¹And Jesus and His disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?

And they told Him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.

And He questioned them, But you, who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said to Him, You are the Christ!

And He charged them  ¹not to tell anyone concerning Him.

 ¹And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise.

And He spoke this word openly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.

And He called the crowd to Him with His disciples and said to them, If anyone wants to follow after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever will lose his soul-life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul-life?

For what could a man give in exchange for his soul-life?

For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.

And He said to them, Truly I say to you, there are some of those standing here who shall by no means taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power.

 ¹And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up alone into a high mountain privately. And He was  ²transfigured before them,

And His garments became sparkling, exceedingly white, such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

And Elijah with Moses appeared to them, and they were conversing with Jesus.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.

For he did not know what to answer, for they had become extremely frightened.

And a cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: This is My Son, the Beloved. Hear Him!

And suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone, but Jesus only with them.

And as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them  ¹not to relate to anyone the things which they had seen, except when the Son of Man has risen from the dead.

And they kept the word, discussing among themselves what rising from the dead was.

And they asked Him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

And He said to them, Elijah does indeed come first and restore all things. And how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be counted as nothing?

But I tell you that Elijah has  ¹indeed come, and they did to him the things that they wished, even as it is written of him.

Now it was in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

And the children of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud  ¹settled down in the wilderness of Paran.

And they set out for the first time according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their companies; and over the entire company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

And the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, set out; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.

And over the company of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

This was the order in which the children of Israel set out according to their companies, when they set out.

And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are setting out to the place concerning which Jehovah said, I will give it to you. Come with us, and we will treat you well, for Jehovah has promised good to Israel.

But he said to him, I will not go; but rather I will go to my own land and to my relatives.

So  ¹Moses said, Please do not leave us, for you know where we can encamp in the wilderness, and you will be  ²eyes for us.

And if you go with us, whatever good Jehovah does for us, we will do for you.

So they set out from the mountain of Jehovah three days' journey, with the  ¹Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah setting out before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

And when the Ark set out, Moses said,
 ¹Rise up, O Jehovah, and let Your enemies be scattered;
And let those who hate You flee before You.

And when it came to rest, he said,
 ¹Return, O  ²Jehovah, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.

And the people became like those who murmur about their misfortune in the ears of Jehovah; and when Jehovah heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp.

And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah, and the fire abated.

And the name of that place was called  ¹Taberah because the fire of Jehovah had burned among them.

And the  ¹mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who shall give us meat to eat?

We remember the  ¹fish which we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic;

But now our appetite has gone; there is nothing at all but  ¹this manna to look at.

Now the manna was like  ¹coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.

The people went about and gathered it and ground it between two millstones or beat it in a mortar; then they boiled it in pots and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of cakes baked in oil.

And when the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly, and Moses was displeased.

And Moses said to Jehovah, Why have You treated Your servant badly, and why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have put the burden of all this people upon me?

Did I conceive all this people? Or did I bring them forth, so that You should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries the nursing child, to the land which You swore to give to their fathers?

From where should I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, Give us meat, so that we may eat!

I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me.

And if this is the way You deal with me, please kill me at once — if I have found favor in Your sight — and do not let me see my wretchedness.

So Jehovah said to Moses, Gather to Me  ¹seventy, each one from the elders of Israel, whom you know are the elders of the people and their officers, and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, and have them stand there with you.

Then I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take of the Spirit who is upon you and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it alone.

And you shall say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt. Therefore Jehovah will give you meat, and you shall eat.

You shall eat not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

But a whole month, until it comes out from your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected Jehovah who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, Why did we ever come out of Egypt?

But Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand on foot; and You have said, I will give them meat so that they may eat a whole month.

Will flocks and herds be slain for them, to satisfy them? Or will all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to satisfy them?

And Jehovah said to Moses, Has Jehovah's hand become short? Now you will see whether My word will come to pass for you or not.

So Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah, and he gathered seventy, each one from the elders of the people, and set them around the tent.

And Jehovah came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took of the Spirit who was upon him, and put Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they  ¹prophesied, but they did not do so again.

But two men had remained in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. (Now they were among those who were registered, but they had not gone out to the tent.) And they prophesied in the camp.

And a certain young man ran and told Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.

And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, restrain them!

But Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? Oh that  ¹all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!

And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

And a wind went forth from Jehovah and brought quails from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.

And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day, and they gathered the quail. He who gathered least gathered ten homers. And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with a very severe plague.

And the name of that place was called  ¹Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people who lusted.

From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman).

And they said,  ¹Has Jehovah indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not also spoken through us? And Jehovah heard it.

Now the man Moses was very  ¹meek, more than anyone else who was on the face of the earth.

And suddenly Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam, You three come out to the Tent of Meeting. So the three of them came out.

Then Jehovah  ¹came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam. And when they had both come forward,

He said, Hear now My words:
If there is a  ¹prophet among you,
I, Jehovah, will make Myself known to him in a vision;
I will speak with him in a dream.

My servant Moses is not so;
 ¹He is faithful in all My house.

With him I speak face to face, even openly, and not in riddles;
And he beholds the form of Jehovah.
Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them, and He departed.

And when the cloud had departed from over the tent; there Miriam was,  ¹leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, leprous.

And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please do not lay this sin upon us that we have so foolishly committed.

Please do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.

And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying,  ¹Please heal her, O God, please.

And Jehovah said to Moses, If her father had just spat in her face, would she not bear her shame seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.

So Miriam was shut up outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam had been brought in again.

After that the people set out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.