¹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month in the second year after they were come·​·out of the land of Egypt, saying,

² Let the sons of Israel then make the Passover at its appointed·​·time.

³ In the fourteenth day in this month, between the two·​·evenings^*, you shall make it in its appointed·​·time; according·​·to all its statutes, and according·​·to all its judgments, you shall make it.

⁴ And Moses spoke to^▵ the sons of Israel, that they should make the Passover.

⁵ And they did the Passover on^◦ the fourteenth day on^◦ the first of^◦ the month between the two·​·evenings in the wilderness of Sinai; according·​·to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did.

⁶ And there were certain men^◦, who became unclean by the soul of man^*, and they were· not ·able to make the Passover on^◦ that^◦ day; and they came·​·near before Moses and before Aaron on^◦ that^◦ day:

⁷ and those^◦ men^◦ said to^▵ him, We^◦ are unclean because of^◦ the soul of man; why are we diminished, that we may not^▵ offer an offering of Jehovah in its appointed·​·time in the midst of the sons of Israel?

⁸ And Moses said to^▵ them, Stand, and I will hear what Jehovah will command as·​·to you.

⁹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

¹⁰ Speak to^▵ the sons of Israel, saying, If a man^◦, any man^◦ of^◦ you or of^◦ your generations, when^◦ he be unclean as·​·to the soul, or be on^◦ the way far·​·off, yet he shall make the Passover to Jehovah.

¹¹ In the second month, in the fourteenth day, between the two·​·evenings they shall make it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

¹² They shall leave none^▵ of it to^◦ the morning, nor break a bone of it; according·​·to all the statutes of the Passover they shall make it.

¹³ But the man^◦, he^◦ who is clean, and is not on^◦ the way^*, and forbears to do the Passover, then that^◦ soul shall be cut·​·off from his people, for he offered not the offering of Jehovah in its appointed·​·time; that^◦ man^◦ shall bear his sin.

¹⁴ And when^◦ a sojourner shall sojourn with^◦ you, then he will make the Passover to Jehovah; according·​·to the statute of the Passover, and according·​·to its judgment, so shall he do; there shall be one statute for you, and for the sojourner, and for the native of the land.

¹⁵ And on^◦ the day that the Habitation was raised·​·up the cloud covered the Habitation of^◦ the Tabernacle of the testimony; and in the evening there was upon the Habitation as·​·it·​·were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

¹⁶ So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

¹⁷ And when^* the cloud was made to go·​·up from on the Tabernacle, then after·​·that the sons of Israel journeyed; and in the place where^▵ the cloud inhabited, there the sons of Israel encamped.

¹⁸ By^◦ the mouth of Jehovah the sons of Israel journeyed, and by^◦ the mouth of Jehovah they encamped; all the days that the cloud abided^◦ upon the Habitation^* they encamped.

¹⁹ And when the cloud was·​·long upon the Habitation many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

²⁰ And it·​·was that the cloud was a number of days on the Habitation; by^◦ the mouth of Jehovah they encamped, and by^◦ the mouth of Jehovah they journeyed.

²¹ And it·​·was, that the cloud was there from evening until morning, and the cloud was made to go·​·up in the morning, and they journeyed; either by·​·day or^◦ by night, and the cloud was made to go·​·up, and they journeyed.

²² Or whether two·​·days, or a month, or many days, when the cloud was·​·long on the Habitation, abiding^◦ thereon, the sons of Israel encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was made to go·​·up, they journeyed.

²³ By^◦ the mouth of Jehovah they encamped, and by^◦ the mouth of Jehovah they journeyed; they kept the charge of Jehovah, by^◦ the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.

¹ And all the congregation lifted up and put^◦ forth their voice, and the people wept in that^◦ night.

² And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and all the congregation said to^▵ them, Would·​·that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would·​·that we had died in this wilderness!

³ And why has Jehovah brought us to^▵ this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our infants should be for plunder? Were it not better for us to return to^▫ Egypt?

⁴ And they said, a man^◦ to^▵ his brother, Let us put^◦ someone as head, and let us return to Egypt.

⁵ And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

⁶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who explored the land, rent their garments;

⁷ and they said to^▵ all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed·​·through to explore it, is a very, very good land.

⁸ If Jehovah delight in us, then He will bring us to^▵ this land, and give it to us, it^◦ is a land which flows with milk and honey.

⁹ Only^▵ revolt not against^◦ Jehovah, and fear you^◦ not the people of the land; for they^◦ are bread for us; their shadow is removed from upon them, and Jehovah is with^◦ us: fear them not.

¹⁰ But all the congregation said to stone^▵ them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ to^▵ all the sons of Israel.

¹¹ And Jehovah said to^▵ Moses, Until what occasion will this people disdain Me? And until what occasion will they not believe in Me, in all the signs which I have done among them?

¹² I will smite them with the pestilence, and dispossess them, and will make thee into^◦ a greater nation and more numerous than they.

¹³ And Moses said to^▵ Jehovah, And the Egyptians shall hear of it, for Thou broughtest·​·up this people with Thy power from among them,

¹⁴ and they will say it to^▵ those who dwell in this land; for they have heard that Thou^◦, Jehovah art among this people, that Thou^◦, Jehovah art seen eye to eye, and that Thy cloud stands over them, and that Thou^◦ goest^◦ before them, in a pillar of a cloud by·​·day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

¹⁵ And if Thou shalt·​·put·​·to·​·death this people as one man^◦, then the nations that have heard the fame of Thee will say, saying,

¹⁶ Because Jehovah was· not^▵ ·able to bring this people to^▵ the land which He promised to them, therefore He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.

¹⁷ And now, I pray^◦ Thee, let the power of my Lord be·​·great, as^◦ Thou hast spoken, saying,

¹⁸ Jehovah is slow^◦ to anger, and of much mercy, bearing iniquity and transgression; but in not rendering·​·innocent, He does not render·​·innocent, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation^*.

¹⁹ Pardon, I pray^◦ Thee, the iniquity of this people according·​·to the greatness of Thy mercy, and as^◦ Thou hast borne for this people from Egypt until now^◦.

²⁰ And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according·​·to thy word;

²¹ nevertheless, as I^◦ live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;

²² for all the men^◦ who have seen My glory, and My signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me these ten times^◦, and have not obeyed My voice,

²³ they shall not^▫ see the land which I promised to their fathers, neither shall any of them that disdained Me see it;

²⁴ but My servant Caleb, because^▵ there was another spirit with him, and he has·​·filled after Me^*, then him will I bring into^▵ the land into which he came; and his seed shall possess it.

²⁵ (And the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn^◦ yourselves, and journey into the wilderness by the way of the Suph sea^*.

²⁶ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses and to^▵ Aaron, saying,

²⁷ How^▵ long will I be for this evil congregation, they^◦ who murmur against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they^◦ murmur against Me.

²⁸ Say to^▵ them, As I^◦ live, says^◦ Jehovah, as^◦ you have spoken in My ears, Will I not do so to you?

²⁹ Your corpses shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered^◦ of you, according·​·to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me,

³⁰ you^◦ shall not^▫ come into^▵ the land, concerning which I lifted my hand to cause you to inhabit her, but^◦ Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

³¹ But your infants, whom you said should be a plunder, them will I bring·​·in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.

³² But you^◦, your corpses, shall fall in this wilderness.

³³ And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and bear your harlotries, until your corpses be entirely consumed in the wilderness.

³⁴ By the number of the days that you explored the land, forty days, a day to a year, a day to a year, you shall bear your iniquities, forty years, and you shall know My disallowing.

³⁵ I^◦, Jehovah, have spoken; Surely I will do this to all this evil congregation who have congregated against Me; in this wilderness they shall be entirely consumed, and there they shall die.

³⁶ And the men^◦ whom Moses sent to explore the land, and who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against Him by bringing·​·out an evil·​·report against the land,

³⁷ even^▵ the men^◦ who brought·​·out the evil report^◦ of the land, died in being·​·struck before Jehovah.

³⁸ But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, they^◦ who were of the men^◦ who went^◦ to explore the land, lived.

³⁹ And Moses spoke these words to^▵ all the sons of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.

⁴⁰ And they got·​·up·​·early in the morning, and went·​·up to^▵ the head of the mountain, saying, Behold, we be here, and will go·​·up to^▵ the place which Jehovah has said; for we have sinned.

⁴¹ And Moses said, Why this, that you^◦ transgress^◦ the mouth of Jehovah? But it^◦ shall not prosper.

⁴² Go· not ·up, for Jehovah is not^◦ among you; and you will not be struck down before your enemies.

⁴³ For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; for you have turned·​·back from following after Jehovah, and Jehovah will not be with you.

⁴⁴ But they sought·​·the·​·summit to go·​·up to^▵ the head of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not from among the camp.

⁴⁵ And the Amalekite came·​·down and the Canaanite who dwelt in that^◦ mountain and smote them and beat· them ·down, even·​·to Hormah.