8 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²Speak unto Aharon, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick. ³And Aharon did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moshe. ⁴And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Yehovah had showed Moshe, so he made the candlestick. 

⁵And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ⁶Take the Levites from among the children of Isra’el, and cleanse them. ⁷And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. ⁸Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. ⁹And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Isra’el: ¹⁰and thou shalt present the Levites before Yehovah. And the children of Isra’el shall lay their hands upon the Levites: ¹¹and Aharon shall offer the Levites before Yehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Isra’el, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yehovah. ¹²And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Yehovah, to make atonement for the Levites. ¹³And thou shalt set the Levites before Aharon, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Yehovah. 

¹⁴Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Isra’el; and the Levites shall be mine. ¹⁵And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. ¹⁶For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Isra’el, have I taken them unto me. ¹⁷For all the first-born among the children of Isra’el are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. ¹⁸And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Isra’el. ¹⁹And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aharon and to his sons from among the children of Isra’el, to do the service of the children of Isra’el in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Isra’el; that there be no plague among the children of Isra’el, when the children of Isra’el come nigh unto the sanctuary. 

²⁰Thus did Moshe, and Aharon, and all the congregation of the children of Isra’el, unto the Levites: according unto all that Yehovah commanded Moshe touching the Levites, so did the children of Isra’el unto them. ²¹And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aharon offered them for a wave-offering before Yehovah; and Aharon made atonement for them to cleanse them. ²²And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aharon, and before his sons: as Yehovah had commanded Moshe concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 

²³And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²⁴This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting: ²⁵and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more, ²⁶but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges. 

9 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ²Moreover let the children of Isra’el keep the passover in its appointed season. ³In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it. ⁴And Moshe spake unto the children of Isra’el, that they should keep the passover. ⁵And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Yehovah commanded Moshe, so did the children of Isra’el. ⁶And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moshe and before Aharon on that day: ⁷and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Yehovah in its appointed season among the children of Isra’el? ⁸And Moshe said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Yehovah will command concerning you. 

⁹And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹⁰Speak unto the children of Isra’el, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Yehovah. ¹¹In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs: ¹²they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it. ¹³But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Yehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. ¹⁴And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Yehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land. 

¹⁵And on the day that the Tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the Tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the Tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. ¹⁶So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. ¹⁷And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Isra’el journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Isra’el encamped. ¹⁸At the commandment of Yehovah the children of Isra’el journeyed, and at the commandment of Yehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the Tabernacle they remained encamped. ¹⁹And when the cloud tarried upon the Tabernacle many days, then the children of Isra’el kept the charge of Yehovah, and journeyed not. ²⁰And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yehovah they journeyed. ²¹And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. ²²Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Isra’el remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. ²³At the commandment of Yehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Yehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Yehovah, at the commandment of Yehovah by Moshe. 

10 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. ³And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting. ⁴And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Isra’el, shall gather themselves unto thee. ⁵And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey. ⁶And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. ⁷But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. ⁸And the sons of Aharon, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations. ⁹And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Yehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Yehovah your God. 

¹¹And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the Tabernacle of the testimony. ¹²And the children of Isra’el set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. ¹³And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Yehovah by Moshe. ¹⁴And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Y’hudah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵And over the host of the tribe of the children of Yissakhar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Z’vulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 

¹⁷And the Tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the Tabernacle, set forward. ¹⁸And the standard of the camp of Re’uven set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elizur the son of Sh’de’ur. ¹⁹And over the host of the tribe of the children of Shim’on was Shlumi’el the son of Tzurishaddai. ²⁰And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Elyasaf the son of De’u’el. 

²¹And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the Tabernacle against their coming. ²²And the standard of the camp of the children of Efrayim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of ‘Ammihud. ²³And over the host of the tribe of the children of M’nasheh was Gamli’el the son of P’dahtzur. ²⁴And over the host of the tribe of the children of Binyamin was Avidan the son of Gid’oni. 

²⁵And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Achi’ezer the son of ‘Ammishaddai. ²⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pag’i’el the son of Okhran. ²⁷And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naftali was Achira the son of ‘Enan. ²⁸Thus were the journeyings of the children of Isra’el according to their hosts; and they set forward. 

²⁹And Moshe said unto Hovav, the son of Re’u’el the Midyani, Moshe’s father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Yehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Yehovah hath spoken good concerning Isra’el. ³⁰And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. ³¹And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes. ³²And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever Yehovah shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 

³³And they set forward from the mount of Yehovah three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yehovah went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. ³⁴And the cloud of Yehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. 

³⁵And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moshe said, Rise up, O Yehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. ³⁶And when it rested, he said, Return, O Yehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Isra’el. 

11 And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Yehovah: and when Yehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Yehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. ²And the people cried unto Moshe; and Moshe prayed unto Yehovah, and the fire abated. ³And the name of that place was called Tav’erah, because the fire of Yehovah burnt among them. 

⁴And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Isra’el also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? ⁵We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: ⁶but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon. ⁷And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. ⁸The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. ⁹And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 

¹⁰And Moshe heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yehovah was kindled greatly; and Moshe was displeased. ¹¹And Moshe said unto Yehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? ¹²Have 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 swarest unto their fathers? ¹³Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. ¹⁴I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. ¹⁵And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. 

¹⁶And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Isra’el, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. ¹⁷And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. ¹⁸And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Yehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. ¹⁹Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, ²⁰but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected Yehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? ²¹And Moshe said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. ²²Shall 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? ²³And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Is Yehovah’s hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 

²⁴And Moshe went out, and told the people the words of Yehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent. ²⁵And Yehovah 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 more. 

²⁶But 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 written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. ²⁷And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. ²⁸And Y’hoshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moshe, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moshe, forbid them. ²⁹And Moshe said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah’s people were prophets, that Yehovah would put his Spirit upon them! ³⁰And Moshe gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Isra’el. 

³¹And there went forth a wind from Yehovah, 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 earth. ³²And 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 the camp. ³³While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Yehovah was kindled against the people, and Yehovah smote the people with a very great plague. ³⁴And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted. ³⁵From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. 

12 And Miryam and Aharon spake against Moshe because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married a Ethiopian woman. ²And they said, Hath Yehovah indeed spoken only with Moshe? hath he not spoken also with us? And Yehovah heard it. ³Now the man Moshe was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. 

⁴And Yehovah spake suddenly unto Moshe, and unto Aharon, and unto Miryam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they three came out. ⁵And Yehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aharon and Miriam; and they both came forth. ⁶And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. ⁷My servant Moshe is not so; he is faithful in all my house: ⁸with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moshe? 

⁹And the anger of Yehovah was kindled against them; and he departed. ¹⁰And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Myriam had tzara’at, as white as snow: and Aharon looked upon Myriam, and, behold, she was as white as snow. ¹¹And Aharon said unto Moshe, Oh, my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. ¹²Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb. ¹³And Moshe cried unto Yehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee. ¹⁴And Yehovah said unto Moshe, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again. ¹⁵And Myriam was shut up without the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Myriam was brought in again. 

¹⁶And afterward the people journeyed from Hatzerot, and encamped in the wilderness of Pa’ran.