The Second Passover

¹In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

²“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

³You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenthday of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

⁴So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

⁵and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

⁶But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

⁷and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

⁸“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

⁹Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹⁰“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

¹¹Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

¹²they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

¹³But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

¹⁴If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

The Cloud above the Tabernacle

¹⁵On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

¹⁶It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day,and at night it would appear like fire.

¹⁷Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

¹⁸At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

¹⁹Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

²⁰Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

²¹Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.

²²Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

²³They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

The Daughters of Zelophehad

¹Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

²the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,

³“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.

⁴Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

⁵So Moses brought their case before the LORD,

⁶and the LORD answered him,

⁷“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.

⁸Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

⁹If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

¹⁰If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

¹¹And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”

Moses Requests a Successor

¹²Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim rangeand see the land that I have given the Israelites.

¹³After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;

¹⁴for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribahin Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

¹⁵So Moses appealed to the LORD,

¹⁶“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

¹⁷who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Joshua to Succeed Moses

¹⁸And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

¹⁹Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.

²⁰Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.

²¹He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim.At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

²²Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,

²³and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.

The Feast of Trumpets

¹“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.

²As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

³together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephahwith the bull, two-tenths of an ephahwith the ram,

⁴and a tenth of an ephahwith each of the seven male lambs.

⁵Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

⁶These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

The Day of Atonement

⁷On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves;you must not do any work.

⁸Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

⁹together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

¹⁰and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.

¹¹Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.

The Feast of Tabernacles

¹²On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.

¹³As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

¹⁴along with the grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil with each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah with each of the two rams,

¹⁵and a tenth of an ephah with each of the fourteen lambs.

¹⁶Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

¹⁷On the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

¹⁸along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

¹⁹Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

²⁰On the third day you are to present eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

²¹along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

²²Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

²³On the fourth day you are to present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

²⁴along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

²⁵Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

²⁶On the fifth day you are to present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

²⁷along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

²⁸Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

²⁹On the sixth day you are to present eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

³⁰along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

³¹Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

³²On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

³³along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

³⁴Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

³⁵On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

³⁶As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

³⁷along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

³⁸Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

³⁹You are to present these offerings to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, or peace offerings.”

⁴⁰So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

¹Have mercy on me,O God,according to Your loving devotion;according to Your great compassion,blot out my transgressions.

²Wash me clean of my iniquityand cleanse me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions,and my sin is always before me.

⁴Against You, You only, have I sinnedand done what is evil in Your sight,so that You may be proved right when You speakand blameless when You judge.

⁵Surely I was brought forth in iniquity;I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

⁶Surely You desire truth in the inmost being;You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

⁹Hide Your face from my sinsand blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God,and renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹Cast me not away from Your presence;take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,and sustain me with a willing spirit.

¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,and sinners will return to You.

¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God,the God of my salvation,and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,and my mouth will declare Your praise.

¹⁶For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;a broken and a contrite heart,O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper;build up the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,in whole burnt offerings;then bulls will be offered on Your altar.