taken into two equal parts, one part for the soldiers and the other part for the rest of the community. ²⁸ From the part that belongs to the soldiers, withhold as a tax for the Lord one out of every five hundred prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. ²⁹ Give them to Eleazar the priest as a special contribution to the Lord. ³⁰ From the part given to the rest of the people, take one out of every fifty prisoners and the same proportion of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give them to the Levites who are in charge of the Lord's Tent.” ³¹ Moses and Eleazar did what the Lord commanded.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² -35 The following is a list of what was captured by the soldiers, in addition to what they kept for themselves: 675,000 sheep and goats, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins.

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ -40 The half share of the soldiers was 337,500 sheep and goats, of which 675 were the tax for the Lord; 36,000 cattle for the soldiers, of which 72 were the tax for the Lord; 30,500 donkeys for the soldiers, of which 61 were the tax for the Lord; and 16,000 virgins for the soldiers, of which 32 were the tax for the Lord.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ So Moses gave Eleazar the tax as a special contribution to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded. ⁴² -46 The share of the community was the same as that for the soldiers: 337,500 sheep and goats, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins. ⁴⁷ From this share Moses took one out of every fifty prisoners and animals, and as the Lord had commanded, gave them to the Levites who were in charge of the Lord's Tent. ⁴⁸ Then the officers who had commanded the army went to Moses ⁴⁹ and reported, “Sir, we have counted the soldiers under our command and not one of them is missing.

Instructions before Crossing the Jordan

⁵⁰ So we are bringing the gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces that each of us has taken. We offer them to the Lord as a payment for our lives, so that he will protect us.” ⁵¹ Moses and Eleazar received the gold, all of which was in the form of ornaments. ⁵² The total contribution of the officers weighed over four hundred pounds. ⁵³ Those who were not officers kept the loot they had taken. ⁵⁴ So Moses and Eleazar took the gold to the Tent, so that the Lord would protect the people of Israel.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock. When they saw how suitable the land of Jazer and Gilead was for cattle, ² they went to Moses, Eleazar, and the other leaders of the community and said, ³ -4 “This region which the Lord has helped the Israelites occupy—the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon—is good land for livestock, and we have so much livestock. ⁵ Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the Jordan River and settle there.” ⁶ Moses replied, “Do you want to stay here while the other Israelites go to war?

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ How dare you try to discourage the people of Israel from crossing the Jordan into the land which the Lord has given them?

The Share of the Priests

⁸ That is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ They went as far as Eshcol Valley and saw the land, but when they returned, they discouraged the people from entering the land which the Lord had given them.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ The Lord became angry that day and made a promise:

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ ‘I swear that because they did not remain loyal to me, none of the men twenty years old or older who came out of Egypt will enter the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² This included everyone, except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun; they remained loyal to the Lord.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ The Lord became angry with the people and made them wander in the wilderness forty years until that whole generation that had displeased him was dead.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ And now you have taken your ancestors' place, a new generation of sinful people ready to bring down the fierce anger of the Lord on Israel again. ¹⁵ If you people of Reuben and Gad refuse to follow him now, he will once again abandon all these people in the wilderness, and you will be responsible for their destruction.”

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ They approached Moses and said, “First, allow us to build stone enclosures here for our sheep and fortified towns for our dependents. ¹⁷ Then we will be ready to go with the other Israelites into battle and lead the attack until we have settled them in the land that will be theirs. In the meantime, our dependents can live here in the fortified towns, safe from the people of this land. ¹⁸ We will not return to our homes until all the other Israelites have taken possession of the land assigned to them. ¹⁹ We will not take possession of any property among them on the other side of the Jordan, because we have received our share here east of the Jordan.” ²⁰ Moses answered, “If you really mean what you say, then here in the presence of the Lord get ready to go into battle.

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ All your fighting men are to cross the Jordan and under the command of the Lord they are to attack our enemies until the Lord defeats them

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² and takes possession of the land. After that, you may return, because you will have fulfilled your obligation to the Lord and to the other Israelites. Then the Lord will acknowledge that this land east of the Jordan is yours. ²³ But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the Lord. Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin. ²⁴ So build your towns and the enclosures for your sheep, but do what you have promised!”

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ The men of Gad and Reuben said, “Sir, we will do as you command.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ Our wives and children and our cattle and sheep will remain here in the towns of Gilead.

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ But all of us are ready to go into battle under the Lord's command. We will cross the Jordan and fight, just as you have said.” ²⁸ So Moses gave these commands to Eleazar, Joshua, and the other leaders of Israel: ²⁹ “If the men of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan ready for battle at the Lord's command and if with their help you are able to conquer the land, then give them the land of Gilead as their property. ³⁰ But if they do not cross the Jordan and go into battle with you, they are to receive their share of the property in the land of Canaan, as you do.” ³¹ The men of Gad and Reuben answered, “Sir, we will do as the Lord has commanded.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² Under his command we will cross into the land of Canaan and go into battle, so that we can retain our property here east of the Jordan.” ³³ So Moses assigned to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh all the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan, including the towns and the country around them. ³⁴ The tribe of Gad rebuilt the fortified towns of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, ³⁵ Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

The Fire Pans

Balak Welcomes Balaam

³⁶ Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran.

Rules about Tassels

³⁷ The tribe of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ³⁸ Nebo, Baal Meon (this name was changed), and Sibmah. They gave new names to the towns they rebuilt.

The First Attempt to Invade the Land

(Deuteronomy 1.41-46)

³⁹ The clan of Machir son of Manasseh invaded the land of Gilead, occupied it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. ⁴⁰ So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir, and they lived there.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ Jair, of the tribe of Manasseh, attacked and captured some villages and named them “Villages of Jair.” ⁴² Nobah attacked and captured Kenath and its villages, and he renamed it Nobah, after himself.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The following account gives the names of the places where the Israelites set up camp after they left Egypt in their tribes under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. ² At the command of the Lord, Moses wrote down the name of the place each time they set up camp. ³ The people of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after the first Passover. Under the Lord's protection they left the city of Rameses in full view of the Egyptians,

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ who were burying the first-born sons that the Lord had killed. By doing this, the Lord showed that he was more powerful than the gods of Egypt. ⁵ The people of Israel left Rameses and set up camp at Sukkoth. ⁶ Their next camp was at Etham on the edge of the desert.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ From there they turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the Red Sea into the desert of Shur; after a three days' march they camped at Marah.

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ From there they went to Elim, where they camped, because there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees there.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ They left Elim and camped near the Gulf of Suez.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ Their next camp was in the desert of Sin.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² Then they camped at Dophkah,

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ and after that at Alush.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ Next was Rephidim, where there was no water for them to drink. ¹⁵ -37 From Rephidim to Mount Hor they set up camp at the following places: the Sinai Desert, Kibroth Hattaavah (or “Graves of Craving”), Hazeroth, Rithmah, Rimmon Perez, Libnah, Rissah, Kehelathah, Mount Shepher, Haradah, Makheloth, Tahath, Terah, Mithkah, Hashmonah, Moseroth, Bene Jaakan, Hor Haggidgad, Jotbathah, Abronah, Eziongeber, the wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh), and Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom. ³⁸ -39 At the command of the Lord, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor. At the age of 123 he died there on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites had left Egypt. ⁴⁰ The king of Arad in southern Canaan heard that the Israelites were coming.

Aaron Saves the People

Balaam's First Prophecy

⁴¹ -49 From Mount Hor to the plains of Moab the Israelites set up camp at the following places: Zalmonah, Punon, Oboth, the ruins of Abarim in the territory of Moab, Dibon Gad, Almon Diblathaim, the Abarim Mountains near Mount Nebo, and in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho, between Beth Jeshimoth and Acacia Valley.

Instructions before Crossing the Jordan

⁵⁰ There in the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord gave Moses ⁵¹ the following instructions for Israel: “When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵² you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land. Destroy all their stone and metal idols and all their places of worship. ⁵³ Occupy the land and settle in it, because I am giving it to you. ⁵⁴ Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan. ⁵⁵ But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you. ⁵⁶ If you do not drive them out, I will destroy you, as I planned to destroy them.”

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The Lord gave Moses ² the following instructions for the people of Israel: “When you enter Canaan, the land which I am giving you, the borders of your territory will be as follows. ³ The southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. It will begin on the east at the southern end of the Dead Sea.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ Then it will turn southward toward Akrabbim Pass and continue on through Zin as far south as Kadesh Barnea. Then it will turn northwest to Hazar Addar and on to Azmon, ⁵ where it will turn toward the valley at the border of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean. ⁶ “The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ “The northern border will follow a line from the Mediterranean to Mount Hor

The Share of the Priests

⁸ and from there to Hamath Pass. It will continue to Zedad

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ and to Ziphron, and will end at Hazar Enan.

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ “The eastern border will follow a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ It will then go south to Harbel, east of Ain, and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee,

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² then south along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. “These will be the four borders of your land.”

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ So Moses said to the Israelites, “This is the land that you will receive by drawing lots, the land that the Lord has assigned to the nine and one-half tribes.

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ The tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of Manasseh have received their property, divided according to their families, ¹⁵ on the eastern side of the Jordan, opposite Jericho.”

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁷ “Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun will divide the land for the people. ¹⁸ Take also one leader from each tribe to help them divide it.” ¹⁹ -28 These are the men the Lord chose: ²⁹ These are the men that the Lord assigned to divide the property for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ In the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord said to Moses, ² “Tell the Israelites that from the property they receive they must give the Levites some cities to live in and pasture land around the cities. ³ These cities will belong to the Levites, and they will live there. The pasture land will be for their cattle and all their other animals.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ The pasture land is to extend outward from the city walls five hundred yards in each direction, ⁵ so that there is a square area measuring one thousand yards on each side, with the city in the middle. ⁶ You are to give the Levites six cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally. In addition, give them forty-two other cities

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ The number of Levite cities in each tribe is to be determined according to the size of its territory.”

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ The Lord told Moses

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ to say to the people of Israel: “When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land of Canaan,

Moses Prays for the People

Contact with a Corpse

The Offering on the First Day of the Month

¹¹ you are to choose cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters

¹² There you will be safe from the dead person's relative who seeks revenge. No one accused of manslaughter is to be put to death without a public trial.

Balaam's Second Prophecy

The Army Returns

¹³ Choose six cities,

The King of Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴ three east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan. ¹⁵ These will serve as cities of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners who are temporary or permanent residents. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can escape to one of them.

The Offerings at the Festival of Unleavened Bread

The Leaders Responsible for Dividing the Land

¹⁶ -18 “If, however, any of you use a weapon of iron or stone or wood to kill someone, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death. ¹⁹ The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you. ²⁰ “If you hate someone and kill him by pushing him down or by throwing something at him

The Share of the Levites

Victory over King Sihon and King Og

(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)

²¹ or by striking him with your fist, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death. The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.

The Death of Aaron

Balaam and His Donkey

²² “But suppose you accidentally kill someone you do not hate, whether by pushing him down or by throwing something at him. ²³ Or suppose that, without looking, you throw a stone that kills someone whom you did not intend to hurt and who was not your enemy. ²⁴ In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.

The Levites' Tithe

Division of the Loot

²⁵ You are guilty only of manslaughter, and the community is to rescue you from the dead person's relative, and they are to return you to the city of refuge to which you had escaped. You must live there until the death of the man who is then High Priest.

The \nd Lord\nd* Punishes the People for Complaining

The Offerings at the Harvest Festival

²⁶ If you leave the city of refuge to which you have escaped

Balaam's Third Prophecy

²⁷ and if the dead person's relative finds you and kills you, this act of revenge is not murder. ²⁸ Any of you guilty of manslaughter must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest, but after that you may return home. ²⁹ These rules apply to you and your descendants wherever you may live. ³⁰ “Those accused of murder may be found guilty and put to death only on the evidence of two or more witnesses; the evidence of one witness is not sufficient to support an accusation of murder. ³¹ Murderers must be put to death. They cannot escape this penalty by the payment of money.

The Man Who Broke the Sabbath

³² If they have fled to a city of refuge, do not allow them to make a payment in order to return home before the death of the High Priest. ³³ If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered. ³⁴ Do not defile the land where you are living, because I am the Lord and I live among the people of Israel.”

The People Complain

Laws about Sacrifice

The Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Aaron's Walking Stick

Duties of Priests and Levites

Ashes of the Red Cow

Events at Kadesh

Victory over the Canaanites

The King of Moab Sends for Balaam

The People of Israel at Peor

The Second Census

The Daughters of Zelophehad

The Regular Offerings

The Offerings at the New Year Festival

Rules about Vows

The Holy War against Midian

The Tribes East of the Jordan

(Deuteronomy 3.12-22)

The Journey from Egypt to Moab

The Boundaries of the Land

The Cities Assigned to the Levites

The Inheritance of Married Women

¹ The heads of the families in the clan of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh son of Joseph, went to Moses and the other leaders. ² They said, “The Lord commanded you to distribute the land to the people of Israel by drawing lots. He also commanded you to give the property of our relative Zelophehad to his daughters. ³ But remember, if they marry men of another tribe, their property will then belong to that tribe, and the total allotted to us will be reduced.

The Snake Made of Bronze

⁴ In the Year of Restoration, when all property that has been sold is restored to its original owners, the property of Zelophehad's daughters will be permanently added to the tribe into which they marry and will be lost to our tribe.” ⁵ So Moses gave the people of Israel the following command from the Lord. He said, “What the tribe of Manasseh says is right, ⁶ and so the Lord says that the daughters of Zelophehad are free to marry anyone they wish but only within their own tribe.

The Offerings at the Day of Atonement

⁷ The property of every Israelite will remain attached to his tribe.

The Share of the Priests

⁸ Every woman who inherits property in an Israelite tribe must marry a man belonging to that tribe. In this way all Israelites will inherit the property of their ancestors,

The Sabbath Offering

The Cities of Refuge

(Deuteronomy 19.1-13; Joshua 20.1-9)

⁹ and the property will not pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe will continue to possess its own property.”

From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites

¹⁰ -11 So Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, did as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they married their cousins.

Joshua Is Chosen as Successor to Moses

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

The Offerings at the Festival of Shelters