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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.

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1These are the stages of the sons of Israel, who went out from the land of Egypt by their armies, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2Moses wrote their departures for their stages, at Yahweh’s mouth. These are their stages, by their departures.

Notes (1)

Translation
Massa is a stage, one setting out and camping. Motza is a departure. Al pi Yahweh is at Yahweh’s mouth, as in the cloud that led them.

3They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a raised hand, in the eyes of all Egypt.

Notes (1)

Translation
Beyad ramah is with a raised hand, in the open, the same phrase as in 15:30. Pesach is the Passover.

4Egypt was burying those among them whom Yahweh had struck, every firstborn, and on their gods Yahweh executed judgments.

5The sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness.

7They set out from Etham, and he turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

Notes (1)

Text
The verb “turned back” is singular. The setting out and the camping are plural. The singular is printed.

8They set out from before Hahiroth, crossed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went a way of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

Notes (1)

Text
This verse writes Hahiroth. Verse 7 writes Pi-hahiroth. Both forms are printed.

9They set out from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palms, and they camped there.

10They set out from Elim and camped by the Sea of Reeds.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam suf is the Sea of Reeds.

11They set out from the Sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

Notes (1)

Translation
Sin is the name written here. Sinai is a different name, and it is written in verse 15. The two are not folded together.

12They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water there for the people to drink.

15They set out from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

16They set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Graves of the Craving.

Notes (1)

Translation
Qivrot ha-ta’avah is Graves of the Craving, the same English as in 11:34, where the verse gives the sense of the name.

17They set out from Graves of the Craving and camped at Hazeroth.

18They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

21They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

32They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

33They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.

37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

38Aaron the priest went up onto Mount Hor at Yahweh’s mouth, and he died there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month.

39Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old at his death on Mount Hor.

40The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel.

41They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab.

45They set out from Iyyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

Notes (1)

Text
This verse writes Iyyim, the short form. Verse 44 writes Iye-abarim. Both are printed.

46They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

49They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.

50Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

51Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52you shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you. You shall destroy all their carved figures, and all their cast images you shall destroy, and all their high places you shall wipe out.

Notes (1)

Translation
Maskit is a carved figure. Tzelem massekhah is a cast image. Bamah is a high place. The two verbs for destroying the figures are both printed.

53You shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you, to possess it.

54You shall give the land as an inheritance by lot, to your clans. To the many you shall make his inheritance large, and to the few you shall make his inheritance small. Wherever the lot comes out for him, it shall be his. By the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

55If you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, those of them whom you leave shall be barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you on the land where you live.

Notes (1)

Translation
Sikkim are barbs. Tzeninim are thorns. The two words are both printed.

56What I meant to do to them, I will do to you.

Numbers

Chapter 33

A dotted word is a harder one. Point at it, or tap it, for a short definition.

1These are the stages of the sons of Israel, who went out from the land of Egypt by their armies, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2Moses wrote their departures for their stages, at Yahweh’s mouth. These are their stages, by their departures.

Notes (1)

Translation
Massa is a stage, one setting out and camping. Motza is a departure. Al pi Yahweh is at Yahweh’s mouth, as in the cloud that led them.

3They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a raised hand, in the eyes of all Egypt.

Notes (1)

Translation
Beyad ramah is with a raised hand, in the open, the same phrase as in 15:30. Pesach is the Passover.

4Egypt was burying those among them whom Yahweh had struck, every firstborn, and on their gods Yahweh executed judgments.

5The sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness.

7They set out from Etham, and he turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.

Notes (1)

Text
The verb “turned back” is singular. The setting out and the camping are plural. The singular is printed.

8They set out from before Hahiroth, crossed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went a way of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

Notes (1)

Text
This verse writes Hahiroth. Verse 7 writes Pi-hahiroth. Both forms are printed.

9They set out from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palms, and they camped there.

10They set out from Elim and camped by the Sea of Reeds.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam suf is the Sea of Reeds.

11They set out from the Sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

Notes (1)

Translation
Sin is the name written here. Sinai is a different name, and it is written in verse 15. The two are not folded together.

12They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water there for the people to drink.

15They set out from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

16They set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Graves of the Craving.

Notes (1)

Translation
Qivrot ha-ta’avah is Graves of the Craving, the same English as in 11:34, where the verse gives the sense of the name.

17They set out from Graves of the Craving and camped at Hazeroth.

18They set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.

19They set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

21They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22They set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23They set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24They set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25They set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26They set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29They set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

31They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

32They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

33They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.

37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

39Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old at his death on Mount Hor.

40The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel.

41They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42They set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43They set out from Punon and camped at Oboth.

44They set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab.

45They set out from Iyyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

Notes (1)

Text
This verse writes Iyyim, the short form. Verse 44 writes Iye-abarim. Both are printed.

46They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

47They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

49They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.

50Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

51Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Notes (1)

Translation
Maskit is a carved figure. Tzelem massekhah is a cast image. Bamah is a high place. The two verbs for destroying the figures are both printed.

53You shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you, to possess it.

Notes (1)

Translation
Sikkim are barbs. Tzeninim are thorns. The two words are both printed.

56What I meant to do to them, I will do to you.