but then he may go free, he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors.

If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him,

because the Israelites are my own servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.

“Every one of the Israelites must camp under his standard with the emblems of his family; they must camp at some distance around the tent of meeting.

These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those numbered in the camps, by their divisions, are 603,550.

And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.

“They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

“Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is found guilty,

“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, ‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord,

and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the Lord.

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey.

Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

“How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.