Numbers:11-13

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* And it came to pass that when the people were giving themselves up to murmuring , it was grievous in the ears of Yahweh , so Yahweh hearkened , and kindled was his anger , and the fire of Yahweh burned among them , and consumed the uttermost part of the camp . * Then did the people make outcry unto Moses , and Moses prayed unto Yahweh , and the fire sank down . * So he called the name of that place , Taberah because there burned among them the fire of Yahweh . \fs15 * Moreover the mixed multitude that was in their midst concealed not their lusting , and so even the sons of Israel , fell away and wept , and said : Who will grant us to eat flesh ? * We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt , without money , the cucumbers , and the water-melons , and the leeks and the onions , and the garlick . * But , now , our soul is dried up , there is nothing at all , unless , unto the manna , our eyes . * Now , the manna , was like coriander seed , and the appearance thereof like the appearance of bdellium , * The people used to go about and pick it up , and grind it with a pair of mill-stones , or pound it in a mortar , and boil it in a pot , and make it into round cakes , then was the taste thereof like the taste of a sweet cake made with oil . * When the dew came down upon the camp by night , the manna came down thereupon . * So then Moses heard the people weeping by their families , every one at the entrance of his tent , then kindled the anger of Yahweh fiercely , and in the eyes of Moses , it was grievous . * And Moses said unto Yahweh Wherefore hast thou let thy servant come to grief , and wherefore have I not found favour in thine eyes , that thou shouldest lay the burden of all this people upon me . * Did , I , conceive all this people , or , I , beget them , that thou shouldest say unto me , Carry them in thy bosom , as a nursing father carrieth a suckling , unto the soil which thou didst swear unto their fathers ? * Whence should , I , have flesh to give to all this people , for they keep weeping by me saying , Oh give us flesh that we may eat ! * Unable , am , I , by myself , to carry all this people , for they are too heavy for me . * But if , in this way , thou art going to deal with me , slay me , I beseech thee , slay , if I have found favour in thine eyes , and let me not see my grief , * Then said Yahweh unto Moses Gather thou unto me seventy men , from among the elders of Israel , of whom thou knowest that they are elders of the people and their overseers , then shalt thou take them unto the tent of meeting , and they shall station themselves there with thee . * Then will I come down , and speak with thee there , and will take of the spirit that is upon thee and put upon them , and they shall carry , with thee , the burden of the people , and , thou , shalt not carry it by thyself . * And , unto the people , shalt thou say : Hallow yourselves by to-morrow , and ye shall eat flesh , for ye have wept in the ears of Yahweh saying Who will grant us to eat flesh ? for it was well with us in Egypt , so then Yahweh will give you flesh and ye shall eat . * Not one day , shall ye eat nor two days , nor five days nor ten days , nor twenty days : * for a month of days until it cometh forth out of your nostrils , so shall it become to you a loathsome thing , because ye have refused Yahweh who is in your midst , and have wept before him , saying , Wherefore now came we forth out of Egypt ? * And Moses said , Six hundred thousand footmen , are the people in whose midst am , I , yet thou hast said Flesh , will I give unto them , a and they shall eat for a month of days . * Shall the flocks and herds , be slaughtered for them , that it may suffice for them ? Shall all the fishes of the sea , be gathered together unto them that it may suffice for them ? * Then said Yahweh unto Moses , Shall the hand of Yahweh , fail ? Now , shalt thou see whether my word come to pass unto thee or not . * And Moses went forth and spake unto the people the words of Yahweh , and gathered together seventy men from among the elders of the people , and caused them to stand round about the tent . * Then Yahweh came down , in the cloud , and spake unto him , and took e of the spirit that was upon him , and gave unto the seventy menthe elders . And it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them , they prophesied , and then did so no more . * Now there were two men left behind in the campthe name of the one , was Eldad and the name of the other , Medad , so then the spirit , rested on themthey , being among them who were written , though they hint not gone forth unto the tent , but they prophesied in the camp . * And there ran a young man , and told Moses and said , Eldad and Medad , are prophesying in the camp ! * Then responded Joshua son of Nun the attendant of Moses from his youth , and said , My lord Moses forbid them ! * But Moses said unto him , Art , thou , jealous for , me ? Oh would that , all the people of Yahweh , were prophets ! Yea let Yahweh put his spirit upon them ! * Then was Moses received back into the camp , he and the elders of Israel . * Now , a wind , had sprung up , from Yahweh , and cut off quails from the sea , and let them lie over the campas it were a days journey here and a days journey there , round about the amp , and as it were two cubits on the face of the land . * And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day , and gathered the quails , he that did least , gathered ten homers , and they spread them out for themselves spreading away , round about the camp . * The flesh , was yet between their teeth , not yet chewed , when the anger of Yahweh , had kindled upon the people , and Yahweh smote the people , with an exceeding great plague . * And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavahbecause there , they buried the people who had lusted , * From Kibroth-hattaavah , the people set forward to Hazeroth , and they remained in Hazeroth . * And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses , on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken , for , a Cushite woman , had he taken . * And they said : Is it only and solely with Moses , that Yahweh hath spoken ? With us also , hath he not spoken ? And Yahweh heard it . * Now , the man Moses , was patient , exceedingly , above all the sons of earth , who were on the face of the ground . * Then said Yahweh suddenly , unto Moses , and unto Aaron , and unto Miriam , Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting . And they three went out . * Then Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud , and stood at the entrance of the tent , and called Aaron and Miriam , and they both went forth . * Then said he Hear , I beseech you my words . When ye have your prophet , As Yahweh in a vision , will I make myself known , unto him ; In a dream , will I speak with him . * Not so , my servant Moses , In all my house , trusty , is he : * Mouth to mouth , do I speak with him And plainlynot in dark sayings , And the form of Yahweh , doth he discern , Wherefore then , were ye not afraid to speak against my servantagainst Moses ? * And the anger of Yahweh kindled upon theme and he departed . * And , when , the cloud , removed from off the tent , lo ! Miriam , leprous , like snow ! And Aaron turned unto Miriam and lo ! leprous ! * Then said Aaron unto Moses , Oh my lord , do not I beseech thee lay upon us sin , although we have made ourselves foolish , and although we have sinned . * Let her not , I beseech thee , remain like the still-born , which when it is born of its mother , the half of its flesh is consumed . * Then Moses made outcry unto Yahweh , saying , O GOD , I beseech thee grant healing . I beseech thee unto her . * And Yahweh said unto Moses : If , her own father , had , but spat , in her face , would she not , have acknowledged the shame for seven days ? Let her shut herself up for seven days , outside the camp , and afterwards , let her be received back . * So Miriam shut herself up , outside the camp , for seven days , and , the people , set not forward , until Miriam had been received back . * Then afterwards , did the people set forward from Hazeroth , and encamped in the desert of Paran . * Then spake Yahweh unto Moses , saying : * Send for thee men and let them spy out the land of Canaan , which I am giving unto the sons of Israel , one man each for the tribe of his fathers , shalt thou send , each one a prince among them . * So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran , at the bidding of Yahweh , all of them , great men , heads of the seas of Israel , were they . * And , these , are their names , Of the tribe of Reuben , Shammua , son of Zaccur ; * Of the tribe of Simeon , Shaphat , son of Hori ; * Of the tribe of Judah , Caleb , son of Jephunneh ; * Of the tribe of Issachar , Igal , son of Joseph ; * Of the tribe of Ephraim , Hoshea , son of Nun ; * Of the tribe of Benjamin , Palti , son of Raphu ; * Of the tribe of Zebulun , Gaddiel , son of Sodi ; * Of the tribe of Josephof the tribe of Manasseh , Gaddi son of Susi ; * Of the tribe of Dan , Ammiel , son of Gemalli ; * Of the tribe of Asher , Sethur , son of Michael ; * Of the tribe of Naphtali , Nahbi , son of Vophsi ; * Of the tribe of Gad , Geuel , son of Machi . * These , are the names of the men , whom Moses sent to spy out the land , but Moses called Hoshea son of Nun , Joshua . * So Moses sent them , to spy out the land of Canaan , and said unto them Go up , here in the South , Yea ye shall go up the mountain ; * And shall see the land , what it is , And the people that dwell thereupon , Whether they are , strong , or weak , Whether they are , few or many ; * And what , the land , is , wherein they dwell , Whether it is , good , or , bad , And the cities within which they dwell , Whether in camps or in strongholds ; * And what the land is , Whether , fat , or , lean , Whether there is timber therein or is not , Then shall ye pluck up courage and take of the fruit of the land . Now the days , were the days of the first-fruits of grapes . * So they went up , and spied out the land , from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the entering in of Hamath . * Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron , and there , were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak . Now , Hebron , was built seven years , before Zoan of Egypt . * And they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol , and cut down , from thence a branch with one cluster of gropes , and bare it on a pole between two , also of the pomegranates and of the figs . * That place , was called , The Ravine of Escholon account of the cluster , which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel . \fs15 * And they returned from spying out the land , at the end of forty days . * So they took their journey , and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran , towards Kadesh , and brought back wordunto them and unto all the assembly , and showed them the fruit of the land . * And they recounted unto him , and said , We entered into the land whither thou didst send us , and surely it doth flow with milk and honey , and , this , is the fruit thereof . * Nevertheless surely mighty , are the people that dwell in the land , and , the cities , walled in , exceeding great , moreover also , the descendants of the * Anak , saw we there . Amalek , dwelleth in the land of the South ; And , the Hittite , and the Jebusite and the Amorite , dwell in the mountain And the Canaanite , dwelleth by the sea , and by the side of the Jordan . * And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses , and said unto them Let us go straight up , and possess it , for we shall , surely prevail , against it . * But the men who went up with him said , We cannot go up against the people , for stronger , are they than we . * So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out , among the sons of Israel , saying , As touching the land through which we passed to spy it out , it is , land that eateth up them who dwell therein , And all the people that we saw in the midst thereof , were men of great stature . * And , there , saw we the giants , sons of Anak * Then did all the assembly lift up , and give forth their voice , and the people wept throughout that night .

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