5, 11-31 unfaithful woman set up tabernacle with altar 7,5 Tent of Meeting = the tabernacle of the congregation counting sacrifices, offering (ram,male goats, male lambs, oxen, silver plate, flour mixed with oil, gold dish filled with incense, young bull, silver sprinkling bowl) ritual in case of sins (confession) exact numbers of everything (also dates and times) and then all numbers are added up repetition with slight variations 7, 89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the Testimony. And he spoke with him. 89And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. god speaks to moses And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, sprinkle water, cleanse 8,7-8 Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: tribes, families unclean on account of a dead body. 9, 14 An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the LORD's Passover must do so in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for the alien and the native-born.'" 9, 15-23 the Israelites follow the cloud that looks like fire at night (navigation system) 10, 2 Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together 10, 3-10 trumpet blast codes (binary mass communication device) 10, 31 don't go back to your own land but stay with us and god will do good unto thee 10, 33-36 ark sets out before them (=army killing people who live there?) 11, 1 people are complaing and god is angry and burns part of the camp 11, 4 people want something else to eat than manna 11,7-9 description of manna 11 people want meat, moses complains, god invents parliament, gives them meat and punishes them for eating it 12, 1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 1 12, 5 the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; 12,10 Miriam became leprous, white as snow (because of her racism) places are named because of events that took place there 12 go and explore Canaan, the land that god gives to the israelites 17When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. 18See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.) 27They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 14,20 by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 14 lord wants to give them canaan, but canaan is strong and lord is angry when israelites complain lord punishes the search party (plague) except for two Josha & Caleb, who trusted the lord 15 14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'" 15 37 The LORD said to Moses, 38 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: `Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. 41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.'" 16 4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. 16,17 250 censers with fire and incense at the entrance of the tent/tabernacle 16 23 Then the LORD said to Moses, 24 "Say to the assembly, `Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'" ... 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, with their households and all Korah's men and all their possessions. ... 35 And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense. 36 The LORD said to Moses, 37 "Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to take the censers out of the smoldering remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy-- ... 49 But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah. 16,42 But when the assembly gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the Tent of Meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared. 17,8 The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron's staff, which represented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds. 18, 3 They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the Tent, but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. 18: priesthood 18, 22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the Tent of Meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die. 18 14 "This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, 15 and every open container without a lid fastened on it will be unclean. 20 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. 12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them." the israelites whine all he time and god keeps punishing them 21 6 Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. ... 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. 21 ask to go through country, refused, army comes, israelites kill evryone and take over country 22, 4 "This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field." 22, 23 angel with drawn sword 23 1 Balaam said, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me." ... 4 "I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram." 23, 16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth 24 5 "How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel! 6 "Like valleys they spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by the LORD, like cedars beside the waters. 7 Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water. "Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted. 8 "God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces; with their arrows they pierce them. 9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness--who dares to rouse them? "May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!" 25, 1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women, 25, 8 he drove the spear through both of them--through the Israelite and into the woman's body. 25, 9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000. 26, 2 army of Israel 26, 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men. And they served as a warning sign. 26, 51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730. 26, 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they made an offering before the LORD with unauthorized fire. 26 63 These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64 Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had told those Israelites they would surely die in the desert, and not one of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 27 8 "Say to the Israelites, `If a man dies and leaves no son, turn his inheritance over to his daughter. 9 If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. 11 If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to be a legal requirement for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.'" 28, 4 Prepare one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, 29, 1 "`On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets. 29, 2 one young bull, one ram and seven male, lambs a year old, all without defect. 28 & 29: offerings and feasts 30 rules man/wife 31, 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people." ... 7 They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man. 8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba--the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. 11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, ... 15 "Have you allowed all the women to live?" he asked them. 16 "They were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and were the means of turning the Israelites away from the LORD in what happened at Peor, so that a plague struck the LORD's people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man. ... 32 The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep, 33 72,000 cattle, 34 61,000 donkeys 35 and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man. 36 The half share of those who fought in the battle was: 337,500 sheep, 37 of which the tribute for the LORD was 675;