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Numbers
The
name Numbers comes from the two censuses taken one at the beginning of the
book and the other at the end of the forty years of wanderings. Some have
suggested that the book might have been called “Wilderness Wanderings”.
Numbers focuses primarily on Israel’s journey from Sinai to the border of
Canaan. It is a sequel to the Book of Exodus. It describes where each
tribe camped around the tabernacle and the order of their march. It also
describes many times when the Israelite murmured against Moses.
Chapter 1
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1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month,
in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number
of their names, every male by their polls;
3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to
war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of
the house of his fathers.
5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the
tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud:
of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes
of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their
names:
18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day
of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness
of Sinai.
20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of
them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were
forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were
threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar,
were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun,
were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by
their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim,
were forty thousand and five hundred.
34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh,
were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin,
were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war;
41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were
forty and one thousand and five hundred.
42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered,
and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the
house of his fathers.
45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that
were able to go forth to war in Israel;
46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and
three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered
among them.
48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum
of them among the children of Israel:
50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of
testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that
belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels
thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about
the tabernacle.
51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it
down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set
it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by
his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their
hosts.
53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of
testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the
children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the
tabernacle of testimony.
54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did they. |
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From where had the Israelites come out when
this book was written? (1)
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What did the LORD Command Moses to do? (2-3)
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How many that were able to go to war were numbered? (45-46)
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What tribe was not numbered? (47-49)
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What was the duty of the Levites? (50-51)
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Where did the Levites camp? (53)
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Chapter
2
Numbers 2 To listen and read click the
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2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,
with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle
of the congregation shall they pitch.
3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and
Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of
Judah.
4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar:
and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of
Issachar.
6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
four thousand and four hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be
captain of the children of Zebulun.
8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
seven thousand and four hundred.
9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand
and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout
their armies. These shall first set forth.
10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and
six thousand and five hundred.
12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the
captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and
nine thousand and three hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and
five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred
thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,
throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the
camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall
they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim
shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and
two thousand and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin
shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and
five thousand and four hundred.
24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred
thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies.
And they shall go forward in the third rank.
25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their
armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai.
26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and two thousand and seven hundred.
27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and
one thousand and five hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and
three thousand and four hundred.
31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred
thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go
hindmost with their standards.
32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by
the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps
throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand
and five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set
forward, every one after their families, according to the house of
their fathers. |
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Which
tribes camped east of the tabernacle? (3-9)
- Which
tribes camped south of the tabernacle? (10-17)
- Which
tribes camped west of the tabernacle? (18-24)
- Which
tribes camped north of the tabernacle? (25-31)
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Chapter 3
Numbers 3 To listen and read click the
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3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that
the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange
fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no
children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in
the sight of Aaron their father.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the
priest, that they may minister unto him.
7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are
wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put
to death.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of
Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the
children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the
firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the
LORD.
14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by
their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou
number them.
16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he
was commanded.
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath,
and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;
Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These
are the families of the Levites according to the house of their
fathers.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the
Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered
of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall
be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering
thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation,
26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the
court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and
the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of
the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the
Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the
candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary
wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the
chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the
charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of
all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two
hundred.
35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars
thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all
that serveth thereto,
37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords.
38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even
before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses,
and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the
charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh
shall be put to death.
39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families,
all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two
thousand.
40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males
of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the
number of their names.
41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of
all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the
Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children
of Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month
old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and
two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the
Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,
which are more than the Levites;
47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the
shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty
gerahs:)
48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is
to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and
above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a
thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and
to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded
Moses. |
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Why
did Nadab and Abihu die? (4)
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Which
sons of Aaron continued as priests? (4)
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What
did the Lord take from among the children of Israel instead of every
firstborn who opens the womb? (12)
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Who
were the sons of Levi?
(17)
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Where
did the Gershonites camp and what were their duties? (21-26)
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Where
did the Kohathites camp and what were their duties? (27-31)
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Where
did the Merarites camp and what were their duties? (33-37)
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Who
camped east of the tabernacle? (38)
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Chapter 4
Numbers 4 To listen and read click the
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4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,
after their families, by the house of their fathers,
3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all
that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of
the congregation, about the most holy things:
5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons,
and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of
testimony with it:
6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall
spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue,
and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers
to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the
same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of
the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all
the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering
of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and
cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the
staves thereof:
12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover
them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a
purple cloth thereon:
14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels,
and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread
upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set
forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but
they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are
the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat
offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the
tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the
vessels thereof.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from
among the Levites:
19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in,
and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,
lest they die.
21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of
their fathers, by their families;
23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work
in the tabernacle of the congregation.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve,
and for burdens:
25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the
badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the
gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round
about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and
all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service
of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their
service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their
families, by the house of their fathers;
30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt
thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the
work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their
service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the
tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets
thereof,
32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all
their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the
charge of their burden.
33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,
according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation,
under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the
sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of
their fathers,
35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation:
36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the
Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout
their families, and by the house of their fathers,
39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation,
40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families,
by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and
thirty.
41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the LORD.
42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation,
44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were
three thousand and two hundred.
45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the
LORD by the hand of Moses.
46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron
and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the
house of their fathers,
47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of
the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five
hundred and fourscore.
49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the
hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to
his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded
Moses. |
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Who
had the oversight of the things in the tabernacle? (16)
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What
were the Kohathites not to watch? (18-20)
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Under
whose authority were the duties of the Gershonites? (28)
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Under
whose authority were the duties of the Merarites? (33)
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Chapter 5
Numbers 5 To listen and read click the
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5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every
leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by
the dead:
3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put
them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the
camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit
any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that
person be guilty;
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall
recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it
the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath
trespassed.
8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let
the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside
the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man
giveth the priest, it shall be his.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's
wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no
witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him,
and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall
bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal;
he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is
an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to
remembrance.
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of
the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take,
and put it into the water:
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the
woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is
the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the
bitter water that causeth the curse:
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman,
If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to
uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from
this bitter water that causeth the curse:
20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and
if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine
husband:
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an
oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and
thy belly to swell;
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to
make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall
say, Amen, amen.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
blot them out with the bitter water:
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth
the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,
and become bitter.
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's
hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon
the altar:
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the
memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall
cause the woman to drink the water.
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to
pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her
husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her,
and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot:
and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be
free, and shall conceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another
instead of her husband, and is defiled;
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous
over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest
shall execute upon her all this law.
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall
bear her iniquity. |
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Who
did the Israelites put out of the camp? (2-4)
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When
a person sinned what was he to add to his restitution? (6-8)
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If
the spirit of jealousy came on a
man who suspected his wife committed adultery what was the wife
made to drink? (17-26)
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What
happened to the woman if she was guilty of adultery? (27)
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Chapter 6
Numbers 6 To listen and read click the
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6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either
man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to
separate themselves unto the LORD:
3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall
drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he
drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of
the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come
upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth
himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of
the hair of his head grow.
6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come
at no dead body.
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother,
for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the
consecration of his God is upon his head.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the
head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of
his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young
pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation:
11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he
sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation,
and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but
the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was
defiled.
13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his
separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the
first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of
the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without
blemish for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with
oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat
offering, and their drink offerings.
16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer
his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto
the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer
also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the
head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the
sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall
put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his
separation is shaven:
20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder:
and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get:
according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of
his separation.
22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall
bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will
bless them. |
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What
did the vow of the Nazarite consist of concerning wine, hair, and dead
bodies? (2-8)
- What
was Aaron to say when he blessed
the children of Israel? (23-26)
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Chapter 7
Numbers 7 To listen and read click the
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7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the
tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the
instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and
had anointed them, and sanctified them;
2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who
were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered,
offered:
3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an
ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the
Levites, to every man according to his service.
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the
Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according
to their service:
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari,
according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest.
9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the
sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their
shoulders.
10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that
it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the
altar.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each
prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son
of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar,
did offer:
19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of
Zebulun, did offer:
25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab
the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children
of Reuben, did offer:
31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer:
37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children
of Gad, offered:
43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim, offered:
49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
52 one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
the children of Manasseh:
55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children
of Benjamin, offered:
61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan, offered:
67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children
of Asher, offered:
73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Pagiel the son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of
Naphtali, offered:
79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira
the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was
anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve
silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four
hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the
spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams
twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering:
and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were
twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the
lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar,
after that it was anointed.
89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to
speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from
off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between
the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. |
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How
many carts and oxen were given to the sons of Gershon for service? (7)
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How
many carts and oxen were given to the sons of Merari for service? (8)
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How
many carts and oxen were given to the sons of Kohath for service? (9)
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What
did the leaders of each tribe do for twelve consecutive days? (10-88)
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What
did Moses hear when he went into the tabernacle after the dedicatory
offering? (89)
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Chapter 8
Numbers 8 To listen and read click the
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8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps,
the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the
pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them
wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine
flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for
a sin offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children
of Israel together:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children
of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering
of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the
LORD.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the
bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for
the Levites.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,
and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer
them for an offering.
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of
Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the
firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man
and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of
Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children
of Israel.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons
from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children
of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an
atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among
the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the
sanctuary.
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded
Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and
Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an
atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the
tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as
the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto
them.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five
years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no more:
26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt
thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. |
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How
was the candlestick (lampstand) made? (4)
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Why
were the Levites purified? (11)
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The
Levites were wholly given to the Lord instead of what persons? (16-18)
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What
age group of Levites did the service of the tabernacle? (24-25)
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Numbers 9 To listen and read click the
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9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of
Egypt, saying,
2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed
season.
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in
his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according
to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep
the passover.
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month
at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a
man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came
before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a
man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of
the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD
will command concerning you.
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of
your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a
journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it,
and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of
it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep
it.
13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth
to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among
his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the
passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover,
and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one
ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the
land.
15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered
the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there
was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the
morning.
16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of
fire by night.
17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after
that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the
cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed,
and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud
abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then
the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;
according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents,
and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and
that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed:
whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they
journeyed.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud
tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel
abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up,
they journeyed.
23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the
commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the
LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
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What
did the Israelites celebrate on the fourteenth day of the first month?
(4)
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Who
was cut off from among the people? (13)
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How
were strangers to celebrate the Passover?
(14)
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What
covered the tabernacle when it was set up? (15)
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What
was the appearance of the cloud in the evening? (15)
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How
did the Israelites know when to move or stay? (17-23)
Numbers 10 To listen and read click the
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10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make
them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and
for the journeying of the camps.
3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble
themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are
heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts
shall go forward.
6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on
the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for
their journeys.
7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow,
but ye shall not sound an alarm.
8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets;
and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your
generations.
9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be
remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your
enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in
the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over
your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings;
that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD
your God.
11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in
the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle
of the testimony.
12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the
wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of
the LORD by the hand of Moses.
14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of
Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son
of Amminadab.
15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab
the son of Helon.
17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the
sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to
their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the
other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward
according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of
Ammihud.
23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and
over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was
Ahira the son of Enan.
28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to
their armies, when they set forward.
29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses'
father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD
said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good:
for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own
land, and to my kindred.
31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest
how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us
instead of eyes.
32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what
goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey:
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three
days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out
of the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that
hate thee flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many
thousands of Israel. |
Chapter 11
Numbers 11 To listen and read click the
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11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the
LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD
burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts
of the camp.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the
LORD, the fire was quenched.
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the
LORD burnt among them.
4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh
to eat?
5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the
cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the
garlick:
6 But our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this
manna, before our eyes.
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the
colour of bdellium.
8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it:
and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell
upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every
man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled
greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy
servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou
layest the burden of all this people upon me?
12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father
beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers?
13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too
heavy for me.
15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand,
if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my
wretchedness.
16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the
elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people,
and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of
the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they
shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not
thyself alone.
18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the
LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us
in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten
days, nor twenty days;
20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it
be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is
among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of
Egypt?
21 And Moses 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.
22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them?
or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to
suffice them?
23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou
shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and
gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them
round about the tabernacle.
25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of
the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and
it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they
prophesied, and did not cease.
26 But there remained two of the 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 went not out unto
the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and
Medad do prophesy in the camp.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young
men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that
all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his
spirit upon them!
30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from
the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on
this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round
about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the
earth.
32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all
the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least
gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves
round about the camp.
33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed,
the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD
smote the people with a very great plague.
34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because
there they buried the people that lusted.
35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and
abode at Hazeroth. |
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What
did the Lord send when the people complained about their hardships?
(1-3)
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What
did the people desire rather than
manna? (4-6)
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When
was the manna provided? (9)
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What
did Moses desire rather than carry all the people himself? (10-15)
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Who
did God put His Spirit on to help Moses carry the burden of the
people? (16-17)
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How
much meat did the Lord say He would provide? (18-20)
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What
question did the Lord ask Moses when he doubted God’s ability to
provide so much meat? (23)
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How
deep was the pile of quail that the Lord provided? (31)
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What
did the Lord send while the meat was still between their teeth?
(33)
Answers to Numbers Study Questions
Quiz on Chapters 1-11
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