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Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.

And Abel also presented an offering ​— ​some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,

he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.[fn]

And the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain[fn] with[fn] mankind forever, because they are corrupt.[fn] Their days will be 120 years.”

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

All the animals, all the creatures that crawl, and all the flying creatures ​— ​everything that moves on the earth ​— ​came out of the ark by their families.

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

Let God extend Japheth;[fn]

let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;

let Canaan be Shem's slave.

From these descendants, the peoples of the coasts and islands spread out into their lands according to their clans in their nations, each with its own language.

These are Ham's sons by their clans, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

Their settlements extended from Mesha to Sephar, the eastern hill country.

The LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

The four kings took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went on.

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled[fn] his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

“I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.

God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep my covenant.

So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased ​— ​every male among the members of Abraham's household ​— ​and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off.

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

“for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the LORD, that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”

That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally[fn] told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold.

“My master put me under this oath: ‘You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live

So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her,[fn] and Abraham's servant and his men.

These are Ishmael's sons, and these are their names by their settlements and encampments: twelve leaders[fn] of their clans.[fn]

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, “The water is ours! ” So he named the well Esek[fn] because they argued with him.

He put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Jacob, meanwhile, was shepherding the rest of Laban's flock.

Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the children, my children; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

thirty milk camels with their young, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.

He put the slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Then the slaves and their children approached him and bowed down.

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city.

“Won't their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let's agree with them, and they will live with us.”

Jacob's sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem.

For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.

These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom),

and these are their chiefs.

chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan.

These are the chiefs among the Horites,

clan by clan,[fn] in the land of Seir.

These are the names of Esau's chiefs,

according to their families and their localities,

by their names:

chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

chief Magdiel, and chief Iram.

These are Edom's chiefs,

according to their settlements in the land they possessed.

Esau[fn] was father of the Edomites.

These are the family records of Jacob.

At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

His brothers had gone to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem.

“They've moved on from here,” the man said. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.' ” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them.[fn] He said, “Let's not take his life.”

They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.

They sent the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son's robe or not? ”

After this, the king of Egypt's cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.”

Then Joseph said to them, “Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

“After them, seven other cows ​— ​weak, very sickly, and thin ​— ​came up. I've never seen such sickly ones as these in all the land of Egypt.

“When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up.

“After them, seven heads of grain ​— ​withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind ​— ​sprouted up.

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.

“Where do you come from? ” he asked.

“From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

He said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned! It's here in my bag.” Their hearts sank. Trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What has God done to us? ”

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of silver! When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid.

When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little food.”

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and take them down to the man as a gift ​— ​a little balsam and a little honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.

The men took this gift, double the amount of silver, and Benjamin. They immediately went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

The steward brought the men into Joseph's house, gave them water to wash their feet, and got feed for their donkeys.

When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift they had carried into the house, and they bowed to the ground before him.

At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.

Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

But when they told Jacob all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their dependents and their wives.

Asher's sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.

“The men are shepherds; they also raise livestock. They have brought their flocks and herds and all that they have.'

So Joseph went and informed Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen.”

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. That year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

In this way, Joseph acquired all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field since the famine was so severe for them. The land became Pharaoh's,

The only land he did not acquire belonged to the priests, for they had an allowance from Pharaoh. They ate from their allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.

“When I rest with my ancestors, carry me away from Egypt and bury me in their burial place.”

Joseph answered, “I will do what you have asked.”

“Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.

“Simeon and Levi are brothers;

their knives are vicious weapons.

“Gad will be attacked by raiders,

but he will attack their heels.

“Yet his bow remained steady,

and his strong arms were made agile

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

by the name of[fn] the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another, “If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”

“‘Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers' transgression and their sin ​— ​the suffering they caused you.' Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when their message came to him.

“Therefore don't be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.[fn]

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:

and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

Years later,[fn] after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people[fn] and observed their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, they cried out, and their cry for help because of the difficult labor ascended to God.

Then the LORD said, “I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,

“This will take place,” he continued, “so that they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had paid attention to them and that he had seen their misery, they knelt low and worshiped.

When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

“I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I was not known to them by my name ‘the LORD.'[fn]

These are the heads of their fathers' families:

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:

Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

These are the clans of Reuben.

These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their family records;

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the clans of the Levites

according to their family records.

Aaron's son Eleazar married

one of the daughters of Putiel,

and she bore him Phinehas.

These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

“The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them.”

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers ​— ​the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.

However, Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

So the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt ​— ​over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their water reservoirs ​— ​and they will become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”

But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on people and animals.

But Moses said, “It would not be right[fn] to do that, because what we will sacrifice to the LORD our God is detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what the Egyptians detest in front of them, won't they stone us?

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had told Moses.

“They will fill your houses, all your officials' houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians ​— ​something your fathers and grandfathers never saw since the time they occupied the land until today.” Then he turned and left Pharaoh's presence.

“Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship the LORD our God. We will not know what we will use to worship the LORD until we get there.”

“Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling[fn] water, but only roasted over fire ​— ​its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their clothes on their shoulders.

It was a night of vigil in honor of the LORD, because he would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the LORD, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations.

On that same day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their military divisions.

The LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night.

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea.

“I will harden Pharaoh's heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.

The Egyptians ​— ​all Pharaoh's horses and chariots, his horsemen,[fn] and his army ​— ​chased after them and caught up with them as they camped by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

“As for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and horsemen.

Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them.

The Egyptians set out in pursuit ​— ​all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen ​— ​and went into the sea after them.

He caused their chariot wheels to swerve[fn][fn] and made them drive[fn] with difficulty. “Let's get away from Israel,” the Egyptians said, “because the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt! ”

The water came back and covered the chariots and horsemen, plus the entire army of Pharaoh that had gone after them into the sea. Not even one of them survived.

The entire Israelite community departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt.

The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the LORD's command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom[fn] (because Moses had said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”)

“Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and God be with you. You be the one to represent the people before God and bring their cases to him.

“But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

The LORD directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD; otherwise many of them will die.

And the LORD replied to him, “Go down and come back with Aaron. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or he will break out in anger against them.”

“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:

“When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.

“If the ox gores a male or female slave, he must give thirty shekels of silver[fn] to the slave's master, and the ox must be stoned.

“the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.

“If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to me, and I will certainly hear their cry.

“Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them[fn] and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.

“You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.

“Moses alone is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him.”

“This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

“The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.

“along with their forty silver bases, two bases under the first support and two bases under each support;

“There are to be eight supports with their silver bases: sixteen bases; two bases under the first support and two bases under each support.

“Hang it on four gold-plated pillars of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.

“Make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold; their hooks are to be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

“including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands[fn] for the posts.

“six of their names on the first stone and the remaining six names on the second stone, in the order of their birth.

“Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites. Aaron will carry their names on his two shoulders before the LORD as a reminder.

“and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.

“and the fourth row,

a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.

They should be adorned with gold filigree in their settings.

“It will be on Aaron's forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the LORD.

“Put these on your brother Aaron and his sons; then anoint, ordain,[fn] and consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests.

“You are to bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the bull's head.

“Take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

“Take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head.

“You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the ram's head.

“Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination[fn]);

“Take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.

“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they can be anointed and ordained[fn] in them.

“They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination[fn] and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat them, for these things are holy.

“This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them.

“I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

“When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations.

“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for[fn] it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the LORD.”

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for his life to the LORD as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

“The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it throughout their generations as a permanent covenant.

So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

“Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel ​— ​you swore to them by yourself and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.' ”

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them get out of control, making them a laughingstock to their enemies.[fn]

“Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, my angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”

So the Israelites remained stripped of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

“Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

“Take up an offering among you for the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring this as the LORD's offering: gold, silver, and bronze;

Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the LORD, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the LORD, through Moses, had commanded to be done.

They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

For the six branches that extended from it, a bud was under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

He also made its seven lamps, snuffers, and firepans of pure gold.

The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands of the posts were silver; and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. All the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

With the remaining 44 pounds[fn] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of Israel's sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the twelve tribes.

“Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve me as priests. Their anointing will serve to inaugurate a permanent priesthood for them throughout their generations.”

The tabernacle was set up in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month.[fn]

He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

The Israelites set out whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle throughout all the stages of their journey.

For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and there was a fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins, and the fatty lobe of the liver above the kidneys.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins. He will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys,

“The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull's head before the LORD and it is to be slaughtered before the LORD.

“He is to offer this bull just as he did with the bull in the sin offering; he will offer it the same way. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.

“When a leader[fn] sins and unintentionally violates any of the commands of the LORD his God by doing what is prohibited, and incurs guilt,

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

The LORD commanded this to be given to them by the Israelites on the day he anointed them. It is a permanent portion throughout their generations.

which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Moses took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and he burned them on the altar.

Then he presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Next he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Moses also presented Aaron's sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.

Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering; make atonement for yourself and the people.[fn] Sacrifice the people's offering and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded.”

They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram ​— ​the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver ​— ​

So they came forward and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses had said.

“Why didn't you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? For it is especially holy, and he has assigned it to you to take away the guilt of the community and make atonement for them before the LORD.

But Aaron replied to Moses, “See, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the LORD's sight? ”

“All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.

“You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle that is among them.

“He will make atonement for the most holy place in this way for all their sins because of the Israelites' impurities and rebellious acts. He will do the same for the tent of meeting that remains among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.

“Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites' iniquities and rebellious acts ​— ​all their sins. He is to put them on the goat's head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.[fn]

“The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the most holy place to make atonement, must be brought outside the camp and their hide, flesh, and waste burned.

“This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once a year because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD commanded Moses.

“This is so the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open country. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting and offer them as fellowship sacrifices to the LORD.

“They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.

“Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.

“Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people.

“Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person is to be cut off from his people.

“But if the people of the country look the other way when that man[fn] gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

“If a man marries his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and they have sexual relations,[fn] it is a disgrace. They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity.

“And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who set you apart from the peoples.

“A man or a woman who is[fn] a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their death is their own fault.”

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron's sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,

“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

“the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

“But if the priest's daughter becomes widowed or divorced, has no children, and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she may share her father's food. But no outsider may share it.

“by letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution. For I am the LORD who sets them apart.”

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the resident aliens in Israel who presents his offering ​— ​whether they present payment of vows or freewill gifts to the LORD as burnt offerings ​— ​

“These are the LORD's appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

“You are to present with the bread seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offerings and drink offerings, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“These are the LORD's appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

“Bring the one who has cursed to the outside of the camp and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole community stone him.

“Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.

“Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.

“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.

“Those[fn] who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their iniquity; they will also waste away because of their ancestors' iniquities along with theirs.

“For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes.

The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel's departure from the land of Egypt:

and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years old or more,

The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

So all the Israelites twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel's army, were registered by their ancestral families.

But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.

“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

“The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.

“The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral families.[fn] They are to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it:

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah's encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben's encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.

“Ephraim's military divisions will camp on the west side under their banner. The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud.

“The total in their military divisions who belong to Ephraim's encampment number 108,100; they will move out third.

“The total number who belong to Dan's encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners.”

The Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped by their banners in this way and moved out the same way, each man by his clan and by his ancestral family.[fn]

These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

“You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

“See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to me,

“Register the Levites by their ancestral families[fn] and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”

These were Levi's sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500.

Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen[fn] ​— ​and all the work relating to them.

Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200.

The assigned duties of Merari's descendants involved the tabernacle's supports, crossbars, pillars, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,

The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron[fn] registered by their clans at the LORD's command was 22,000.

The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

“Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to me; I am the LORD.

“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral families,[fn]

“Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.

“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral families and their clans.

“All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.

“This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, pillars, and bases,

The men registered by their clans numbered 2,750.

The Gershonites were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,

The men registered by their clans and their ancestral families numbered 2,630.

The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,

The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.

Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered all the Levites by their clans and their ancestral families,

At the LORD's command they were registered under the direction of Moses, each one according to his work and transportation duty, and his assignment was as the LORD commanded Moses.

“Send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.”

“He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, while the mark of consecration to his God is on his head.

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral families,[fn] presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offerings, and twelve male goats for the sin offering.

“Do this to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

“Then present the Levites before the LORD, and have the Israelites lay their hands on them.

“Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented[fn] them before the LORD as a presentation offering. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them ceremonially.

“He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities[fn] at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the LORD told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,

“When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out.

The Israelites traveled on from the Wilderness of Sinai, moving from one place to the next until the cloud stopped in the Wilderness of Paran.

The military divisions of the camp of Judah's descendants with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over their divisions.

The military divisions of the camp of Reuben with their banner set out, and Elizur son of Shedeur was over their divisions.

Next the military divisions of the camp of Ephraim's descendants with their banner set out, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over their divisions.

The military divisions of the camp of Dan's descendants with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over their divisions.

This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out.

They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD's covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Moses heard the people, family after family, weeping at the entrance of their tents. The LORD was very angry; Moses was also provoked.[fn]

“Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,' to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?

The LORD answered Moses, “Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD's anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

These were their names:

Shammua son of Zaccur from the tribe of Reuben;

“We even saw the Nephilim there ​— ​the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim! To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.”

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who scouted out the land, tore their clothes

“Only don't rebel against the LORD, and don't be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us. Don't be afraid of them! ”

But Moses replied to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your strength you brought up this people from them.

“will ever see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have despised me will see it.

“This is how you are to prepare each of them, no matter how many.

“The priest will then make atonement for the entire Israelite community so that they may be forgiven, for the sin was unintentional. They are to bring their offering, a food offering to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD for their unintentional sin.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout their generations they are to make tassels for the corners of their garments, and put a blue cord on the tassel at each corner.

Then Moses became angry and said to the LORD, “Don't respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God who gives breath to all,[fn] when one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community? ”

He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don't touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

“If these men die naturally as all people would, and suffer the fate of all, then the LORD has not sent me.

“As for the firepans of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, for they presented them before the LORD, and the firepans are holy. They will be a sign to the Israelites.”

“Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.” But they fell facedown.

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral tribe,[fn] twelve staffs from all the leaders of their tribes.[fn] Write each man's name on his staff.

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. Aaron's staff was among them.

The LORD told Moses, “Put Aaron's staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before me, or else they will die.”

“A portion of the holiest offerings kept from the fire will be yours; every one of their offerings that they give me, whether the grain offering, sin offering, or guilt offering will be most holy for you and your sons.

“The contribution of their gifts also belongs to you. I have given all the Israelites' presentation offerings to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your house may eat it.

The LORD told Aaron, “You will not have an inheritance in their land; there will be no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

“The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their iniquity. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

“Speak to the Levites and tell them: When you receive from the Israelites the tenth that I have given you as your inheritance, you are to present part of it as an offering to the LORD ​— ​a tenth of the tenth.

“You are to present an offering to the LORD from every tenth you receive from the Israelites. Give some of it to the priest Aaron as an offering to the LORD.

“Take the staff and assemble the community. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will yield its water. You will bring out water for them from the rock and provide drink for the community and their livestock.”

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that abundant water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and captured some prisoners.

The princes dug the well;

the nobles of the people hollowed it out

with a scepter and with their staffs.

They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

Woe to you, Moab!

You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh!

He gave up his sons as refugees,

and his daughters into captivity

to Sihon the Amorite king.

So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left,[fn] and they took possession of his land.

“Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”

Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

God brought him out of Egypt;

he is like[fn] the horns of a wild ox for them.

He will feed on enemy nations

and gnaw their bones;

he will strike them with his arrows.

Then Balaam saw Amalek and proclaimed his poem:

Amalek was first among the nations,

but his future is destruction.

The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.

“For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.”

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral families[fn] of those twenty years old or more who can serve in Israel's army.”

These were the Reubenite clans,

and their registered men numbered 43,730.

These were the Simeonite clans, numbering 22,200 men.

These were the Gadite clans numbered by their registered men: 40,500.

Judah's descendants by their clans:

the Shelanite clan from Shelah;

the Perezite clan from Perez;

the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

These were Judah's clans numbered by their registered men: 76,500.

These were Issachar's clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.

These were Manasseh's clans, numbered by their registered men: 52,700.

These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500.

These were Joseph's descendants by their clans.

These were the Benjaminite clans numbered by their registered men: 45,600.

These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400.

These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.

“Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.

The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

For the LORD had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Moses brought their case before the LORD,

“When the community quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against my command to demonstrate my holiness in their sight at the waters.” Those were the Waters of Meribah-kadesh[fn] in the Wilderness of Zin.

“who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the LORD's community won't be like sheep without a shepherd.”

“Have him stand before the priest Eleazar and the whole community, and commission him in their sight.

“Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

“Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

Moses sent one thousand from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings ​— ​Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

“Take the tribute from their half and give it to the priest Eleazar as a contribution to the LORD.

and from the 16,000 people,

the tribute to the LORD was 32 people.

and told him, “Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing.

Moses and the priest Eleazar received from them all the articles made out of gold.

“But if they don't go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”

as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair's Villages.[fn]

These were the stages of the Israelites' journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the LORD had struck down among them, for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

“you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.