Numbers 3 Cross References - Brenton

¹ And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina. ² And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood. ⁴ And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father. ⁵ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him, ⁷ and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle. ⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die. ¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹² Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine. ¹³ For every first-born is mine; in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I am the Lord. ¹⁴ And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying, ¹⁵ Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards. ¹⁶ And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei: ¹⁹ and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel: ²⁰ and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families. ²¹ To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson. ²² The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering was seven thousand and five hundred. ²³ And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle. ²⁴ And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson was Elisaph the son of Dael. ²⁵ And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness was the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness, ²⁶ and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works. ²⁷ To Caath belonged one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number. ²⁸ Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south. ³⁰ And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, was Elisaphan the son of Oziel. ³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works. ³² And the chief over the chief of the Levites, was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things. ³³ To Merari belonged the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari. ³⁴ The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, was six thousand and fifty. ³⁵ And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards. ³⁶ The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari included the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works, ³⁷ and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords. ³⁸ They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die. ³⁹ All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were two and twenty thousand. ⁴⁰ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me — I am the Lord — instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel. ⁴² And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel. ⁴³ And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁴ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel; ⁴⁷ thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel. ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them. ⁴⁹ And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites. ⁵⁰ He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁴ This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,

¹ This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:

¹ Now these are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindreds, Gedson, Caath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven.

²⁰ And Ambram took to wife Jochabed the daughter of his father's brother, and she bore to him both Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister: and the years of the life of Ambram were a hundred and thirty-two years.

²⁷ These are they that spoke with Pharao king of Egypt, and Aaron himself and Moses brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses in the mount Sina, saying,

³⁴ These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina.

²³ And Aaron took to himself to wife Elisabeth daughter of Aminadab sister of Naasson, and she bore to him both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹ And do thou take to thyself both Aaron thy brother, and his sons, even them of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me.

⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

³ And the sons of Ambram; Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam: and the sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abiud, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

¹ And they number the sons of Aaron in their division, Nadab, and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

^{41 (28:37)} And thou shalt put them on Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, and thou shalt anoint them and fill their hands: and thou shalt sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

¹ And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams; ² and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil: thou shalt make them of fine flour of wheat. ³ And thou shalt put them on one basket, and thou shalt offer them on the basket, and the young calf and the two rams. ⁴ And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and thou shalt wash them with water. ⁵ And having taken the garments, thou shalt put on Aaron thy brother both the full-length robe and the ephod and the oracle; and thou shalt join for him the oracle to the ephod. ⁶ And thou shalt put the mitre on his head; and thou shalt put the plate, even the Holiness, on the mitre. ⁷ And thou shalt take of the anointing oil, and thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt anoint him, ⁸ and thou shalt bring his sons, and put garments on them. ⁹ And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me for ever; and thou shalt fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the calf, before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. ¹¹ And thou shalt slay the calf before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. ¹² And thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger, but all the rest of the blood thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar. ¹³ And thou shalt take all the fat that is on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt put them upon the altar. ¹⁴ But the flesh of the calf, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp; for it is an offering on account of sin. ¹⁵ And thou shalt take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁶ And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about. ¹⁷ And thou shalt divide the ram by his several limbs, and thou shalt wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and thou shalt put them on the divided parts with the head. ¹⁸ And thou shalt offer the whole ram on the altar, a whole burnt-offering to the Lord for a sweet-smelling savour: it is an offering of incense to the Lord. ¹⁹ And thou shalt take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. ²⁰ And thou shalt kill it, and take of the blood of it, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet. ²¹ And thou shalt take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and thou shalt sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; and he shall be sanctified and his apparel, and his sons and his sons' apparel with him: but the blood of the ram thou shalt pour round about upon the altar. ²² And thou shalt take from the ram its fat, both the fat that covers the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for this is a consecration. ²³ And one cake made with oil, and one cake from the basket of unleavened bread set forth before the Lord. ²⁴ And thou shalt put them all on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and thou shalt separate them as a separate offering before the Lord. ²⁵ And thou shalt take them from their hands, and shalt offer them up on the altar of whole burnt-offering for a sweet-smelling savour before the Lord: it is an offering to the Lord. ²⁶ And thou shalt take the breast from the ram of consecration which is Aaron's, and thou shalt separate it as a separate offering before the Lord, and it shall be to thee for a portion. ²⁷ And thou shalt sanctify the separated breast and the shoulder of removal which has been separated, and which has been removed from the ram of consecration, of the portion of Aaron and of that of his sons. ²⁸ And it shall be a perpetual statute of the children of Israel to Aaron and his sons, for this is a separate offering; and it shall be a special offering from the children of Israel, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel, a special offering to the Lord. ²⁹ And the apparel of the sanctuary which is Aaron's shall be his son's after him, for them to be anointed in them, and to fill their hands. ³⁰ The priest his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holies, shall put them on seven days. ³¹ And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and thou shalt boil the flesh in the holy place. ³² And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. ³³ They shall eat the offerings with which they were sanctified to fill their hands, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat of them, for they are holy. ³⁴ And if aught be left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing. ³⁵ And thus shalt thou do for Aaron and for his sons according to all things that I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou fill their hands. ³⁶ And thou shalt sacrifice the calf of the sin-offering on the day of purification, and thou shalt purify the altar when thou dost perform consecration upon it, and thou shalt anoint it so as to sanctify it. ³⁷ Seven days shalt thou purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, every one that touches the altar shall be hallowed.

¹³ And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.

¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Take Aaron and his sons, and his robes and the anointing oil, and the calf for the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, ³ and assemble the whole congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁴ And Moses did as the Lord appointed him, and he assembled the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁵ And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do. ⁶ And Moses brought nigh Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water, ⁷ and put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the tunic, and put on him the ephod; ⁸ and girded him with a girdle according to the make of the ephod, and clasped him closely with it: and put upon it the oracle, and put upon the oracle the Manifestation and the Truth. ⁹ And he put the mitre on his head, and put upon the mitre in front the golden plate, the most holy thing, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹² And Moses poured of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron; and he anointed him and sanctified him.

³⁰ And he sanctified Aaron and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

¹ And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them, ² and fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

⁶¹ And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina.

²⁶ then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him. ²⁷ And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him. ²⁸ And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the number of three thousand men. ²⁹ And Moses said to them, Ye have filled your hands this day to the Lord each one on his son or on his brother, so that blessing should be given to you.

⁴⁹ See, thou shalt not muster the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel. ⁵⁰ And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances to touch it die. ⁵² And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order, and every man according to his company, with their host. ⁵³ But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and so there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.

¹⁷ And then the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites shall be between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies.

³³ But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁶ Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them. ⁷ And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean. ⁸ And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin-offering. ⁹ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites. ¹¹ And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord. ¹² And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and thou shalt offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them. ¹³ And thou shalt set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and thou shalt give them as a gift before the Lord. ¹⁴ And thou shalt separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine. ¹⁵ And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord. ¹⁶ For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb. ¹⁷ For every first-born among the children of Israel is mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself. ¹⁸ And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel. ¹⁹ And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to the holy things. ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them. ²¹ So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them. ²² And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. ²³ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ This is the ordinance for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness. ²⁵ And from fifty years old the Levites shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer. ²⁶ And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.

⁹ Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them? ¹⁰ And he has brought thee near and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and do ye seek to be priests also? ¹¹ Thus it is with thee and all thy congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

¹ And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ² And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. ³ And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die. ⁴ And they shall be joined to thee, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to thee. ⁵ And ye shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and so there shall not be anger among the children of Israel. ⁶ And I have taken your brethren the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness. ⁷ And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.

⁸ At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.

⁸ And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, and his truth to the holy man, whom they tempted in the temptation; they reviled him at the water of strife. ⁹ Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen thee; and he knew not his brethren, and he refused to know his sons: he kept thine oracles, and observed thy covenant.

⁴ And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.

⁵⁰ And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

³² And the chief over the chief of the Levites, was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

¹¹ And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.

¹⁵ And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord.

³⁰ And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.

²⁸ For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God; ²⁹ and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure; ³⁰ and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening; ³¹ and to be over all the whole-burnt-offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order given to them, continually before the Lord. ³² And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

²⁰ And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things.

²² The sons of Jeiel were Zethom, and Joel; brethren who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.

²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host,

¹⁵ And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Caath shall go in to take up the furniture; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle of witness.

²⁸ This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³³ This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

¹⁷ And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

²¹ And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and the others shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

²⁰ And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things. ²¹ These were the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan belonged the heads of the families: the son of Ladan the Gersonite was Jeiel. ²² The sons of Jeiel were Zethom, and Joel; brethren who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. ²³ To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel. ²⁴ And Subael the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, was over the treasures. ²⁵ And Rabias was son to his brother Eliezer, and so was Josias, and Joram, and Zechri, and Salomoth. ²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host, ²⁷ things which he took out of cities and from the spoils, and consecrated some of them, so that the building of the house of God should not want supplies; ²⁸ and over all the holy things of God dedicated by Samuel the prophet, and Saul the son of Kis, and Abenner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Saruia, whatsoever they sanctified was by the hand of Salomoth and his brethren.

²⁴ And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them. ²⁵ And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated. ²⁶ I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold; ²⁷ and twenty golden bowls, weighing about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, precious as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them, Ye are holy to the Lord; and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers. ²⁹ Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

¹¹ Depart ye, depart, go out from thence, and touch not the unclean thing; go ye out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of the Lord.

¹⁹ And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to the holy things.

⁹ And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me for ever; and thou shalt fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons.

⁵¹ And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances to touch it die.

³⁸ They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

³⁵ And fire went forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

⁴⁰ a memorial to the children of Israel that no stranger might draw nigh, who is not of the seed of Aaron, to offer incense before the Lord; so he shall not be as Core and as they that conspired with him, as the Lord spoke to him by the hand of Moses.

³ And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die.

⁷ And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.

¹⁹ And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Baethsamys, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and the Lord smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people, a very great plague.

⁷ And the Lord was very angry with Oza; and God smote him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God.

³² And they ministered in front of the tabernacle of witness playing on instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for their services.

¹⁶ And when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to turn incense on the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And there went in after him Azarias the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord, mighty men. ¹⁸ And they withstood Ozias the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but only for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to sacrifice: go forth of the sanctuary, for thou hast departed from the Lord; and this shall not be for glory to thee from the Lord god. ¹⁹ And Ozias was angry, and in his hand was the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense. ²⁰ And Azarias the chief priest, and the other priests, turned to look at him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him. ²¹ And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt as a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joathan his son was set over his kingdom, judging the people of the land.

⁸ and ye appointed others to keep the charges in my sanctuary.

² Sanctify to me every first-born, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel both of man and beast: it is mine.

⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me — I am the Lord — instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I am the Lord.

¹⁶ For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb.

¹⁸ And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel.

⁶ And I have taken your brethren the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.

²⁹ And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the first-born of the captive-maid in the dungeon, and the first-born of all cattle. ³⁰ And Pharao rose up by night, and his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.

¹² that thou shalt set apart every offspring opening the womb, the males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or among thy cattle, as many as thou shalt have: thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord.

¹⁵ And when Pharao hardened his heart so as not to send us away, he slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every offspring that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every first-born of my sons I will redeem.

²⁹ Thou shalt not keep back the first-fruits of thy threshing floor and press. The first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me.

¹⁹ The males are mine, everything that opens the womb; every first-born of oxen, and every first-born of sheep.

²⁶ And every first-born which shall be produced among thy cattle shall be the Lord's, and no man shall sanctify it: whether calf or sheep, it is the Lord's.

¹⁶ For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb. ¹⁷ For every first-born among the children of Israel is mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.

¹⁵ And every thing that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine: only the first-born of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem the first-born of unclean cattle.

³⁰ And the first-fruits of all things, and the first-born of all animals and all offerings, of all your first-fruits there shall be a share for the priests; and ye shall give your earliest produce to the priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses.

⁴⁷ But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel.

²² The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering was seven thousand and five hundred.

²⁸ Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

³⁴ The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, was six thousand and fifty.

³⁹ All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were two and twenty thousand. ⁴⁰ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

⁴³ And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.

¹⁵ And every thing that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine: only the first-born of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem the first-born of unclean cattle. ¹⁶ And the redemption of them shall be from a month old; their valuation of five shekels — it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel.

⁶² And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

¹⁷ I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me.

² I remember the kindness of thy youth, and the love of thine espousals,

^{3 (38:3)} The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn thee in compassion.

²¹ And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave to them waggons, according to the words spoken by king Pharao; and he gave them provision for the journey.

³⁹ All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were two and twenty thousand.

⁵¹ And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁷ According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them.

³⁷ This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

⁴¹ This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁵ This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁹ He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their respective work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁵ And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.

¹¹ And the sons of Levi; Gerson, Cath, and Merari.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindreds, Gedson, Caath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. ¹⁷ And these are the sons of Gedson, Lobeni and Semei, the houses of their family. And the sons of Caath, ¹⁸ Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel; and the years of the life of Caath were a hundred and thirty-three years. ¹⁹ And the sons of Merari, Mooli, and Omusi, these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their kindreds.

⁵ And for a drink-offering ye shall offer the fourth part of a hin on the whole-burnt-offering, or on the meat-offering: for every lamb thou shalt offer so much, as a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord. ⁶ And for a ram, when ye offer it as a whole-burnt-offering or as a sacrifice, thou shalt prepare as a meat-offering two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, the third part of a hin. ⁷ And ye shall offer for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord wine for a drink-offering, the third part of a hin. ⁸ And if ye sacrifice a bullock from the herd for a whole-burnt-offering or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow or a peace-offering to the Lord, ⁹ then the worshipper shall offer upon the calf a meat-offering, three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, even the half of a hin. ¹⁰ And wine for a drink-offering the half of a hin, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord. ¹¹ Thus shalt thou do to one calf or to one ram, or to one lamb of the sheep or kid of the goats. ¹² According to the number of what ye shall offer, so shall ye do to each one, according to their number. ¹³ Every native of the country shall do thus to offer such things as sacrifices for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord. ¹⁴ And if there should be a stranger among you in your land, or one who should be born to you among your generations, and he will offer a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord — as ye do, so the whole congregation shall offer to the Lord. ¹⁵ There shall be one law for you and for the strangers abiding among you, a perpetual law for your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. ¹⁶ There shall be one law and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides among you. ¹⁷ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ Speak to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When ye are entering into the land, into which I bring you, ¹⁹ then it shall come to pass, when ye shall eat of the bread of the land, ye shall separate a wave-offering, a special offering to the Lord, the first-fruits of your dough. ²⁰ Ye shall offer your bread a heave-offering: as a heave-offering from the threshing-floor, so shall ye separate it, ²¹ even the first-fruits of your dough, and ye shall give the Lord a heave-offering throughout your generations. ²² But whensoever ye shall transgress, and not perform all these commands, which the Lord spoke to Moses; ²³ as the Lord appointed you by the hand of Moses, from the day which the Lord appointed you and forward throughout your generations,

⁶ And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole-burnt-offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him. ⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel. ⁸ How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not? ⁹ For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed. ¹¹ And Balac said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed them. ¹² And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this? ¹³ And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence. ¹⁴ And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried rock, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar. ¹⁵ And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. ¹⁶ And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. ¹⁷ And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor. ¹⁹ God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word? ²⁰ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: I will bless, and not turn back. ²¹ There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, the glories of rulers are in him. ²² It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn. ²³ For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness. ² And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. ³ And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, ⁴ he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened: ⁵ How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel! ⁶ as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters. ⁷ There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased. ⁸ God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy. ⁹ He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed. ¹⁰ And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time. ¹¹ Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honour thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory. ¹² And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying, ¹³ If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak. ¹⁴ And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days. ¹⁵ And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, ¹⁶ hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened. ¹⁷ I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth. ¹⁸ And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel wrought valiantly. ¹⁹ And one shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes. ²⁰ And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish. ²¹ And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, thy dwelling-place is strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock, ²² and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive. ²³ And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things? ²⁴ And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish together. ²⁵ And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went to his own home.

⁵⁷ And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gedson, the family of the Gedsonites; to Caath, the family of the Caathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Lobenites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Coreites, and the family of the Musites; and Caath begot Amram.

¹ And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel. ² And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle. ³ So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round. ⁴ And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin. ⁵ And to the sons of Caath that were left were given by lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse. ⁶ And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan. ⁷ And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon. ⁸ And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot. ⁹ And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and part of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned ¹⁰ to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these. ¹¹ And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain country of Juda, and the suburbs round it. ¹² But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession. ¹³ And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it; ¹⁴ and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs; ¹⁵ and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs; ¹⁶ and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes. ¹⁷ And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs; ¹⁸ and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities. ¹⁹ All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen. ²⁰ And to the families, even the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was given their priests' city, ²¹ out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs; ²² and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities: ²³ and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs: ²⁴ and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities. ²⁶ In all were given ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained. ²⁷ And Joshua gave to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities. ²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs; ²⁹ and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs; ³¹ and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities. ³² And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities. ³³ All the cities of Gedson according to their families were thirteen cities. ³⁴ And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, he gave out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs, ³⁵ and Sella and its suburbs: three cities. ³⁶ And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; ^{37 (21:36A)} and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities. ^{38 (21:37)} And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs; ^{39 (21:37A)} and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities were four in all. ^{40 (21:38)} All these cities were given to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities. ^{41 (21:39)} All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities, ^(21:40) and their suburbs round about these cities: ^{42 (21:40A)} a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities: ^(21:40B) and Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders: ^(21:40C) and the children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the Lord: they gave him the city which he asked: they gave him Thamnasachar in mount Ephraim; ^(21:40D) and Joshua built the city, and dwelt in it: ^(21:40E) and Joshua took the knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the desert by the way, and put them in Thamnasachar. ^{43 (21:41)} So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it. ^{44 (21:42)} And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands. ^{45 (21:43)} There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass.

¹ The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari. ² And the sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari. ¹⁷ And these are the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei. ¹⁸ The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these are the families of Levi, according to their families.

¹ And the chiefs of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of every ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men that volunteered to dwell in Jerusalem. ³ Now these are the chiefs of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda; every man dwelt in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathinim, and the children of the servants of Solomon. ⁴ And there dwelt in Jerusalem some of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Juda; Athaia son of Azia, the son of Zacharia, the son of Samaria, the son of Saphatia, the son of Maleleel, and some of the sons of Phares; ⁵ and Maasia son of Baruch, son of Chalaza, son of Ozia, son of Adaia, son of Joarib, son of Zacharias, son of Seloni. ⁶ All the sons of Phares who dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of might. ⁷ And these were the children of Benjamin; Selo son of Mesulam, son of Joad, son of Phadaia, son of Coleia, son of Maasias, son of Ethiel, son of Jesia. ⁸ And after him Gebe, Seli, nine hundred and twenty-eight. ⁹ And Joel son of Zechri was overseer over them: and Juda son of Asana was second in the city. ¹⁰ Of the priests: both Jadia son of Joarib, and Jachin. ¹¹ Saraia, son of Elchia, son of Mesulam, son of Sadduc, son of Marioth, son of Aetoth, was over the house of God. ¹² And their brethren doing the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two: and Adaia son of Jeroam, son of Phalalia, son of Amasi, son of Zacharia, son of Phassur, son of Melchia,

²¹ To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.

¹⁷ And these are the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei.

²⁰ To Gedson — to Lobeni his son — were born Jeth his son, Zammath his son, ²¹ Joab his son, Addi his son, Zara his son, Jethri his son.

⁷ And for the family of Gedson, Edan, and Semei. ⁸ The sons of Edan were Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these were the chiefs of the families of Edan. ¹⁰ And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these were the four sons of Semei. ¹¹ And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became only one reckoning according to the house of their father.

⁴ To Aeman were reckoned the sons of Aeman, Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth.

¹ And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites were Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph. ² And Mosellemia's first-born son was Zacharias, the second Jadiel, the third Zabadia, the fourth Jenuel, ³ the fifth Jolam, the sixth Jonathan, the seventh Elionai, the eighth Abdedom. ⁴ And to Abdedom there were born sons, Samaias the first-born, Jozabath the second, Joath the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth, ⁵ Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phelathi the eighth: for God blessed him. ⁶ And to Samaias his son were born the sons of his first-born, chiefs over the house of their father, for they were mighty. ⁷ The sons of Samai; Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, and Elzabath, and Achiud, mighty men, Heliu, and Sabachia, and Isbacom. ⁸ All these were of the sons of Abdedom, they and their sons and their brethren, doing mightily in service: in all sixty-two born to Abdedom. ⁹ And Mosellemia had eighteen sons and brethren, mighty men. ¹⁰ And to Osa of the sons of Merari there were born sons, keeping the dominion; though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief of the second division. ¹¹ Chelcias the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these were the sons and brethren of Osa, thirteen. ¹² To these were assigned the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. ¹³ And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families. ¹⁴ And the lot of the east gates fell to Selemias, and Zacharias: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward. ¹⁵ To Abdedom they gave by lot the south, opposite the house of Esephim. ¹⁶ They gave the lot for the second to Osa westward, after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch. ¹⁷ Eastward were six watchmen in the day; northward four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim, ¹⁸ to relieve guard, also for Osa westward after the chamber-gate, three. There was a ward over against the ward of the ascent eastward, six men in a day, and four for the north, and four for the south, and at the Esephim two to relieve guard, and four by the west, and two to relieve guard at the pathway. ¹⁹ These are the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari. ²⁰ And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things. ²¹ These were the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan belonged the heads of the families: the son of Ladan the Gersonite was Jeiel. ²² The sons of Jeiel were Zethom, and Joel; brethren who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. ²³ To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel. ²⁴ And Subael the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, was over the treasures. ²⁵ And Rabias was son to his brother Eliezer, and so was Josias, and Joram, and Zechri, and Salomoth. ²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host, ²⁷ things which he took out of cities and from the spoils, and consecrated some of them, so that the building of the house of God should not want supplies; ²⁸ and over all the holy things of God dedicated by Samuel the prophet, and Saul the son of Kis, and Abenner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Saruia, whatsoever they sanctified was by the hand of Salomoth and his brethren. ²⁹ For the Issaarites, Chonenia, and his sons were over the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge. ³⁰ For the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, a thousand and seven hundred mighty men, were over the charge of Israel beyond Jordan westward, for all the service of the Lord and work of the king. ³¹ Of the family of Chebron Urias was chief, even of the Chebronites according to their generations, according to their families. In the fortieth year of his reign they were numbered, and there were found mighty men among them in Jazer of Galaad. ³² And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred mighty men, chiefs of their families, and king David set them over the Rubenites, and the Gaddites, and the half-tribe of Manasse, for every ordinance of the Lord, and business of the king.

¹ Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus: Saraia, Jeremia, Esdra, ² Amaria, Maluch, ³ Sechenia. ⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁵ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁷ These were the chiefs of the priests, and their brethren in the days of Jesus. ⁸ And the Levites were, Jesus, Banui, Cadmiel, Sarabia, Jodae, Matthania: he was over the bands, ^{9 (12:8A)} and his brethren were appointed to the daily courses. ¹⁰ And Jesus begot Joakim, and Joakim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib begot Jodae, ¹¹ and Jodae begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jadu. ¹² And in the days of Joakim, his brethren the priests and the heads of families were, belonging to Saraia, Amaria; to Jeremia, Anania; ¹³ to Esdra, Mesulam; to Amaria, Joanan; ¹⁴ to Amaluch, Jonathan; to Sechenia, Joseph; ¹⁵ to Are, Mannas; to Marioth, Elcai; ¹⁶ to Adadai, Zacharia; to Ganathoth, Mesolam; ¹⁷ to Abia, Zechri; to Miamin, Maadai; to Pheleti, one; ¹⁸ to Balgas, Samue; to Semia, Jonathan; ¹⁹ to Joarib, Matthanai; to Edio, Ozi; ²⁰ to Salai, Callai; to Amec, Abed; ²¹ to Elkia, Asabias; to Jedeiu, Nathanael. ²² The Levites in the days of Eliasib, Joada, and Joa, and Joanan, and Idua, were recorded heads of families: also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ And the sons of Levi, heads of families, were written in the book of the chronicles, even to the days of Joanan son of Elisue. ²⁴ And the heads of the Levites were Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course. ²⁵ When I gathered the porters, ²⁶ it was in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest was scribe.

¹⁸ Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel; and the years of the life of Caath were a hundred and thirty-three years.

²⁷ To Caath belonged one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number.

¹⁸ The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.

³⁸ the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

⁵ Of the sons of Caath; there was Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.

⁸ Of the sons of Elisaphat; Semei the chief, and his brethren, two hundred. ⁹ Of the sons of Chebrom; Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty. ¹⁰ Of the sons of Oziel; Aminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Aeman the son of Joel; Asaph the son of Barachias was one of his brethren; and Aethan the son of Kisaeus was of the sons of Merari their brethren; ¹⁸ and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jeiel, and Elioel, and Eliab, and Banaia, and Maasaia, and Matthathia, and Eliphena, and Makellia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, the porters. ¹⁹ And the singers, Aeman, Asaph, and Aethan, with brazen cymbals to make a sound to be heard. ²⁰ Zacharias, and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel, Oni, Eliab, Maasaeas, Banaeas, with lutes, on alaemoth. ²¹ And Mattathias, and Eliphalu, and Makenia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, with harps of Amasenith, to make a loud noise.

¹² The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.

¹⁸ The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari, Mooli, and Omusi, these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their kindreds.

³³ To Merari belonged the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these are the families of Levi, according to their families.

²⁹ The sons of Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son;

⁴⁴ And the sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Aetham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch, ⁴⁵ the son of Asebi, ⁴⁶ the son of Amessias, the son of Bani, the son of Semer, ⁴⁷ the son of Mooli, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁶ Of the sons of Merari; Asaia the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.

²¹ The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis. ²² And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them. ²³ The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.

²⁷ That is, the sons of Merari by Ozia, — his sons were Isoam, and Sacchur, and Abai. ²⁸ To Mooli were born Eleazar, and Ithamar; and Eleazar died, and had no sons. ²⁹ For Kis; the sons of Kis; Jerameel. ³⁰ And the sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their families.

³ To Idithun were reckoned the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

³⁸ And the sons of Gedson were numbered according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, ³⁹ from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁰ And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was two thousand six hundred and thirty.

⁵³ But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and so there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.

⁹ And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it.

¹ And thou shalt make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun with cherubs; thou shalt make them with work of a weaver. ² The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains. ³ And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other. ⁴ And thou shalt make for them loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, on one side for the coupling, and so shalt thou make on the edge of the outer curtain for the second coupling. ⁵ Fifty loops shalt thou make for one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the part of the curtain answering to the coupling of the second, opposite each other, corresponding to each other at each point. ⁶ And thou shalt make fifty golden rings; and thou shalt join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle. ⁷ And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle skins with the hair on, thou shalt make them eleven skins. ⁸ The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins. ⁹ And thou shalt join the five skins together, and the six skins together; and thou shalt double the sixth skin in front of the tabernacle. ¹⁰ And thou shalt make fifty loops on the border of one skin, which is in the midst for the joinings; and thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the second skin that joins it. ¹¹ And thou shalt make fifty brazen rings; and thou shalt join the rings by the loops, and thou shalt join the skins, and they shall be one. ¹² And thou shalt fix at the end that which is over in the skins of the tabernacle; the half of the skin that is left shalt thou fold over, according to the overplus of the skins of the tabernacle; thou shalt fold it over behind the tabernacle. ¹³ A cubit an this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it. ¹⁴ And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the tabernacle of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet and fine linen spun, the work of the embroiderer. ³⁷ And thou shalt make for the veil five posts, and thou shalt gild them with gold; and their chapiters shall be gold; and thou shalt cast for them five brazen sockets.

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^{37 (37:5)} And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs, ^{38 (37:6)} and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.

¹⁹ And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.

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⁷ and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.

²⁴ This is the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and to bear. ²⁵ And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness. ²⁶ And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to. ²⁷ According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them. ²⁸ This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁷ And he gave two waggons and four oxen to the sons of Gedson, according to their ministrations.

¹⁴ And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari. ¹⁵ And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana — who dwelt in the villages of the Notephatites. ¹⁷ The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the chief; ¹⁸ and he waited hitherto in the king's gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance. ²⁰ And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these were with him. ²¹ Zacharias the son of Mosollami was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness. ²² All the chosen porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve, these were in their courts, this was their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge. ²³ And these and their sons were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch. ²⁴ The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward. ²⁵ And their brethren were in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to time with these. ²⁶ For four strong men have the charge of the gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of God. ²⁷ For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning. ²⁸ And some of them were appointed over the vessels of service, that they should carry them in by number, and carry them out by number. ²⁹ And some of them were appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And some of the priests were makers of the ointment, and appointed to prepare the spices. ³¹ And Matthathias of the Levites, (he was the first-born of Salom the Corite,) was set in charge over the sacrifices of meat-offering of the pan belonging to the high priest. ³² And Banaias the Caathite, from among their brethren, was set over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. ³³ And these were the singers, heads of families of the Levites, to whom were established daily courses, for they were employed in the services day and night.

³² And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

²¹ These were the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan belonged the heads of the families: the son of Ladan the Gersonite was Jeiel. ²² The sons of Jeiel were Zethom, and Joel; brethren who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.

² And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole-burnt-offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, and in the courts of the house of the Lord.

¹¹ And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared them, ¹² and they brought thither the first-fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them, and Semei his brother was next. ¹³ and Jeiel, and Ozias, and Naeth, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Samachia, and Maath, and Banaias, and his sons, were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother, as Ezekias the king, and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded. ¹⁴ And Core, the son of Jemna the Levite, the porter eastward, was over the gifts, to distribute the first-fruits of the Lord, and the most holy things, ¹⁵ by the hand of Odom, and Benjamin, and Jesus, and Semei, and Amarias, and Sechonias, by the hand of the priests faithfully, to give to their brethren according to the courses, as well to great as small; ¹⁶ besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, a portion according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order. ¹⁷ This is the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward were in their order, ¹⁸ to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place.

⁹ And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side. ¹⁰ And their pillars twenty, and twenty brazen sockets for them, and their rings and their clasps of silver. ¹¹ Thus shall there be to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver. ¹² And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten. ¹³ And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ¹⁴ And the height of the curtains shall be of fifty cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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^{9 (37:7)} And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way, ^{10 (37:8)} and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty; ^{11 (37:9)} and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty. ^{12 (37:10)} And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten. ^{13 (37:11)} And on the east side curtains of fifty cubits of fifteen cubits behind, ^{14 (37:12)} and their pillars three, and their sockets three. ^{15 (37:13)} And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three; ^{16 (37:14)} all the curtains of the tabernacle of fine linen twined.

¹⁹ and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:

¹² The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.

²³ To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel.

³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

³⁵ from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years, every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of witness. ³⁶ And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

¹⁰ This is the order of the camp of Ruben; their forces shall be toward the south, and the prince of the children of Ruben shall be Elisur the son of Sediur.

²³ And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.

¹⁰ And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half. ¹¹ And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about. ¹² And thou shalt cast for it four golden rings, and shalt put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side. ¹³ And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold. ¹⁴ And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them. ¹⁵ The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark. ¹⁶ And thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee. ¹⁷ And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubs graven in gold, and thou shalt put them on both sides of the propitiatory. ¹⁹ They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and thou shalt make the two cherubs on the two sides. ²⁰ The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory. ²¹ And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee. ²² And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel. ²³ And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half. ²⁴ And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about. ²⁵ And thou shalt make a twisted wreath for the crown round about. ²⁶ And thou shalt make four golden rings; and thou shalt put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown. ²⁷ And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually. ³¹ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece. ³² And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side. ³³ And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick, ³⁴ and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same. ³⁵ A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds. ³⁶ Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold. ³⁷ And thou shalt make its seven lamps: and thou shalt set on it the lamps, and they shall shine from one front. ³⁸ And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold. ³⁹ All these articles shall be a talent of pure gold. ⁴⁰ See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.

³¹ And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: thou shalt make it cherubs in woven work. ³² And thou shalt set it upon four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their tops shall be gold, and their four sockets shall be of silver. ³³ And thou shalt put the veil on the posts, and thou shalt carry in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits. ² And thou shalt make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and thou shalt overlay them with brass. ³ And thou shalt make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pan, and all its vessels shalt thou make of brass. ⁴ And thou shalt make for it a brazen grate with net-work; and thou shalt make for the grate four brazen rings under the four sides. ⁵ And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar. ⁶ And thou shalt make for the altar staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt overlay them with brass. ⁷ And thou shalt put the staves into the rings; and let the staves be on the sides of the altar to carry it. ⁸ Thou shalt make it hollow with boards: according to what was shewed thee in the mount, so thou shalt make it.

¹ And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood. ² And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece. ³ And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about. ⁴ And thou shalt make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; thou shalt make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them. ⁵ And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shalt gild them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to thee from thence. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it. ⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations. ⁹ And thou shalt not offer strange incense upon it, nor and offering made by fire, nor a sacrifice; and thou shalt not pour a drink-offering upon it. ¹⁰ And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Urias the son of Or, of the tribe of Juda. ³ And I have filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to invent in every work, ⁴ and to frame works, to labour in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, ⁵ and works in stone, and for artificers' work in wood, to work at all works. ⁶ And I have appointed him and Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan, and to every one understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things as many as I have appointed thee, — ⁷ the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the covenant, and the propitiatory that is upon it, and the furniture of the tabernacle, ⁸ and the altars, and the table and all its furniture, ⁹ and the pure candlestick and all its furniture, and the laver and its base, ¹⁰ and Aaron's robes of ministry, and the robes of his sons to minister to me as priests, ¹¹ and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded thee shall they make them. ¹² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹³ Do thou also charge the children of Israel, saying, Take heed and keep my sabbaths; for they are a sign with me and among you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you. ¹⁴ And ye shall keep the sabbaths, because this is holy to the Lord for you; he that profanes it shall surely be put to death: every one who shall do a work on it, that soul shall be destroyed from the midst of his people. ¹⁵ Six days thou shalt do works, but the seventh day is the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord; every one who shall do a work on the seventh day shall be put to death. ¹⁶ And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbaths, to observe them throughout their generations. ¹⁷ It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested. ¹⁸ And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in mount Sina the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.

^{35 (37:3)} And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs. ^{36 (37:4)} And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver.

^{1 (38:1)} And Beseleel made the ark, ^{2 (38:2)} and overlaid it with pure gold within and without; ^{3 (38:3)} and he cast for it four golden rings, two on the one side, and two on the other, ⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ^{5 (38:4)} wide enough for the staves, so that men should bear the ark with them. ^{6 (38:5)} And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold, ^{7 (38:6)} and the two cherubs of gold;

^{1 (38:22)} He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core. ² (OMITTED TEXT) ^{3 (38:23)} He made all the vessels of the altar and its grate, and its base, and its bowls, and the brazen flesh-hooks. ^{4 (38:24)} He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four brazen rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide enough for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them. ⁵ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁷ (OMITTED TEXT)

^{33 (39:14)} and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts; ³⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ^{35 (39:15)} and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture. ^{36 (39:18)} and the table of shewbread, and all its furniture, and the shewbread upon it, ^{37 (39:17)} and its lamps, lamps for burning, and oil for the light, ^{38 (39:16)} And they made the anointing oil, and the incense of composition, and the pure candlestick, ³⁹ (OMITTED TEXT) ^{40 (39:20)} and the curtains of the court, and the posts, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court, ^(39:21) and all the vessels of the tabernacle and all its instruments: and the skins, even rams' skins dyed red, and the blue coverings, and the coverings of the other things, and the pins, and all the instruments for the works of the tabernacle of witness. ^{41 (39:19)} and the garments of the sanctuary which belong to Aaron, and the garments of his sons, for the priestly ministry; ^{42 (39:22)} Whatsoever things the Lord appointed Moses, so did the children of Israel make all the furniture.

² On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of witness, ³ and thou shalt place in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil, ⁴ and thou shalt bring in the table and shalt set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it. ⁵ And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁶ And thou shalt put the altar of burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt set up the tabernacle round about, and thou shalt hallow all that belongs to it round about. ⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁸ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁹ And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and shalt anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shalt sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy. ¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offerings, and all its furniture; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. ¹¹ (OMITTED TEXT) ¹² And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and thou shalt wash them with water. ¹³ And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest. ¹⁴ And thou shalt bring up his sons, and shalt put garments on them. ¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations. ¹⁶ And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he.

^{30 (38:27)} And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁴ And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy. ⁵ And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony. ⁶ And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through the rings. ⁷ And they shall put on the table set forth for shew-bred a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it. ⁸ And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it. ⁹ And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister. ¹⁰ And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers. ¹¹ And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves. ¹² And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves. ¹³ And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple. ¹⁴ And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars. ¹⁵ And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Caath shall go in to take up the furniture; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle of witness. ¹⁶ Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer — the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.

¹⁶ Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer — the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.

²⁵ Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to the mount Or before all the congregation; ²⁶ and take Aaron's apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to his people. ²⁷ And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to mount Or, before all the congregation. ²⁸ And he took Aaron's garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

¹⁸ And the captain of the guard took Saraias the high-priest, and Sophonias the second in order, and the three doorkeepers.

¹⁴ And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari. ¹⁵ And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana — who dwelt in the villages of the Notephatites. ¹⁷ The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the chief; ¹⁸ and he waited hitherto in the king's gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance. ²⁰ And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these were with him.

²⁰ And the Levites their brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things. ²¹ These were the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan belonged the heads of the families: the son of Ladan the Gersonite was Jeiel. ²² The sons of Jeiel were Zethom, and Joel; brethren who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. ²³ To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel. ²⁴ And Subael the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, was over the treasures.

²⁰ and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.

²¹ The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.

²¹ the numbering of them of the tribe of Ruben, was forty-six thousand and four hundred.

⁹ All that were numbered of the camp of Juda were a hundred and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred: they shall move first with their forces.

¹¹ His forces that were numbered, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.

²⁵ The order of the camp of Dan shall be northward with their forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai.

²⁸ Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

¹⁵ And thou shalt make the posts of the tabernacle of incorruptible wood. ¹⁶ Of ten cubits shalt thou make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half. ¹⁷ Two joints shalt thou make in one post, answering the one to the other: so shalt thou do to all the posts of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make posts to the tabernacle, twenty posts on the north side. ¹⁹ And thou shalt make to the twenty posts forty silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides. ²⁰ And for the next side, toward the south, twenty posts, ²¹ and their forty silver sockets: two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides. ²² And on the back of the tabernacle at the part which is toward the west thou shalt make six posts. ²³ And thou shalt make two posts on the corners of the tabernacle behind. ²⁴ And it shall be equal below, they shall be equal toward the same part from the heads to one joining; so shalt thou make to both the two corners, let them be equal. ²⁵ And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post. ²⁶ And thou shalt make bars of incorruptible wood; five to one post on one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷ and five bars to one post on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars to the hinder posts, on the side of the tabernacle toward the sea. ²⁸ And let the bar in the middle between the posts go through from the one side to the other side. ²⁹ And thou shalt gild the posts with gold; and thou shalt make golden rings, into which thou shalt introduce the bars, and thou shalt gild the bars with gold.

³² And thou shalt set it upon four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their tops shall be gold, and their four sockets shall be of silver.

³⁷ And thou shalt make for the veil five posts, and thou shalt gild them with gold; and their chapiters shall be gold; and thou shalt cast for them five brazen sockets.

⁹ And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side. ¹⁰ And their pillars twenty, and twenty brazen sockets for them, and their rings and their clasps of silver. ¹¹ Thus shall there be to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver. ¹² And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten. ¹³ And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ¹⁴ And the height of the curtains shall be of fifty cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four. ¹⁷ All the pillars of the court round about overlaid with silver, and their chapiters silver and their brass sockets. ¹⁸ And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass. ¹⁹ And all the furniture and all the instruments and the pins of the court shall be of brass.

^{11 (35:10)} The tabernacle, and the cords, and the coverings, and the rings, and the bars, and the posts,

²⁰ (OMITTED TEXT) ²¹ (OMITTED TEXT) ²² (OMITTED TEXT) ²³ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁵ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁸ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁹ (OMITTED TEXT) ³⁰ (OMITTED TEXT) ³¹ (OMITTED TEXT) ³² (OMITTED TEXT) ³³ (OMITTED TEXT) ^{34 (38:18)} He overlaid the posts with silver, and cast for each post golden rings, and gilded the bars with gold; and he gilded the posts of the veil with gold, and made the hooks of gold. ^(38:19) He made also the rings of the tabernacle of gold; and the rings of the court, and the rings for drawing out the veil above of brass. ^(38:20) He cast the silver chapiters of the tabernacle, and the brazen chapiters of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts.

^{36 (37:4)} And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver.

^{17 (37:15)} And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver: ^{18 (37:16)} and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court; ^{19 (37:17)} and their pillars four, and their sockets four of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver. ^{20 (38:21)} He made the pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court of brass. ^(37:18) And all the pins of the court round about of brass, and they were overlaid with silver.

^{33 (39:14)} and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts;

²⁹ The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take ye the number of them. ³⁰ Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness. ³¹ And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the chapiters of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and there shall be their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle. ³² And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them. ³³ This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁸ And four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³ And they that encamp first toward the east shall be the order of the camp of Juda with their host, and the prince of the sons of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab.

⁷ and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.

¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

²⁹ The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

³⁵ And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ² And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. ³ And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die. ⁴ And they shall be joined to thee, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to thee. ⁵ And ye shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and so there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.

⁴⁸ And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, were the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹ And Aaron and his sons were to burn incense on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and on the altar of incense, for all the ministry in the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

⁴⁷ from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to the service of the works, and the charge of the things that are carried in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁸ And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

¹² Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.

¹⁵ Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.

^{6 (86:6)} The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

³ And it shall be, that the remnant left in Sion, and the remnant left in Jerusalem, even all that are appointed to life in Jerusalem, shall be called holy.

⁵ And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt-offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God. ⁶ And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.

⁴⁰ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me — I am the Lord — instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

¹³ Every offspring opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a sheep; and if thou wilt not change it, thou shalt redeem it: every first-born of man of thy sons shalt thou redeem.

¹³ And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli go to the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.

⁶ And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachms, and of a female, three didrachms of silver.

²⁵ And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli.

⁵⁰ He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.

¹⁶ And the redemption of them shall be from a month old; their valuation of five shekels — it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel.

¹² And the weights shall be twenty oboli, your pound shall be five shekels, fifteen shekels and fifty shekels.

⁴⁶ And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel; ⁴⁷ thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel. ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.

¹⁵ And Moses was exceeding indignant, and said to the Lord, Do thou take no heed to their sacrifice: I have not taken away the desire of any one of them, neither have I hurt any one of them.

³ Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even to a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you. ⁴ And they said to Samuel, Thou hast not injured us, and thou hast not oppressed us; and thou hast not afflicted us, and thou hast not taken anything from any one's hand.

⁴ Remember the law of my servant Moses, accordingly as I charged him with it in Choreb for all Israel, even the commandments and ordinances.