«Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his fatheŕs house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.

On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah.»

And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.

«Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar.»

And his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.

«Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the leader of the children of Zebulun.»

And his army was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

«All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred--these shall break camp first.

«On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.»

And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.

«Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.»

And his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

«Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.»

And his army was numbered at forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

«All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty--they shall be the second to break camp.

«And the tabernacle of meeting shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall move out, everyone in his place, by their standards.

«On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.»

And his army was numbered at forty thousand five hundred.

«Next to him comes the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.»

And his army was numbered at thirty-two thousand two hundred.

«Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.»

And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.

«All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Ephraim, one hundred and eight thousand one hundred--they shall be the third to break camp.

«The standard of the forces with Dan shall be on the north side according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.»

And his army was numbered at sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

«Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.»

And his army was numbered at forty-one thousand five hundred.

«Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.»

And his army was numbered at fifty-three thousand four hundred.

«All who were numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred--they shall break camp last, with their standards.»

These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fatherś houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fatherś houses.

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:

«Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.

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.»

So Moses told the children of Israel that they should keep the Passover.

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.

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.

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?»

And Moses said to them, «Stand still, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.»

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

«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 LORD́s Passover.

On the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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.

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.

«And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the LORD́s 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.»́

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.

So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, «If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

Why has the LORD brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?»

So they said to one another, «Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.»

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: «The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, «a land which flows with milk and honey.́

Only do not rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.»

And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.

Then the LORD said to Moses: «How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?

I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.»

And Moses said to the LORD: «Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,

and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, LORD, are among these people; that You, LORD, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,

«Because the LORD was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.́

And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

«The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.́

Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.»

Then the LORD said: «I have pardoned, according to your word;

but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD--

because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,

they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.

But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.

Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.»

And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

«How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.

Say to them, «As I live,́ says the LORD, «just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:

The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.

Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.

But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.

But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.

According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.

I the LORD have spoken this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.»́

Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land,

those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.

Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, «Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised, for we have sinned!»

And Moses said, «Now why do you transgress the command of the LORD? For this will not succeed.

Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the LORD, the LORD will not be with you.»

But they presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses departed from the camp.

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as Hormah.