Numbers 3 Cross References - CLV

¹ These are the genealogical records of Aaron and Moses, on the day Yahweh spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. ² And these were the names of the sons of Aaron:the firstborn Nadab, then Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These were the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hands he filled to serve as priests. ⁴ Yet Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they brought near alien fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai. They did not come to have sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of Aaron their father. ⁵ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ⁶ Bring near the stock of Levi and stand them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. ⁷ For they will keep charge for him and charge for the whole congregation before the tent of appointment to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They will keep all the furnishings of the tent of appointment and the charge for the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ To Aaron and to his sons will you give the Levites. They are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ And to Aaron and his sons shall you commit this that they observe their priesthood. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ¹¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ¹² As for me, behold, I take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn male opening up the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites became Mine, ¹³ for every firstborn male is Mine. In the day I smote every firstborn male in the land of Egypt I sanctified for Myself every firstborn male in Israel from human unto beast. Mine shall they become:I am Yahweh. ¹⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying. ¹⁵ Muster the sons of Levi by their fathers' house, by their families; every male from a month old and upward, you shall muster them. ¹⁶ So Moses mustered them at the bidding of Yahweh, just as he was instructed. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Levi by their names:Gershon, Kohath and Merari. ¹⁸ These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:Libni and Shimei; ¹⁹ and the sons of Kohath by their families:Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;" ²⁰ and the sons of Merari by their families:Mahli and Mushi. These names were those of the Levite families by their fathers' house. ²¹ Belonging to Gershon were the Libnite family and the Shimeite family. These two were those of the Gershonite families. ²² Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, their mustered ones were seven thousand five hundred. ²³ The Gershonite families encamped behind the tabernacle westward. ²⁴ And the prince of their fathers' house for the Gershonite was Eliasaph son of Lael. ²⁵ The charge of the sons of Gershon at the tent of appointment was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering and the portiere of the opening of the tent of appointment, ²⁶ the slung sheets of the court and the portiere of the portal of the court which was surrounding the tabernacle and the altar, also its cords for all its service. ²⁷ Belonging to Kohath were the Amramite family, the Izharite family, the Hebronite family and the Uzzielite family. These were those of the Kohathite families. ²⁸ According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the holy place. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath encamped at the flank of the tabernacle, southward. ³⁰ And the prince of their fathers' house for the Kohathite families was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the coffer and the table and the lampstand and the altars and the furnishings of the holy place with which they shall minister and the portiere and all its service. ³² And the prince of the Levite princes was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, with the supervision of those keeping charge of the holy place. ³³ Belonging to Merari were the Mahlite family and the Mushite family. These two were those of the Merari families. ³⁴ Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ And the prince of their fathers' house for the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. At the flank of the tabernacle they encamped, northward. ³⁶ And the supervision, the charge of the sons of Merari, was the hollow tapers of the tabernacle and its bars, its columns and its sockets, all its furnishings and all its service, ³⁷ also the columns of the court round about and their sockets, their pegs and their cords. ³⁸ Those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of appointment, toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, the ones keeping charge of the sanctuary as the charge of the sons of Israel. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ³⁹ All the ones being mustered of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families, every male from a month old and upward were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ Yahweh said to Moses:Muster every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and obtain the number of their names. ⁴¹ You will take the Levites for Me (I am Yahweh) instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the beasts of the Levites instead of every firstborn among the beasts of the sons of Israel. ⁴² So Moses mustered, just as Yahweh had instructed him, every firstborn among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, as they had been mustered, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel and the beasts of the Levites instead of their beasts. So the Levites become Mine:I am Yahweh. ⁴⁶ And as the ransoms of the two hundred seventy-three, the superfluity, those over the number of the Levites, from the firstborn of the sons of Israe. ⁴⁷ you will take also five shekels, five shekels per skull. By the shekel of the holy place shall you take them, twenty gerahs to the shekel. ⁴⁸ And you will give the silver to Aaron and to his sons, the ransoms of the superfluity among them. ⁴⁹ So Moses took the silver of the ransoms from the superfluity, those over the ones ransomed by the Levites. ⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the silver, a thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, by the shekel of the holy place. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the silver of the ransoms to Aaron and to his sons at the bidding of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

⁴ These are the genealogical annals of the heavens and the earth, when they were created. In the day Yahweh Elohim made the earth and the heavens,

¹ This is the scroll of the genealogical annals of Adam: In the day the Elohim created Adam, in the likeness of the Elohim He made him.

¹ And these are the genealogical annals of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons are being born to them after the deluge.

²¹ And doing so are the sons of Israel. And giving to them is Joseph cars at the bidding of Pharaoh, the king, and he is giving them provisions for the way.

¹¹ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohas and Merari.

¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogical annals: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty-seven years.

¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogical annals: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty-seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ¹⁸ The sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty-three years.

¹⁸ The sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty-three years. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levite families according to their genealogical annals.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levite families according to their genealogical annals. ²⁰ Amram took Jochebed, his aunt, as his wife; and she bore for him Aaron, Moses and Miriam, their sister. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred thirty-seven years.

²³ Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore for him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²⁷ They were the speakers to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

²⁹ It came to be at midnight that Yahweh, He smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, sitting on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the house of the cistern, and every firstborn of beast. ³⁰ When Pharaoh rose by night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, then there came to be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was no house where there was no one dead.

² Hallow to Me every firstborn male, opening up every womb, among the sons of Israel, among human and among beast. It is Mine.

¹² then you will set apart for Yahweh every male opening up the womb. Every male opening up the womb, the yeanling of a beast which you shall come to have, the males shall be for Yahweh. ¹³ Yet every male opening up a donkey shall you ransom with a flockling, and should you not ransom it then you will break its neck. Yet every firstborn of a human among your sons shall you ransom.

¹⁵ When it came to be that Pharaoh was obstinate to dismiss us, then Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of human unto the firstborn of beast. Therefore I am sacrificing to Yahweh all the males opening up the womb; yet I am ransoming every firstborn of my sons.

²⁹ You shall not delay to offer from your fullness and your fruit juice. The firstborn of your sons shall you give to Me.

⁵ Then he sent youths of the sons of Israel, and the brought up ascent offerings and sacrificed young bulls as sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh. ⁶ Moses took half of the blood and put it in goblets, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁹ According to all that I am showing you, the model of the tabernacle and the model of all its furnishings, thus shall you make it. ¹⁰ They will make the coffer of acacia boards, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ¹¹ You will overlay it; with pure gold inside and outside shall you overlay it. You will make on it a flange of gold round about. ¹² You will cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on its four footings with two rings on its one angle wall and two rings on its second angle wall. ¹³ You will make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, ¹⁴ and insert the poles in the rings on the the angle walls of the coffer to carry the coffer with them. ¹⁵ The poles shall come to be in the rings of the coffer. They shall not be withdrawn from it. ¹⁶ You will put the testimony which I shall give to you into the coffer. ¹⁷ You will make a propitiatory shelter of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width. ¹⁸ You will make two cherubim of gold; you shall hammer them a stiff shell of one piece with the two ends of the propitiatory shelter. ¹⁹ Make one cherub from this end and one cherub from that end. Of one piece with the propitiatory shelter you shall make the cherubim at its two ends. ²⁰ The cherubim will come to be with spreading wings above, overshadowing with their wings over the propitiatory shelter with their faces each to his fellow. Toward the propitiatory shelter the faces of the cherubim shall come to be. ²¹ Then you will put the propitiatory shelter on the coffer from above; and you shall put the testimony which I shall give to you into the coffer. ²² I will keep appointment with you there, and I will speak with you above the propitiatory shelter from between the two cherubim which are over the coffer of the testimony of all which I am instructing you for the sons of Israel. ²³ You will make a table of acacia boards, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ²⁴ You will overlay it with pure gold and make for it a flange of gold round about. ²⁵ You will make for it a border of a handbreadth round about and make a flange of gold for its border round about. ²⁶ You will make for it four rings of gold and put the rings on the four edges which are for its four feet. ²⁷ The rings shall come to correspond with the border for housings for the poles, to carry the table. ²⁸ You will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried by them. ²⁹ You will make its dishes and its spoons and its chalices and its waste pans with which libations are made; of pure gold shall you make them. ³⁰ Then you will put the bread of the presence on the table before Me regularly. ³¹ You will make the lampstand of pure gold; of a stiff shell shall you make the lampstand, its stem and its tube; its cones, its spheres and its buds shall come out from it. ³² Six tubes shall come forth from its sides, three tubes of the lampstand from its one side and three tubes of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond shaped cones shall be on the one tube, a sphere and a bud, and three almond shaped cones on the other tube, a sphere and a bud: thus for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand;" ³⁴ on the lampstand itself four almond shaped cones, its spheres and its buds;" ³⁵ and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, and a sphere under two of the tubes from it, so for the six tubes coming forth from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their spheres and their tubes shall be of one piece with it, all of it of one stiff shell of pure gold. ³⁷ You will make its seven lamps, and one will set up its lamps, so that it gives light over across its face. ³⁸ Its snuffers and its fire-pans shall be of pure gold; ³⁹ of a talent of pure gold shall you make it with all these furnishings. ⁴⁰ And see that you make it by their model which is being shown you on the mount.

¹ The tabernacle you shall make with ten sheets of corded cambric and blue, purple and double-dipped crimson; with cherubim in the handiwork of a designer shall you make them. ² The length of one sheet shall be twenty-eight cubits and the width four cubits for one sheet; one measure shall be for all the sheets. ³ Five of the sheets shall be joining each to its fellow, and the five other sheets shall be joining each to its fellow. ⁴ You will make loops of blue on the hem of the one sheet from the end of the joining, and so shall you make in the hem of the endmost sheet at the second joining. ⁵ Fifty loops shall you make in the one sheet, and fifty loops shall you make in the end of the sheet which shall be at the second joining, causing the loops to receive each to its fellow. ⁶ Then you will make fifty links of gold, and join the sheets, each to its fellow, by the links; and the tabernacle will come to be one. ⁷ You will make sheets of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle; eleven sheets shall you make them. ⁸ The length of one sheet shall be thirty cubits and the width four cubits for one sheet, one measure for the eleven sheets. ⁹ You will join five of the sheets by themselves alone and six of the sheets by themselves alone; and you will double the sixth sheet on the forefront face of the tent. ¹⁰ You will make fifty loops on the hem of the one endmost sheet at the joining, and fifty loops on the hem of the sheet at the second joining. ¹¹ You will make fifty copper links and insert the links into the loops and join the tent so that it will come to be one. ¹² The extending superfluity of the sheets of the tent, the half sheet superfluity, shall extend over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³ The cubit hence and the cubit thence in the superfluity in the length of the sheets of the tent shall come to be extended over the sides of the tabernacle hence and thence to cover it. ¹⁴ Then you will make a cover for the tent of reddened rams' hides, and a cover of azure hides above. ¹⁵ You will make the hollow tapers for the tabernacle of standing acacia boards; ¹⁶ ten cubits shall be the length of one hollow taper, and a cubit and a half cubit the width of one hollow taper. ¹⁷ Two sloping side boards shall there be to one hollow taper, being projected each to its fellow: thus shall you do for all the hollow tapers of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ You will make the hollow tapers for the tabernacle, twenty hollow tapers for the edge toward the Negev, southward;" ¹⁹ and forty sockets of silver shall you make under the twenty hollow tapers, two sockets under one hollow taper for its two sloping side boards, and two sockets under another hollow taper for its two sloping side boards. ²⁰ Also for the second angle wall of the tabernacle for the north edge you shall make twenty hollow tapers, ²¹ with their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one hollow taper, and two sockets under another hollow taper. ²² Yet for the flanks of the tabernacle seaward shall you make six hollow tapers; ²³ And two hollow tapers shall you make for the cutout corners of the tabernacle, in the flanks. ²⁴ Then couplings shall come to be below, and they shall come to be coupled together on its top by one ring. Thus shall it come to be for the two of them, for the two cutout corners shall they come to be. ²⁵ There will come to be eight hollow tapers and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets under one hollow taper, and two sockets under another hollow taper. ²⁶ You will make bars of acacia wood, five for the hollow tapers of one angle wall of the tabernacle, ²⁷ five bars for the hollow tapers of the second angle wall of the tabernacle, and five bars for the hollow tapers of the angle wall for the flanks of the tabernacle seaward;" ²⁸ and the middle bar in the midst of the hollow tapers reaching from end to end. ²⁹ The hollow tapers shall you overlay with gold; and their rings shall you make of gold, as housings for the bars, and you will overlay the bars with gold.

³¹ You will make a curtain of blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric; in the handiwork of a designer shall you make it with cherubim. ³² You will put it on four columns of acacia overlaid with gold, with their hooks of gold, on four sockets of silver;"

³² You will put it on four columns of acacia overlaid with gold, with their hooks of gold, on four sockets of silver;" ³³ and you will put the curtain under the links. Then you will bring there, inside the curtain, the coffer of the testimony. The curtain will separate for you between the holy place and the holy of holies;"

³⁶ You will make a portiere for the portal of the tent of blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric, a handiwork of embroidery. ³⁷ You will make for the portiere five columns of acacia, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks with gold; and you will cast for them five sockets of copper.

³⁷ You will make for the portiere five columns of acacia, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks with gold; and you will cast for them five sockets of copper.

¹ You will make the altar of acacia boards, five cubits the length and five cubits the width. The altar shall come to be square, and its rise shall be three cubits. ² You will make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you will overlay it with copper. ³ You will make its pots for its greasy ash, and its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all its furnishings shall you make of copper. ⁴ You will make it for a grate, a handiwork of copper net, and make on the net four rings of copper on its four ends. ⁵ You will put it beneath the encompassment of the altar from below so that the net comes as far as halfway up the altar. ⁶ You will make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with copper. ⁷ Then you will insert its poles in the rings, and the poles will come to be on the two angle walls of the altar when carrying it. ⁸ Hollow, of planks, shall you make it; just as one shows you on the mount, so shall they do. ⁹ You will make the court of the tabernacle: for the edge of the Negev southward the slung-sheets for the court shall be of corded cambric, a hundred cubits length for the one edge,

⁹ You will make the court of the tabernacle: for the edge of the Negev southward the slung-sheets for the court shall be of corded cambric, a hundred cubits length for the one edge, ¹⁰ with its twenty columns and their twenty copper sockets, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver;"

¹⁰ with its twenty columns and their twenty copper sockets, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver;" ¹¹ and so for the north edge, in the length of the court the slung-sheets shall be a hundred cubits long with its twenty columns and their twenty copper sockets, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver.

¹¹ and so for the north edge, in the length of the court the slung-sheets shall be a hundred cubits long with its twenty columns and their twenty copper sockets, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver. ¹² For the width of the court for the seaward edge, the slung-sheets shall be fifty cubits with their ten columns and their ten sockets.

¹² For the width of the court for the seaward edge, the slung-sheets shall be fifty cubits with their ten columns and their ten sockets. ¹³ The width of the court for the eastward edge toward the sunrise shall be fifty cubits.

¹³ The width of the court for the eastward edge toward the sunrise shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ Fifteen cubits of slung-sheets shall be for one flank, with their three columns and their three sockets,

¹⁴ Fifteen cubits of slung-sheets shall be for one flank, with their three columns and their three sockets, ¹⁵ and for the second flank fifteen cubits of slung-sheets with their three columns and their three sockets.

¹⁵ and for the second flank fifteen cubits of slung-sheets with their three columns and their three sockets. ¹⁶ For the gate of the court shall be a portiere of twenty cubits of blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric, a handiwork of embroidery with their four columns and their four sockets.

¹⁶ For the gate of the court shall be a portiere of twenty cubits of blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric, a handiwork of embroidery with their four columns and their four sockets. ¹⁷ On all the columns around the court the connections shall be of silver, their hooks of silver, and their sockets of copper. ¹⁸ The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty by fifty, and its rise five cubits, of corded cambric, and their copper sockets. ¹⁹ All the furnishings of the tabernacle for all its service and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper.

¹ You, bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to serve as priests for Me; Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.

⁴¹ You will put them on Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him, and you will anoint them. You will fill their hands and hallow them, and they will serve as priests for Me.

¹ This is the thing that you shall do to them to hallow them to serve as priests for Me. Take one young bull calf of the herd and two flawless rams, ² unleavened bread and unleavened perforated cakes mingled with oil and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; of wheat flour shall you make them. ³ You will put them on one tray and bring them near in the tray, with the young bull and the two rams. ⁴ Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the portal of the tent of appointment, and wash them in water. ⁵ You will take the garments and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the vestment and the vestment and the breastplate, and you will invest him with the designed band of the vestment. ⁶ You will place the turban on his head and put the holy insignia on the turban. ⁷ Also you will take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. ⁸ And you shall bring his sons near and put tunics on them. ⁹ Then you will gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind up caps on them, so that the priesthood comes to be theirs for an eonian statute when you have filled the hand of Aaron and the hands of his sons.

⁹ Then you will gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind up caps on them, so that the priesthood comes to be theirs for an eonian statute when you have filled the hand of Aaron and the hands of his sons. ¹⁰ You will bring the young bull near before the tent of appointment, and Aaron and his sons will support their hands on the head of the young bull. ¹¹ You will slay the young bull before Yahweh at the portal of the tent of appointment, ¹² take some of the blood of the young bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger. And you shall pour out all the rest of the blood at the foundation of the altar. ¹³ Then you will take all the fat covering the inwards and the redundance above the liver and the two kidneys and the fat which is on them, and you will cause them to fume on the altar. ¹⁴ Yet the flesh of the young bull and its hide and its dung shall you burn with fire outside the camp. A sin offering is it. ¹⁵ You shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall support their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁶ You will slay the ram, take its blood and sprinkle it on the altar round about. ¹⁷ You shall piece the ram into its pieces, wash its inwards and its shanks and put them on its pieces and on its head. ¹⁸ Then you will cause all the ram to fume on the altar. An ascent offering is it to Yahweh. It is a fragrant odor, a fire offering to Yahweh. ¹⁹ Then you will take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons will support their hands on the head of the ram. ²⁰ You will slay the ram, take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the lobes of the right ears of his sons and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet; and you will sprinkle the blood on the altar round about. ²¹ Then you will take some of the blood which is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and splatter it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him, so that he will be holy, he and his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him. ²² You will take from the ram the fat: the fat tail and the fat covering the inwards and the redundance above the liver and the two kidneys and the fat which is on them and the right leg (for it is a ram of consecrations), ²³ and one cake of bread and one perforated cake of oiled bread and one wafer from the tray of unleavened bread which is before Yahweh. ²⁴ You will place the whole on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. ²⁵ Then you will take them from their hands and cause them to fume on the altar on top of the ascent offering for a fragrant odor before Yahweh. It is a fire offering to Yahweh. ²⁶ You will take the chest of the ram of consecrations which is for Aaron and wave it as a wave offering before Yahweh; and it will come to be your assigned share. ²⁷ Then you will hallow the chest of the wave offering and the leg of the heave offering, which is waved and what is heaved from the ram of consecrations which is for Aaron and which is for his sons. ²⁸ It will come to be for Aaron and for his sons as an eonian statute from the sons of Israel, for it is a heave offering. And it shall become a heave offering from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their heave offering to Yahweh. ²⁹ The holy garments which are Aaron's shall become his sons' after him, to be anointed in them and to fill their hands in them. ³⁰ Seven days one of his sons, whoever is priest in his stead, he who comes into the tent of appointment to minister in the holy place, shall put them on. ³¹ The ram of consecrations shall you take and cook its flesh in a holy place; ³² and Aaron and his sons will eat the flesh of the ram and the bread which is in the tray at the portal of the tent of appointment. ³³ You will eat them by which a propitiatory shelter was made to fill their hands to hallow them. Yet an alien shall not eat them, for they are holy. ³⁴ And if something is left of the flesh of consecrations or of the bread until the morning then you will burn that left over with fire; it shall not be eaten, for it is holy. ³⁵ You will do thus for Aaron and for his sons according to all that I have instructed you. Seven days shall you fill their hands. ³⁶ A young bull as a sin offering shall you offer day by day for propitiatory shelters; you will make a sin offering on the altar when you make your propitiatory shelter on it. And you will anoint it to hallow it. ³⁷ Seven days shall you make a propitiatory shelter on the altar and hallow it. Thus the altar becomes a holy of holies. All that touches the altar shall be holy.

¹ You will make the altar for fuming incense; of acacia boards shall you make it. ² A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width. Square it shall be, and two cubits its rise. Its horns are one piece with it. ³ You will overlay it with pure gold, its top around its sidewalls and its horns; and you will make for it a flange of gold round about. ⁴ Two rings of gold shall you make for it. Beneath its flange, on its two angle walls shall you make them, on its two sides. And they shall be for housings for the poles, to carry it with them. ⁵ You will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold; ⁶ and you will put it before the curtain which shall be by the coffer of the testimony, before the propitiatory shelter which shall be on the testimony where I shall keep appointment with you. ⁷ Aaron will cause incense of spices to fume on it morning by morning; when making good the lamps shall he cause it to fume; ⁸ and when Aaron sets up the lamps between the evening hours, he shall cause it to fume as incense regularly before Yahweh throughout your generations. ⁹ You shall not set up on it an alien incense or an ascent offering or an approach present, and a libation you shall not libate on it. ¹⁰ Aaron will make a propitiatory shelter on its horns once in the year with the blood of the sin offering of the propitiatory shelter; once in the year shall he make a propitiatory shelter on it throughout your generations. It shall be a holy of holies to Yahweh.

¹³ This shall they give, everyone passing over to the ones being mustered: a half shekel by the shekel of the holy place, which is twenty gerahs to the shekel; the half shekel shall be a heave offering to Yahweh.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ² See! I call by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur of the stock of Judah. ³ I shall fill him with the spirit of Elohim, with wisdom and with understanding and with knowledge, in all work, ⁴ to design designs, to make them in gold, in silver and in copper, ⁵ and as a lapidary for filling and as an artificer in wood for making all kind of work. ⁶ And I, behold, I give him Aholiab son of Ahisamach of the stock of Dan. In the heart of all the wise of heart I have given wisdom, that they will make all that I have instructed you. ⁷ the tent of appointment and the coffer for the testimony with the propitiatory shelter which shall be on it and all the furnishings of the tent, ⁸ the table with its furnishings, the pure lampstand with all its furnishings and the altar of incense, ⁹ the altar of ascent offering with all its furnishings, the laver and its post;" ¹⁰ also the colored garments and the holy garments for Aaron, the priest, and the garments of his sons to serve as priests;" ¹¹ then the anointing oil and the incense of spices for the holy place; according to all that I have instructed you shall they do. ¹² Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ¹³ Now you, speak to the sons of Israel saying, Surely, My sabbaths shall you keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations to know that I, Yahweh, am hallowing you. ¹⁴ Hence you will keep the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Profaners of it shall be put to death, yea death, for if anyone is doing work in it, that soul will be cut off from among his people. ¹⁵ Six days shall work be done, and on the seventh day is a sabbath of cessation, holy to Yahweh. Everyone doing work on the sabbath day shall be put to death, yea death. ¹⁶ Hence the sons of Israel will keep the sabbath so as to make the sabbath an eonian covenant throughout their generations. ¹⁷ Between Me and the sons of Israel it shall be a sign for the eon, for in six days Yahweh dealt with the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed. ¹⁸ He gave to Moses, as He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.

²⁶ then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said: Whoever is for Yahweh come to me! So all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him; ²⁷ and he said to them: Thus says Yahweh Elohim of Israel: Each man place his sword on his thigh, cross over and return from gate to gate in the camp. Each man kill his brother and each man his associate and each man his nearest. ²⁸ The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell of the people in that day about three thousand men. ²⁹ Hence Moses said: They have filled your hands today to Yahweh, for each man has been against his son and against his brother so as to give a blessing over you today.

¹⁹ Everyone opening up the womb is Mine, everyone of your make cattle, the one opening up of the kine and of the flockling.

¹¹ the tabernacle, its tent and its cover, its links and its hollow tapers, its bars, its columns and its sockets,

¹⁸ the pegs of the tabernacle, the pegs of the court and their cords;"

⁸ Then all the wise of heart among those doing the work made the tabernacle with ten sheets of corded cambric and blue, purple and double-dipped crimson; with cherubim, the handiwork of a designer, he made them. ⁹ The length of one sheet was twenty-eight cubits and the width four cubits for one sheet. One measure was for all the sheets. ¹⁰ And he joined five of the sheets one to another, and the five other sheets he joined one to another. ¹¹ He made loops of blue on the hem of the one sheet at the end at the joining, and so he made in the hem of the endmost sheet at the second joining. ¹² Fifty loops he made in one sheet, and fifty loops he made in the end of the sheet which was at the second joining, causing the loops to receive one to another. ¹³ And he made fifty links of gold and joined the sheets one to another by the links, and the tabernacle came to be one. ¹⁴ Then he made sheets of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle. Eleven sheets he made them. ¹⁵ The length of one sheet was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of one sheet, one measure for the eleven sheets. ¹⁶ And he joined five of the sheets by themselves alone and six of the sheets by themselves alone. ¹⁷ Then he made fifty loops on the hem of the endmost sheet at the joining, and he made fifty loops on the hem of the sheet at the second joining. ¹⁸ And he made fifty copper links to join the tent, for it to come to be one. ¹⁹ He also made a cover for the tent of reddened rams' hides, and a cover of azure hides above. ²⁰ Then he made the hollow tapers for the tabernacle of standing acacia boards; ²¹ ten cubits was the length of one hollow taper, and a cubit and a half cubit the width of one hollow taper. ²² There were two sloping side boards to one hollow taper being projected one to another: thus he did for all the hollow tapers of the tabernacle. ²³ And he made the hollow tapers for the tabernacle, twenty hollow tapers for the edge of the Negev southward;" ²⁴ and forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty hollow tapers, two sockets under one hollow taper for its two sloping side boards, and two sockets under another hollow taper for its two sloping side boards. ²⁵ Also for the second angle wall of the tabernacle for the north edge he made twenty hollow tapers, ²⁶ with their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one hollow taper and two sockets under another hollow taper. ²⁷ Yet for the flanks of the tabernacle seaward he made six hollow tapers; ²⁸ and two hollow tapers he made for the cutout corners of the tabernacle, in the flanks. ²⁹ Then couplings came to be below, and they came to be coupled together to its top by the first ring. Thus he did for the two of them, for the two cutout corners. ³⁰ There came to be eight hollow tapers and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets for each, two sockets under one hollow taper. ³¹ Then he made bars of acacia wood, five for the hollow tapers of one angle wall of the tabernacle, ³² also five bars for the hollow tapers of the second angle wall of the tabernacle and five bars for the hollow tapers of the tabernacle for the flanks seaward; ³³ and he made the middle bar in the midst of the hollow tapers to reach from end to end. ³⁴ The hollow tapers he overlaid with gold; and their rings he made of gold, as housings for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold. ³⁵ He made the curtain of blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric; the handiwork of a designer of cherubim he made it. ³⁶ He made for it four columns of acacia, and he overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

³⁶ He made for it four columns of acacia, and he overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. ³⁷ Then he made a portiere for the portal of the tent of blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric; the handiwork of an embroiderer. ³⁸ As for its five columns and their hooks, he overlaid their heads and their connections with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.

¹ Bezalel made the coffer of acacia boards, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its rise. ² He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside and made for it a flange of gold round about. ³ He cast four rings of gold for it on its four footings with two rings on its one angle wall and two rings on its second angle wall. ⁴ Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold; ⁵ and he inserted the poles in the rings on the angle walls of the coffer to carry the coffer. ⁶ He also made the propitiatory shelter of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷ Then he made two cherubim of gold; he hammered them a stiff shell of one piece with the two ends of the propitiatory shelter,

¹ Then he made the altar of ascent offering of acacia boards, five cubits its length and five cubits its width. It was square, and its rise was three cubits. ² He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with copper. ³ He also made all the furnishings of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls, the flesh-hooks and the fire-pans; all its furnishings he made of copper. ⁴ He made for the altar a grate, a handiwork of a copper net, beneath its encompassment from below unto its middle. ⁵ And he cast four rings on the four ends of the copper grate as housings for the poles. ⁶ He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with copper. ⁷ And he inserted the poles in the rings on the angle walls of the altar to carry it with them. Hollow, of planks he made it.

⁹ Then he made the court: for the edge of the Negev southward the slung-sheets of the court were of corded cambric, a hundred cubits, ¹⁰ with their twenty columns and their twenty sockets of copper, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver;" ¹¹ and for the north edge a hundred cubits, with their twenty columns and their twenty sockets of copper, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver. ¹² For the seaward edge, the slung-sheets were fifty cubits with their ten columns and their ten sockets, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver;" ¹³ and for the eastward edge toward the sunrise, fifty cubits. ¹⁴ Slung-sheets of fifteen cubits were for the one flank with their three columns and their three sockets, ¹⁵ and for the second flank on this side and on that side of the gate of the court, slung-sheets of fifteen cubits with their three columns and their three sockets. ¹⁶ All the slung-sheets of the court round about were of corded cambric. ¹⁷ The sockets for the columns were of copper, the hooks of the columns and their connections of silver; and the overlay of their heads with silver. And they, all the columns of the court, were connected with silver. ¹⁸ The portiere of the court gate was the handiwork of an embroiderer in blue, purple, double-dipped crimson and corded cambric. Twenty cubits was the length, and the rise in the width was five cubits, to correspond with the slung-sheets of the court. ¹⁹ Their columns were four and their sockets four, of copper, their hooks of silver and the overlay of their heads and their connections of silver. ²⁰ All the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were copper.

³³ Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, its links, its hollow tapers, its bars and its columns and its sockets,

³³ Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, its links, its hollow tapers, its bars and its columns and its sockets, ³⁴ also the cover of reddened rams' hides, the cover of azure hides and the portiere curtain, ³⁵ the coffer of the testimony with its poles and the propitiatory shelter, ³⁶ the table, with all its furnishings and the bread of the presence, ³⁷ the pure lampstand and its lamps, with the lamps in array, and all its furnishings and oil for the luminary, ³⁸ the golden altar, the anointing oil, the incense of spices and the portiere for the portal of the tent, ³⁹ the copper altar and the copper grate which was for it, its poles and all its furnishings, the laver and its post, ⁴⁰ the slung-sheets of the court with its columns and its sockets, the portiere for the court gate with its cords and its pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of appointment, ⁴¹ the colored garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to serve as priests. ⁴² According to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses, so the sons of Israel did all the service.

² On the first day of the month, in month one, you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of appointment. ³ You will place there the coffer of the testimony and screen off the coffer with the curtain. ⁴ You will bring the table and arrange its array and bring the lampstand and set up its lamps. ⁵ Then you will put the golden altar for incense before the coffer of the testimony and place the portiere of the portal to the tabernacle. ⁶ You will put the altar of ascent offering before the portal of the tabernacle of the tent of appointment, ⁷ and you will set the laver between the tent of appointment and the altar and put water therein. ⁸ You will set up the court round about and put up the portiere of the court gate. ⁹ You will take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it and hallow it and all its furnishings, that it will come to be holy. ¹⁰ You will also anoint the altar of ascent offering and all its furnishings and hallow the altar, that the altar will come to be a holy of holies. ¹¹ And you will anoint the laver and its post and hallow it. ¹² Then you will bring Aaron and his sons near to the portal of the tent of appointment and wash them in water ¹³ and put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and hallow him, that he serve as priest for Me.

¹³ and put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and hallow him, that he serve as priest for Me. ¹⁴ And you shall bring his sons near and put tunics on them ¹⁵ and anoint them just as you anointed their father that they serve as priests for Me. So it will come to be that their anointing is to bestow on them as eonian priesthood throughout their generations.

¹⁵ and anoint them just as you anointed their father that they serve as priests for Me. So it will come to be that their anointing is to bestow on them as eonian priesthood throughout their generations. ¹⁶ Thus Moses did according to all that Yahweh had instructed him. So he did.

¹⁹ Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and placed the cover of the tent over it above, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

²⁸ Then he placed the portiere of the portal to the tabernacle.

³⁰ He also placed the laver between the tent of appointment and the altar and put water therein for washing.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ² Take Aaron and his sons with him and the garments and the anointing oil and the young bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the tray of unleavened cakes ³ and assemble the whole congregation at the opening of the tent of appointment. ⁴ Moses did just as Yahweh had instructed him; the congregation was assembled at the opening of the tent of appointment; ⁵ and Moses said to the congregation:This is the thing which Yahweh has instructed us to do. ⁶ So Moses brought near Aaron and his sons and washed them with water, ⁷ put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe and put the vestment on him. Then he girded him with the designed band of the vestment and invested him with it. ⁸ He placed the breastplate on him and put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate. ⁹ Then he placed the turban on his head and placed on the turban at the forefront of his face the gold blossom, the holy insignia, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

¹² He poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to hallow him.

³⁰ Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and spattered it on Aaron, on his garments and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; so he hallowed Aaron, his garments and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

¹ The sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire-pan, put fire in them, placed incense on it and came near before Yahweh with alien fire such as He had not instructed them. ² Hence fire came forth from before Yahweh and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses on mount Sinai, saying.

⁶ If the person is from a month old unto five years old then your appraisal will be:for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your appraisal will be three shekels of silver.

²⁵ All of your appraisals shall be by the shekel of the holy place:twenty gerahs shall there be to a shekel. ²⁶ However the firstborn among beasts which as firstborn is devoted to Yahweh, no one may sanctify it; whether a bull or a flockling, it is already Yahweh's.

³⁴ These are the instructions with which Yahweh instructed Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.

²¹ their mustered ones for the stock of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

⁴⁷ Yet the Levites, for the stock of their fathers, did not present themselves to be mustered in their midst;"

⁴⁹ Only the stock of Levi you shall not muster, and their sum you shall not obtain, in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp.

⁵⁰ As for you, give the Levites supervision over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over all which pertains to it. They themselves shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister to it, and around the tabernacle shall they encamp. ⁵¹ When the tabernacle is to journey the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to encamp the Levites shall set it up. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death.

⁵¹ When the tabernacle is to journey the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to encamp the Levites shall set it up. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ⁵² The sons of Israel will encamp by their militia hosts, each man on his campsite and each under his standard. ⁵³ Yet the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that no wrath may come on the congregation of the sons of Israel. The Levites will keep guard of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁵³ Yet the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that no wrath may come on the congregation of the sons of Israel. The Levites will keep guard of the tabernacle of the testimony.

³ Those encamping eastward, toward the sunrise, are under the standard of the camp of Judah, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab;"

⁹ All the ones being mustered of the camp of Judah are a hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their militia hosts. As the first shall they journey. ¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their militia hosts. The prince for the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;" ¹¹ his militia host and its mustered ones are forty-six thousand five hundred.

¹⁷ Then the tent of appointment will journey with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the other camps. Just as they are encamping so shall they journey, each man on his own side under their standards.

²⁵ The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their militia hosts. The prince of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;"

³³ Yet the Levites did not present themselves to be mustered in the midst of the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

⁷ For they will keep charge for him and charge for the whole congregation before the tent of appointment to serve in the service of the tabernacle.

⁷ For they will keep charge for him and charge for the whole congregation before the tent of appointment to serve in the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They will keep all the furnishings of the tent of appointment and the charge for the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the tabernacle.

¹⁰ And to Aaron and his sons shall you commit this that they observe their priesthood. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death.

¹² As for me, behold, I take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn male opening up the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites became Mine,

¹⁵ Muster the sons of Levi by their fathers' house, by their families; every male from a month old and upward, you shall muster them.

¹⁹ and the sons of Kohath by their families:Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;" ²⁰ and the sons of Merari by their families:Mahli and Mushi. These names were those of the Levite families by their fathers' house. ²¹ Belonging to Gershon were the Libnite family and the Shimeite family. These two were those of the Gershonite families. ²² Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, their mustered ones were seven thousand five hundred. ²³ The Gershonite families encamped behind the tabernacle westward.

²⁷ Belonging to Kohath were the Amramite family, the Izharite family, the Hebronite family and the Uzzielite family. These were those of the Kohathite families. ²⁸ According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the holy place.

²⁸ According to the number of every male from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the holy place. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath encamped at the flank of the tabernacle, southward.

²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath encamped at the flank of the tabernacle, southward.

³¹ And their charge was the coffer and the table and the lampstand and the altars and the furnishings of the holy place with which they shall minister and the portiere and all its service. ³² And the prince of the Levite princes was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, with the supervision of those keeping charge of the holy place. ³³ Belonging to Merari were the Mahlite family and the Mushite family. These two were those of the Merari families. ³⁴ Their mustered ones according to the number of every male from a month old and upward were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ And the prince of their fathers' house for the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. At the flank of the tabernacle they encamped, northward.

³⁸ Those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of appointment, toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, the ones keeping charge of the sanctuary as the charge of the sons of Israel. But any alien who comes near shall be put to death. ³⁹ All the ones being mustered of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families, every male from a month old and upward were twenty-two thousand.

³⁹ All the ones being mustered of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families, every male from a month old and upward were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ Yahweh said to Moses:Muster every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and obtain the number of their names.

⁴⁰ Yahweh said to Moses:Muster every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and obtain the number of their names. ⁴¹ You will take the Levites for Me (I am Yahweh) instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the beasts of the Levites instead of every firstborn among the beasts of the sons of Israel.

⁴¹ You will take the Levites for Me (I am Yahweh) instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the beasts of the Levites instead of every firstborn among the beasts of the sons of Israel.

⁴³ And all the firstborn males by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, as they had been mustered, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel and the beasts of the Levites instead of their beasts. So the Levites become Mine:I am Yahweh. ⁴⁶ And as the ransoms of the two hundred seventy-three, the superfluity, those over the number of the Levites, from the firstborn of the sons of Israe. ⁴⁷ you will take also five shekels, five shekels per skull. By the shekel of the holy place shall you take them, twenty gerahs to the shekel. ⁴⁸ And you will give the silver to Aaron and to his sons, the ransoms of the superfluity among them.

⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the silver, a thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, by the shekel of the holy place. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the silver of the ransoms to Aaron and to his sons at the bidding of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

⁴ This is the carrier service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment:the holy of holies. ⁵ For Aaron will come in, and his sons, when the camp is to journey, and they will take down the portiere curtain and cover the coffer of the testimony with it. ⁶ They will put on it a cover of azure hide and spread over it a cloth wholly of blue from above and put its poles in place. ⁷ And over the table of the presence they shall spread a blue cloth, and they will put on it the dishes and the spoons, the waste pans and the libation chalices. Also the continual bread shall be on it. ⁸ Then they will spread over them a cloth of double-dipped crimson, and they will cover it with a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. ⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the luminary, its lamps and its snuffers, its fire-pans and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it. ¹⁰ Then they will put it and all its furnishings into a cover of azure hide and put it on the slider bar. ¹¹ Also on the golden altar shall they spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. ¹² They will take all the furnishings of the ministry with which they minister in the holy place and wrap them in a blue cloth and cover them with a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹³ Then they will degrease the copper altar, spread over it a purple clot. ¹⁴ and put on it all its furnishings with which they minister on it, the fire-pans, the forks and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls, all the furnishings of the altar; they will spread over it a cover of azure hide and put its poles in place. And they will take a purple cloth and cover the laver and its base and put them into a cover of azure hide and put them on the slider bar. ¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment.

¹⁵ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things with all the furnishings of the holy things when the camp is to journey, then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. Yet they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the load of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment. ¹⁶ Under the supervision of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the luminary, the incense of spices, the regular approach present and the anointing oil; he has the supervision over the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, among the holy things and its furnishings.

¹⁶ Under the supervision of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the luminary, the incense of spices, the regular approach present and the anointing oil; he has the supervision over the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, among the holy things and its furnishings.

²⁴ This is the service of the Gershonite families, to serve and to carry loads. ²⁵ They will carry the sheets of the tabernacle and the tent of appointment, its covering and the azure cover which is on it from above and the portiere of the opening of the tent of appointment, ²⁶ also the slung sheets of the court and the portiere of the opening of the gate of the court which is surrounding the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the furnishings for their service; in all which is to be done with regard to them, they will serve. ²⁷ At the bidding of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonite, for all their load and for all their service. And you will commit to them as a charge all of their load.

²⁷ At the bidding of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonite, for all their load and for all their service. And you will commit to them as a charge all of their load. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tent of appointment. And their charge is in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tent of appointment. And their charge is in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ As for the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' house you shall muster them. ³⁰ From thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old shall you muster them, everyone coming to the Levitical host to serve in the service of the tent of appointment. ³¹ This is the charge of their load for all their service in the tent of appointment:the hollow tapers of the tabernacle with its bars, its columns and its sockets, ³² the columns around the court with their sockets, their pegs and their cords with all their furnishings and with all their servicing. By names shall you check all the furnishings of the charge of their load. ³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their service in the tent of appointment in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their service in the tent of appointment in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

³⁵ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to the Levitical host for service in the tent of appointment, ³⁶ their mustered ones by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty. ³⁷ These were the ones being mustered of the Kohathite families, everyone serving in the tent of appointment whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by means of Moses. ³⁸ As for the ones being mustered of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers' house, ³⁹ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to the Levitical host for service in the tent of appointment, ⁴⁰ their mustered ones by their families, by their fathers' house, were two thousand six hundred thirty. ⁴¹ These were the ones being mustered of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone serving in the tent of appointment, whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh, by means of Moses.

⁴⁵ These were the ones being mustered of the families of the sons of Merari whom Moses and Aaron mustered at the bidding of Yahweh by means of Moses.

⁴⁷ from thirty years old and upward unto fifty years old, everyone coming to serve on the servicing service and the carrying service in the tent of appointment, ⁴⁸ their mustered ones were eight thousand five hundred eighty. ⁴⁹ At the bidding of Yahweh one mustered them, by means of Moses, each man for his service and for his load; thus they were being mustered by him just as Yahweh had instructed Moses.

⁷ Two of the carts and four of the oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon corresponding to their service, ⁸ and four of the carts and eight of the oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, corresponding to their service, by means of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

⁶ Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel and cleanse them. ⁷ Thus shall you do to them to cleanse them:spatter water of purification from sin over them, let them pass a razor over all their flesh, let them rinse their garments and so cleanse themselves. ⁸ They will take a young bull (a calf of the herd) and its approach present of flour mingled with oil; then you shall take a second young bull (a calf of the herd) for a sin offering. ⁹ You will bring near the Levites before the tent of appointment and assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ When you bring near the Levites before Yahweh, then the sons of Israel will support their hands on the Levites, ¹¹ and Aaron will wave the Levites as a wave offering before Yahweh from the sons of Israel, so that they will come to serve in the service of Yahweh.

¹¹ and Aaron will wave the Levites as a wave offering before Yahweh from the sons of Israel, so that they will come to serve in the service of Yahweh. ¹² And the Levites, they shall support their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Then offer the one as a sin offering and the other as an ascent offering to Yahweh to make a propitiatory shelter over the Levites. ¹³ Have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons, and wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. ¹⁴ Thus you will separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that the Levites become Mine. ¹⁵ And afterward the Levites shall come to serve in the service of the tent of appointment when you have cleansed them and waved them as a wave offering.

¹⁵ And afterward the Levites shall come to serve in the service of the tent of appointment when you have cleansed them and waved them as a wave offering. ¹⁶ For they are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of everyone opening up the womb, every firstborn of the sons of Israel, I have taken them for Myself;"

¹⁶ For they are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of everyone opening up the womb, every firstborn of the sons of Israel, I have taken them for Myself;"

¹⁶ For they are the ones being given, yea given to Me from the midst of the sons of Israel; instead of everyone opening up the womb, every firstborn of the sons of Israel, I have taken them for Myself;" ¹⁷ for Mine is every firstborn among the sons of Israel among human and among beast. On the day I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

¹⁷ for Mine is every firstborn among the sons of Israel among human and among beast. On the day I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. ¹⁸ So I shall take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel,

¹⁸ So I shall take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, ¹⁹ and give the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift to Aaron and to his sons to serve in the service on behalf of the sons of Israel in the tent of appointment and to make a separating shelter for the sons of Israel so that no stroke may come among the sons of Israel when the sons of Israel come close to the holy place.

¹⁹ and give the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift to Aaron and to his sons to serve in the service on behalf of the sons of Israel in the tent of appointment and to make a separating shelter for the sons of Israel so that no stroke may come among the sons of Israel when the sons of Israel come close to the holy place. ²⁰ Moses, Aaron and the whole congregation of the sons of Israel dealt with the Levites according to all that Yahweh had instructed Moses as to the Levites. So the sons of Israel dealt with them. ²¹ The Levites purified themselves from sin and rinsed their garments, and Aaron waved them as a wave offering before Yahweh; then Aaron made a propitiatory shelter over them to cleanse them. ²² And afterward the Levites came to serve their service in the tent of appointment before Aaron and before his sons. Just as Yahweh had instructed Moses concerning the Levites, so they dealt with them. ²³ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ²⁴ This is what applies to the Levites. From twenty-five years old and upward may one come to enlist with the Levitical host in the service of the tent of appointment. ²⁵ And from fifty years old shall one retire from the active service in the Levitical host and shall serve no longer; ²⁶ yet he may minister to his brothers in the tent of appointment, so as to keep guard, though in active service he shall not serve. Thus shall you deal with the Levites in regard to their charges.

¹⁷ Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari decamped, the carriers of the tabernacle.

²¹ Then the Kohathites decamped, the carriers of the holy things. (The others would set up the tabernacle previous to their coming..

⁵ as for wine for a libation you shall offer on the ascent offering or for a sacrifice a fourth of a hin with the one lamb. ⁶ Or for the ram you shall offer an approach present, two tenths of an ephah of flour mingled with a third of a hin of oil;" ⁷ as for wine for a libation you shall bring near a third of a hin, a fragrant odor to Yahweh. ⁸ In case you offer a bull calf of the herd as an ascent offering or a sacrifice for an extraordinary vow or peace offerings to Yahweh, ⁹ then one will bring near with the bull calf of the herd an approach present, three tenths of an ephah of flour mingled with half a hin of oil;" ¹⁰ as for wine you shall bring near for a libation, half a hin, as a fire offering of fragrant odor to Yahweh. ¹¹ Thus shall it be done for each bull or for each ram or for a flockling among the lambs or among the goats. ¹² According to the number which you offer thus shall you do for each in their number. ¹³ Every native shall do these things thus to bring near a fire offering of fragrant odor to Yahweh. ¹⁴ In case a sojourner is sojourning with you or whoever is in your midst throughout your generations, and he offers a fire offering of fragrant odor to Yahweh, just as you are doing so shall he do. ¹⁵ As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you. It shall be an eonian statute throughout your generations. Like you so shall the sojourner be before Yahweh. ¹⁶ One law and one custom shall come to be for you and for the sojourner sojourning with you. ¹⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying. ¹⁸ Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them:When you come into the land where I am bringing you, ¹⁹ then will it come to be when you eat of the bread of the land you shall raise up a heave offering to Yahweh. ²⁰ Of the first batch of your coarse meal a perforated cake shall you raise up as a heave offering; as the heave offering of the threshing site, so shall you raise it up. ²¹ Of the first of your coarse meal shall you give to Yahweh a heave offering throughout your generations. ²² In case you err and do not observe all these instructions which Yahweh has pronounced to Moses, ²³ all that Yahweh has instructed you by means of Moses from the day on which Yahweh instructed and beyond throughout your generations,

⁹ Is it too little a thing for you that the Elohim of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to Him to serve in the service of the tabernacle of Yahweh and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? ¹⁰ He brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Yet now you seek even the priesthood!" ¹¹ Wherefore you and all your congregation are set against Yahweh. As for Aaron, what is he that you are grumbling against him?

¹⁵ Moses' anger grew exceedingly hot, and he said to Yahweh:Do not countenance their approach present. Not one donkey have I lifted from them, nor have I done evil to any one of them.

³⁵ Then fire came forth from Yahweh and devoured the two hundred fifty men who were bringing near the incense.

⁴⁰ a reminder for the sons of Israel so that no alien man who is not of the seed of Aaron might come near to try to fume incense before Yahweh so that he does not become as Korah and his congregation, just as Yahweh had spoken to him by means of Moses.

¹ Yahweh said to Aaron:You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear any depravity committed against the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear any depravity in connection with your priesthood.

¹ Yahweh said to Aaron:You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear any depravity committed against the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear any depravity in connection with your priesthood. ² Moreover, bring near with you your brothers of the stock of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be obligated to you and may minister to you when you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

² Moreover, bring near with you your brothers of the stock of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be obligated to you and may minister to you when you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. ³ They will keep guard of you and guard of the entire tent; only to the furnishings of the holy place and to the altar they shall not come near so that they may not die, both they and you.

³ They will keep guard of you and guard of the entire tent; only to the furnishings of the holy place and to the altar they shall not come near so that they may not die, both they and you.

³ They will keep guard of you and guard of the entire tent; only to the furnishings of the holy place and to the altar they shall not come near so that they may not die, both they and you. ⁴ They will be obligated to you and will keep guard of the tent of appointment for all the service of the tent. Yet no alien may come near to you.

⁴ They will be obligated to you and will keep guard of the tent of appointment for all the service of the tent. Yet no alien may come near to you. ⁵ You will keep guard of the holy place and guard of the altar so that no more wrath shall come on the sons of Israel.

⁵ You will keep guard of the holy place and guard of the altar so that no more wrath shall come on the sons of Israel. ⁶ As for Me, behold, I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift for you, given to Yahweh to serve in the service of the tent of appointment.

⁶ As for Me, behold, I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from the midst of the sons of Israel as a gift for you, given to Yahweh to serve in the service of the tent of appointment. ⁷ Yet you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood as to every matter of the altar and to that inside the curtain. Thus you will serve in the service. As a gift am I giving your priesthood. Yet the alien who comes near shall be put to death.

⁷ Yet you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood as to every matter of the altar and to that inside the curtain. Thus you will serve in the service. As a gift am I giving your priesthood. Yet the alien who comes near shall be put to death.

¹⁵ Every male opening up the womb of all flesh which they may bring near to Yahweh of human and of beast shall be yours. Only you shall ransom, yea ransom the firstborn of humans, and the firstborn of an unclean beast shall you ransom.

¹⁵ Every male opening up the womb of all flesh which they may bring near to Yahweh of human and of beast shall be yours. Only you shall ransom, yea ransom the firstborn of humans, and the firstborn of an unclean beast shall you ransom. ¹⁶ As for his ransom, from a month old up shall you take ransom by your appraisal with five silver shekels by the shekel of the holy place. It is twenty gerahs.

¹⁶ As for his ransom, from a month old up shall you take ransom by your appraisal with five silver shekels by the shekel of the holy place. It is twenty gerahs.

²⁵ Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor. ²⁶ Strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. As for Aaron, he shall be gathered and will die there. ²⁷ Moses did just as Yahweh had instructed. They went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of the whole congregation. ²⁸ Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the summit of the mountain. When Moses and Eleazar descended from the mountain,

⁶ So he returned to him and behold, he and all the chiefs of Moab were stationed at his ascent offering. ⁷ He took up his discourse and said:From Syria Balak gave me guidance, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east:Come now and curse Jacob for me! And come now and menace Israel. ⁸ How should I revile when El has not reviled him? How should I menace when Yahweh has not menaced? ⁹ For from the summit of the rocks I am seeing him, and from the hills I am regarding him. Behold, the people is tabernacling by itself alone, and among the nations it is not reckoning itself. ¹⁰ Who counts the soil-drift of Jacob? And who numbers the dust cloud of Israel? May my soul die the death of the upright, and may my hereafter be just as his!" ¹¹ Then Balak said to Balaam:What have you done to me? To revile my enemies I took you, yet behold, you bless, yea bless them!" ¹² Yet he answered and said:What Yahweh places in my mouth, is it not it that I should observe to speak? ¹³ Balak said to him:Go, I pray, with me to another place from where you may see it. Only its outmost part shall you see; all of it you shall not see. Revile it for me from there. ¹⁴ So he took him to the field of the Watchmen, to the summit of the Pisgah ridge. He built seven altars and offered up a young bull and a ram on each altar. ¹⁵ Then he said to Balak:Station yourself thus at your ascent offering while I meet Him thus. ¹⁶ Yahweh met with Balaam and placed the word in his mouth and said:Return to Balak and thus shall you speak. ¹⁷ So he came to him, and behold, he was stationed at his ascent offering, and the chiefs of Moab with him. Balak said to him:What has Yahweh spoken? ¹⁸ He took up his discourse and said:Arise, Balak, and hear! Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!" ¹⁹ El is not a man that He should lie. Nor a son of humanity that He should feel regret. Does He say it and then not do it? Or speak and then not carry it out? ²⁰ Behold, I undertake to bless; He blesses and I shall not reverse it. ²¹ He does not look for sorrow in Jacob, nor does He see toil in Israel. Yahweh their Elohim is with him, and the shout of their king is with him. ²² El, Who brought them forth from Egypt, was to him like a wild bull's cornuted strength. ²³ For there is no augury against Jacob nor divination against Israel; at the right time it is spoken to Jacob and to Israel:What has El contrived!

¹ Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel so he did not go out, as he had done time upon time, to meet auguries, yet set his face toward the wilderness. ² When Balaam lifted his eyes and saw Israel tabernacling by its tribes, then the spirit of Elohim came on him. ³ He took up his discourse and said:The averring of Balaam son of Beor, and the averring of the master with his eye obstructed;" ⁴ the averring of the one hearing the sayings of El, Who is perceiving a vision from Him Who-Suffices, falling prostrate, yet his eyes are revealed. ⁵ How good are your tents, O Jacob! Your tabernacles, O Israel!" ⁶ Like the watercourses are they stretched out, like gardens along a stream, like the aloes Yahweh has planted, like the cedars beside the waters. ⁷ Water flows from its irrigation buckets, so its seed is among abundant waters. His king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall lift itself up. ⁸ El Who brought him forth from Egypt is to him as a wild bull's cornuted strength. He shall devour the nations, his foes, and pick their bones clean; His arrow shall transfix the enemy. ⁹ He crouches and lies down like a lion, and like a parent lion; who shall make him rise? Whoever is blessing you is blessed and whoever is cursing you is cursed. ¹⁰ Now Balak's anger grew hot against Balaam, and he slapped his palms together. Balak said to Balaam:To revile my enemies I called you, and behold, you have blessed, yea blessed them these three times!" ¹¹ And now get yourself away to your place! I said I would glorify, yea glorify you. Yet behold, Yahweh has withheld you from glory. ¹² Then Balaam said to Balak:Did I not speak also to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying. ¹³ If Balak were giving to me the fullness of his house in silver and gold, I could not cross the bidding of Yahweh to do what is good or evil out of my own heart. Whatever Yahweh shall speak, it shall I speak. ¹⁴ And now, behold me going to my people. Come now! I shall counsel you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days. ¹⁵ Then he took up his discourse and said:The averring of Balaam son of Beor, and the averring of the master with his eye obstructed;" ¹⁶ the averring of the one hearing the sayings of El and realizing the knowledge of the Supreme. He is perceiving a vision from Him Who-Suffices, falling prostrate, yet his eyes are revealed. ¹⁷ I see him yet not now, I regard him yet not near. A star will tread forth from Jacob; a scepter will arise from Israel, and he will transfix both edges of Moab, and the scalp of all the sons of tumult. ¹⁸ Edom will become a tenancy, even Seir will become a tenancy of its enemies; yet Israel will do ably. ¹⁹ One from Jacob shall hold sway, and will destroy the survivors of the city. ²⁰ When he saw Amalek, he took up his discourse and said:First of the nations was Amalek, yet his hereafter will lead unto perishing. ²¹ When he saw the Kenite, he took up his discourse and said:Perennial is your dwelling, and set high in a crag is your nest. ²² But rather shall Cain come to eradication; how long until Asshur shall capture you? ²³ Then he took up his discourse and said:Woe! Who shall live when El lays it down? ²⁴ And those going forth from the hand of Kittim will humiliate Assyria and humiliate Eber. Yet he, too, will come unto perishing. ²⁵ Then Balaam arose and went away and returned to his place. And Balak also went his way.

⁵⁷ These were the mustered ones of the Levites by their families:through Gershon the Gershonite family; through Kohath the Kohathite family; through Merari the Merarite family. ⁵⁸ These were the families of the sons of Levi:the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family and the Korathite family. Kohath begot Amram;"

⁶⁰ To Aaron was born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ Yet Nadab and Abihu died when they offered alien fire before Yahweh. ⁶² Their mustered ones were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they did not present themselves to be mustered for militia service in the midst of the sons of Israel, for no allotment was given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

³⁰ And from the half-share of the sons of Israel you shall take one to be withheld out of fifty, from the human, from the herd, from the donkeys and from the flock, from every beast, and you will give them to the Levites, the ones keeping charge of Yahweh's tabernacle.

⁸ At that time Yahweh separated the tribe of Levi to carry the coffer of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to Him and to bless in His name until this day.

⁵ Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come close, for Yahweh your Elohim has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of Yahweh, and at their bidding every contention and every assault shall come to be settled.

⁸ About Levi he said:May your Thummim and your Urim be for your benign man whom you probed at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah, ⁹ the one saying of his father and of his mother:I do not see them, and he neither recognized his brothers, nor did he know his sons. For they observed Your sayings and preserved Your covenant.

¹ And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, ² and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.. ³ And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Yahweh, these cities and their suburbs. ⁴ And the lot goes out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities, ⁵ and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities. ⁶ And for the sons of Gershon [are], out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities. ⁷ For the sons of Merari, for their families, [are], out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot. ⁹ And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;" ¹⁰ and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs has been the first lot;" ¹¹ and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;" ¹² and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession. ¹³ And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs, ¹⁴ and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, ¹⁵ and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs, ¹⁶ and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes. ¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs, ¹⁸ Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs--four cities;" ¹⁹ all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs. ²⁰ And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;" ²¹ and they give to them the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs, ²² and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs--four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs, ²⁴ Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs--four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs--two cities;" ²⁶ all the cities [are] ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left. ²⁷ And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs--two cities. ²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs, ²⁹ Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs--four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs, ³¹ Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs--four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs--three cities;" ³³ all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs. ³⁴ And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, [are,] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs, ³⁵ Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs--four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs, ³⁷ Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs--four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, ³⁹ Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs--[in] all four cities. ⁴⁰ All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites--their lot is twelve cities. ⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty and eight cities, and their suburbs. ⁴² These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities. ⁴³ And Yahweh gives to Israel the whole of the land which He has sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;" ⁴⁴ and Yahweh gives rest to them round about, according to all that which He has sworn to their fathers, and there has not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies has Yahweh given into their hand;" ⁴⁵ there has not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Yahweh spoke unto the house of Israel--the whole has come.

¹⁹ And He smites among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea, He smites among the people seventy men--fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Yahweh smote among the people--a great smiting.

³ `Lo, here [am] I; testify against me, over-against Yahweh, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? --and I restore to you.. <sup>4</sup> And they say, `You have not oppressed us, nor have you crushed us, nor have you taken from the hand of any one anything..

⁷ and the anger of Yahweh burns against Uzzah, and Elohim smites him there for the error, and he dies there by the ark of Elohim.

¹⁸ And the chief of the executioners takes Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

¹ Sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ² And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ³ And sons of Amram:Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And sons of Aaron:Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

¹⁶ Sons of Levi:Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ And these [are] names of sons of Gershom:Libni and Shimei.

¹⁷ And these [are] names of sons of Gershom:Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ And sons of Kohath:Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹⁸ And sons of Kohath:Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹ Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these [are] families of the Levite according to their fathers;

¹⁹ Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these [are] families of the Levite according to their fathers; ²⁰ of Gershom:Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹ Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

²⁹ Sons of Merari:Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

³² and they are ministering before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, in song, till the building by Solomon of the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem; and they stand according to their ordinance over their service.

³⁸ son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

⁴⁴ And sons of Merari, their brethren, [are] on the left. Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, ⁴⁵ son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶ son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shamer, ⁴⁷ son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. ⁴⁸ And their brethren the Levites are put to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of Elohim. ⁴⁹ And Aaron and his sons are making perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of the perfume, for all the work of the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses servant of Elohim commanded.

¹⁴ And of the Levites:Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;"

¹⁴ And of the Levites:Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;" ¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;"

¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;" ¹⁶ and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite.

¹⁶ and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum [is] the head;"

¹⁷ And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum [is] the head;" ¹⁸ and hitherto they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

¹⁸ and hitherto they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [are] over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers [are] over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance;"

¹⁹ And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [are] over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers [are] over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance;" ²⁰ and Phinehas son of Eleazar has been leader over them formerly; Yahweh [is] with him.

²⁰ and Phinehas son of Eleazar has been leader over them formerly; Yahweh [is] with him. ²¹ Zechariah son of Meshelemiah [is] gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting. ²² All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds [are] two hundred and twelve; they [are] in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office. ²³ And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of Yahweh, even of the house of the tent, by watches. ²⁴ At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brethren in their villages [are] to come in for seven days from time to time with these. ²⁶ For in office [are] the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of Elohim, ²⁷ and round about the house of Elohim they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning. ²⁸ And [some] of them [are] over the vessels of service, for by number they bring them in, and by number they take them out. ²⁹ And [some] of them are appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And [some] of the sons of the priests are mixing the mixture for spices. ³¹ And Mattithiah, of the Levites (he [is] the first-born to Shallum the Korahite), [is] in office over the work of the pans. ³² And of the sons of the Kohathite, [some] of their brethren [are] over the bread of the arrangement, to prepare [it] sabbath by sabbath. ³³ And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, [are] free, for by day and by night [they are] over them in the work.

⁵ Of sons of Kohath:Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty. ⁶ Of sons of Merari:Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.

⁸ Of sons of Elizaphan:Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred. ⁹ Of sons of Hebron:Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty. ¹⁰ Of sons of Uzziel:Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.

¹⁷ And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah;" ¹⁸ and with them their brethren, the seconds [in rank], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;" ¹⁹ and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound, ²⁰ and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries besides virgins, ²¹ and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee.

⁷ Of the Gershonite:Laadan and Shimei. ⁸ Sons of Laadan:the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹ Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰ And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four. ¹¹ And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering. ¹² Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

¹² Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³ Sons of Amram:Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons--unto the eon, to make perfume before Yahweh, to serve Him, and to bless in His name--unto the eon.

¹⁸ Sons of Izhar:Shelomith the head. ¹⁹ Sons of Hebron:Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ Sons of Uzziel:Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second. ²¹ Sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli:Eleazar and Kish.

²¹ Sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli:Eleazar and Kish. ²² And Eleazar dies, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them. ²³ Sons of Mushi:Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

²⁸ for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of Elohim, ²⁹ and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;" ³⁰ and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Yahweh, and so at evening;" ³¹ and for all the burnt-offerings--burnt-offerings to Yahweh for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Yahweh. ³² And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

³² And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

¹ And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses:sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar,

²⁷ sons of Merari:of Jaaziah:Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸ For Mahli:Eleazar, who had no sons;" ²⁹ for Kish:sons of Kish:Jerahmeel. ³⁰ And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers,

³ Of Jeduthun:sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Yahweh. ⁴ Of Heman:sons of Heman:Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;"

¹ For the courses of the gatekeepers:of the Korhites [is] Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;" ² and to Meshelemiah [are] sons, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴ And to Obed-Edom [are] sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for Elohim has blessed him. ⁶ And to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they [are] mighty of valor. ⁷ Sons of Shemaiah [are] Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren [are] sons of valor, Elihu and Semachiah, ⁸ all these [are] of the sons of Obed-Edom; they, and their sons, and their brethren, men of valor with might for service, [are] sixty and two of Obed-Edom. ⁹ And to Meshelemiah [are] sons and brethren, sons of valor, eighteen;" ¹⁰ and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, [are] sons:Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father sets him for head), ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah [are] thirteen. ¹² According to these [are] the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones [are] charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Yahweh, ¹³ and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate. ¹⁴ And the lot falls eastward to Shelemiah; and [for] Zechariah his son--a counsellor with understanding--they cause to fall lots, and his lot goes out northward. ¹⁵ to Obed-Edom southward, and to his sons, the house of the gatherings;" ¹⁶ to Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate Shallecheth, in the highway, the ascent, charge over-against charge;" ¹⁷ to the east the Levites [are] six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two, ¹⁸ at Parbar, to the west, [are] four at the highway, two at Parbar. ¹⁹ These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari. ²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of Elohim, even for the treasures of the holy things.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of Elohim, even for the treasures of the holy things.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of Elohim, even for the treasures of the holy things.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of Elohim, even for the treasures of the holy things. ²¹ Sons of Laadan:sons of the Gershonite, of Laadan, heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite:Jehieli.

²¹ Sons of Laadan:sons of the Gershonite, of Laadan, heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite:Jehieli.

²¹ Sons of Laadan:sons of the Gershonite, of Laadan, heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite:Jehieli.

²¹ Sons of Laadan:sons of the Gershonite, of Laadan, heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite:Jehieli. ²² Sons of Jehieli:Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Yahweh,

²² Sons of Jehieli:Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Yahweh,

²² Sons of Jehieli:Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Yahweh,

²² Sons of Jehieli:Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Yahweh,

²² Sons of Jehieli:Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Yahweh, ²³ for the Amramite, for the Izharite, for the Hebronite, for the Uzzielite.

²³ for the Amramite, for the Izharite, for the Hebronite, for the Uzzielite.

²³ for the Amramite, for the Izharite, for the Hebronite, for the Uzzielite.

²³ for the Amramite, for the Izharite, for the Hebronite, for the Uzzielite. ²⁴ And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, [is] president over the treasures.

²⁴ And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, [is] president over the treasures.

²⁴ And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, [is] president over the treasures. ²⁵ And his brethren, of Eliezer, [are] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

²⁵ And his brethren, of Eliezer, [are] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. ²⁶ This Shelomith and his brethren [are] over all the treasures of the holy things, that David the king, and heads of the fathers, even heads of thousands, and of hundreds, and heads of the host, sanctified;"

²⁶ This Shelomith and his brethren [are] over all the treasures of the holy things, that David the king, and heads of the fathers, even heads of thousands, and of hundreds, and heads of the host, sanctified;"

²⁶ This Shelomith and his brethren [are] over all the treasures of the holy things, that David the king, and heads of the fathers, even heads of thousands, and of hundreds, and heads of the host, sanctified;" ²⁷ from the battles, even from the spoil they sanctified to strengthen the house of Yahweh;"

²⁷ from the battles, even from the spoil they sanctified to strengthen the house of Yahweh;" ²⁸ and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah sanctified, every one sanctifying [any thing--it is] by the side of Shelomith and his brethren.

²⁸ and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah sanctified, every one sanctifying [any thing--it is] by the side of Shelomith and his brethren. ²⁹ Of the Izharite, Chenaniah and his sons [are] for the outward work over Israel, for officers and for judges. ³⁰ Of the Hebronite, Hashabiah and his brethren, sons of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, [are] over the inspection of Israel, beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Yahweh, and for the service of the king. ³¹ Of the Hebronite, Jerijah [is] the head, of the Hebronite, according to his generations, for the fathers--in the fortieth year of the reign of David they have been sought out, and there are found among them mighty ones of valor, in Jazer of Gilead-. ³² and his brethren, sons of valor, two thousand and seven hundred, [are] heads of the fathers, and king David appoints them over the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, for every matter of Elohim and matter of the king.

¹⁶ And at his being strong his heart has been high unto destruction, and he trespasses against Yahweh his Elohim, and goes in unto the temple of Yahweh to make perfume upon the altar of perfume. ¹⁷ And Azariah the priest goes in after him, and with him priests of Yahweh eighty, sons of valor, ¹⁸ and they stand up against Uzziah the king, and say to him, `Not for you, O Uzziah, to make perfume to Yahweh, but for priests, sons of Aaron, who are sanctified to make perfume; go forth from the sanctuary, for you have trespassed, and [it is] not to you for honor from Yahweh Elohim.. ¹⁹ And Uzziah is wroth, and in his hand [is] a censer to make perfume, and in his being wroth with the priests--the leprosy has risen in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Yahweh, from beside the altar of perfume. ²⁰ And Azariah the head priest looks unto him, and all the priests, and lo, he [is] leprous in his forehead, and they hasten him thence, and also he himself has hastened to go out, for Yahweh has plagued him. ²¹ And Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death, and inhabits a separate house--a leper, for he has been cut off from the house of Yahweh, and Jotham his son [is] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

² And Hezekiah appoints the courses of the priests, and of the Levites, by their courses, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of Yahweh.

¹¹ And Hezekiah said to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh, and they prepare, ¹² and they bring in the heave-offering, and the tithe, and the holy things faithfully; and over them is a leader, Conaniah the Levite, and Shimei his brother [is] second;" ¹³ and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [are] inspectors under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah leader of the house of Elohim. ¹⁴ And Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, [is] over the willing-offerings of Elohim, to give the heave-offering of Yahweh, and the most holy things. ¹⁵ And by his hand [are] Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brethren in courses, as the great so the small, ¹⁶ apart from their genealogy, to males from a son of three years and upward, to every one who has gone in to the house of Yahweh, by the matter of a day in its day, for their service in their charges, according to their courses;" ¹⁷ and the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites, from a son of twenty years and upward, in their charges, in their courses;" ¹⁸ and to the genealogy among all their infants, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters to all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctify themselves in holiness.

²⁴ From the priests' chiefs I then separated twelve, namely Sherebiah and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers. ²⁵ To them I weighed out the silver, the gold and the vessels--the heave offering for the House of our Elohim--that the king and his counselors and his chiefs and all of Israel who were available had donated. ²⁶ Thus I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, a hundred silver vessels valued at ... {Either Hb numeral dropped out or "talentsshould be read as a dual.} talents, a hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ twenty small bowls of gold valued at a thousand darics, and two vessels of good glistening copper, desirable as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them:You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to Yahweh Elohim of your fathers. ²⁹ Be alert and guard them until you weigh them out in the rooms of the House of Yahweh before the priests' chiefs and the Levites and the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem. ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem to the House of our Elohim.

¹ And the heads of the people dwell in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people have caused to fall lots to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the cities, ² and the people give a blessing to all the men who are offering themselves willingly to dwell in Jerusalem. ³ And these [are] heads of the province who have dwelt in Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, they have dwelt each in his possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon. ⁴ And in Jerusalem have dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah:Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez;" ⁵ and Masseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of Shiloni;" ⁶ all the sons of Perez who are dwelling in Jerusalem [are] four hundred sixty and eight, men of valor. ⁷ And these [are] sons of Benjamin:Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jesaiah;" ⁸ and after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. ⁹ And Joel son of Zichri [is] inspector over them, and Judah son of Senuah [is] over the city--second. ¹⁰ Of the priests:Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, leader of the house of Elohim, ¹² and their brethren doing the work of the house [are] eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchiah,

¹ And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³ Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴ Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, ⁵ Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. ⁸ And the Levites [are] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brethren, ⁹ and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [are] over-against them in charges. ¹⁰ And Jeshua has begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim has begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib has begotten Joiada, ¹¹ and Joiada has begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan has begotten Jaddua. ¹² And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;" ¹³ of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;" ¹⁴ of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;" ¹⁵ of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;" ¹⁶ of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;" ¹⁷ of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;" ¹⁸ of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;" ¹⁹ and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;" ²⁰ of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;" ²¹ of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. ²² The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian. ²³ Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;" ²⁴ and heads of the Levites:Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, [are] over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of Elohim, charge over-against charge. ²⁵ Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates. ²⁶ These [are] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

⁶ Yahweh, He shall recount in the list of the peoples:This one was born there. {Interlude{ "

¹⁷ I love those who love me, And those who seek me early find me."

³ And it comes that the remnant in Zion, and the rest in Jerusalem, are being termed holy for Him, all those written as living in Jerusalem."

¹¹ Withdraw! Withdraw! Forth from there! The unclean you must not touch! Forth from her midst! Be pure, you bearers of the vessels of Yahweh!"

² `Go, and you have called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Yahweh:I have remembered for you The kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, Your going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown."

³ From afar Yahweh has appeared to me, With love eonian I have loved you, Therefore I have drawn you [with] kindness."

⁸ and you have not kept the charge of My holy things, and you set [them] for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you."

³⁰ And the first of all the first-fruits of all, and every heave-offering of all, of all your heave-offerings, are the priests':and the first of your dough you give to the priest, to cause a blessing to rest on your house."

¹² And, the shekel [is] twenty gerah:twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels--is your maneh."

⁴ And you shall know that I send to you this instruction to become My covenant with Levi, says Yahweh of hosts."

⁴ Remember the law of Moses, My servant, which I instruct him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and judgments."

¹ The scroll of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.

¹⁴ Yet what a cramped gate and narrowed way is the one leading away into life, and few are those who are finding it."

²⁸ even as the Son of Mankind came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many."

¹⁴ Yet, perceiving it, Jesus resents it, and said to them, "Let the little children be coming to Me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God."

³⁴ It is as a man, a traveler, leaving his home and giving his slaves authority, and to each his work, and he directs the doorkeeper that he may be watching."

²³ (according as it is written in the law of the Lord, that every male opening up the matrix shall be called holy to the Lord),

²⁰ However, in this be not rejoicing, that the spirits are subject to you, yet be rejoicing that your names are engraven in the heavens."

³ Now, brethren, pick out seven attested men from among you, full of the spirit and of wisdom, whom we will place over this need." ⁴ Yet we shall be persevering in prayer and the dispensation of the word."

³³ I covet no one's silver or gold or vesture."

⁶ Now, having graces excelling, in accord with the grace which is given to us, whether prophecy, exercise it in accord with the analogy of the faith;" ⁷ or dispensing, in the dispensation; or the teacher, in teaching;"

⁷ or dispensing, in the dispensation; or the teacher, in teaching;" ⁸ or the entreater, in entreaty; the sharer, with generosity; the presider, with diligence; the merciful one, with glee."

¹² If others are partaking of this right from you, are not rather we? Nevertheless we do not use this right, but we are forgoing all, lest we may be giving any hindrance to the evangel of Christ"

¹⁹ Consequently, then, no longer are you guests and sojourners, but are fellow-citizens of the saints and belong to God's family,

⁸ Wherefore He is saying, Ascending on high, He captures captivity And gives gifts to mankind."

¹¹ And the same One gives these, indeed, as apostles, yet these as prophets, yet these as evangelists, yet these as pastors and teachers,

³ Yes, I am asking you also, genuine yokefellow, be aiding them, these women who compete together with me in the evangel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the scroll of life."

¹⁷ And say to Archippus: "Look to the service which you accepted in the Lord, that you may be fulfilling it."

¹⁸ This charge I am committing to you, child Timothy, according to the preceding prophecies over you, that in them you may be warring the ideal warfare,

⁵ For there is one God, and one Mediator of God and mankind, a Man, Christ Jesus, ⁶ Who is giving Himself a correspondent Ransom for all (the testimony in its own eras),

⁶ Who is giving Himself a correspondent Ransom for all (the testimony in its own eras),

¹⁵ On these things meditate. In these be, that your progress may be apparent to all." ¹⁶ Attend to yourself and to the teaching. Be persisting in them, for in doing this you will save yourself as well as those hearing you."

¹⁹ Howbeit, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: The Lord knew those who are His, and, Let everyone who is naming the name of the Lord withdraw from injustice. "

¹⁵ and that from a babe you are acquainted with the sacred scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ Who gives Himself for us, that He should be redeeming us from all lawlessness and be cleansing for Himself a people to be about Him, zealous for ideal acts."

²⁸ For the law is appointing men chief priests who have infirmity, yet the word sworn in the oath which is after the law, appoints the Son, perfected, for the eon."

⁴ Indeed, then, if He were on earth He would not even be a priest, there being those who offer approach presents according to the law"

¹² not even through the blood of he-goats and calves, but through His own blood, entered once for all time into the holy places, finding eonian redemption."

¹⁹ Having then, brethren, boldness for the entrance of the holy places by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a recently slain and living way which He dedicates for us, through the curtain, that is, His flesh, ²¹ and a great Priest over the house of God, ²² we may be approaching with a true heart, in the assurance of faith, with hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience, and a body bathed in clean water."

²³ to a universal convocation, and to the ecclesia of the firstborn, registered in the heavens, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the just perfected,

¹⁸ being aware that not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, were you ransomed from your vain behavior, handed down by tradition from the fathers,

¹⁸ seeing that Christ also, for our sakes, once died concerning sins, the just for the sake of the unjust, that He may be leading us to God; being put to death, indeed, in flesh, yet vivified in spirit,

² Shepherd the flocklet of God among you, supervising, not of compulsion, but voluntarily, according to God; nor yet avariciously, but eagerly;"

⁵ '"The one who is conquering, he shall be clothed in white garments, and under no circumstances will I be erasing his name from the scroll of life, and I will be avowing his name in front of My Father and before His messengers."

⁴ These are they who were not polluted with women, for they are celibates. These are those who are following the Lambkin wherever It should be going. These are bought from mankind, a firstfruit to God and the Lambkin."