Numbers 9 Cross References - NSB

¹ Jehovah spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. He said: ² »The Israelites should celebrate the Passover at the same time every year. ³ »You must celebrate it on the fourteenth day of this month at dusk. Follow all the rules and regulations for the celebration of the Passover.« ⁴ So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover. ⁵ They celebrated it on the fourteenth day of the first month at dusk while they were in the Desert of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as Jehovah commanded Moses. ⁶ There were some men who had become unclean from touching a dead body. They could not celebrate the Passover that day. They went to Moses and Aaron. ⁷ They said: »We are unclean because we touched a dead body. Why are we prevented from making our offerings to Jehovah at the same time the rest of the Israelites bring their offerings?« ⁸ Moses answered: »Wait here until I find out what Jehovah commands you to do.« ⁹ Jehovah said to Moses, »Tell the Israelites: ¹⁰ »‘Should you or any of your descendants be unclean from touching a dead body or away on a long trip. You may still celebrate the Passover. ¹¹ »‘You will celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at dusk. Eat the Passover animal along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ¹² »‘Never leave any of the meat until morning or break any of the animal’s bones. Follow all the rules for the Passover when you celebrate it. ¹³ »‘If you are clean and not on a trip and yet do not bother to celebrate the Passover, you must be excluded from the people. You did not bring your offering to Jehovah at the right time. You must suffer the consequences for your sin. ¹⁴ »‘Foreigners living with you may want to celebrate Jehovah’s Passover. They must follow these same rules and regulations. The same rules will apply to foreigners and native-born Israelites.’« ¹⁵ That day the tent of the words of God’s Covenant was set up. The column of smoke covered it. The smoke over the tent glowed like fire from evening until morning. ¹⁶ The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke that covered the tent glowed like fire. ¹⁷ When the smoke moved from the tent the Israelites would break camp. Wherever it stopped the Israelites would set up camp. ¹⁸ The Israelites would break camp or set up camp at Jehovah’s command. They stayed at the place where the column of smoke stayed over the tent. ¹⁹ When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed Jehovah’s command and did not break camp. ²⁰ The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At Jehovah’s command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp. ²¹ Sometimes the column of smoke stayed only from evening until morning. They broke camp when the smoke moved in the morning. Day or night, when the smoke moved, they broke camp. ²² Whether it was two days, a month, or a year, as long as the column of smoke stayed over the tent, the Israelites stayed in the same place. But when the smoke moved, they would break camp and move. ²³ At Jehovah’s command they set up camp, and at his command they broke camp. They obeyed the command Jehovah gave through Moses.

² »Set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting on the first day of the first month of the year.

¹ Jehovah (YHWH) spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai. It was the first day of the second month in the second year after leaving Egypt. He said:

¹ Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ² »This month shall be the beginning of months for you. It is to be the first month of the year to you. ³ »Tell the whole community of Israel: ‘On the tenth day of this month each man must take a sheep for his family, one animal per household. ⁴ »‘A household may be too small to eat a whole animal. That household and the one next-door can share one animal. Choose your animal based on the number of people and what each person can eat. ⁵ »‘Your animal must be a one-year-old male that has no defects. You may choose a lamb or a young goat. ⁶ »‘Take care of it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals. ⁷ »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. ⁸ »‘That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs (greens) and unleavened bread made without yeast. ⁹ »‘Do not eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. ¹⁰ »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. ¹¹ »‘Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah’s Passover.’« ¹² Jehovah said: »That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt! I am Jehovah! ¹³ »The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you. No plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴ »This day will be a memorial to you. You shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah. You are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance throughout your generations. ¹⁵ »You will eat unleavened bread for seven days. The first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. ¹⁶ »You shall have a holy assembly on the first day. There should be another holy assembly on the seventh day. No work at all will be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person that alone may be prepared by you. ¹⁷ »You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That was the day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Observe this day throughout your generations as a long lasting ordinance. ¹⁸ »In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. ¹⁹ »There shall be no leaven found in your houses for seven days. Whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. ²⁰ »You shall not eat anything leavened. Eat unleavened bread in all your dwellings.«

⁵ »‘The Passover, celebrated to honor Jehovah, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹⁶ »‘Jehovah’s Passover is the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹ »Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to Jehovah your God. It was in the month of Abib that Jehovah your God brought you out of Egypt by night. ² »Sacrifice the Passover to Jehovah your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where Jehovah chooses to establish his name.

¹⁰ The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

¹ Josiah celebrated the Passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹⁹ And the children of Israel who came back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹² Now it was the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover. His disciples said to him: »Where do you want to go to prepare to eat the Passover?«

⁷ The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.

⁷ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch of dough. For even Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us. ⁸ Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

⁶ »‘Take care of it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals. ⁷ »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. ⁸ »‘That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs (greens) and unleavened bread made without yeast. ⁹ »‘Do not eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. ¹⁰ »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. ¹¹ »‘Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah’s Passover.’«

¹¹ »‘You will celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at dusk. Eat the Passover animal along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ¹² »‘Never leave any of the meat until morning or break any of the animal’s bones. Follow all the rules for the Passover when you celebrate it.

² The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.

¹⁵ They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves. They consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of Jehovah.

²⁶ Otherwise he would have to suffer often from the founding of the world. He has presented himself once at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

²² Noah did everything exactly as God commanded him.

⁵ Noah did all that Jehovah commanded him.

¹ Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ² »This month shall be the beginning of months for you. It is to be the first month of the year to you. ³ »Tell the whole community of Israel: ‘On the tenth day of this month each man must take a sheep for his family, one animal per household. ⁴ »‘A household may be too small to eat a whole animal. That household and the one next-door can share one animal. Choose your animal based on the number of people and what each person can eat. ⁵ »‘Your animal must be a one-year-old male that has no defects. You may choose a lamb or a young goat. ⁶ »‘Take care of it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals. ⁷ »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. ⁸ »‘That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs (greens) and unleavened bread made without yeast. ⁹ »‘Do not eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. ¹⁰ »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. ¹¹ »‘Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah’s Passover.’« ¹² Jehovah said: »That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt! I am Jehovah! ¹³ »The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you. No plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

³² So all the work on the inner tent of the tent of meeting was now done. The Israelites obeyed all Jehovah’s instructions to Moses.

⁴² The Israelites did all the work according to Jehovah’s instructions to Moses.

²⁰ Moses, Aaron, and all the people of Israel dedicated the Levites, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁴⁰ Moses told the Israelites everything Jehovah had commanded him.

³ It was the fortieth year, eleventh month, on the first day of the month. Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all the commandments Jehovah (YHWH) gave him for them.

⁵ »I have taught you laws and rules as Jehovah my God commanded me. You must obey them when you enter the land and take possession of it.

²⁰ »Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

¹⁴ »You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.

¹⁹ »You see, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

⁵ Indeed Moses was faithful in His house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken afterwards.

⁸ By faith, when Abraham was called, he obeyed. He went to a place that he was to receive for an inheritance. He went even though he did not know where he was going.

¹⁵ Moses answered: »They come here to find out what God wants them to do.

¹⁹ »Listen to the advice I give you. May God be with you! You must be the people’s representative to God and bring their disagreements to him.

²⁶ They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves.

¹¹ »He must not go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.

¹¹ The Israelite woman's son began cursing Jehovah’s name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses.

² »Command the Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is unclean from touching a dead body.

⁶ »‘While they are dedicated to Jehovah as Nazirites, they must never go near a dead body. ⁷ »‘Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves unclean by going near them. Nazarites show their vow to God with their long hair.

³³ He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation.

¹¹ »‘Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.

¹⁶ »‘Whoever is outdoors and touches someone who was killed or has died naturally or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave will be unclean for seven days.

¹⁸ »‘A person who is clean will take a sprig of hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and all the people who were in the tent with the dead body. He must also sprinkle any person who has touched a human bone or a grave and any person who has touched someone who has been killed or who has died naturally.

² They came to Moses and stood in front of him, the priest Eleazar, the leaders, and the entire congregation at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said:

⁵ So Moses brought their case to Jehovah.

²⁸ They lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early and they did not enter directly into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

²⁷ »You shall say: ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to Jehovah who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He killed the Egyptians, but spared our homes. The people bowed low and worshiped.’«

² »The Israelites should celebrate the Passover at the same time every year.

² »Sacrifice the Passover to Jehovah your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where Jehovah chooses to establish his name.

¹⁷ Many people in the assembly had not made themselves holy. So the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all who were not clean and could not make their lambs holy for Jehovah. ¹⁸ Many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not made themselves clean. So they ate the Passover, but not in the way the written instructions said they should. Hezekiah prayed for them: »May Jehovah forgive everyone ¹⁹ who have their hearts set on dedicating their lives to serve God. May Jehovah the God of their ancestors do this for those who are not clean as required for the holy place.«

¹³ But Moses said to the people: »Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Jehovah. He will accomplish this for you today. The Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

¹⁷ »‘You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait. You will see Jehovah give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid.’ Go out to battle. Jehovah will be with you!

¹⁴ Jehovah is intimate with those who respect him. He reveals the intent of his covenant to them.

⁸ I want to hear what the Lord Jehovah says, because he promises peace to his people, to his godly ones. But they must not go back to their stupidity.

⁵ Trust in Jehovah with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. ⁶ In all your ways acknowledge (recognize) Him and He will make your paths straight.

⁷ »Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.

¹⁷ »Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.

¹⁷ »If any man does his will he shall know the teachings. He will know if it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

⁸ »I gave them the words that you gave me. They understood them and knew I came from you. They believed you sent me.

²⁷ »I did not shrink from telling you the entire will of God.

⁴ I know nothing against myself. Yet this does not acquit me, but he that judges me is God.

²³ For I received from the Lord that which I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread.

⁵ Indeed Moses was faithful in His house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken afterwards. ⁶ Christ was faithful as a Son over God’s house. We are His house if we hold on to our courage (confidence) and rejoice (speak boldly) about our hope until the end.

⁶ There were some men who had become unclean from touching a dead body. They could not celebrate the Passover that day. They went to Moses and Aaron. ⁷ They said: »We are unclean because we touched a dead body. Why are we prevented from making our offerings to Jehovah at the same time the rest of the Israelites bring their offerings?«

²⁴ »leave your gift at the altar and go make peace with your brother. Then return and make your offering.

⁸ Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcised for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers. ⁹ That the nations might glorify God for his mercy as it is written: »For this cause I will confess you to the people of the nations, and sing to your name.« ¹⁰ And again he says: »Rejoice, you nations, with his people.« (Deuteronomy 32:43) ¹¹ And again: »Praise Jehovah, all you nations; and laud him, all you people.« (Psalm 117:1) ¹² And again, Isaiah says: »Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious.« (Isaiah 11:10) ¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ I am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. ¹⁵ Nevertheless, brothers, I have written more boldly to you on some points, keeping you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me from God, ¹⁶ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, ministering the good news of God, that the offering of these nations might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I glory in Jesus Christ in my service to God. ¹⁸ I will not dare to speak of any of those things that Christ has not accomplished through me. I will lead the nations to obey God in word and deed. ¹⁹ Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem, and round about Illyricum, I have fully preached the good news of Christ.

²⁵ Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, which was kept secret since the world began. ²⁶ It is now made known by the Scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God. It is made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ That is what some of you were. You have been washed clean and now you are sanctified. The Spirit of our God declares you righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus.

²⁸ Let a man examine himself before he eats of that bread, and drinks of that cup.

¹ You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins. ² You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.

¹² You were separate from Christ at that time, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel. You were strangers from the covenants of the promise. You had no hope and were without God in the world. ¹³ You were once far off but now with Christ Jesus, the blood of Christ has brought you near.

⁶ The Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the good news. ⁷ I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me according to the working of his power. ⁸ To me, the very least of all the holy ones, was given grace (loving divine influence) to preach to the people of the nations the untraceable riches of Christ. ⁹ To make all men see what is the administration of the secret which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.

² »This month shall be the beginning of months for you. It is to be the first month of the year to you. ³ »Tell the whole community of Israel: ‘On the tenth day of this month each man must take a sheep for his family, one animal per household. ⁴ »‘A household may be too small to eat a whole animal. That household and the one next-door can share one animal. Choose your animal based on the number of people and what each person can eat. ⁵ »‘Your animal must be a one-year-old male that has no defects. You may choose a lamb or a young goat. ⁶ »‘Take care of it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals. ⁷ »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. ⁸ »‘That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs (greens) and unleavened bread made without yeast. ⁹ »‘Do not eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. ¹⁰ »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. ¹¹ »‘Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah’s Passover.’« ¹² Jehovah said: »That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt! I am Jehovah! ¹³ »The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you. No plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴ »This day will be a memorial to you. You shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah. You are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance throughout your generations.

⁴³ Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: »This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it. ⁴⁴ »After you have circumcised your purchased slave he may eat of it. ⁴⁵ »No foreigner visiting you may eat it. No hired worker may eat it. ⁴⁶ »The meal must be eaten inside one house. Never take any of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. ⁴⁷ »The entire community of Israel must celebrate the Passover. ⁴⁸ »The uncircumcised man may not eat it. If a foreigner has settled among you and wants to celebrate Passover to honor Jehovah, you must first circumcise all the males of his household. He is then to be treated like a native-born Israelite and may join in the festival. ⁴⁹ »The same regulations apply to native-born Israelites and to foreigners who settle among you.«

³ »You must celebrate it on the fourteenth day of this month at dusk. Follow all the rules and regulations for the celebration of the Passover.«

³ »Do not eat leavened bread with it. Eat unleavened bread for seven days. It is the bread of affliction. You should remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt in haste.

² The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month. ³ They could not celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had performed the ceremonies to make themselves holy and the people had not gathered in Jerusalem. ⁴ The king and the entire assembly considered their plan to be the right thing to do. ⁵ They decided to send an announcement throughout Israel from Beersheba to Dan. They summoned everyone to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of Jehovah God of Israel. These people had not celebrated it in large numbers as the written instructions said they should. ⁶ Messengers carried letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. The king’s order said: »Israelites should return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Then he will return to the few of you who escaped from the power of the kings of Assyria. ⁷ »Do not be like your ancestors and your relatives who were unfaithful to Jehovah the God of their ancestors. He made them something that shocks people, as you have seen. ⁸ »Do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to Jehovah and enter his sanctuary that he has consecrated from generation to generation. Serve Jehovah your God that His burning anger may turn away from you. ⁹ »If you return to Jehovah, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. Jehovah your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.« ¹⁰ So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. ¹¹ Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. ¹² The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of Jehovah. ¹³ Many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. It was a very large assembly. ¹⁴ They arose and removed the altars in Jerusalem. They also removed all the incense altars and cast them into the Kidron Brook. ¹⁵ They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves. They consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of Jehovah.

³⁶ These things came to pass in order that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken.

¹⁰ »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left.

⁴³ Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: »This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it.

⁴⁶ »The meal must be eaten inside one house. Never take any of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.

¹⁴ »Any male not circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.«

¹⁵ »You will eat unleavened bread for seven days. The first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.

⁴ is guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and must be excluded from the people. Bring the animal to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Offer it to Jehovah in front of the Jehovah’s Tent.

¹⁰ »‘If Israelites or foreigners eat any blood, I will condemn them and exclude them from the people.

¹⁴ »This is because the life of any creature is in its blood. So I have said to the people of Israel: ‘Never eat any blood, because the life of any creature is in its blood. Whoever eats blood must be excluded from the people.’« ¹⁵ »Native Israelites or foreigners who eat the body of an animal that dies naturally or is killed by another animal must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Then they will be clean. ¹⁶ »If they do not wash their clothes and their bodies, they will be guilty of sin.«

²⁰ »‘Whoever has sexual intercourse with his uncle's wife violates his uncle's marriage. That man and woman are guilty of sin. They will die without children.

⁹ »‘All priests must observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will become guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am Jehovah and I make them holy.

³¹ »The husband is not guilty of doing anything wrong. But the woman will suffer the consequences of her sin.«

² »The Israelites should celebrate the Passover at the same time every year. ³ »You must celebrate it on the fourteenth day of this month at dusk. Follow all the rules and regulations for the celebration of the Passover.«

⁷ They said: »We are unclean because we touched a dead body. Why are we prevented from making our offerings to Jehovah at the same time the rest of the Israelites bring their offerings?«

³⁰ »Any who sin deliberately, natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating Jehovah with contempt. They shall be put to death. ³¹ »They have rejected what Jehovah said and have deliberately broken one of his commandments. They are responsible for their own death.«

¹³ »‘Those who touch a corpse and do not purify themselves remain unclean. This is because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile Jehovah’s tent, and they will no longer be considered God’s people.

⁴⁹ ‘»Your lewdness will be repaid upon you. You will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols. You will know that I am the Lord Jehovah!’«

³ How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first presented by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

⁶ if they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. This is because they personally impale the Son of God again, and expose him to public shame.

²⁸ So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. He will appear the second time without sin to those who look to him for their salvation.

²⁶ If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins. ²⁷ But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God’s enemies. ²⁸ He that despised Moses’ Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. ²⁹ What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be!

²⁵ Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!

¹⁰ »‘Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

²⁵ »‘Never bring any kind of castrated animal received from a foreigner as a food offering for your God. A castrated animal will not be accepted on your behalf because castration is a physical defect.’«

²² »‘This law applies to all of you. It applies to Israelites and to foreigners living among you. I am Jehovah your God.’«

¹⁵ »‘Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.

¹¹ »Your little ones, your wives, and the alien who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

¹² »Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town. Assemble them that they may hear and learn and respect Jehovah your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this Law.

³ »‘No foreigner bound to Jehovah should say: ‘Jehovah will surely exclude (separate) me from his people. No eunuch should complain: I am only a dry tree.’« ⁴ For Jehovah says: »To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me. They hold fast to my covenant. ⁵ »I will give to those within my Temple and its walls a memorial and a name that is better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. ⁶ »Foreigners have become allied with Jehovah, to serve Jehovah, to love the name of Jehovah, and to worship him. They keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and hold fast to my covenant. ⁷ »I will bring them to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar. My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.«

¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. You are fellow citizens with the holy ones and of the household of God. ²⁰ You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus is the chief corner stone. ²¹ In him each building fits together and grows into a »holy Temple for Jehovah.« (Zechariah 6:12) ²² In Christ you are assembled together as a place for God’s Spirit to dwell.

²¹ Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night.

¹⁹ The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰ So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

²⁴ Just before dawn, Jehovah looked down from the column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic.

⁹ After Moses entered, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the door of the Tent. Jehovah would speak to Moses from the cloud. ¹⁰ The people would bow down as soon they saw the pillar of cloud at the door of the Tent.

¹⁷ The Tent of Jehovah’s presence was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year after they left Egypt. ¹⁸ When Moses set up the tent, he put the sockets in place, put up the frames, inserted the crossbars, and set up the posts.

³⁴ The column of smoke then covered the tent of meeting. The glory of Jehovah filled the tent.

³⁸ Jehovah’s column of smoke stayed over the tent during the day. There was fire in the smoke at night. This way all the Israelites could see the column throughout their travels.

¹⁴ they will tell it to the people who live in this land. These people have already heard that you, Jehovah, are with us, that you appear in plain sight when your cloud stops over us, and that you go before us in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

¹² »And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

¹⁹ »Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

¹⁴ He led them with the cloud by day and with a light of fire by night.

³⁹ He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the night.

⁵ Then Jehovah will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night. A canopy (shelter) will be over all as the glory (honor).

³ The angels (cherubs) were standing on the south side of the Temple as the person went. A cloud filled the inner courtyard. ⁴ Jehovah’s glory rose from the angels to the entrance of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the brightness of Jehovah’s glory filled the courtyard.

¹ Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about how all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.

²¹ Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night. ²² The pillar of cloud was always in front of the people during the day, and the pillar of fire at night.

¹⁸ The Israelites would break camp or set up camp at Jehovah’s command. They stayed at the place where the column of smoke stayed over the tent. ¹⁹ When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed Jehovah’s command and did not break camp. ²⁰ The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At Jehovah’s command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp. ²¹ Sometimes the column of smoke stayed only from evening until morning. They broke camp when the smoke moved in the morning. Day or night, when the smoke moved, they broke camp. ²² Whether it was two days, a month, or a year, as long as the column of smoke stayed over the tent, the Israelites stayed in the same place. But when the smoke moved, they would break camp and move.

³³ »He went ahead of you to find places for you to camp. He offered fire by night and cloud by day to show you the way you should go.

⁵ Then Jehovah will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night. A canopy (shelter) will be over all as the glory (honor). ⁶ There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.

¹⁹ God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ. He was not imputing their trespasses against them, for he had committed the word of reconciliation to us.

³ Then I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying: »Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them and they will be his people! God will be with them, and be their God.

¹⁴ Jehovah replied: »I will go with you and give you peace.« ¹⁵ Moses said: »If you are not going with us, please do not make us leave this place.

³⁶ In all their travels, when the column of smoke moved from the tent, the Israelites would break camp. ³⁷ But if the column did not move, they would not break camp. ³⁸ Jehovah’s column of smoke stayed over the tent during the day. There was fire in the smoke at night. This way all the Israelites could see the column throughout their travels.

¹¹ The cloud over the tent of Jehovah’s presence lifted the twentieth day of the second month in the second year after the people left Egypt. ¹² At last the Israelites started on their journey out of the Sinai Desert. The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran.

³³ The people left Sinai, the holy mountain. They traveled three days. Jehovah’s Ark of the Covenant always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp. ³⁴ They moved camp to camp with the cloud of Jehovah over them by day.

⁸ Jehovah says: »I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.

²⁴ You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward you give me honor (glory).

¹ ([Psalm of Asaph]) Oh, give ear (listen), Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! ² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your power and come to save us!

¹⁰ »They will never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

³ »The doorkeeper opens to him and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them. ⁴ »When all of his own are out he leads them. The sheep follow him for they know his voice. ⁵ »They will not follow a stranger but will flee from him. They do not know the voice of a stranger.«

⁹ »I am the door. If any man enters through me he will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture.

¹ The entire congregation of Israelites left the desert of Sin and traveled from place to place as Jehovah commanded them. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

²⁰ The same thing happened when the smoke stayed only a few days over the tent: At Jehovah’s command they would set up camp, and at his command they would break camp.

¹³ Jehovah gave the command through Moses for them to march.

⁶ This is love that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment that you heard from the beginning. You should walk in it.

⁵² »The other Israelites will camp with each family in its own area under its own flag. ⁵³ »The Levites will camp all around the tent of God’s words. In this way Jehovah will not be angry with the congregation of Israel. So the Levites will be in charge of the tent of God’s words.«

⁸ »They will take care of all the furnishings in the tent of meeting and work for the Israelites, doing what needs to be done for the inner tent.

⁷ »Jehovah of Hosts said: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my ordinance you will judge my house and take care of my courts. I will give you free access among these that stand by.’

¹⁶ Moses did everything just as Jehovah commanded.

³⁶ In all their travels, when the column of smoke moved from the tent, the Israelites would break camp. ³⁷ But if the column did not move, they would not break camp.

⁵⁴ The Israelites did everything as Jehovah commanded Moses.

¹⁷ When the smoke moved from the tent the Israelites would break camp. Wherever it stopped the Israelites would set up camp.

²¹ »He has not observed wickedness in Jacob. Nor has he seen trouble in Israel! Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them. ²² »God brings them out of Egypt. He is for them like the horns of the wild bull.

⁶ »Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said: ‘You have lived long enough on this mountain. ⁷ »Leave this place and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and all the places near there in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.

³ ‘You traveled around this mountain long enough. Now go north. ⁴ »‘Give these instructions to the people: »You will pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau. They live in Seir. They will be afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully.

¹⁴ This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us until death.

²⁰ You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

⁷ He led them also by a straight way that they might go to a city to live in.

¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

⁴ When they were gathered together he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem. They were to wait for the promise of the Father that he spoke about.

⁵ »This is because Abraham did everything I told him to do.«

¹⁹ When the smoke stayed over the tent for a long time, the Israelites obeyed Jehovah’s command and did not break camp.

³ »You have never deserted the other Israelites. You have been careful to obey the commandments of Jehovah your God.

⁸ »‘You did not take care of my holy things. You put foreigners in charge of my Temple!«’