Old Testament: Deuteronomy 2–3 Deuteronomy 2–3 (Listen)The Wilderness Years2 “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the LORD told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. 2 Then the LORD said to me
Old Testament: Deuteronomy 1 Deuteronomy 1 (Listen)The Command to Leave Horeb1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It
Old Testament: Numbers 35–36 Numbers 35–36 (Listen)Cities for the Levites35 The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession a
Old Testament: Numbers 33–34 Numbers 33–34 (Listen)Recounting Israel’s Journey33 These are the stages of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2 Moses wrote down their star
Old Testament: Numbers 32 Numbers 32 (Listen)Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead32 Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for
Old Testament: Numbers 31 Numbers 31 (Listen)Vengeance on Midian31 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” 3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from amo
Old Testament: Numbers 29–30 Numbers 29–30 (Listen)Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets29 “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets, 2 and you shall
Old Testament: Numbers 27–28 Numbers 27–28 (Listen)The Daughters of Zelophehad27 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his dau
Old Testament: Numbers 25–26 Numbers 25–26 (Listen)Baal Worship at Peor25 While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. 2 These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to
Old Testament: Numbers 23–24 Numbers 23–24 (Listen)Balaam’s First Oracle23 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.” 2 Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each
Old Testament: Numbers 21–22 Numbers 21–22 (Listen)Arad Destroyed21 When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2 And Israel vowe
Old Testament: Numbers 19–20 Numbers 19–20 (Listen)Laws for Purification19 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect,
Old Testament: Numbers 17–18 Numbers 17–18 (Listen)Aaron’s Staff Buds17 1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers’ house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers’ houses, tw
Old Testament: Numbers 16 Numbers 16 (Listen)Korah’s Rebellion16 Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men. 2 And they rose up before Moses, with a nu
Old Testament: Numbers 15 Numbers 15 (Listen)Laws About Sacrifices15 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, 3 and you offer to the LORD from
Old Testament: Numbers 14 Numbers 14 (Listen)The People Rebel14 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that w
Old Testament: Numbers 12–13 Numbers 12–13 (Listen)Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses12 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only
Old Testament: Numbers 10–11 Numbers 10–11 (Listen)The Silver Trumpets10 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. 3 And
Old Testament: Numbers 8–9 Numbers 8–9 (Listen)The Seven Lamps8 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.” 3 And Aaron did so: he set up its
Old Testament: Numbers 7 Numbers 7 (Listen)Offerings at the Tabernacle’s Consecration7 On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with
Old Testament: Numbers 5–6 Numbers 5–6 (Listen)Unclean People5 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous1 or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the d
Old Testament: Numbers 4 Numbers 4 (Listen)Duties of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites4 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their clans and their fathers’ houses, 3 from
Old Testament: Numbers 3 Numbers 3 (Listen)The Sons of Aaron3 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and I
Old Testament: Numbers 2 Numbers 2 (Listen)Arrangement of the Camp2 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meetin