Bible in one year 4/27/2022 Numbers Chapter 6-12
By
Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce
Christian
Arts Ministries: Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry &
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Numbers chapter 6 By taking a Nazirite vow.
A
Nazirite (from a verb meaning “to separate or abstain”) was a layperson of
either sex who was bound by a vow of consecration to God’s service for a
specific period of time or in some cases for life (Lev.27:2 on vows) He could drink
no fruit of the vine (vv.3-4), could not cut his hair(v.5), and could not
defile himself by going near a dead person (vv.6-7) These outward signs served
as a public testimony of his dedication to God. Examples of Nazirites were
Samson, Judge. 13; Samuel, 1 Sam.1:9-11;John the Baptist, Luke 1:15,80; and
Paul, Acts18:18. When the period of a temporary vow terminated, the Nazirite had
to offer peace, grain, drink, sin, and burnt offerings and shave his head and
burn the hair (vv.13-21)(Acts.21:24). The Lord said to Moses, “ Tell Aaron and
his sons, ‘This is how are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: “The Lord
bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious
to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Make his face
shine. I.e. be happy toward them. “Turn his face toward you”. I.e., in
recognition and approval, so as to give them peace, or total well-being.
Numbers Chapter 7 By the offerings of the leaders
The
six covered carts and twelve oxen were given to the sons of Gershon (4:24-26)
and Merari (4:31-33) to use in transporting the tabernacle. The Kohathites
received none because they carried the holy furniture on their shoulder.
(vv.3-9). On twelve successive days, a different prince brought similar gifts
and offerings for the dedication of the altar. The almost monotonous repetition
of their generosity suggests God’s delight with their gifts and intensifies the
example they left for succeeding generations. Each brought a silver plate
weighing 130 shekels (about 65 oz.), a silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70
shekels (about 35 oz.), and a gold dish (a small vessel shaped like the palm of
the hand) weighing ten shekels (about 5 oz.). In addition, each brought a
burnt, a sin, and a peace offering. Verses84-88 give a total of these gifts and
offerings.
Number chapter 8 By the setting apart of the Levites
Instructions
for setting up the lamps on the lampstand. (vv.1-4). Instructions for the
cleansing of the priests, in preparation for their service. They were to be
sprinkled with water and were to shave all the hair off their bodies (v.7).
They were then to bring burnt. Grain, and sin offerings(vv.8,12). Next,
representatives of the people laid their hands on the Levites, because the
Levites were substitutes for the firstborn(vv.10,17-18).Finally, Aaron offered
the Levites to the Lord (vv.11,13).Purified (v.21) literally means “de-sinned”
Number chapter 9 By observing the first annual
Passover
Passover (Ex.12). A new problem confronted Moses, namely,
what to do with those who wanted to observe the Passover but had been excluded
from its regularly scheduled observance because of defilement by reason of
touching a corpse.(vv.6-7). Any who were defiled or on a hourney at the regular
time for Passover could observe a supplementary Passoverone month later
(vv.10-11). The cloud was the sign of the presence of the Lord, and its
movement was the means by which He guided Israel (v.15; Ex.13:21;40:34).
Number chapter 10 Israel marching to Kadesh
Two trumpets of hammered silver.(v.2). According to
representations on Jewish coins and on the Arch of Titus in Rome, these were
long, straight tubes, flared at the end. They were used either to summon the
people to the Tabernacle or to alert them that they were about to break camp.
Moses asked Hobab, his brother-in-law (Ex.2:18), to accompany them and give
them the benefit of his knowledge of that area. This paragraph does not say
that he agreed, though apparently he did, because the people of the Midianite
family, the Kenites, eventually settled in Canaan (Judg.1:16;4:11). Divine
guidance does not exclude using human help.
Number chapter 11 Israelites stared wailing; the
murmuring of the people for meat, and the seventy elders and the quail.
It is not said whether the fire of God’s judgment
extended only to tents on the outskirts of the camp, or to people, or (most
likely to both.) Taberah means “ burning.” They craved tasty food instead of
the plain manna. Leeks had an onion like bulb and stem, both of which were used
for food.(v.5). Manna (v.7)(Ex.16:15) coriander seed is round and gray. Resin
is pearl-like, grayish white. God helped His overwrought prophet by giving him
the assistance of seventy elder.(vv.16-17).The Lord took of the Spirit that was
on Moses and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on
them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again. Only Eldad, and Medad.
Moses’ magnanimous reply to Joshua’s suggestion that he silence the two
prophets. Eldad and Medad, showed that he was not motivated by any desire for
self-exaltation. (v.29). God answered the complaint of the people by promising
they would soon be surfeited with meat.(vv.18-20). The quail flew about three
feet off the ground so that the people could knock them down and kill them
easily. (v.31). people went out and gathered quail, but when the meat was still
between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the Lord
burned against the people and He struck them with a severe plague. The place was
named Kibroth Hattaavah. Because there they buried the people who had craved
other food.
Number 12 The murmuring of Miriam and Aaron (the
leprosy of Miriam)
Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite
wife for he had married a Cushite. Talk against (v.1)The verb is feminine
singular indicating that Miriam led in this criticism. The pretext used was
Moses’ marriage to a foreign woman (this could refer to Zipporah, Ex.2:21,
though likely it refers to a second marriage after her death), but the real
cause was jealousy. “ Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked.”
Hasn’t He also spoken through us and the Lord heard this.” (v.2). verses 6-8,
God spoke to prophets through visions and dreams; but He spoke to Moses face to
face directly, clearly and not in riddles. The anger of the Lord burned against
Miriam and Aaron, Miriam had leprosy.(v.9-10). If her father had had spit in
her face. (v.14). If a father had to rebuke a daughter in this manner, a period
of shame would follow (Deut.25:9; Isa.50:6); how much more should Miriam be
shamed seven days for flouting God’s authority. The public nature of her sin
called for public punishment (1 Tim.5:20).
New Testament (NIV) Number Chapter 6- 12
Chapter 6 The Nazirite
6:1 The LORD said to
Moses,
6:2 "Speak to the
Israelites and say to them: 'If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a
vow of separation to the LORD as a Nazirite,
6:3 he must abstain
from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine
or from other fermented drink. He must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or
raisins.
6:4 As long as he is a
Nazirite, he must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the
seeds or skins.
6:5 "'During the
entire period of his vow of separation no razor may be used on his head. He
must be holy until the period of his separation to the LORD is over; he must
let the hair of his head grow long.
6:6 Throughout the
period of his separation to the LORD he must not go near a dead body.
6:7 Even if his own
father or mother or brother or sister dies, he must not make himself
ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of his separation
to God is on his head.
6:8 Throughout the
period of his separation he is consecrated to the LORD.
6:9 "'If someone
dies suddenly in his presence, thus defiling the hair he has dedicated, he must
shave his head on the day of his cleansing--the seventh day.
6:10 Then on the
eighth day he must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the
entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
6:11 The priest is to
offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement
for him because he sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same
day he is to consecrate his head.
6:12 He must dedicate
himself to the LORD for the period of his separation and must bring a year-old
male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days do not count, because he
became defiled during his separation.
6:13 "'Now this
is the law for the Nazirite when the period of his separation is over. He is to
be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
6:14 There he is to
present his offerings to the LORD: a year-old male lamb without defect for a
burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering, a ram
without defect for a fellowship offering,
6:15 together with
their grain offerings and drink offerings, and a basket of bread made without
yeast--cakes made of fine flour mixed with oil, and wafers spread with oil.
6:16 "'The priest
is to present them before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt
offering.
6:17 He is to present
the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram as a fellowship
offering to the LORD, together with its grain offering and drink offering.
6:18 "'Then at
the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that
he dedicated. He is to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the
sacrifice of the fellowship offering.
6:19 "'After the
Nazirite has shaved off the hair of his dedication, the priest is to place in
his hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and a cake and a wafer from the basket,
both made without yeast.
6:20 The priest shall
then wave them before the LORD as a wave offering; they are holy and belong to
the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was
presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
6:21 "'This is
the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD in accordance with
his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford. He must fulfill the
vow he has made, according to the law of the Nazirite.'"
The Priestly Blessing
6:22 The LORD said to Moses,
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6:23 "Tell Aaron
and his sons, 'This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
6:24 "' "The
LORD bless you and keep you;
6:25 the LORD make his
face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
6:26 the LORD turn his
face toward you and give you peace." '
6:27 "So they
will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."
Chapter 7 Offerings at the Dedication of the
Tabernacle
7:1 When Moses finished
setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its
furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.
7:2 Then the leaders
of Israel, the heads of families who were the tribal leaders in charge of those
who were counted, made offerings.
7:3 They brought as
their gifts before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen--an ox from each
leader and a cart from every two. These they presented before the tabernacle.
7:4 The LORD said to
Moses,
7:5 "Accept these
from them, that they may be used in the work at the Tent of Meeting. Give them
to the Levites as each man's work requires."
7:6 So Moses took the
carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7:7 He gave two carts
and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required,
7:8 and he gave four
carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their work required. They were all
under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
7:9 But Moses did not
give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the
holy things, for which they were responsible.
7:10 When the altar
was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication and
presented them before the altar.
7:11 For the LORD had
said to Moses, "Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the
dedication of the altar."
7:12 The one who
brought his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe
of Judah.
7:13 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling
bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each
filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:14 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:15 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:16 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:17 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
7:18 On the second day
Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his offering.
7:19 The offering he
brought was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one
silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the
sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain
offering;
7:20 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:21 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:22 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:23 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
7:24 On the third day,
Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering.
7:25 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:26 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:27 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:28 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:29 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
7:30 On the fourth day
Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the people of Reuben, brought his
offering.
7:31 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:32 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:33 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:34 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:35 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
7:36 On the fifth day
Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the people of Simeon, brought his
offering.
7:37 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:38 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:39 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:40 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:41 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
7:42 On the sixth day
Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the people of Gad, brought his offering.
7:43 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:44 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:45 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:46 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:47 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.
7:48 On the seventh
day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the people of Ephraim, brought his
offering.
7:49 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:50 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:51 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:52 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:53 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
7:54 On the eighth day
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the people of Manasseh, brought his
offering.
7:55 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:56 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:57 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:58 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:59 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
7:60 On the ninth day
Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the people of Benjamin, brought his
offering.
7:61 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:62 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:63 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:64 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:65 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.
7:66 On the tenth day
Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the people of Dan, brought his
offering.
7:67 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:68 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:69 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:70 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:71 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
7:72 On the eleventh
day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the people of Asher, brought his
offering.
7:73 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:74 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:75 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:76 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:77 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.
7:78 On the twelfth
day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the people of Naphtali, brought his
offering.
7:79 His offering was
one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver
sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary
shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering;
7:80 one gold dish
weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
7:81 one young bull,
one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:82 one male goat for
a sin offering;
7:83 and two oxen,
five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as
a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
7:84 These were the
offerings of the Israelite leaders for the dedication of the altar when it was
anointed: twelve silver plates, twelve silver sprinkling bowls and twelve gold
dishes.
7:85 Each silver plate
weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels.
Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels,
according to the sanctuary shekel.
7:86 The twelve gold
dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary
shekel. Altogether, the gold dishes weighed a hundred and twenty shekels.
7:87 The total number
of animals for the burnt offering came to twelve young bulls, twelve rams and
twelve male lambs a year old, together with their grain offering. Twelve male
goats were used for the sin offering.
7:88 The total number
of animals for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering came to twenty-four
oxen, sixty rams, sixty male goats and sixty male lambs a year old. These were
the offerings for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.
7:89 When Moses
entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking
to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of
the Testimony. And he spoke with him.
Chapter 8 Setting Up the Lamps
8:1 The LORD said to
Moses,
8:2 "Speak to
Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the
area in front of the lampstand.'"
8:3 Aaron did so; he
set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD
commanded Moses.
8:4 This is how the
lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold--from its base to its
blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the LORD had shown
Moses.
The Setting Apart of
the Levites
8:5 The LORD said to
Moses:
8:6 "Take the
Levites from among the other Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
8:7 To purify them, do
this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole
bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
8:8 Have them take a
young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; then you are
to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
8:9 Bring the Levites
to the front of the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.
8:10 You are to bring
the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.
8:11 Aaron is to
present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, so
that they may be ready to do the work of the LORD.
8:12 "After the
Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, use the one for a sin
offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for
the Levites.
8:13 Have the Levites
stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering
to the LORD.
8:14 In this way you
are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be
mine.
8:15 "After you
have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to
come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting.
8:16 They are the
Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in
place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.
8:17 Every firstborn
male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the
firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
8:18 And I have taken
the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.
8:19 Of all the
Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the
work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement
for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the
sanctuary."
8:20 Moses, Aaron and
the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded
Moses.
8:21 The Levites
purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a
wave offering before the LORD and made atonement for them to purify them.
8:22 After that, the
Levites came to do their work at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of
Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.
8:23 The LORD said to
Moses,
8:24 "This
applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take
part in the work at the Tent of Meeting,
8:25 but at the age of
fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.
8:26 They may assist
their brothers in performing their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they
themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the
responsibilities of the Levites."
Chapter 9 The Passover
9:1 The LORD spoke to
Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they
came out of Egypt. He said,
9:2 "Have the
Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time.
9:3 Celebrate it at
the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in
accordance with all its rules and regulations."
9:4 So Moses told the
Israelites to celebrate the Passover,
9:5 and they did so in
the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The
Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.
9:6 But some of them
could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially
unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same
day
9:7 and said to Moses,
"We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept
from presenting the LORD'S offering with the other Israelites at the appointed
time?"
9:8 Moses answered
them, "Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you."
9:9 Then the LORD said
to Moses,
9:10 "Tell the
Israelites: 'When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead
body or are away on a journey, they may still celebrate the LORD'S Passover.
9:11 They are to
celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to
eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
9:12 They must not
leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the
Passover, they must follow all the regulations.
9:13 But if a man who
is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover,
that person must be cut off from his people because he did not present the
LORD'S offering at the appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of
his sin.
9:14 "'An alien
living among you who wants to celebrate the LORD'S Passover must do so in
accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations
for the alien and the native-born.'"
The Cloud Above the
Tabernacle
9:15 On the day the
tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From
evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.
9:16 That is how it
continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.
9:17 Whenever the
cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud
settled, the Israelites encamped.
9:18 At the LORD'S
command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as
the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
9:19 When the cloud
remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD'S
order and did not set out.
9:20 Sometimes the
cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD'S command they would
encamp, and then at his command they would set out.
9:21 Sometimes the
cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning,
they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set
out.
9:22 Whether the cloud
stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites
would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out.
9:23 At the LORD'S
command they encamped, and at the LORD'S command they set out. They obeyed the
LORD'S order, in accordance with his command through Moses.
Chapter 10 The Silver Trumpets
10:1 The LORD said to
Moses:
10:2 "Make two
trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together
and for having the camps set out.
10:3 When both are
sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the
Tent of Meeting.
10:4 If only one is
sounded, the leaders--the heads of the clans of Israel--are to assemble before
you.
10:5 When a trumpet
blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.
10:6 At the sounding
of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the
signal for setting out.
10:7 To gather the
assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal.
10:8 "The sons of
Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance
for you and the generations to come.
10:9 When you go into
battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast
on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued
from your enemies.
10:10 Also at your
times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals--you are to
sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they
will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."
The Israelites Leave
Sinai
10:11 On the twentieth
day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the
tabernacle of the Testimony.
10:12 Then the
Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place
until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
10:13 They set out,
this first time, at the LORD'S command through Moses.
10:14 The divisions of
the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab
was in command.
10:15 Nethanel son of
Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
10:16 and Eliab son of
Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
10:17 Then the
tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it,
set out.
10:18 The divisions of
the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was
in command.
10:19 Shelumiel son of
Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
10:20 and Eliasaph son
of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
10:21 Then the
Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up
before they arrived.
10:22 The divisions of
the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud
was in command.
10:23 Gamaliel son of
Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
10:24 and Abidan son
of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
10:25 Finally, as the
rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out, under
their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.
10:26 Pagiel son of
Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
10:27 and Ahira son of
Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
10:28 This was the
order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
10:29 Now Moses said
to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting
out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with
us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to
Israel."
10:30 He answered,
"No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own
people."
10:31 But Moses said,
"Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and
you can be our eyes.
10:32 If you come with
us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us."
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10:34 The cloud of the
LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
10:35 Whenever the ark
set out, Moses said, "Rise up, O LORD! May your enemies be scattered; may
your foes flee before you."
10:36 Whenever it came
to rest, he said, "Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of
Israel."
Chapter 11 Fire From the Lord
11:1 Now the people
complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard
them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and
consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
11:2 When the people
cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down.
11:3 So that place was
called Taberah, because fire from the LORD had burned among them.
Quail From the Lord
11:4 The rabble with
them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and
said, "If only we had meat to eat!
11:5 We remember the
fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and
garlic.
11:6 But now we have
lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"
11:7 The manna was
like coriander seed and looked like resin.
11:8 The people went
around gathering it, and then ground it in a handmill or crushed it in a
mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into cakes. And it tasted like
something made with olive oil.
11:9 When the dew
settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.
11:10 Moses heard the
people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD
became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.
11:11 He asked the
LORD, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done
to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
11:12 Did I conceive
all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my
arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their
forefathers?
11:13 Where can I get
meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, 'Give us meat to eat!'
11:14 I cannot carry
all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.
11:15 If this is how
you are going to treat me, put me to death right now--if I have found favor in
your eyes--and do not let me face my own ruin."
11:16 The LORD said to
Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as
leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting,
that they may stand there with you.
11:17 I will come down
and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put
the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that
you will not have to carry it alone.
11:18 "Tell the
people: 'Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat
meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, "If only we had meat to eat! We
were better off in Egypt!" Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will
eat it.
11:19 You will not eat
it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days,
11:20 but for a whole
month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it--because you have
rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying,
"Why did we ever leave Egypt?" '"
11:21 But Moses said,
"Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will
give them meat to eat for a whole month!'
11:22 Would they have
enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if
all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"
11:23 The LORD
answered Moses, "Is the LORD'S arm too short? You will now see whether or
not what I say will come true for you."
11:24 So Moses went
out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together seventy of
their elders and had them stand around the Tent.
11:25 Then the LORD
came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was
on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on
them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again.
11:26 However, two
men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were
listed among the elders, but did not go out to the Tent. Yet the Spirit also
rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.
11:27 A young man ran
and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
11:28 Joshua son of
Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my
lord, stop them!"
11:29 But Moses
replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD'S people
were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!"
11:30 Then Moses and
the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
11:31 Now a wind went
out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It brought them down all
around the camp to about three feet above the ground, as far as a day's walk in
any direction.
11:32 All that day and
night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one
gathered less than ten homers. Then they spread them out all around the camp.
11:33 But while the
meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger
of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
11:34 Therefore the
place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had
craved other food.
11:35 From Kibroth
Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.
Chapter 12 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
12:1 Miriam and Aaron
began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a
Cushite.
12:2 "Has the
LORD spoken only through Moses?" they asked. "Hasn't he also spoken
through us?" And the LORD heard this.
12:3 (Now Moses was a
very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
12:4 At once the LORD
said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, "Come out to the Tent of Meeting, all
three of you." So the three of them came out.
12:5 Then the LORD
came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the Tent and
summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them stepped forward,
12:6 he said,
"Listen to my words: "When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I
reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams.
12:7 But this is not
true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.
12:8 With him I speak
face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why
then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
12:9 The anger of the
LORD burned against them, and he left them.
12:10 When the cloud
lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam--leprous, like snow. Aaron
turned toward her and saw that she had leprosy;
12:11 and he said to
Moses, "Please, my lord, do not hold against us the sin we have so
foolishly committed.
12:12 Do not let her
be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother's womb with its flesh half
eaten away."
12:13 So Moses cried
out to the LORD, "O God, please heal her!"
12:14 The LORD replied
to Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in
disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after
that she can be brought back."
12:15 So Miriam was
confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till
she was brought back.
12:16 After that, the
people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.
Bibliography,
Ryrie, Charles C. The
Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986
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