The Observance of the Passover

9¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying, ² 'Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season; ³ in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.' ⁴ And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel to prepare the passover, ⁵ and they prepare the passover in the first 'month', on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done. ⁶ And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day, ⁷ and those men say unto him, 'We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?' ⁸ And Moses saith unto them, 'Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you.' ⁹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁰ 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah; ¹¹ in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it; ¹² they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it. ¹³ 'And the man who is clean, and hath not been on a journey, and hath ceased to prepare the passover, even that person hath been cut off from his people; because the offering of Jehovah he hath not brought near, in its appointed season, that man doth bear his sin. ¹⁴ 'And when a sojourner sojourneth with you, then he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah, according to the statute of the passover, and according to its ordinance, so he doth; one statute is to you, even to a sojourner, and to a native of the land.'

The Cloud over the Tabernacle

¹⁵ And in the day of the raising up of the tabernacle hath the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there is on the tabernacle as an appearance of fire till morning; ¹⁶ so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night. ¹⁷ And according to the going up of the cloud from off the tent and afterwards do the sons of Israel journey; and in the place where the cloud doth tabernacle, there do the sons of Israel encamp; ¹⁸ by the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel journey, and by the command of Jehovah they encamp; all the days that the cloud doth tabernacle over the tabernacle they encamp. ¹⁹ And in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle many days, then have the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journey not, ²⁰ and so when the cloud is a number of days over the tabernacle; by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey. ²¹ And so when the cloud is from evening till morning, when the cloud hath gone up in the morning, then they have journeyed; whether by day or by night, when the cloud hath gone up, then they have journeyed. ²² Whether two days, or a month, or days, in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, to tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp, and journey not; and in its being lifted up they journey; ²³ by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey; the charge of Jehovah they have kept, by the command of Jehovah in the hand of Moses.

The Silver Trumpets

10¹ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ² 'Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps; ³ and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting. ⁴ And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee; ⁵ 'And ye have blown—a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed. ⁶ 'And ye have blown—a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; a shout they blow for their journeys. ⁷ 'And in the assembling of the assembly ye blow, and do not shout; ⁸ and sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been to you for a statute age-during to your generations. ⁹ 'And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies. ¹⁰ 'And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, 'am' your God.'

The Israelites Depart from Sinai

¹¹ And it cometh to pass—in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month—the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony, ¹² and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran; ¹³ and they journey at first, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses. ¹⁴ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first 'place', by their hosts, and over its host 'is' Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar 'is' Nathaneel son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun 'is' Eliab son of Helon; ¹⁷ And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host 'is' Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon 'is' Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad 'is' Eliasaph son of Deuel; ²¹ And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the 'others' have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in. ²² And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host 'is' Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh 'is' Gamalial son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin 'is' Abidan son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host 'is' Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher 'is' Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali 'is' Ahira son of Enan. ²⁸ These 'are' journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts—and they journey.

²⁹ And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, 'We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.' ³⁰ And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.' ³¹ And he saith, 'I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes; ³² and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass—that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us—it we have done kindly to thee.' ³³ And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place; ³⁴ and the cloud of Jehovah 'is' on them by day, in their journeying from the camp. ³⁵ And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, 'Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.' ³⁶ And in its resting he saith, 'Return, O Jehovah, 'to' the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'

The LORD Sends Quails

11¹ And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp. ² And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched; ³ and he calleth the name of that place Taberah, for the fire of Jehovah hath 'burned' among them.

⁴ And the rabble who 'are' in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, 'Who doth give us flesh? ⁵ We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick; ⁶ and now our soul 'is' dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.' ⁷ And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach; ⁸ the people have turned aside and gathered 'it', and ground 'it' with millstones, or beat 'it' in a mortar, and boiled 'it' in a pan, and made it cakes, and its taste hath been as the taste of the moisture of oil. ⁹ And in the descending of the dew on the camp by night, the manna descendeth upon it. ¹⁰ And Moses heareth the people weeping by its families, each at the opening of his tent, and the anger of Jehovah burneth exceedingly, and in the eyes of Moses 'it is' evil. ¹¹ And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'Why hast Thou done evil to Thy servant? and why have I not found grace in Thine eyes—to put the burden of all this people upon me? ¹² I—have I conceived all this people? I—have I begotten it, that Thou sayest unto me, Carry it in thy bosom as the nursing father beareth the suckling, unto the ground which Thou hast sworn to its fathers? ¹³ Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat. ¹⁴ I am not able—I alone—to bear all this people, for 'it is' too heavy for me; ¹⁵ and if thus Thou art doing to me—slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.'

¹⁶ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou hast known that they are elders of the people, and its authorities; and thou hast taken them unto the tent of meeting, and they have stationed themselves there with thee, ¹⁷ and I have come down and spoken with thee there, and have kept back of the Spirit which 'is' upon thee, and have put on them, and they have borne with thee some of the burden of the people, and thou dost not bear 'it' thyself alone. ¹⁸ 'And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow, and ye have eaten flesh (for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who doth give us flesh? for we 'had' good in Egypt)—and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten. ¹⁹ Ye do not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;— ²⁰ unto a month of days, till that it come out from your nostrils, and it hath become to you an abomination; because that ye have loathed Jehovah, who 'is' in your midst, and weep before Him, saying, Why is this?—we have come out of Egypt!' ²¹ And Moses saith, 'Six hundred thousand footmen 'are' the people in whose midst I 'am'; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days! ²² Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them?—are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them—that one hath found for them?' ²³ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.'

²⁴ And Moses goeth out, and speaketh unto the people the words of Jehovah, and gathereth seventy men of the elders of the people, and causeth them to stand round about the tent, ²⁵ and Jehovah cometh down in the cloud, and speaketh unto him, and keepeth back of the Spirit which 'is' on him, and putteth on the seventy men of the elders; and it cometh to pass at the resting of the Spirit on them, that they prophesy, and do not cease. ²⁶ And two of the men are left in the camp, the name of the one 'is' Eldad, and the name of the second Medad, and the spirit resteth upon them, (and they are among those written, and have not gone out to the tent), and they prophesy in the camp; ²⁷ and the young man runneth, and declareth to Moses, and saith, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.' ²⁸ And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, 'one' of his young men, answereth and saith, 'My lord Moses, restrain them.' ²⁹ And Moses saith to him, 'Art thou zealous for me? O that all Jehovah's people were prophets! that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!' ³⁰ And Moses is gathered unto the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

³¹ And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land. ³² And the people rise all that day, and all the night, and all the day after, and gather the quails—he who hath least hath gathered ten homers—and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp. ³³ The flesh is yet between their teeth—it is not yet cut off—and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people—a very great smiting; ³⁴ and 'one' calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust. ³⁵ From Kibroth-Hattaavah have the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they are in Hazeroth.

The Gadarene Demoniac Healed

5¹ And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes, ² and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ³ who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him, ⁴ because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him, ⁵ and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him, ⁷ and having called with a loud voice, he said, 'What—to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!' ⁸ (for he said to him, 'Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,') ⁹ and he was questioning him, 'What 'is' thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion 'is' my name, because we are many;' ¹⁰ and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region. ¹¹ And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding, ¹² and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;' ¹³ and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea—and they were about two thousand—and they were choked in the sea. ¹⁴ And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done; ¹⁵ and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded—him having had the legion—and they were afraid; ¹⁶ and those having seen 'it', declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine; ¹⁷ and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders. ¹⁸ And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him, ¹⁹ and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, 'Go away to thy house, unto thine own 'friends', and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee; ²⁰ and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.