e shall be on the north side by their armies :| 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his and the captain of the children of Dan shall sons, and they shall wait on their priest's be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. office, and the stranger that cometh nigh 26 And his host, and those that were num- shall be put to death. bered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27 And those that encamp by him shall be 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the chil- from among the children of Israel instead of dren of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. all the first-born that openeth the matrix 23 And his host, and those that were num- among the children of Israel; therefore the hered of them, were forty and one thousand Levites shall be mine; and five hundred. Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand, and fifty and seven thousand, and six hundred: they shall go hindmost with their standards. 32¶ These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps, throughout their hosts, were six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. 13 Because all the first-born are mine: for on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am the LORD. 141 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi, after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male, from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them, according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi, by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families; Libni, andShimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath, by their families; Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari, by their fami34 And the children of Israel did according lies; Mabli, and Mushi: these are the famito all that the LORD commanded Moses: so lies of the Levites, according to the house of they pitched by their standards, and so they their fathers. set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. CHAP. III. THESE also are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them according to the number of all the males, from a menth old and upward, even those 2 And these are the names of the sons of that were numbered of them, were seven Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, thousand and five hundred. Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai and they had ao children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation, before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron, and to his sons: they are wholly given to hire out of the children of Israel. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shull be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 26 And the haugings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 271 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzziclites: these are the fami lies of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father NUMBERS. 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece of the families of the Kohathites shall be Eli-| by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary zaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, gerahs :) and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mallites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 43 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron, and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption-money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites. 50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekeis, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses gave the money of them 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from that were redeemed unto Aaron, and to his a month old and upward, were six thousand sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari nas Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward, 30 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, CHAP. IV. AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers; 3 From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 37 And the pillars of the court round about, 41 This shall be the service of the sons of and their sockets,and their pins,andtheircords. 38 But those that encamp before the ta- Kolath, in the tabernacle of the congrega. bernacle toward the east, even before the ta- tion, about the most holy things. 5 And when the camp setteth forward, bernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of shall take down the covering vail, and cover the children of Israel; and the stranger that the ark of testimony with it; cometh nigh shall be put to death. 6 And shall put thereon the covering of 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a which Moses and Aaron numbered at the cloth wholly of blue, and shali put in the commandment of the LORD, throughout their staves thereof. families, all the males, from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. upon 7 And the table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon 409 And the LORD said unto Moses, Num-the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and ber all the first-born of the males of the chil-covers to cover withal: and the continual dren of Israel, from a month old and upward, bread shall be thereon. and take the number of their names. 3 And they shall spread upon them a cloth 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me, jof scarlet, and cover the same with a cover(I am the LORD,) instead of ail the first-born ing of badgers' skins, and shall put in the among the children of Israel; and the cattle staves thereof. of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, commanded him, all the first-bora ainong the and all the oil-vessels thereof, where with they minister unto it. children of Israel. 43 And all the first-born males, by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of thein, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying? 10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And up upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a co put to the vering of badgers' skins, and shall staves thereof. 12 And they shall take all the instruments 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the of ministry, wherewith they minister in the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle,and sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. and cover them with a covering of badgers' 46 And for those that are to be redeemed skins, and shall put them on a bar. of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; 104 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessel thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even ery one that entereth into the service, to do the the censers, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, work of the tabernacle of the congregation. and the basons, all the vessels of the altar:| 31 And this is the charge of their burden and they shall spread upon it a covering of according to al their service in the tabernabadgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. cle of the congregation; the boards of the ta15 And when Aaron and his sons have made bernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pilan end of covering the sanctuary, and all the lars thereof, and sockets thereof, vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set 32 And the pillars of the court round about, forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall and their sockets, and their pins, and their come to hear it: but they shall not touch any cords, with all their instruments, and with all holy thing, lest they die. These things are their service: and by name ye shall reckon the burden of the sons of Kohath in the taber- the instruments of the charge of their burden. nale of the congregation. 33 This is the service of the families of the 16 And to the office of Eleazar, the son sons of Merari,according to all their service, in of Aaron the priest, pertaineth the oil for the the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hghat, and the sweet incense, and the daily hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. meat-offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathates from among the Levites: 19 Eat thus do unto them, that they may ve, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service, and to his burden. 20 But they shall not go in to see when the noly things are covered, lest they die. 21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the house of their fathers, by their families: 23 From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old, shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens. 31 And Moses and Aaron, and the chief of the congregation, numbered the sous at the Kohathites, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them, by their families, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congrega tion, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD, by the hand of Moses. 381 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation; 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the their fathers, were two thousand and six huntabernacle, and the tabernacle of the con-dred and thirty. gregation, his covering, and the covering of 41 These are they that were numbered of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the families of the sors of Gershon, of all that the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of might do service in the tabernacle of the conthe congregation, gregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number, according to the commandment of the Lord. 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the d or of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. : 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation; 44 Even those that were numbered of them, after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 22 This is the service of the families, of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the con- 45 These be those that were numbered of gregation and their charge shall be under the the families of the sons of Merari, whom Mohand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.ses and Aaron numbered according to the 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. number them after their families, by the 46 All those that were numbered of the Lehouse of their fathers vites, wl.om Moses and Aaron, and the chief 30 From thirty years old and upward, even of Israel, numbered, after their families, and unto fifty years old,shalt thou number them,ev-after the house of their fathers. NUMBE 47 From thirty years old and upward, even meal; he saau pour no oil upon it, nor put unto fifty years old, every one that came to frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of do the service of the ministry, and the ser-jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing vice of the burden in the tabernacle of the con- finiquity to remembrance. gregation; 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and 48 Even those that were numbered of them, set her before the LORD. were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in 49 According to the commandment of the the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall LORD they were numbered by the hand of take, and put it into the water. 18 And the priest shall set the woman be Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they fore the LORD, and uncover the woman's numbered of him, as the LORD commanded head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; Moses. and the priest shall have in his hand the bitte water that causeth the curse. CHAP. V. AND the Lond spake unto Moses, saying: ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, I no mar have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thine husband; 4 And the children of Israel did so, and as the put them out without the camp : 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children with an oath of cursing; and the priest shall of Israel. 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, say-say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell: ing, Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall Igo into thy bowels, to make thy belly 7 Then they shall confess their sin which to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the wothey have done: and he shall recompense his man shall say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it un-in a book, and he shali blot them out with the bitter water; to him against whom he hath trespassed. 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest, besides the ram of the atonement, 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 91 And every offering of all the holy things offering out of the woman's hand, and shall of the children of Israel, which they bring wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar. unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed thing, shall be his whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. saying, And the LORD spake unto Moses, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and cominit a trespass against him, 26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memoria! thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that if she be defiled, and liave done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no rot: and the woman shall be a curse among witness against her, neither she be taken with her people. the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley 106 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shali conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies. when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her hushand, and is defiled; 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LOR), and the priest shall execute upon her all his law. 17 Anu he shall offer the ram for a sacri- A 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 13 And the Nazarite shall shave the head 3 He shall separate himself from wine and peace-offerings. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven, 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD: this is holy 5 All the days of the vow of his separation for the priest, with the wave-breast and there shall no razor come upon his head; heave-shoulder: and after that the Nazarite until the days be fulfilled, in the which he se-may drink wine. parateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be This is the law of the Nazarite who holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his hath vowed, and of his offering unto the head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth himself un- And if any man die very suddenly by 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest. to the door of the tabernacle of the cengregation; 1 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. LORD for his separation, besides that hat his hand shall get: according to the ow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. CHAP. VII. ND it came to pass on the day that Mo ses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar, and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified thein. And he shall consecrate unto the LORD 2 That the princes of Israel, beads of the the days of his separation, and shall bring a house of their fathers,(who were the princes lamb of the first year for a trespass-offering: of the tribes, and were over them that were but the days that were before shall be lost, numbered,) offered. 3 And they brought their offerings before 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he-lamb of the first year without ing, blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe- 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do famb of the first year without blemish for a the service of the tabernacle of the congresin-offering, and one ram without blemish gation; and thou shalt give them unto for peace-offerings, the Levites, to every man according to his 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes service. of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of 6 And Moses took the waggons and the unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. meat-offering, and their drink-offerings. 7 Two waggons and four oxen he gave 16 And the priest shall bring them before unto the sons of Gershon, according to their the LORD, and shall offer bis sin-offering, service. and his burnt-offering. 107 8 And four waggons and eight oxen he EG |