community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this desert; here they will die.'
36 So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it-
37 these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord .
38 Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
39 When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.
40 Early the next morning they went up toward the high hill country. 'We have sinned,' they said. 'We will go up to the place the Lord promised.'
41 But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the Lord 's command? This will not succeed!
42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,
43 for the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord , he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.'
44 Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the high hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord 's covenant moved from the camp.
45 Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
15 The Lord said to Moses,
2 'Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'After you enter the land I am giving you as a home
3 and you present to the Lord offerings made by fire, from the herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the Lord -whether burnt offerings or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings or festival offerings-
4 then the one who brings his offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil.
5 With each lamb for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
6 ' 'With a ram prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil,
7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord .
8 ' 'When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow or a fellowship offering to the Lord ,
9 bring with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil.
10 Also bring half a hin of wine as a drink offering. It will be an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the Lord .
11 Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner.
12 Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare.
13 ' 'Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the Lord .
14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the Lord , he must do exactly as you do.
15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the Lord :
16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.' '
17 The Lord said to Moses,
18 'Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter the land to which I am taking you
19 and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord .
20 Present a cake from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.
21 Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.
22 ' 'Now if you unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses-
23 any of the Lord 's commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come-
24 and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then
