12 And the children of Israel 'set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of 13 Paran. And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of 14 Moses. And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah 'set forward' according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was 'Ne16 thanel the son of Zuar. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of 17) Helon. And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who barel 18 the tabernacle, set forward. And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts! : and over his host was Elizur the son 19 of Shedeur. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son 21 of Deuel. And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle 22 against they came. And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was 23 Elishama the son of Ammihud. °And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the 24 son of Pedahzur. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25) And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward laccording to their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Am26 mishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was 27 Pagiel the son of Ochran. And over

will give it you come thou with us, and we will do thee good for the LORD hath spoken good concerning 30 Israel. And he said unto him, I will

not go; but I will depart to mine own 31 land, and to my kindred. And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou 32 Ishalt be to us instead of eyes. And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

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And they set forward' from the mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting 34 place for them. And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee 36 flee before thee. And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the Iten thousands of the thousands of Israel.

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And the people "were as 'murmurers, 1speaking evil in the ears of the LORD: and when' the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and 'devoured' in the uttermost part of the 2 camp. And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the 3) LORD, and the fire abated'. And the name of 'that' place 'was' called Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 °We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all: we have nought 7 save this manna to look to. And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearancel thereof as the (8 appearance of bdellium. The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in 'mortars', and 'seethed it in 'pots', and made cakes of it: and the taste of it

3 Heb. eye.

9 was as the taste of 'fresh oil. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 And Moses heard the people 'weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; landi Moses was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou evil entreated' thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this peo12 ple upon me? Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them 'forth', that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou 13 swarest unto their fathers? Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 °I am not able to bear all this people

alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the Itent of Imeeting!, that they may 17 stand there with thee. And I will

come down and talk with thee there : and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear 18 it not thyself alone. And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh for 'ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will 19 give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor (20 twenty days; but a whole month,

until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have 'rejected' the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out 21 of Egypt? And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six

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hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that (22 they may eat a whole month. Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall (24 come to pass unto thee or not. °And

Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about 25 the Tent'. "And the LORD came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, 'but they' did 'so no (26 more. But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were writ ten, but had not gone out unto the 'Tent and they prophesied in the 27 camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the 'minister of Moses, one of his Ichosen men, answered and said, My (29 lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, 'Art thou 'jealous' for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, that the LORD would put his spirit upon 30 them! And Moses gat him into the

camp, he and the elders of Israel. (31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and 'about' two cubits above the face of the (32 earth. And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about (33 the camp. While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD 3 Or, from his youth

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smote the people with a very great 34) plague. And the name of that place Iwas called 1Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people (35) that lusted. From Kibroth-hattaavah

the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. 121 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married: for he had married a Cushite wo2 man. And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only with! Moses? hath he not spoken also 2 with us? And the LORD heard it. 3 °Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon 4 the face of the earth. And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the 'tent' of 'meeting!. (5 And they three came out. And the LORD came down in 'a' pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent', and called Aaron and Miriam: and 6 they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a 7 dream. My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all mine house: 8 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the 'form' of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my ser9 vant, against Moses? And the anger of the LORD was kindled 10 against them; and he departed. And the cloud 'removed from over the 'Tent; and, behold, Miriam was' leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, be(11) hold, she was leprous. "And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, 'for that we have done foolishly, and 'for 12 that we have sinned. Let her not,

I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. (13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech 14 thee. And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up with

1 That is, The graves of lust.

out the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again. 15 And Miriam was shut up without! the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought 16 in again. And afterward the people 'journeyed' from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

131 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a 3) prince among them. And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD: all of them' men Iwho were heads of the children of 4 Israel. And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the 5 son of Zaccur. Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 6°Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son 7 of Jephunneh. Of the tribe of Issa8 char, Igal the son of Joseph. Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hosheal the 9 son of Nun. °Öf the tribe of Benja10 min, Palti the son of Raphu. Of the

tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of 11 Sodi. Of the tribe of Joseph, namely,

of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the 12 son of Susi. Of the tribe of Dan, 13 Ammiel the son of Gemalli. Of the

tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of 14 Michael. Of the tribe of Naphtali, 15 Nahbi the son of Vophsi. Of the

tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hosheal 17 the son of Nun 'Joshua'. And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way by the South', and go up 18 into the mountains: and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be 19 few or many; and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in 'camps1, or in 20 strong holds; and what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time

was the time of the firstripe grapes. 21) So they went up, and 'spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to 'the entering in of Hamath. 22 And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; 'and' Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there!. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in 23) Egypt.) And they came unto the

valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs. (24 That place was called the "valley

lof 2Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down 25) from thence. And they returned

from 'spying out! the land at the end! 26 of forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit 28) of it. Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fenced', and very great: and moreover we saw the children 29 of Anak there. Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite', and the Jebusite', and the 'Amorite', dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able 31 to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for (32 they are stronger than we. °And

they brought up an evil report of the land which they had 'spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to Ispy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men 33 of great stature. And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, which come of the Nephilim': and 1 Or, lintol

2 That is, a cluster.

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we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people 2 wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had 3 died in this wilderness! And wherefore 'doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones shall be a prey were it not better for us to 4 return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that spied out the 7 land, rent their clothes: and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to Ispy it out', is an exceeding good 8 land. If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which (9 floweth with milk and honey.

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rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their 'defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent! of meeting unto all the children of Israel.

11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people despisel me? and how long will they 'not' believe in me, for all the signs which 12) I have wrought among them? °I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than 13 they. And Moses said unto the

LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it; for thou broughtest up this people (14) in thy might from among them; and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: they have heard that thou LORD art in the midst of this people; 3 Or, giants

4 Heb. shadow.

Ifor thou LORD art seen 1face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar (15 of fire by night. Now if thou shalt

kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of 16 thee will speak, saying, "Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in 17 the wilderness. And now, I pray

thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, 18 saying, The LORD is 'slow to anger', and plenteous in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and 'that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. 19 °Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from 20 Egypt even until now. And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to 21 thy word: but in very deed', as I live,

and as all the earth shall be filled (22 with the glory of the LORD; °because all those men which have seen my glory, and my signs, which I 'wrought! in Egypt and in the wilderness, 'yet! have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that 'de24 spised me see it: but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall pos25 sess it. Now the Amalekite! and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn 1ye', and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured 30 against me, surelyl ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand that I would' make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of 31 Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land (32 which ye have 'rejected'. But as for you, your carcases shall fall in this 33 wilderness. And your children shall

you.

be 2wanderers' in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be Icon34) sumed in the wilderness.

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the number of the days in which ye Ispied out the land, even forty days, for levery day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and 35) ye shall know my 'alienation'. I the LORD have spoken', surely 'this' will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be con36 sumed, and there they shall die. And the men, which Moses sent to 'spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report 37 against the land, even those men that did bring up lan evil report of the land, died by the plague before 38 the LORD. But Joshua the son of

Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, Iremained alive of those men that 39 went to 'spy out the land. And Moses told these words! unto all the children of Israel: and the people 40 mourned greatly. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath 41 promised: for we have sinned. And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, 'seeing it shall not prosper? 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten 43) down before your enemies. °For

there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following the

3 Or, Ithe revokingꞌ of my promise