Numbers 9-10New King James Version (NKJV)
The Second Passover
9 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: 2 “Let the
children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 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.” 4 So Moses told 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 twilight, in the
Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses,
so the children of Israel did.
6 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. 7 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?”
8 And Moses said to them, “Stand
still, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
9 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying, 10 “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. 11 On the fourteenth day of the second
month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs. 12 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. 13 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.
14 ‘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.’”
The Cloud and the Fire
15 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. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered
it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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. 20 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. 21 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. 22 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. 23 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.
Two Silver Trumpets
10 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying: 2 “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. 3 When
they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the
door of the tabernacle of meeting. 4 But if they
blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of
Israel, shall gather to you. 5 When you sound the
advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their
journey. 6 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. 7 And
when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the
advance. 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall
blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout
your generations.
9 “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. 10 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.”
Departure from Sinai
11 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. 12 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. 13 So
they started out for the first time according to the command of
the Lord by the hand of Moses.
14 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. 15 Over the army of
the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of
Zuar. 16 And over the army of the tribe of the
children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 Then the tabernacle was taken
down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the
tabernacle.
18 And the standard of the camp of
Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur
the son of Shedeur. 19 Over the army of the tribe
of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai. 20 And over the army of the tribe of
the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 Then the Kohathites set out,
carrying the holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.)
22 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. 23 Over
the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the army of the
tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
25 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. 26 Over the army of the tribe of the
children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And
over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira
the son of Enan.
28 Thus was the
order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they
began their journey.
29 Now Moses said to Hobab the son of
Reuel[a] 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.”
30 And he said to him, “I will not
go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”
31 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. 32 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.”
33 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. 34 And the cloud of
the Lord was above them by day when they went out from
the camp.
35 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.”
Let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You.”
36 And when it rested, he said:
“Return, O Lord,
To the many thousands of Israel.”
To the many thousands of Israel.”
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