Numbers 19 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Numbers 20

¹The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.

KJVThen came^H935^(H8799) the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, even the whole congregation^H5712, into the desert^H4057 of Zin^H6790 in the first^H7223 month^H2320: and the people^H5971 abode^H3427^(H8799) in Kadesh^H6946; and Miriam^H4813 died^H4191^(H8799) there, and was buried^H6912^(H8735) there.

² There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

KJVAnd there was no water^H4325 for the congregation^H5712: and they gathered^H6950^(H8735) themselves together against Moses^H4872 and against Aaron^H175.

³ The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

KJVAnd the people^H5971 chode^H7378^(H8799) with Moses^H4872, and spake^H559^(H8799), saying^H559^(H8800), Would God that^H3863 we had died^H1478^(H8804) when our brethren^H251 died^H1478^(H8800) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068!

⁴ Why have you brought Yahweh’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?

KJVAnd why have ye brought up^H935^(H8689) the congregation^H6951 of the LORD^H3068 into this wilderness^H4057, that we and our cattle^H1165 should die^H4191^(H8800) there?

⁵ Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”

KJVAnd wherefore have ye made us to come up^H5927^(H8689) out of Egypt^H4714, to bring^H935^(H8687) us in unto this evil^H7451 place^H4725? it is no place^H4725 of seed^H2233, or of figs^H8384, or of vines^H1612, or of pomegranates^H7416; neither is there any water^H4325 to drink^H8354^(H8800).

⁶ Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. Yahweh’s glory appeared to them.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 went^H935^(H8799) from the presence^H6440 of the assembly^H6951 unto the door^H6607 of the tabernacle^H168 of the congregation^H4150, and they fell^H5307^(H8799) upon their faces^H6440: and the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 appeared^H7200^(H8735) unto them.

⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8762) unto Moses^H4872, saying^H559^(H8800),

⁸ “Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”

KJVTake^H3947^(H8798) the rod^H4294, and gather^H6950^(H8685) thou the assembly^H5712 together, thou, and Aaron^H175 thy brother^H251, and speak^H1696^(H8765) ye unto the rock^H5553 before their eyes^H5869; and it shall give forth^H5414^(H8804) his water^H4325, and thou shalt bring forth^H3318^(H8689) to them water^H4325 out of the rock^H5553: so thou shalt give^H8248 the congregation^H5712 and their beasts^H1165 drink^H8248^(H8689).

⁹ Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 took^H3947^(H8799) the rod^H4294 from before^H6440 the LORD^H3068, as he commanded^H6680^(H8765) him.

¹⁰ Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 gathered^H6950^(H8686) the congregation^H6951 together before^H6440 the rock^H5553, and he said^H559^(H8799) unto them, Hear^H8085^(H8798) now, ye rebels^H4784^(H8802); must we fetch^H3318^(H8686) you water^H4325 out of this rock^H5553?

¹¹ Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 lifted up^H7311^(H8686) his hand^H3027, and with his rod^H4294 he smote^H5221^(H8686) the rock^H5553 twice^H6471: and the water^H4325 came out^H3318^(H8799) abundantly^H7227, and the congregation^H5712 drank^H8354^(H8799), and their beasts^H1165 also.

¹² Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 spake^H559^(H8799) unto Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175, Because ye believed^H539^(H8689) me not, to sanctify^H6942^(H8687) me in the eyes^H5869 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, therefore ye shall not bring^H935^(H8686) this congregation^H6951 into the land^H776 which I have given^H5414^(H8804) them.

¹³ These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.

KJVThis is^H1992 the water^H4325 of Meribah^H4809; because the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 strove^H7378^(H8804) with the LORD^H3068, and he was sanctified^H6942^(H8735) in them.

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 sent^H7971^(H8799) messengers^H4397 from Kadesh^H6946 unto the king^H4428 of Edom^H123, Thus saith^H559^(H8804) thy brother^H251 Israel^H3478, Thou knowest^H3045^(H8804) all the travail^H8513 that hath befallen^H4672^(H8804) us:

¹⁵ how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.

KJVHow our fathers^H1 went down^H3381^(H8799) into Egypt^H4714, and we have dwelt^H3427^(H8799) in Egypt^H4714 a long^H7227 time^H3117; and the Egyptians^H4714 vexed^H7489^(H8686) us, and our fathers^H1:

¹⁶ When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.

KJVAnd when we cried^H6817^(H8799) unto the LORD^H3068, he heard^H8085^(H8799) our voice^H6963, and sent^H7971^(H8799) an angel^H4397, and hath brought us forth^H3318^(H8686) out of Egypt^H4714: and, behold, we are in Kadesh^H6946, a city^H5892 in the uttermost^H7097 of thy border^H1366:

¹⁷ “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.”

KJVLet us pass^H5674^(H8799), I pray thee, through thy country^H776: we will not pass^H5674^(H8799) through the fields^H7704, or through the vineyards^H3754, neither will we drink^H8354^(H8799) of the water^H4325 of the wells^H875: we will go^H3212^(H8799) by the king's^H4428 high way^H1870, we will not turn^H5186^(H8799) to the right hand^H3225 nor to the left^H8040, until we have passed^H5674^(H8799) thy borders^H1366.

¹⁸ Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

KJVAnd Edom^H123 said^H559^(H8799) unto him, Thou shalt not pass^H5674^(H8799) by me, lest I come out^H3318^(H8799) against^H7125^(H8800) thee with the sword^H2719.

¹⁹ The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”

KJVAnd the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 said^H559^(H8799) unto him, We will go^H5927^(H8799) by the high way^H4546: and if I and my cattle^H4735 drink^H8354^(H8799) of thy water^H4325, then I will pay^H5414^(H8804)^H4377 for it: I will only, without doing any thing^H1697 else, go through^H5674^(H8799) on my feet^H7272.

²⁰ He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799), Thou shalt not go through^H5674^(H8799). And Edom^H123 came out^H3318^(H8799) against^H7125^(H8800) him with much^H3515 people^H5971, and with a strong^H2389 hand^H3027.

²¹ Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

KJVThus Edom^H123 refused^H3985^(H8762) to give^H5414^(H8800) Israel^H3478 passage^H5674^(H8800) through his border^H1366: wherefore Israel^H3478 turned away^H5186^(H8799) from him.

²² They traveled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

KJVAnd the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, even the whole congregation^H5712, journeyed^H5265^(H8799) from Kadesh^H6946, and came^H935^(H8799) unto mount^H2022 Hor^H2023.

²³ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 spake^H559^(H8799) unto Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 in mount^H2022 Hor^H2023, by the coast^H1366 of the land^H776 of Edom^H123, saying^H559^(H8800),

²⁴ “Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

KJVAaron^H175 shall be gathered^H622^(H8735) unto his people^H5971: for he shall not enter^H935^(H8799) into the land^H776 which I have given^H5414^(H8804) unto the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, because ye rebelled against^H4784^(H8804) my word^H6310 at the water^H4325 of Meribah^H4809.

²⁵ Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

KJVTake^H3947^(H8798) Aaron^H175 and Eleazar^H499 his son^H1121, and bring them up^H5927^(H8685) unto mount^H2022 Hor^H2023:

²⁶ and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”

KJVAnd strip^H6584^(H8685) Aaron^H175 of his garments^H899, and put^H3847^(H8689) them upon Eleazar^H499 his son^H1121: and Aaron^H175 shall be gathered^H622^(H8735) unto his people, and shall die^H4191^(H8804) there.

²⁷ Moses did as Yahweh commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 did^H6213^(H8799) as the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680^(H8765): and they went up^H5927^(H8799) into mount^H2022 Hor^H2023 in the sight^H5869 of all the congregation^H5712.

²⁸ Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 stripped^H6584^(H8686) Aaron^H175 of his garments^H899, and put^H3847^(H8686) them upon Eleazar^H499 his son^H1121; and Aaron^H175 died^H4191^(H8799) there in the top^H7218 of the mount^H2022: and Moses^H4872 and Eleazar^H499 came down^H3381^(H8799) from the mount^H2022.

²⁹ When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

KJVAnd when all the congregation^H5712 saw^H7200^(H8799) that Aaron^H175 was dead^H1478^(H8804), they mourned^H1058^(H8799) for Aaron^H175 thirty^H7970 days^H3117, even all the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

WEB·Numbers 19

¹Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8762) unto Moses^H4872 and unto Aaron^H175, saying^H559^(H8800),

² “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded. Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, and which was never yoked.

KJVThis is the ordinance^H2708 of the law^H8451 which the LORD^H3068 hath commanded^H6680^(H8765), saying^H559^(H8800), Speak^H1696^(H8761) unto the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, that they bring^H3947^(H8799) thee a red^H122 heifer^H6510 without spot^H8549, wherein is no blemish^H3971, and upon which never^H3808 came^H5927^(H8804) yoke^H5923:

³ You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.

KJVAnd ye shall give^H5414^(H8804) her unto Eleazar^H499 the priest^H3548, that he may bring her forth^H3318^(H8689) without^H2351 the camp^H4264, and one shall slay^H7819^(H8804) her before^H6440 his face:

⁴ Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.

KJVAnd Eleazar^H499 the priest^H3548 shall take^H3947^(H8804) of her blood^H1818 with his finger^H676, and sprinkle^H5137^(H8689) of her blood^H1818 directly^H5227 before^H6440 the tabernacle^H168 of the congregation^H4150 seven^H7651 times^H6471:

⁵ One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her meat, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn.

KJVAnd one shall burn^H8313^(H8804) the heifer^H6510 in his sight^H5869; her skin^H5785, and her flesh^H1320, and her blood^H1818, with her dung^H6569, shall he burn^H8313^(H8799):

⁶ The priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer.

KJVAnd the priest^H3548 shall take^H3947^(H8804) cedar^H730 wood^H6086, and hyssop^H231, and scarlet^H8438^H8144, and cast^H7993^(H8689) it into the midst^H8432 of the burning^H8316 of the heifer^H6510.

⁷ Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.

KJVThen the priest^H3548 shall wash^H3526^(H8765) his clothes^H899, and he shall bathe^H7364^(H8804) his flesh^H1320 in water^H4325, and afterward^H310 he shall come^H935^(H8799) into the camp^H4264, and the priest^H3548 shall be unclean^H2930^(H8804) until the even^H6153.

⁸ He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

KJVAnd he that burneth^H8313^(H8802) her shall wash^H3526^(H8762) his clothes^H899 in water^H4325, and bathe^H7364^(H8804) his flesh^H1320 in water^H4325, and shall be unclean^H2930^(H8804) until the even^H6153.

⁹ “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for use in water for cleansing impurity. It is a sin offering.

KJVAnd a man^H376 that is clean^H2889 shall gather^H622^(H8804) up the ashes^H665 of the heifer^H6510, and lay them up^H3240^(H8689) without^H2351 the camp^H4264 in a clean^H2889 place^H4725, and it shall be kept^H4931 for the congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 for a water^H4325 of separation^H5079: it is a purification for sin^H2403.

¹⁰ He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. It shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever.

KJVAnd he that gathereth^H622^(H8802) the ashes^H665 of the heifer^H6510 shall wash^H3526^(H8765) his clothes^H899, and be unclean^H2930^(H8804) until the even^H6153: and it shall be unto the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, and unto the stranger^H1616 that sojourneth^H1481^(H8802) among^H8432 them, for a statute^H2708 for ever^H5769.

¹¹ “He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

KJVHe that toucheth^H5060^(H8802) the dead^H4191^(H8801) body^H5315 of any man^H120 shall be unclean^H2930^(H8804) seven^H7651 days^H3117.

¹² He shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean; but if he doesn’t purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

KJVHe shall purify^H2398^(H8691) himself with it on the third^H7992 day^H3117, and on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 he shall be clean^H2891^(H8799): but if he purify^H2398^(H8691) not himself the third^H7992 day^H3117, then the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 he shall not be clean^H2891^(H8799).

¹³ Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn’t purify himself, defiles Yahweh’s tabernacle; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is yet on him.

KJVWhosoever toucheth^H5060^(H8802) the dead^H4191^(H8801) body^H5315 of any man^H120 that is dead^H4191^(H8799), and purifieth^H2398^(H8691) not himself, defileth^H2930^(H8765) the tabernacle^H4908 of the LORD^H3068; and that soul^H5315 shall be cut off^H3772^(H8738) from Israel^H3478: because the water^H4325 of separation^H5079 was not sprinkled^H2236^(H8795) upon him, he shall be unclean^H2931; his uncleanness^H2932 is yet upon him.

¹⁴ “This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

KJVThis is the law^H8451, when a man^H120 dieth^H4191^(H8799) in a tent^H168: all that come^H935^(H8802) into the tent^H168, and all that is in the tent^H168, shall be unclean^H2930^(H8799) seven^H7651 days^H3117.

¹⁵ Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.

KJVAnd every open^H6605^(H8803) vessel^H3627, which hath no covering^H6781 bound^H6616 upon it, is unclean^H2931.

¹⁶ “Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

KJVAnd whosoever toucheth^H5060^(H8799) one that is slain^H2491 with a sword^H2719 in the open^H6440 fields^H7704, or a dead body^H4191^(H8801), or a bone^H6106 of a man^H120, or a grave^H6913, shall be unclean^H2930^(H8799) seven^H7651 days^H3117.

¹⁷ “For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured on them in a vessel.

KJVAnd for an unclean^H2931 person they shall take^H3947^(H8804) of the ashes^H6083 of the burnt heifer^H8316 of purification for sin^H2403, and running^H2416 water^H4325 shall be put^H5414^(H8804) thereto in a vessel^H3627:

¹⁸ A clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.

KJVAnd a clean^H2889 person^H376 shall take^H3947^(H8804) hyssop^H231, and dip^H2881^(H8804) it in the water^H4325, and sprinkle^H5137^(H8689) it upon the tent^H168, and upon all the vessels^H3627, and upon the persons^H5315 that were there, and upon him that touched^H5060^(H8802) a bone^H6106, or one slain^H2491, or one dead^H4191^(H8801), or a grave^H6913:

¹⁹ The clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. He shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

KJVAnd the clean^H2889 person shall sprinkle^H5137^(H8689) upon the unclean^H2931 on the third^H7992 day^H3117, and on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117: and on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 he shall purify^H2398^(H8765) himself, and wash^H3526^(H8765) his clothes^H899, and bathe^H7364^(H8804) himself in water^H4325, and shall be clean^H2891^(H8804) at even^H6153.

²⁰ But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him. He is unclean.

KJVBut the man^H376 that shall be unclean^H2930^(H8799), and shall not purify^H2398^(H8691) himself, that soul^H5315 shall be cut off^H3772^(H8738) from among^H8432 the congregation^H6951, because he hath defiled^H2930^(H8765) the sanctuary^H4720 of the LORD^H3068: the water^H4325 of separation^H5079 hath not been sprinkled^H2236^(H8795) upon him; he is unclean^H2931.

²¹ It shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

KJVAnd it shall be a perpetual^H5769 statute^H2708 unto them, that he that sprinkleth^H5137^(H8688) the water^H4325 of separation^H5079 shall wash^H3526^(H8762) his clothes^H899; and he that toucheth^H5060^(H8802) the water^H4325 of separation^H5079 shall be unclean^H2930^(H8799) until even^H6153.

²² “Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.”

KJVAnd whatsoever the unclean^H2931 person toucheth^H5060^(H8799) shall be unclean^H2930^(H8799); and the soul^H5315 that toucheth^H5060^(H8802) it shall be unclean^H2930^(H8799) until even^H6153.

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