Bible Verses About Journey of Israel Through The Desert

And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying,

`Jehovah--God of the spirits of all flesh--appoint a man over the company,

who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.'

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him,

and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes,

and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

`And before Eleazar the priest he standeth, and he hath asked for him by the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah; at His word they go out, and at His word they come in; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the company.'

And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and taketh Joshua, and causeth him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company,

and layeth his hands upon him, and chargeth him, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

`Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites--afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

a thousand for a tribe--a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel--ye do send to the host.'

And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;

and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand.

And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;

and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.

And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;

and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire.

And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;

and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.

And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?

lo, they--they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.