¹ 当下，全会众大声喧嚷；那夜百姓都哭号。

² 以色列众人向摩西、亚伦发怨言；全会众对他们说：巴不得我们早死在埃及地，或是死在这旷野。

³ 耶和华为甚麽把我们领到那地，使我们倒在刀下呢？我们的妻子和孩子必被掳掠。我们回埃及去岂不好麽？

⁴ 众人彼此说：我们不如立一个首领回埃及去罢！

⁵ 摩西、亚伦就俯伏在以色列全会众面前。

⁶ 窥探地的人中，嫩的儿子约书亚和耶孚尼的儿子迦勒撕裂衣服，

⁷ 对以色列全会众说：我们所窥探、经过之地是极美之地。

⁸ 耶和华若喜悦我们，就必将我们领进那地，把地赐给我们；那地原是流奶与蜜之地。

⁹ 但你们不可背叛耶和华，也不要怕那地的居民；因为他们是我们的食物，并且荫庇他们的已经离开他们。有耶和华与我们同在，不要怕他们！

¹⁰ 但全会众说：拿石头打死他们二人。忽然，耶和华的荣光在会幕中向以色列众人显现。

¹¹ 耶和华对摩西说：这百姓藐视我要到几时呢？我在他们中间行了这一切神迹，他们还不信我要到几时呢？

¹² 我要用瘟疫击杀他们，使他们不得承受那地，叫你的後裔成为大国，比他们强胜。

¹³ 摩西对耶和华说：埃及人必听见这事；因为你曾施展大能，将这百姓从他们中间领上来。

¹⁴ 埃及人要将这事传给迦南地的居民；那民已经听见你─耶和华是在这百姓中间；因为你面对面被人看见，有你的云彩停在他们以上。你日间在云柱中，夜间在火柱中，在他们前面行。

¹⁵ 如今你若把这百姓杀了，如杀一人，那些听见你名声的列邦必议论说：

¹⁶ 耶和华因为不能把这百姓领进他向他们起誓应许之地，所以在旷野把他们杀了。

¹⁷ 现在求主大显能力，照你所说过的话说：

¹⁸ 耶和华不轻易发怒，并有丰盛的慈爱，赦免罪孽和过犯；万不以有罪的为无罪，必追讨他的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代。

¹⁹ 求你照你的大慈爱赦免这百姓的罪孽，好像你从埃及到如今常赦免他们一样。

²⁰ 耶和华说：我照着你的话赦免了他们。

²¹ 然我指着我的永生起誓，遍地要被我的荣耀充满。

²² 这些人虽看见我的荣耀和我在埃及与旷野所行的神迹，仍然试探我这十次，不听从我的话，

²³ 他们断不得看见我向他们的祖宗所起誓应许之地。凡藐视我的，一个也不得看见；

²⁴ 惟独我的仆人迦勒，因他另有一个心志，专一跟从我，我就把他领进他所去过的那地；他的後裔也必得那地为业。

²⁵ 亚玛力人和迦南人住在谷中，明天你们要转回，从红海的路往旷野去。

²⁶ 耶和华对摩西、亚伦说：

²⁷ 这恶会众向我发怨言，我忍耐他们要到几时呢？以色列人向我所发的怨言，我都听见了。

²⁸ 你们告诉他们，耶和华说：我指着我的永生起誓，我必要照你们达到我耳中的话待你们。

²⁹ 你们的尸首必倒在这旷野，并且你们中间凡被数点、从二十岁以外、向我发怨言的，

³⁰ 必不得进我起誓应许叫你们住的那地；惟有耶孚尼的儿子迦勒和嫩的儿子约书亚才能进去。

³¹ 但你们的妇人孩子，就是你们所说、要被掳掠的，我必把他们领进去，他们就得知你们所厌弃的那地。

³² 至於你们，你们的尸首必倒在这旷野；

³³ 你们的儿女必在旷野飘流四十年，担当你们淫行的罪，直到你们的尸首在旷野消灭。

³⁴ 按你们窥探那地的四十日，一年顶一日，你们要担当罪孽四十年，就知道我与你们疏远了，

³⁵ 我─耶和华说过，我总要这样待这一切聚集敌我的恶会众；他们必在这旷野消灭，在这里死亡。

³⁶ 摩西所打发、窥探那地的人回来，报那地的恶信，叫全会众向摩西发怨言，

³⁷ 这些报恶信的人都遭瘟疫，死在耶和华面前。

³⁸ 其中惟有嫩的儿子约书亚和耶孚尼的儿子迦勒仍然存活。

³⁹ 摩西将这些话告诉以色列众人，他们就甚悲哀。

⁴⁰ 清早起来，上山顶去，说：我们在这里，我们有罪了；情愿上耶和华所应许的地方去。

⁴¹ 摩西说：你们为何违背耶和华的命令呢？这事不能顺利了。

⁴² 不要上去；因为耶和华不在你们中间，恐怕你们被仇敌杀败了。

⁴³ 亚玛力人和迦南人都在你们面前，你们必倒在刀下；因你们退回不跟从耶和华，所以他必不与你们同在。

⁴⁴ 他们却擅敢上山顶去，然而耶和华的约柜和摩西没有出营。

⁴⁵ 於是亚玛力人和住在那山上的迦南人都下来击打他们，把他们杀退了，直到何珥玛。

¹ This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

² He said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

³ Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive of your words.

⁴ Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

⁵ He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

⁶ "Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few."

⁷ This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, "Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries."

⁸ Of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;

⁹ who said of his father, and of his mother, 'I have not seen him;' Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.

¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

¹¹ Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again."

¹² Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him. He covers him all the day long. He dwells between his shoulders."

¹³ Of Joseph he said, "His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,

¹⁴ for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

¹⁵ for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

¹⁶ for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

¹⁷ The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."

¹⁸ Of Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents.

¹⁹ They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand."

²⁰ Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

²¹ He provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved. He came [with] the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel."

²² Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan."

²³ Of Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of the blessing of Yahweh, Possess the west and the south."

²⁴ Of Asher he said, "Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.

²⁵ Your bars shall be iron and brass. As your days, so your strength will be.

²⁶ "There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on the skies.

²⁷ The eternal God is [your] dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, 'Destroy!'

²⁸ Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.

²⁹ You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."