Numbers 19:1-22 The Water of Purification

 

The Water of Purification

Numbers 19:1-22                The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

The Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron, This is an [rule] of the Law, which the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel, [so] they bring a red heifer, without spot & blemish [that] has never [had a] yoke [of a plow on it.]

You shall give her to Eleazar, the priest, [so] he may bring her [outside] the camp & [someone] shall [kill] her before [him.] Eleazar shall take [some] of her blood & sprinkle directly [in front of] the tabernacle of the congregation 7 times.

[Someone] shall burn the heifer, her skin, her flesh, her blood & her [feces] in [Eleazar’s] sight. [Eleazar,] the priest, shall take cedar wood, hyssop & scarlet & cast it into the midst of the burning heifer.

Then the priest shall wash his clothes & bathe his [body] in water. Afterward, he shall come into the camp & the priest shall be unclean until [evening.]

[The person who burns the heifer] shall wash his clothes in water & bathe his [body] in water & shall be unclean until [evening.]

A man [who] is clean, shall gather up the ashes of the heifer & store] them [outside] the camp in a clean place. It shall be kept for the congregation of the [people] of Israel for a water of separation. It’s for purification [from] sin.

[The person who gathers] the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes & be unclean until [evening.] It shall [be the same] for the [people] of Israel & the stranger [who temporarily stays with them,] as a [mandate] forever.

[The person who touches] the dead body of any man shall be unclean 7 days. He shall purify himself with iton the 3rd day. On the 7th day, he shall be clean. If he doesn’t purify himself on the 3rd day, he won’t be clean on the 7th day.

[Whoever] touches the dead body of any man & [doesn’t] purify himself , [defiles] the tabernacle of the Lord. That [person] shall be cut off from Israel, because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him. He shall be unclean & his uncleanness is [still] upon him.

This is the law, when a man [dies] in a tent: all [who] are in the tent or come into the tent, shall be unclean [for] 7 days. Every open [container] which has no cover upon it, is unclean.

[Whoever] touches [someone who] was [killed] with a sword in the open fields,  a dead body, a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean 7 days. For an unclean person, they shall take [some] of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin & running water shall be put [into] a vessel.

A clean person shall take hyssop & dip it in the [purification] water, & sprinkle it on the tent, upon all the vessels, upon the [people who] were there, on the [person who] touched a bone, [someone killed,] someone dead, or a grave.

The clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean [person] on the 3rd day & on the 7th day, he shall purify himself & wash his clothes & bathe himself in water & shall be clean [that evening.]

But the man [who] is unclean & doesn’t purify himself, shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has [defiled] the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of separation hasn’t been sprinkled on him & he is unclean.

It shall be a perpetual [mandate] to them, that the [person who] sprinkles the water of separation shall wash his clothes. The [person who] touches the water of separation, shall be unclean until [evening.]

[Whatever] the unclean person touches, shall be unclean. The [person who] touches [that unclean item,] shall be unclean until [evening.]

Numbers 18:1-32 The Assistance of the Levites

 

The Assistance of the Levites

Numbers 18:1-32        The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

The Lord said to Aaron, You, your sons & your father’s house with you, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary. You & you sons shall bear the iniquity [of the sins related to] your priesthood.

Also, bring your brethren, of the tribe of Levi, your [forefather,] with you, [so] they may [join with] you [to assist you in ministering.] But you & your sons shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

They shall [be responsible for] all of the tabernacle, only they shall not go [near] the vessels of the sanctuary & the altar, [so] neither they, nor you die, also. They shall [join with] you & be [responsible for the care] of the tabernacle of the congregation & the service of the tabernacle & strangers shall not come [near] you.

You shall be [responsible] for the sanctuary & the altar, [so] no more [anger comes] upon the children [people] of Israel. [Look,] I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the [people] of Israel. They are given as a gift for the Lord, to [do] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

[So,] you & your sons [shall be responsible] for the priest’s office & for everything [related to] the altar & within the veil, [where] you shall serve. As a gift, I have given you the priest’s office [for] your service. I have given you, as a gift, your service [in the] priest’s office. The stranger [who] comes near [these holy places] will be put to death.

The Lord [spoke] to Aaron, [Look,] I have also [put you in] charge of My heave offerings of all the [holy] things [from] the [people] of Israel. I have given them to you & your sons [because] of [your] anointing, [as a rule] forever.

Of the things most holy, these shall be yours & your sons [portion,]: reserved from the fire. Every [offering] of theirs: every [meat/grain] offering, sin offering, trespass offering, heave [offerings,] with all the wave offerings of the children [people] of Israel, which they shall [give] to Me, shall be most holy for you & for your sons.

Every male shall eat it in the Most Holy Place. It shall be holy to you. I have given these [portions] to you, your sons & your daughters with you, by a [mandate] forever. Everyone [who] is clean in your house, shall eat of it.

I have also given to you: all the best of the oil, the best of the wine, the wheat & the first fruits [of what] they shall offer to the Lord. I have given them [to] you. [Whatever] is the first of [what is] ripe in the land, [that] they bring to the Lord, shall be yours & everyone [who] is clean in your house shall eat of it.

Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. Every [first born] of all flesh: whether of men or [animals,] shall be yours. Surely, you shall redeem the first born of [men] & the [first born] of unclean [animals.]

Those [who] are to be redeemed from 1 month old [& above,] you shall redeem according to your estimation [& pay] 5 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is [equal to] 20 gerahs. The [first born of animals:] cow, sheep, or a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy.

You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar & shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet [aroma] to the Lord. The [meat from] them shall be yours, [like] the wave breast & the right shoulder are yours.

All the heave offerings of the holy things, the [people] of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you & your sons & daughters with you, by a [mandate] forever. [It’s] a salt covenant forever between the Lord to you & your [descendants] with you.

The Lord [spoke] to Aaron, You shall not have an inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any [portion] among them. I Am your [portion] & your inheritance among the children [people] of Israel.

[Look,] I have given all the [Levites,] 1/10th [tithe portion] in Israel for an inheritance, for their service [for] the tabernacle of the congregation. [From now on] the [people] of Israel shall not come [near] the tabernacle of the congregations, lest they bear [their] sin & die.

But, the Levites shall [perform] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. They shall bear their [sin related to it.] It shall be a [mandate] forever throughout your generations. That [the Levites] have no inheritance among the [people] of Israel.

But I have given to the Levites, to inherit the [10%] tithes of the [people] of Israel, which they offered [like] a heave offering to the Lord. [That’s why] have said to [the Levites,] they have no inheritance among the [people] of Israel.

And the Lord [spoke] to Moses saying, [Say] this to the Levites, When you take the [10%] tithes [from] the [people] of Israel, which I have given [to] you from them, for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it, for the Lord, a 1/10th part of the tithe. And your heave offering of this, shall be [accounted] to you, as [if] it were the [grain] of the threshing floor & [like] the fullness of the wine press.

You shall also offer a heave offering [1/10th portion] of all your tithes, you receive from the children [people] of Israel & you shall give of the Lord’s  heave offering [portion] to Aaron, the priest.

Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every heave offering [to] the Lord, of all the best [of it] & even the [holy portion] out of it. You shall say to the [Levites,] When you have heaved the best [portion] from it, then it shall be [considered for] the Levites, [like] the increase of the threshing floor & the winepress.

You & your households shall eat it in every place, for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. When you have heaved from the best [part] of it, you shall bear no sin, [because] of it. Neither shall you [defile] the holy things of the [people] of Israel & lest you die.

Numbers 17:1-13 Stopping Future Complaints About Leadership

 

Stopping Future Complaints About Leadership

Numbers 17:1-13                   The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel & all of their princes [leaders,] according to the house of their fathers & have everyone [from the 12 tribes] take a rod according to the house of their [forefathers,] 12 rods & you write every man’s name upon his rod.

You shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For 1 rod will be for the head of the house of their fathers. You shall lay them [upright] in the tabernacle of the congregation before the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

It shall [happen,] that the man’s rod, whom I choose, shall blossom. I will [rid Myself] of this [grumbling] of the children [people] of Israel, [so they stop grumbling] against you. Moses [spoke] to the children [people] of Israel & everyone of the [leaders of their forefathers’] houses gave him a rod.

The rod of Aaron was among the 12 rods. And Moses laid the rods [upright] before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. It [happened, the next day,] Moses went into the tabernacle of witness & [saw] Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi, had brought forth buds & budded & [its] blossoms bloomed & [produced] almonds.

Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the children [people] of Israel & they looked & [each] man took his [own] rod. The Lord said to Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod before the Testimony, again.

[It’s] to be kept as a [sign] against [those who rebel, so] you can take their [grumbling] away from Me, [so] they don’t die.

Moses did, as the Lord [God] commanded him. The children [people] of Israel [spoke] to Moses, saying, [Look, if] we die, we perish & we all perish. [Whoever] comes near the tabernacle of the Lord shall die. Shall we [all] die?

Numbers 16:1-50 Korah Rebels Against Moses & Aaron

 

Korah Rebels Against Moses & Aaron

Numbers 16:1-50                The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, [who was] the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan & Abiram [Eliab’s] sons, and On, [Peleth’s] son, [of] the sons of Reuben, took 250 princes of the assembly, [who were] famous men of renown, in the congregation, with some of the children [people] of Israel & they rose u before Moses.

They gathered themselves together against Moses & Aaron & said to them, You take too much upon [yourselves, since] everyone of the congregation [is] holy & the Lord is among them. [Why do] you, then lift yourselves up above the congregation of the Lord?

When Moses heard it, he fell upon his face & [spoke] to Korah & all his company, saying, Even tomorrow, the Lord will [show] you who are His & who is holy & will cause the one He has chosen to come near to Him.

Do this; take  [your] censers, Korah & all his company & put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom the Lord [chooses] shall be holy. You take too much upon [yourselves,] you sons of Levi.

Moses said to Korah, I pray [that] you hear, you sons of Levi. [Does it seem] like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to [Him] to do the service [for] the tabernacle of the Lord & to stand before the congregation to minister before them?

[The Lord God] has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you. [Do] you also seek the priesthood also? For [what reason are] both you & all your company gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that you should grumble] against him?

Moses sent & [called] for Dathan & Abiram [Eliab’s] sons, [who] said, We will not come up. Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk & honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except [that] you [totally] make [yourself] prince over us?

[Also,] you haven’t brought us into a land that flows with milk & honey, or given us [an] inheritance of fields & vineyards. Will you put the eyes out of all these men? We will not come up. Moses was very [angry] & said to the Lord, [Don’t] respect their offering.

I haven’t taken 1 [donkey] from them, nor have I hurt 1 of them. Moses said to Korah, You & your company & Aaron [will] appear before the Lord tomorrow. Every man [is] to take his censer & put incense in them & bring them before the Lord. Every man with his censer, 250 censers. Also, you & Aaron, each of you [with] his censer.

Every man took his censer & put fire in them & laid incense [in it] & stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses & Aaron. Korah gathered all [those] of the congregation [who] were against [Moses & Aaron] to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. The glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

The Lord [God spoke] to Moses & Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, [so] I may [destroy] them in a moment. [Moses & Aaron] fell on their faces & said, O God, the God of the [lives of people,] shall one man sin & will You be [angry] with the [whole] congregation?

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the congregation saying, [Get away from the tents] of Korah, Dathan & Abiram. Moses rose up & went to Dathan & Abiram & the elders followed him.

[Moses said] to the congregation, I pray [that] you depart from the tents of these wicked men & don’t touch [anything] of theirs, lest you be [destroyed] in all their sins. So, they got up from all [sides] of the [tent] of Korah, Dathan & Abiram.

Dathan & Abiram, their wives, sons  & children came out & stood in the door of their tents. Moses said, [Now] you shall know that the Lord [God] has sent me to do all these [things.]

For I haven’t done them [on my] own. If these men die the [normal death] of all men, or they [are] visited with [a plague that affects] all men, then the Lord [God hasn’t] sent me.

But if the Lord [makes some new consequence] & the earth opens [up its] mouth & swallows them up, with all [who] pertain to them go down [alive] into the pit. Then, you shall [know] these men have provoked the Lord [God.]

It [happened,] as [Moses finished] speaking, the ground [caved in] under them & the earth opened [its] mouth & swallowed them them up & all [who pertained to Korah,] their houses, their [belongings,] went down alive into the pit & the earth closed [up] upon them.

They perished from among the congregation. At their cry, all the [Israelites] fled & said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. A fire came out from the Lord & consumed the 250 men [who] offered incense.

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, [so] he [collects] the censers [from] the burning [fire] & scatter [its remains some distance away,] for they are [holy.]

Let the censers of these [sinful] men [who lost their lives] be made into broad plates of [brass] for a covering [for] the altar, [since] they offered them before the Lord. Therefore, they are [holy] & they shall be a sign to the children [people] of Israel.

Eleazar, the priest, [took] the [brass] censers [from] where they had been burnt & offered & they were made into broad plates for a covering [for] the altar.

As the Lord said to [Aaron] by the hand of Moses: [They are] to be a memorial to the children [people] of Israel, [so] no stranger, [who] isn’t of [Aaron’s descendants should] come near to offer incense before the Lord, [so he doesn’t end up like] Korah & his company.

But [the next day,] all the congregation of the [people] of Israel [grumbled] against Moses & Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the Lord.

It [happened] when the congregation gathered against Moses & Aaron, that they looked & a cloud covered the tabernacle of the congregation.  And behold, the glory of the Lord appeared & Moses & Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Get [yourself] up from among this congregation, [so] that I may [destroy] them [now] & they fell [down] on their faces. Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer & put fire [in it] from off the altar & [put in] incense & go quickly to the congregation & make atonement for them.

For the [anger] of the Lord has gone out & the plague [has] begun. Aaron [did what] Moses commanded & ran into [the middle] of the congregation & the plague [had started] among the people. And [Aaron] put [in the] incense & made an atonement for the people.f

[Aaron] stood between the dead & the living & the plague was [stopped.] There were 14,700 [who] died, [besides those who] died about the matter of Korah. Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation & the plague [stopped.]

Numbers 15:1-41 When They Sin Unintentionally

 

When They Sin Unintentionally

Numbers 15:1-41                          The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel & say to them, When you come into the land [I’m giving] you to [live in] & will make an offering by fire to the Lord; a burnt offering; a sacrifice [for carrying out] a vow; a freewill offering; or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet [aroma] to the Lord, [from] the herd or the flock.

Then shall [the person who makes] his offering to the Lord, bring a [meat/grain] offering of 1/10 deal of flour [mixed] with 1/4 of a hin of oil. And 1/4 of a hin of wine for a drink offering, you shall prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for 1 lamb.

For a ram, you shall prepare for a [meat/grain] offering: 2/10 deals of flour [mixed] with 1/3 of a hin of oil for a [meat/grain] offering. For a drink offering, you shall offer 1/3 part of a hin of wine, for a sweet [aroma] to the Lord.

When you prepare the [bull] for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in [fulfilling] a vow, or Peace Offerings to the Lord: Then he shall bring with the [bull] a [meat/grain] offering of 3/10 deals of flour [mixd] with 1/2 hin of oil.

You shall bring for the drink offering 1/2 hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, [for] a sweet [aroma] to the Lord. [This] shall be done for 1 [bull,] 1 ram, or a lamb or a kid [goat.] You shall do this for every [animal,] according to [how many] you prepare.

All [native born Israelites] shall do these things, [according to the custom] in [presenting] an offering made by fire, [for] a sweet [aroma] to the Lord. If a stranger [stays temporarily] with you, or [whoever is] among you [during] your generations & [wants] to make an offering made by fire, [for] a sweet [aroma] to the Lord, he shall do [exactly] as you do.

[There] shall be 1 [rule] for both you of the congregation & the stranger who stays with you, a [rule] forever in your generations before the Lord. One law & 1 [custom] shall be for you & for the granger [who temporarily stays] with you.

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the children [people] of Israel & say to them, When you come into the land [where] I [am bringing] you & when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord. You shall offer up a cake of the 1st of your dough for a heave offering: [like] you do the heave offerings of the threshing floor. You shall heave it [the same way.]

You shall give to the Lord a heave offering, of the 1st of your dough, [throughout] your generations. If you [haven’t done] all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses & you have erred, even all that the Lord has commanded you [at] the hand of Moses, from the [1st] day the Lord commanded Moses & forward, [throughout] your generations, then it shall be, [as] if [it was] committed [in] ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation.

[Then,] all the congregation shall offer 1 young [bull] for a burnt offering, for a sweet [aroma] to the Lord, with [its meat/grain] offering & [its] drink offering & 1 kid [goat] for a sin offering, according to the [custom.]

The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children [people] of Israel & it shall be forgiven them. For [they did it in] ignorance & they shall bring before the Lord, their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord & their sin offering for their ignorance, before the Lord. All the congregation of the [people] of Israel & the stranger [who temporarily stays] with them, shall be forgiven, [since] all the people have done this] in ignorance.

If any [person] shall sin in ignorance, [unintentionally,] then he shall bring a 1 year old [female] goat for a sin offering. The priest shall make an atonement for the person [who] sinned [unintentionally,] before the Lord, to make atonement for him & [he] shall be forgiven.

You shall have 1 law for both [those born] of the [Israelites] & the stranger [who temporarily stays] among you, [those who] sin [unintentionally.] But the [person who defiantly does wrong,] whether he is a [native-born Israelite,] or a stranger, [those] same [who disgraces] the Lord [God,] shall be cut off from among his people, because he has despised the Word of the Lord & has broken His commandment.

That person’s [guilt] shall be upon him & he shall be [totally] cut off [from his people.] While the [people] of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man [who] gathered sticks on the Sabbath day. [Those who] found him, brought him to Moses & Aaron & to all the congregation.

They kept him [under guard,] because it [hadn’t been] declared what [to do] to him. The Lord said to Moses, The man shall surely be [stoned] to death, by the congregation [outside] the camp. All the congregation brought him [outside] the camp & stoned him & he died, as the Lord commanded Moses.

The Lord [spoke] to Moses, saying, Speak to the [people] of Israel & [tell] them [to] make fringes with a [band] of blue [on] the borders of their [clothing] throughout their generations. [When] you look upon the fringe, you may remember the [Lord’s] commandments & do them.

[So] that you [don’t] seek after your own heat & [with] your own eyes, use [them] to [be like unfaithful harlots.] [Numbers 25:1-2 And Israel [remained] in Shittim & the people began to commit [harlotry] with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods & the people did eat & bowed down to their gods.]  [So,] you remember & do all My commandments & be holy to your God. I am the Lord, your God, [Who] brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 14:1-45 Reporting About What They Saw in the Promised Land

Reporting About What They Saw in the Promised Land

Numbers 14:1-45       The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

All the congregation lifted up their [voices] & [cried] & wept that night. All the children [people] of Israel [grumbed] against Moses & Aaron & the whole congregation said to them, We [wish] that God [had let us die] in the land of Egypt! Or [that we had] died in this wilderness!

[Why] has the Lord brought us [into] this land, to fall by the sword, [so] our wives & children would be [plunder.] [Wouldn’t it] be better for us to return to Egypt? They said to one another, let us make a captain & return to Egypt.

Then, Moses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the [people] of Israel. Joshua, [Nun’s] son & Caleb [Jephunneh’s] son, [who] were with [those who] searched the land [tore] their clothes.

They [spoke] to all the company of the [people] of Israel, saying, The land we passed through to search, is [an exceedingly] good land. If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land & give it to us; a land flowing with milk & honey. Only don’t rebel against the Lord.

Neither shall you [be afraid] of the people of the land. For they are bread for us. Their defense [has] departed from them. The Lord is with us: [so don’t be afraid] of them. But all the congregation [wanted] to stone them.

The glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the [people] of Israel. The Lord said to Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? How Long will it be [before] they believe Me: with all the signs I have [shown] among them?

I will [strike] them with pestilence & disinherit them & will make you a greater nation, mightier, than they [are.] Moses said to the Lord, Then, the Egyptians [will] hear it, (for You brought up this people in Your might from among [the Egyptians]).

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that You, Lord, [are] among this people & that You, Lord, are seen face to face & Your cloud stands over them & goes [out] before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud & a pillar of fire by night.

Now, if you should kill all [these] people, as [if they are] 1 man, then the nations [who] have heard of [Your] fame will [say,] The Lord has [killed] these people in the wilderness, because He was unable to bring [them] into the land which He [swore] to them.

Now, I [beg] You, my Lord, let the power of my Lord be great, according to [all] You have spoken, saying, The Lord is [patient] & [very merciful,] forgiving iniquity & transgression] & by no means clearing the guilty & visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the 3rd & 4th generations.]

I [beg] You, pardon the iniquity of [these] people according to the greatness of Your mercy, [like] You have forgiven [them] from Egypt, even until now. The Lord said, I have pardoned [them] according to your [request.] But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

Because all those men [who] have seen My glory & My miracles [that] I did in Egypt & in the wilderness, have tempted Me now, 10 times & [they] haven’t listened] to My voice. Surely, they shall not see the land which I [swore] to their [forefathers.]

Neither shall any of them [who] provoked Me, see it, [except] My servant, Caleb, because he had a [different] spirit & [totally] followed Me. I will bring him into the land where he went [to explore] & his [descendants] shall possess it.

(Now the Amalekites & Canaanites [lived] in the valley.) Tomorrow [return] to the wilderness by way of the Red Sea. The Lord [spoke] to Moses & Aaron, saying, How long shall I [put up with] this evil congregation, [who grumble] against Me? I have heard the [complaints] of the children [people] of Israel, against Me.

Say to them, The Lord [said,] as truly as I live, I will do to you as you have spoken in [My] ears. All you from 20 years & older [who] were numbered, of those [who grumbled] against Me, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

[Most certainly,] you shall not come into the land [that] I [swore] to make you [live there, except] for Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son & Joshua, [Nun’s] son. But I will bring in your little ones, [that] you said would be prey & they shall [inherit] the land [that] you despised.

But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. Your children shall wander in the wilderness 40 years, [because of your unfaithful harlotry,] until your carcasses [decompose] in the wilderness. [They shall bear your [guilt] for 40 years, 1 year for each of the 40 days that you [explored] the land & you shall know [My displeasure, because you broke My covenant.] [Numbers 32:13 And the Lord’s anger [grew] against Israel & He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years, until the generation [who] had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.]

I the Lord [God] said, I will surely do it to this evil congregation, [who] are gathered together against Me. They shall die & be consumed in this wilderness. The men [whom] Moses [had] sent to [explore] the land & who returned & made all the congregation [grumble] against [God,] by bringing a [bad report about] the land, died by the plague before the Lord [God.]

But Joshua, [Nun’s] son & Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son, [who] went [with] the men still lived. [Numbers 32:11-12 Surely, none of the men [who] came up out of Egypt, from 20 years old & [above,] shall see the land [that] I [swore]  to Abraham, Isaac & to Jacob; because they have not [totally] followed Me. [Except] for Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son & Joshua, [Nun’s] son: for they have [totally] followed the Lord.]

And Moses told these [things] to all the children [people] of Israel & the people greatly mourned. They rose up early in the morning & [went] up to the top of the mountains, saying, [Look,] we [are] here & will go up to the place the Lord has promised: for we have sinned. Moses said, [Why are you going against the command] of the Lord? It shall not [succeed.]

[Don’t go] up, for the Lord isn’t among you, [so] you [aren’t killed] before your enemies. For the Amalekites & Canaanites are there before you & you shall fall by the sword, because you turned away from the Lord. Therefore, the Lord won’t be with you.

But they [decided] to go up to the hilltop. [Still] the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord & Moses [didn’t] depart out of the camp. Then, the Amalekites came down & the Canaanites, [who lived] in that hill & [attacked] them & [defeated] them all the [way] to Hormah.