And again He came out of the borders of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of  ¹Galilee in the midst of the borders of  ²Decapolis.

And they brought to Him  ¹one who was deaf and who spoke with difficulty, and they entreated Him to lay His hand on him.

And He took him aside from the crowd privately and  ¹put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

And looking up to heaven, He groaned and said to him,  ¹Ephphatha! that is, Be opened!

And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond on his tongue was released and he spoke clearly.

And He charged them  ¹not to tell anyone. But the more He charged them, so much the more they proclaimed it.

And they were utterly astounded, saying, He has done all things well; He makes both the deaf hear and the dumb speak.

 ¹In those days, since there was again a great crowd and they did not have anything to eat, He called the disciples to Him and said to them,

I am  ¹moved with compassion for the crowd, because for three days now they have  ¹remained with Me and they do  ¹not have anything to eat.

And if I send them away to their home hungry, they will  ¹faint on the way; and some of them have  ¹come from a distance.

And His disciples answered Him, Where will anyone be able to get enough to satisfy these people with bread here in this desolate place?

And He asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.

And He charged the crowd to recline on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before them, and they set them before the crowd.

And they had a few small fish, and having blessed them, He said that these also should be set before them.

And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the surplus of broken pieces,  ¹seven baskets.

And  ¹there were about four thousand people. And He sent them away.

And immediately He got into the boat with His disciples and came into the parts of  ¹Dalmanutha.

 ¹And the  ²Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a  ³sign from heaven and tempting Him.

And He  ¹groaned deeply in His spirit and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you,  ²No sign shall be given to this generation.

And leaving them, He again got into a boat and went away to the other side.

And they forgot to take bread, and except for one loaf, they did not have any with them in the boat.

And He charged them, saying, Watch! Beware of the  ¹leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

And they reasoned with one another,  ¹saying, It is because we do not have bread.

And Jesus, knowing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Do you have your heart hardened?

Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many handbaskets full of broken pieces did you take up? They said to Him, Twelve.

And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets filled with broken pieces did you take up? And they said, Seven.

And He said to them, Do you not yet understand?

And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought to Him a  ¹blind man and entreated Him to touch him.

And He  ¹took hold of the hand of the blind man and  ²led him forth outside the village. And He  ³spat on his eyes and  ⁴laid His hands on him and asked him, Do you see anything?

And he looked up and said, I  ¹see men, for I see them as trees, walking.

Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes, and the man looked intently and was  ¹restored, and he began to see all things clearly.

And He sent him to his house, saying, Do  ¹not even enter into the  ²village.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the  ¹seven lamps will give light in front of the lampstand.

And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the  ¹pattern which Jehovah had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.

And thus you shall do to them to  ¹cleanse them: Sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them pass a razor over all their flesh and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

Then let them take a bull of the herd and its meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and a second bull of the herd you shall take for a sin offering.

And you shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel.

And you shall present the Levites before Jehovah, and the children of Israel shall  ¹lay their hands upon the Levites.

And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah as a  ¹wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may do the service of Jehovah.

And the Levites shall  ¹lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to Jehovah to make expiation for the Levites.

And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Jehovah.

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Then after this the Levites may go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. So you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.

For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for Myself instead of everyone who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the children of Israel.

For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both human and animal. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make expiation for the children of Israel, that there may be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.

Thus did Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly of the children of Israel do to the Levites; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel do to them.

And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes. Then Aaron offered them as a wave offering before Jehovah, and Aaron made expiation for them to cleanse them.

And after this the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

This is what applies to the Levites: From  ¹twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting.

And from the age of fifty years they shall  ¹retire from the service in the work and shall serve no more.

But they may minister to their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, but they themselves shall do no service. Thus you shall do with the Levites concerning their charges.

Now Jehovah had spoken to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the  ¹first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Let the children of Israel keep the  ¹passover at its appointed time.

On the fourteenth day of this month  ¹at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its  ²statutes and according to all its  ²ordinances you shall keep it.

Thus Moses told the children of Israel to keep the passover.

And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.

But there were certain men who were unclean through contact with a dead person, so that they could not keep the passover on that day; so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

And those men said to him, Although we are unclean through contact with a dead person, why must we be kept from presenting the offering of Jehovah at its appointed time among the children of Israel?

And Moses said to them, Stay here so I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Any one of you or your descendants who becomes unclean through contact with a dead person or is on a distant journey shall still keep the passover to Jehovah.

In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

They shall not leave any of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to every statute of the passover they shall keep it.

But the  ¹man who is clean and is not on a journey yet refrains from keeping the passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, because he did not present Jehovah's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

And if a stranger sojourns with you and keeps the passover to Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native born in the land.

And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the  ¹cloud covered the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony; and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning.

So it was always; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

And whenever the  ¹cloud was taken up from over the tent, then after that the children of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel encamped.

At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel set out, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped; as long as the cloud settled upon the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

Even when the cloud extended its time over the tabernacle for many days, the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah and did not set out.

If sometimes the cloud was upon the tabernacle a few days, according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped; then at the commandment of Jehovah they set out.

If sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they set out; or if it remained a day and a night, when the cloud was taken up, they set out.

Whether it was two days or a month or a longer time that the cloud extended its time over the tabernacle and settled above it, the children of Israel remained encamped and did not set out; but when it was taken up, they set out.

At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they set out. They kept the charge of Jehovah according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Make yourself two trumpets of  ¹silver; of beaten work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the assembly and for the setting out of the camps.

And when they blow them, all the assembly shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

And when you blow an  ¹alarm, the camps that are encamped on the east side shall set out.

And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are encamped on the south side shall set out. They shall blow an alarm for them to set out.

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before Jehovah your God and be saved from your enemies.

Also on your days of rejoicing and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall  ¹blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a reminder on your behalf before your God; I am Jehovah your God.