Numbers:8-11
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak unto Aaron ,
and say unto him ,
When thou lightest the lamps ,
the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick .
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And Aaron did so ;
he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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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 .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel ,
and cleanse them .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD :
and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites :
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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 .
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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 .
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And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron ,
and before his sons ,
and offer them for an offering unto the LORD .
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Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel :
and the Levites shall be mine .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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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 :
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And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof ,
and shall serve no more :
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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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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 ,
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Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season .
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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 .
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And Moses spake unto the children of Israel ,
that they should keep the passover .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 ?
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And Moses said unto them ,
Stand still ,
and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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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 .
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The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it ,
and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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So it was alway :
the cloud covered it by day ,
and the appearance of fire by night .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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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 .
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And when they shall blow with them ,
all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation .
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And if they blow but with one trumpet ,
then the princes ,
which are heads of the thousands of Israel ,
shall gather themselves unto thee .
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When ye blow an alarm ,
then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward .
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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 .
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But when the congregation is to be gathered together ,
ye shall blow ,
but ye shall not sound an alarm .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai ;
and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran .
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And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses .
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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 .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon .
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And the tabernacle was taken down ;
and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward ,
bearing the tabernacle .
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And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies :
and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel .
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And the Kohathites set forward ,
bearing the sanctuary :
and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came .
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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 .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni .
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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 .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran .
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan .
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Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies ,
when they set forward .
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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 .
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And he said unto him ,
I will not go ;
but I will depart to mine own land ,
and to my kindred .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day ,
when they went out of the camp .
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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 .
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And when it rested ,
he said ,
Return ,
O LORD ,
unto the many thousands of Israel .
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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 .
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And the people cried unto Moses ;
and when Moses prayed unto the LORD ,
the fire was quenched .
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And he called the name of the place Taberah :
because the fire of the LORD burnt among them .
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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 ?
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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 :
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But now our soul is dried away :
there is nothing at all ,
beside this manna ,
before our eyes .
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And the manna was as coriander seed ,
and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium .
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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 .
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And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night ,
the manna fell upon it .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 ?
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Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people ?
for they weep unto me ,
saying ,
Give us flesh ,
that we may eat .
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I am not able to bear all this people alone ,
because it is too heavy for me .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Ye shall not eat one day ,
nor two days ,
nor five days ,
neither ten days ,
nor twenty days ;
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And there ran a young man ,
and told Moses ,
and said ,
Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp .
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And Joshua the son of Nun ,
the servant of Moses ,
one of his young men ,
answered and said ,
My lord Moses ,
forbid them .
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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 !
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And Moses gat him into the camp ,
he and the elders of Israel .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah :
because there they buried the people that lusted .
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And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth ;
and abode at Hazeroth .
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And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married :
for he had married an Ethiopian woman .
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