Numbers 3:1-4:49

Matthew^{(i) 1} These are the generations of Aaron & Moses, when the Lorde spake to Moses in mount Sinai ² and these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron: Nadab the eldest sonne, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes anoynted & theyr handes fylled to minister, ⁴ but Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde, as they broughte straunge fyre before the Lord in the wyldernes of Sinai, & had no children. And Eleazar & Ithamar mynystred in the syghte of Aaron theyr father. ⁵ And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying: ⁶ brynge the trybe of Leuy, and set them before Aaron the priest, & let them serue hym, & waite vpon hi ⁷ & vpon al the multitude, before the tabernacle of witnes, to do the seruyce of the habitation. ⁸ And they shall wayte vpon all the apparell of the tabernacle of wytnesse, & vpon the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruise of the habitation. ⁹ And thou shal gyue the Leuites vnto Aaron & hys sonnes, for they are geuen vnto him of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on theyr priestes office: & the straunger that cometh nye, shal dye for it. ¹¹ And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying: ¹² behold I haue taken the Leuites from among the children of Israel, for al the fyrstborne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, so that the Leuites shall be myne: ¹³ bycause al the fyrst borne are myne: for the same day that I smote al the fyrst borne, in the land of Egypt, I halowed vnto me al the fyrstborne in Israel, both man and beaste, & myne they shalbe, for I am the Lord. ¹⁴ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinai sayinge: ¹⁵ Numbre the chyldren of Leuye in the houses of theyr fathers & kinredes, al that are males from a moneth old & aboue. ¹⁶ And Moses numbred them at the worde of the Lorde, as he was commaunded. ¹⁷ And these are the names of the children of Leuy: Gerson, Cahath and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the children of Gerson in their kynredes: Libni & Semei. ¹⁹ And the sonnes of Cahath in theyr kinredes were Amram, Iezehar, Hebron, & Oziel. ²⁰ And the sonnes of Merari in theyr kynredes were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynredes of Leuy in the houses of theyr fathers. ²¹ And of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the Semeites, whiche are the kynreds of the Gersonites. ²² And the summe of them (when all the males were tolde) from a moneth olde and aboue, were .vij. thousand and fyue hundred. ²³ And the kynredes of the Gersonytes pitched behynd the habitation westwarde. ²⁴ And the captaine of the most auncient house amonge the Gersonites, was Eliasaph the sonne of Lael. ²⁵ And the office of the children of Gerson in the tabernacle of wytnes was to kepe the habitation & the tent with the couerynge therof and the hanginge of the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse, ²⁶ and the hangynges of the court, and the curtayne of the dore of the courte, whych court went round about the dwelling, and the aulter, & the cordes that pertained vnto al the seruyce therof. ²⁷ And of Cahath came the kynred of the Amramites and the kinred of the Iezeharites & of the Hebronites and of the Ozielites: And these are the kinreds of the Cahathites. ²⁸ And the numbre of of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was .viij. thousand and sixe hundred which waited on the holy place. ²⁹ And the kinred of the children of Cahath, pitched on the southside of the dwelling. ³⁰ And the captayne in the moste auncient house of the kynredes of the Cahathites, was Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel, ³¹ & their office was to kepe the arcke, the table, the candilsticke, & the altare & the holye vessels to minister wt & the vayle wyth all that serued thereto. ³² And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the prieste, was captaine ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites, & had the ouer syghte of them that waited vpon the holy thynges. ³³ And of Merari came the kynredes of the Mahelytes, and of the Musites: and these are the kynredes of the Merarites. ³⁴ And the numbre of them (when all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was told) drewe vnto .vi. thousande, and two hundred. ³⁵ And the captaine of the most auncient house among the kynredes of the Merarites, was Zuriel the sonne Abihael whyche pytched on the northsyde of the dwellynge. ³⁶ And the offyce of the sonnes of merari was to kepe the bordes of the dwellyng & the barres, pyllers wt the sockets therof, and all the instrumentes therof & al that serued therto: ³⁷ and the pillers of the court rounde aboute & their sockettes with their pynnes & cordes. ³⁸ But on the forefront of the habitacion & before the tabernacle of wytnesse eastward, shal Moses & Aaron & hys sonnes pytch, & wayte on the sanctuary in the steade of the chyldren of Israel. And the straunger that cometh nye, shal dye for it. ³⁹ And the whole summe of the Leuites whiche Moses & Aaron numbred, at the commandement of the Lord thorow out their kynredes, euen of all the males of a moneth old & aboue, was .xxij. thousande. ⁴⁰ And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: Nombre all the fyrst borne that are males among the chyldren of Israel, from a moneth olde & aboue and take the nombre of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt appoynte the Leuites to me the Lorde, for all the fyrstborne amonge the chyldren of Israel, and the cattel of the Leuites for the fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israel. ⁴² And Moses numbred as the Lord commaunded hym, al the fyrstborne of the chyldren of Israel. ⁴³ And all the fyrstborne males, in the summe of names, from a moneth olde and aboue, were nombred .xxij. thousande .ij. hundred and .lxxiij. ⁴⁴ And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying: ⁴⁵ take the Leuites for all the fyrstborne of the chyldren of Israell, and the cattel of the Leuites for their cattel: and the Leuites shalbe myne, which am the Lord. ⁴⁶ And for the redemynge of the two hundred and .lxxiij. whych are moo then the Leuites in the fyrstborne of the children of Israel, ⁴⁷ take .v. sycles of euery pece, after the sycle of the holy place .xx. geras the sycle. ⁴⁸ And geue the money wherwith the odde nombre of them is redemed, vnto Aaron and hys sonnes. ⁴⁹ And Moses toke the redempcion money of the ouerplus that were moo then the Leuites, ⁵⁰ among the fyrstborne of the chyldren of Israell: and it came to a thousande .iij. hundred and .lxv. sycles, of the holy sycle. ⁵¹ And he gaue that redempcion money vnto Aaron & his sonnes at the word of the Lorde, euen as the Lorde commaunded Moses. ^{4 1} And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron, ² and bad them take the summe of the chyldren of Cahath from among the sonnes of Leui, in their kynredes and houses of their fathers, ³ from .xxx. yere & aboue vntyl fifty, al that were able to warre for to do the worke in the tabernacle of wytnesse. ⁴ Thys shalbe the offyce of the chyldren of Kahath in the tabernacle of wytnesse whiche is moost holy. ⁵ And when the hoste remoueth, Aaron and his sonnes shal come & take doune the vayle, and couer the arcke of wytnesse there wyth, ⁶ & shall put theron a coueryng of taxus skynnes, & shal spreide a cloth that is altogether of iacyncte aboue all, and put the staues therof in. ⁷ And vpon the shewe table, they shal spreide abrode a cloth of iacincte, and put theron the dyshes, spones, flat peces and pottes to poure wyth, & the dayly bread shalbe theron: ⁸ & they shal spreade vpon them a couerynge of purple, and couer the same wyth a coueryng of taxus skynnes, & put the staues therof in. ⁹ And they shal take a cloth of iacincte & couer the candelstyck of lyght & her lampes & her snuffers, and fyre pannes, and al her oyle vessels which they occupye aboute it, ¹⁰ & shal put vpon her & vpon all her instrumentes, a coueryng of taxus skynnes, and put it vpon staues. ¹¹ And vpon the golden alter they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte, and put on her staues. ¹² And they shall take all the thynges whych they occupye to minystre wt in the holy place, & put a cloth of Iacyncte vpon them and couer them wyth a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put them on staues. ¹³ And they shall take awaye the asshes out of the alter, and spreyde a scarlet clothe theron: ¹⁴ and put aboute it, the fyre pannes, the flesh hokes, the shouels, the basens & all that belongeth vnto the alter, and they shal sprede vpon it a couerynge of taxus skynnes, & put on the staues of it. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sonnes haue made an ende of coueryng the sanctuary & al the thinges of the sanctuarye, agaynst that the hoste remoue, then the sonnes of Cahath shall come in for to beare, & so let them not touche the sanctuary least they dye. And thys is the charge of the sonnes of Cahath in the tabernacle of wytnesse. ¹⁶ And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preast, shall haue the charge to prepare oyle for the lyghtes & swete incens, & the dayly meatoffrynge & the anoyntynge oyle, and the ouersyghte of all the dwellyng and of all that therin is, both ouer the sanctuary and of al that pertayneth therto. ¹⁷ And the Lord spake vnto Moses & Aaron sayinge: ¹⁸ destroy not the trybe of the kynredes of the Cahathites, from among the Leuites. ¹⁹ But thus do vnto them that they may lyue and not dye, when they go vnto the moost holy place. Aaron and hys sonnes shal go in and put them euery man vnto his seruyce and vnto hys burthen. ²⁰ But let them not go in to se when they couer the sanctuarye, lest they dye. ²¹ And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying: ²² Take the summe of the chyldren of Gerson in the houses of their fathers and in theyr kynredes: ²³ from .xxx. yere and aboue, vntyll .l. all that are able to goo forth in warre, for to do seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse. ²⁴ And thys is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersonites, to serue and to beare. ²⁵ They shal beare the curtaynes of the dwellyng & the rouffe of the tabernacle of wytnesse and hys couerynge and the couerynge of taxus skynnes that is an hye aboue vpon it, and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse: ²⁶ and the hangyng of the court and the hangynge of the gate of the court that is round about the dwellyng and the altare, & the cordes of them, and al the instrumentes that serue vnto them and al that is made for them. ²⁷ And at the mouth of Aaron and his sonnes, shall all the seruyce of the chyldren of the Gersonites be done, in al their charges, and in all theyr seruyce, & ye shall appoynte them vnto all theyr charges, that they shal wayte vpon. ²⁸ And thys is the seruyce of the kynred of the chyldren of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of wytnesse, and their wayte shalbe in the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast. ²⁹ And thou shalt nombre the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes and in the houses of their fathers, ³⁰ from .xxx. yeres and aboue vnto .l. All that is able to go forth in warre, to do the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse. ³¹ And thys is the charge that they must wayte vppon in all that they must serue in the tabernacle of wytnesse. The bordes of the dwellynge, and the barres, pyllers, and sokettes therof, ³² and the pyllers of the court round about, and their sokettes, pynnes and cordes, wyth al that pertayneth and serueth vnto them. And by name ye shal reaken the thynges that they must wayte vpon to beare. ³³ This is the seruyce of the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari in al theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse by the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast. ³⁴ And Moses and Aaron and the Princes of the multitude nombred the sonnes of the Cahathites in their kynredes and houses of theyr fathers, ³⁵ from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftie, al that were able to go forth in the hoste and to do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse. ³⁶ And the nombre of them in theyr kynredes were two thousande, seuen hundred and .l. ³⁷ These are the nombres of the kynredes of the Cahathytes, of al that dyd seruice in the tabernacle of wytnesse, which Moses and Aaron dyd nombre at the commaundement of the Lord by the hand of Moses. ³⁸ And the sonnes of Gerson were nombred in theyr kynredes and in the houses of theyr fathers, ³⁹ from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftye, all that were able to go forth in the hoste for to do seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse. ⁴⁰ And the nombre of them in theyr kynredes, and in the houses of theyr fathers, was two thousand syxe hundred and .xxx. ⁴¹ Thys is the nombre of the kynredes of the sonnes of Gerson, of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse, whyche Moses and Aaron dyd nombre at the commaundement of the Lorde. ⁴² And the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari were nombred in theyr kynredes and in the houses of theyr fathers, ⁴³ from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftye: all that were able to go forth wyth the host, to do seruice in the tabernacle of wytnesse. ⁴⁴ And the nombre of them was in theyr kynredes, thre thousande and two hundred. ⁴⁵ Thys is the nombre of the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari, whyche Moses and Aaron nombred at the byddynge of the Lorde, by the hande of Moses. ⁴⁶ The whole summe which Moses, Aaron and the Lordes of Israell nombred amonge the Leuites in their kynredes & housholdes of their fathers, ⁴⁷ from .xxx. yere vp vnto .l. euery man to do hys offyce and seruyce and to beare his burthen in the tabernacle of wytnesse: ⁴⁸ was .viij. thousande, fyue hundred and .lxxx. ⁴⁹ whych they nombred at the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Moses euery man vnto hys seruyce and burthen: as the Lord commaunded Moses.