Bishops(i)
5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying
6 Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym
7 And take the charge with hym, euen the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the seruice of the tabernacle
8 They shall kepe all the instrumentes of the tabernacle of the congregation, & haue the charge of the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruice of the tabernacle
9 And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel
10 And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on their priestes office: and the straunger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne
11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying
12 Beholde, I haue taken the Leuites from among the chyldren of Israel for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the chyldren of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine
13 Because all the first borne are myne: for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, I halowed vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shalbe: I am the Lorde
14 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wyldernesse of Sinai, saying
15 Number the chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their kinredes: All that are males from a moneth old and aboue, shalt thou number
16 And Moyses numbred them, according to the worde of the Lorde, as he was commaunded
17 And these were the chyldren of Leui in their names: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari
18 And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes: Libni, and Semei
19 The sonnes of Caath in their kinredes: Amram, Iesar, Hebron, and Oziel
20 And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers
21 Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites
22 And the summe of them after the number of all the males, from a moneth old and aboue, was counted seuen thousande and fiue hundred
23 And the kinredes of the Gersonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle westwarde
24 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the Gersonites, shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael
25 And the charge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the congregation, shalbe the tabernacle and the pauilion, the couering thereof, and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation
26 And the hangynges of the court, and the curtayne of the doore of the court whiche is rounde about the tabernacle, and the aulter, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof
27 And of Caath, came the kinred of the Amramites, and the kinred of the Izecharites, the kinred of the Hebronites, and the kinred of the Ozielites: These are the kinredes of the Caathites
28 And the number of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was eyght thousande and sixe hundred, hauing the charge of the sanctuarie
29 And the kinred of the chyldren of Caath, shall pitche on the south syde of the tabernacle
30 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the kinred of the Caathites, shalbe Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel
31 And their charge shalbe the arke, the table, the candelsticke, and the aulters, & the vessels of the sanctuarie that they minister in, and the vayle, & whatsoeuer belongeth to the ministration therof
32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest, shalbe captayne ouer all the captaines of the Leuites, and hath the ouersight of them that wayte vpon the sanctuarie
33 And of Merari came the kinred of the Mahelites, and the kinred of the Musites: These are ye kinredes of Merari
34 And the summe of them accordyng to the number of al the males, from a moneth olde and aboue, was sixe thousand and two hundred
35 The captayne and the most auncient of their house that were of the kinred of Merari, was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael: and these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle
36 And vnder the custodie and charge of the sonnes of Merari, shalbe ye boordes of the tabernacle, & the barres pyllers, and sockettes therof, and all the vessels therof, and all that serueth therto
37 And the pillers of the court rounde about, with their sockets, their pinnes, and their cordes