Numbers:8-11
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And the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
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Speak to Aaron ,
and say to him , "
When you arrange the lamps ,
the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand ."'
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And Aaron did so ;
he arranged the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold ;
from its shaft to its flowers it was hammered work .
According to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses ,
so he made the lampstand .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them ceremonially .
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Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them :
Sprinkle water of purification on them ,
and let them shave all their body ,
and let them wash their clothes ,
and so make themselves clean .
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Then let them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil ,
and you shall take another young bull as a sin offering .
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And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting ,
and you shall gather together the whole congregation of the children of Israel .
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So you shall bring the Levites before the LORD ,
and the children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites ;
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and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD like a wave offering from the children of Israel ,
that they may perform the work of the LORD .
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Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls ,
and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD ,
to make atonement for the Levites .
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And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons ,
and then offer them like a wave offering to the LORD .
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Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel ,
and the Levites shall be Mine .
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After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting .
So you shall cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering .
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For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel ;
I have taken them for Myself instead of all who open the womb ,
the firstborn of all the children of Israel .
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For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine ,
both man and beast ;
on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them to Myself .
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I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel .
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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel ,
to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting ,
and to make atonement for the children of Israel ,
that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary ."
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Thus Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites ;
according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites ,
so the children of Israel did to them .
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And the Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes ;
then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the LORD ,
and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them .
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After that the Levites went in to do their work in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons ;
as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites ,
so they did to them .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying ,
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This is what pertains to the Levites :
From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting ;
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and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work ,
and shall work no more .
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They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting ,
to attend to needs ,
but they themselves shall do no work .
Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties ."
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Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai ,
in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt ,
saying :
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Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time .
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On the fourteenth day of this month ,
at twilight ,
you shall keep it at its appointed time .
According to all its rites and ceremonies you shall keep it ."
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So Moses told 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 twilight ,
in the Wilderness of Sinai ;
according to all that the LORD commanded Moses ,
so the children of Israel did .
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Now there were certain men who were defiled by a human corpse ,
so that they could not keep the Passover on that day ;
and they came before Moses and Aaron that day .
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And those men said to him , "
We became defiled by a human corpse .
Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the children of Israel ?"
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And Moses said to them , "
Stand still ,
that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you ."
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak to the children of Israel ,
saying : "
If anyone of you or your posterity is unclean because of a corpse ,
or is far away on a journey ,
he may still keep the LORD '
s Passover .
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On the fourteenth day of the second month ,
at twilight ,
they may keep it .
They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs .
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They shall leave none of it until morning ,
nor break one of its bones .
According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it .
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But the man who is clean and is not on a journey ,
and ceases to keep the Passover ,
that same person shall be cut off from among his people ,
because he did not bring the offering of the LORD at its appointed time ;
that man shall bear his sin .
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And if a stranger dwells among you ,
and would keep the LORD '
s Passover ,
he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony ;
you shall have one ordinance ,
both for the stranger and the native of the land ."'
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Now on the day that the tabernacle was raised up ,
the cloud covered the tabernacle ,
the tent of the Testimony ;
from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire .
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So it was always :
the cloud covered it by day ,
and the appearance of fire by night .
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Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle ,
after that the children of Israel would journey ;
and in the place where the cloud settled ,
there the children of Israel would pitch their tents .
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At the command of the LORD the children of Israel would journey ,
and at the command of the LORD they would camp ;
as long as the cloud stayed above the tabernacle they remained encamped .
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Even when the cloud continued long ,
many days above the tabernacle ,
the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey .
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So it was ,
when the cloud was above the tabernacle a few days :
according to the command of the LORD they would remain encamped ,
and according to the command of the LORD they would journey .
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So it was ,
when the cloud remained only from evening until morning :
when the cloud was taken up in the morning ,
then they would journey ;
whether by day or by night ,
whenever the cloud was taken up ,
they would journey .
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Whether it was two days ,
a month ,
or a year that the cloud remained above the tabernacle ,
the children of Israel would remain encamped and not journey ;
but when it was taken up ,
they would journey .
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At the command of the LORD they remained encamped ,
and at the command of the LORD they journeyed ;
they kept the charge of the LORD ,
at the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses .
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And the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
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Make two silver trumpets for yourself ;
you shall make them of hammered work ;
you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps .
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When they blow both of them ,
all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting .
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But if they blow only one ,
then the leaders ,
the heads of the divisions of Israel ,
shall gather to you .
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When you sound the advance ,
the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey .
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When you sound the advance the second time ,
then the camps that lie on the south side shall begin their journey ;
they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys .
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And when the assembly is to be gathered together ,
you shall blow ,
but not sound the advance .
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The sons of Aaron ,
the priests ,
shall blow the trumpets ;
and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations .
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When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you ,
then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets ,
and you will be remembered before the LORD your God ,
and you will be saved from your enemies .
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Also in the day of your gladness ,
in your appointed feasts ,
and at the beginning of your months ,
you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings ;
and they shall be a memorial for you before your God :
I am the LORD your God ."
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Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month ,
in the second year ,
that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony .
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And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys ;
then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran .
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So they started out for the first time according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses .
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The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies ;
over their army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab .
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Over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar .
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And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon .
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Then the tabernacle was taken down ;
and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out ,
carrying the tabernacle .
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And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies ;
over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur .
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Over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai .
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And over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel .
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Then the Kohathites set out ,
carrying the holy things . (
The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival .)
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And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their armies ;
over their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud .
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Over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur .
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And over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni .
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Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan (
the rear guard of all the camps )
set out according to their armies ;
over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai .
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Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran .
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And over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan .
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Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel ,
according to their armies ,
when they began their journey .
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Now Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite ,
Moses '
father-in-law , "
We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said , "
I will give it to you .'
Come with us ,
and we will treat you well ;
for the LORD has promised good things to Israel ."
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And he said to him , "
I will not go ,
but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives ."
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So Moses said , "
Please do not leave ,
inasmuch as you know how we are to camp in the wilderness ,
and you can be our eyes .
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And it shall be ,
if you go with us--indeed it shall be--that whatever good the LORD will do to us ,
the same we will do to you ."
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So they departed from the mountain of the LORD on a journey of three days ;
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them for the three days '
journey ,
to search out a resting place for them .
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And the cloud of the LORD was above them by day when they went out from the camp .
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So it was ,
whenever the ark set out ,
that Moses said : "
Rise up ,
O LORD !
Let Your enemies be scattered ,
And let those who hate You flee before You ."
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And when it rested ,
he said : "
Return ,
O LORD ,
To the many thousands of Israel ."
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Now when the people complained ,
it displeased the LORD ;
for the LORD heard it ,
and His anger was aroused .
So the fire of the LORD burned among them ,
and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp .
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Then the people cried out to Moses ,
and when Moses prayed to the LORD ,
the fire was quenched .
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So he called the name of the place Taberah ,
because the fire of the LORD had burned among them .
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Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving ;
so the children of Israel also wept again and said : "
Who will give us meat to eat ?
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We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt ,
the cucumbers ,
the melons ,
the leeks ,
the onions ,
and the garlic ;
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but now our whole being is dried up ;
there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes !"
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Now the manna was like coriander seed ,
and its color like the color of bdellium .
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The people went about and gathered it ,
ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar ,
cooked it in pans ,
and made cakes of it ;
and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil .
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And when the dew fell on the camp in the night ,
the manna fell on it .
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Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families ,
everyone at the door of his tent ;
and the anger of the LORD was greatly aroused ;
Moses also was displeased .
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So Moses said to the LORD , "
Why have You afflicted Your servant ?
And why have I not found favor in Your sight ,
that You have laid the burden of all these people on me ?
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Did I conceive all these people ?
Did I beget them ,
that You should say to me , "
Carry them in your bosom ,
as a guardian carries a nursing child ,'
to the land which You swore to their fathers ?
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Where am I to get meat to give to all these people ?
For they weep all over me ,
saying , "
Give us meat ,
that we may eat .'
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I am not able to bear all these people alone ,
because the burden is too heavy for me .
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If You treat me like this ,
please kill me here and now--if I have found favor in Your sight--and do not let me see my wretchedness !"
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So the LORD said to Moses : "
Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel ,
whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them ;
bring them to the tabernacle of meeting ,
that they may stand there with you .
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Then I will come down and talk with you there .
I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them ;
and they shall bear the burden of the people with you ,
that you may not bear it yourself alone .
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Then you shall say to the people , "
Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow ,
and you shall eat meat ;
for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD ,
saying , "
Who will give us meat to eat ?
For it was well with us in Egypt ."
Therefore the LORD will give you meat ,
and you shall eat .
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You shall eat ,
not one day ,
nor two days ,
nor five days ,
nor ten days ,
nor twenty days ,
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but for a whole month ,
until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you ,
because you have despised the LORD who is among you ,
and have wept before Him ,
saying , "
Why did we ever come up out of Egypt ?""'
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And Moses said , "
The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot ;
yet You have said , "
I will give them meat ,
that they may eat for a whole month .'
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Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them ,
to provide enough for them ?
Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them ,
to provide enough for them ?"
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Has the LORD '
s arm been shortened ?
Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not ."
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So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD ,
and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle .
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Then the LORD came down in the cloud ,
and spoke to him ,
and took of the Spirit that was upon him ,
and placed the same upon the seventy elders ;
and it happened ,
when the Spirit rested upon them ,
that they prophesied ,
although they never did so again .
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But two men had remained in the camp :
the name of one was Eldad ,
and the name of the other Medad .
And the Spirit rested upon them .
Now they were among those listed ,
but who had not gone out to the tabernacle ;
yet they prophesied in the camp .
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And a young man ran and told Moses ,
and said , "
Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp ."
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So Joshua the son of Nun ,
Moses '
assistant ,
one of his choice men ,
answered and said , "
Moses my lord ,
forbid them !"
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Then Moses said to him , "
Are you zealous for my sake ?
Oh ,
that all the LORD '
s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them !"
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And Moses returned to the camp ,
he and the elders of Israel .
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Now a wind went out from the LORD ,
and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp ,
about a day '
s journey on this side and about a day '
s journey on the other side ,
all around the camp ,
and about two cubits above the surface of the ground .
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And the people stayed up all that day ,
all night ,
and all the next day ,
and gathered the quail (
he who gathered least gathered ten homers );
and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp .
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But while the meat was still between their teeth ,
before it was chewed ,
the wrath of the LORD was aroused against the people ,
and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague .
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So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah ,
because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving .
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From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth ,
and camped at Hazeroth .
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Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married ;
for he had married an Ethiopian woman .
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