Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 139

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26 23 was over the army of the tribe of thc sous of Manasseh. And over the army of the tribe of

the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gidoni. Then marched the standard ofthe

camp ofthe sons of Dan, by regiments, with all the troops of their army, and Akhazer the son of Amishaddi was over that army. And Phanuel the son of Akhan was over the army of the tribe of Asher. And Akhira the son of Aiuan was

over the army of the sons 0fNaphtha1i. Thus the children of Israel

marched ;-———they marched by their armxes. gitusvz invites his 3niI;er-in-iaiu 33 34 35 11 in init: israel. children, with you. for us, we will reward you. regiments of Israel. Moses, however, spoke to Rauel

the Midianite, the father-in—law of March with us to the place that the EvEn»L1v1Ne said to us,I will give it to you. March with us, and we will benefit you; for the EvER—L1v1NG has promised good to I will not

go from my country and from my Do not now

forsake us; for you know the routes of the desert, and you can be eyes for us. And it shall be that if you will go with us then when we receive the success the EvER—L1v1NG will obtain So they marched from the Mount

of the Ev‘sR—L1v1No three days’ journey, and the Ark of the Covenant of the EvER·L1vxNG marched before journey, to guide them to a halting place; and the cloud of the EVER-Lxvrzmiwas over them by day, in their march from the camp. And when they began their march, Moses stood up and said, I`he EVER-L1v1NG deliver you

from your enemies, and march before But when they encamped, Moses said, ‘]sHovAH bring home the many But bad people murmured in the

ears of the Eva1z~x.1vme,-—and the LGRD heard it, and was displeased, so the LORD caused a nre to break out amongst them, and it consumed the rear of the camp; so the people called upon Moses, and Moses prayed 1I—-·r7

to the EvER—L1v1NG,——and quenched the fire. He therefore called the 'I`he Burningsf because the Loan there burnt them with tire. §\ gllixting in ilie ®amp. But the mixed people who were

amongst them, longed, and desired,- and wept. Some of the children of Israel also did the same and said; When shall we eat flesh? We

remember the Hsh that we ate in Mitzer for nothing; with the cucum- bers,and the melons, and the lettuces, and the onions, and the garlic! But now our souls are sick! There is 2 nothing but this manna to look at l Moses, however, heard the people

weeping, each family at the door of their tent, and the LORD was very angry; and in the eyes of Moses it was bad. Therefore Moses said to Why have You brought evil upon Your servant? And why have I not found favour in Your eyes for You to remove the weight of all this people from off me? Have I begotten all these people? or have I brought them forth,’that You should say to me carry them in your lap, as a mother carries in her lap, because as a woman I have sworn to feed them ? I have no flesh to give to all this nation! who cry to me saying, ‘Give us flesh that we may eat.' I cannot feed them 1 I cannot carry all this nation! They are too heavy for me, and therefore do this to me; kill me, now, kill me, if I have found favour in Your eyes!—-—that I may not see myself torn to pieces l ’ But the Even-L1v1No answered

Add to yourself the seventy men from the rulers of Israel whom you know to be able to rule the people and to control them, and take them with you to the Hall of Assembly, and present them there with your- self, and I will descend and speak 1 T habax·ah.—-—F. F. IO II I2 16

2 Verses 7 to g are evidently the note of an

old transcriber, so I place them at the foot, as not being part of the original text.- F. F. And the marina was like coriander seed, 7 and the look of it was like the appearance of gum! The people despised it, but they 8 gathered it and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pans, and made their cakes of it, and its taste was like the taste of pancakes. When the-dew g fell upon the camp at night the mamma came down with it. 139