Numbers 3 Cross References - DouayRheims

¹ These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai. ² And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. ³ These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood. ⁴ Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father. ⁵ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ⁶ Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch, ⁷ And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony, ⁸ And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof. ⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift, ¹⁰ To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to minister, shall be put to death. ¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ¹² I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. ¹³ For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the Lord. ¹⁴ And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying: ¹⁵ Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward. ¹⁶ Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded. ¹⁷ And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath Merari. ¹⁸ The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei. ¹⁹ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel: ²⁰ The sons of Merari, Moholi and Musi. ²¹ Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites: ²² Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred. ²³ These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west, ²⁴ Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant: ²⁶ The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof, the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the curtains of the court: the hanging also that is hanged in the entry of the court of the tabernacle, and whatsoever belongeth to the rite of the altar, the cords of the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof. ²⁷ Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names: ²⁸ All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary, ²⁹ And shall camp on the south side. ³⁰ And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel: ³¹ And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind. ³² And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary. ³³ And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by their names: ³⁴ All of the male kind from one month and upward, six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ Their prince Suriel the son of Abihaiel: their shall camp on the north side. ³⁶ Under their custody shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the pillars and their sockets, and all things that pertain to this kind of service: ³⁷ And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets, and the pins with their cords. ³⁸ Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death. ³⁹ All the Levites, that I Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their f families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel: ⁴² Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel: ⁴³ And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁴ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ⁴⁵ Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites, ⁴⁷ Thou shalt take five sicles for every bead, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols. ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above. ⁴⁹ Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites, ⁵⁰ For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary, ⁵¹ And gave it to Aaron and his sons according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.

⁴ These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:

¹ This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.

¹ These are the generations of the sons of Noe: Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and unto them sons were born after the flood.

²¹ And the sons of Israel did as they were bid. And Joseph gave them wagons according to Pharao's commandment: and provisions for the way.

¹¹ The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath, and Merari.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty- seven.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty- seven. ¹⁷ The sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei, by their kindreds. ¹⁸ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron and Oziel. And the years of Caath's life, were a hundred and thirty-three.

¹⁸ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron and Oziel. And the years of Caath's life, were a hundred and thirty-three. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. These are the kindreds of Levi by their families.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. These are the kindreds of Levi by their families. ²⁰ And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt by the father's side: and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life, were a hundred and thirty-seven.

²³ And Aaron took to wife Elizabeth the daughter of Aminadab, sister of Nahason, who bore him Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁷ These are they that speak to Pharao, king of Egypt, in order to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron,

²⁹ And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison, and all the firstborn of cattle. ³⁰ And Pharao arose in the night, and all his servants, and all Egypt: and there arose a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house wherein there lay not one dead.

² Sanctify unto me every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are all mine.

¹² Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord. ¹³ The firstborn of an ass thou shalt change for a sheep: and if thou do not redeem it, thou shalt kill it. And every firstborn of men thou shalt redeem with a price.

¹⁵ For when Pharao was hardened, and would not let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

²⁹ Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy firstfruits: thou shalt give the firstborn of thy sons to me.

⁵ And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. ⁶ Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls; and the rest he poured upon the altar.

⁹ According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it: ¹⁰ Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half; the breadth, a cubit and a half; the height, likewise, a cubit and a half. ¹¹ And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, within and without; and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about: ¹² And four golden rings, which thou shalt put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other. ¹³ Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them: ¹⁵ And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them. ¹⁶ And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee. ¹⁷ Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half. ¹⁸ Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle. ¹⁹ Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other. ²⁰ Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to to be covered. ²¹ In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee. ²² Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee. ²³ Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height. ²⁴ And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about. ²⁵ And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high; and over the same another little golden crown. ²⁶ Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table, over each foot. ²⁷ Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried. ²⁸ The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, to bear up the table. ²⁹ Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered, of the purest gold. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always. ³¹ Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it. ³² Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of one side, and three out of the other. ³³ Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily: and three cups likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft: ³⁴ And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one bowls and lilies. ³⁵ Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six, coming forth out of one shaft. ³⁶ And both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold. ³⁷ Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt set them upon the candlestick, to give light over against. ³⁸ The snuffers also, and where the snuffings shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold. ³⁹ The whole weight of the candlestick, with all the furniture thereof, shall be a talent of the purest gold. ⁴⁰ Look, and make it according to the pattern that was shewn thee in the mount.

¹ And thou shalt make the tabernacle in this manner: Thou shalt make ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, diversified with embroidery. ² The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits; the breadth shall be four cubits. All the curtains shall be of one measure. ³ Five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five shall be coupled together in like manner. ⁴ Thou shalt make loops of violet in the sides and tops of the curtains, that they may be joined one to another. ⁵ Every curtain shall have fifty loops on both sides, so set on, that one loop may be against another loop, and one may be fitted to the other. ⁶ Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold, wherewith the veils of the curtains are to be joined, that it may be made one tabernacle. ⁷ Thou shalt make also eleven curtains of goats' hair, to cover the top of the tabernacle. ⁸ The length of one hair-curtain shall be thirty cubits; and the breadth, four: the measure of all the curtains shall be equal. ⁹ Five of which thou shalt couple by themselves, and the six others thou shalt couple one to another, so as to double the sixth curtain in the front of the roof. ¹⁰ Thou shalt make also fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, that it may be joined with the other: and fifty loops in the edge of the other curtain, that it may be coupled with its fellow. ¹¹ Thou shalt make also fifty buckles of brass, wherewith the loops may be joined, that of all there may be made one covering. ¹² And that which shall remain of the curtains, that are prepared for the roof, to wit, one curtain that is over and above, with the half thereof thou shalt cover the back parts of the tabernacle. ¹³ And there shall hang down a cubit on the one side, and another on the other side, which is over and above in the length of the curtains, fencing both sides of the tabernacle. ¹⁴ Thou shalt make also another cover to the roof of rams' skins dyed red: and over that again another cover of violet coloured skins. ¹⁵ Thou shalt make also the boards of the tabernacle standing upright of setim wood. ¹⁶ Let every one of them be ten cubits in length, and in breadth one cubit and a half. ¹⁷ In the sides of the boards shall be made two mortises, whereby one board may be joined to another board: and after this manner shall all the boards be prepared. ¹⁸ Of which twenty shall be in the south side southward. ¹⁹ For which thou shalt cast forty sockets of silver, that under every board may be put two sockets at the two corners. ²⁰ In the second side also of the tabernacle that looketh to the north, there shall be twenty boards, ²¹ Having forty sockets of silver, two sockets shall be put under each board. ²² But on the west side of the tabernacle thou shalt make six boards. ²³ And again other two which shall be erected in the corners at the back of the tabernacle. ²⁴ And they shall be joined together from beneath unto the top, and one joint shall hold them all. The like joining shall be observed for the two boards also that are to be put in the corners. ²⁵ And they shall be in all eight boards, and their silver sockets sixteen, reckoning two sockets for each board. ²⁶ Thou shalt make also five bars of setim wood, to hold together the boards on one side of the tabernacle. ²⁷ And five others on the other side, and as many at the west side: ²⁸ And they shall be put along by the midst of the boards, from one end to the other. ²⁹ The boards also themselves thou shalt overlay with gold, and shalt cast rings of gold to be set upon them, for places for the bars to hold together the boardwork: which bars thou shalt cover with plates of gold.

³¹ Thou shalt make also a veil of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidered work and goodly variety: ³² And thou shalt hang it up before four pillars of setim wood, which themselves also shall be overlaid with gold, and shall have heads of gold, but sockets of silver.

³² And thou shalt hang it up before four pillars of setim wood, which themselves also shall be overlaid with gold, and shall have heads of gold, but sockets of silver. ³³ And the veil shall be hanged on with rings, and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimony, and the sanctuary and the holy of the holies shall be divided with it.

³⁶ Thou shalt make also a hanging in the entrance of the tabernacle of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen with embroidered work. ³⁷ And thou shalt overlay with gold five pillars of setim wood, before which the hanging shall be drawn: their heads shall be of gold, and the sockets of brass.

³⁷ And thou shalt overlay with gold five pillars of setim wood, before which the hanging shall be drawn: their heads shall be of gold, and the sockets of brass.

¹ Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long, and as many broad, that is four square, and three cubits high. ² And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass. ³ And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass. ⁴ And a grate of brass in manner of a net; at the four corners of which, shall be four rings of brass, ⁵ Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar. ⁶ Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar, of setim wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of brass: ⁷ And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it. ⁸ Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount. ⁹ Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side.

⁹ Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side. ¹⁰ And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which, with their engraving, shall be of silver.

¹⁰ And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which, with their engraving, shall be of silver. ¹¹ In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver.

¹¹ In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver. ¹² But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets.

¹² But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets. ¹³ In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits.

¹³ In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ In which there shall be for one side, hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets.

¹⁴ In which there shall be for one side, hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets. ¹⁵ And in the other side, there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars, and as many sockets.

¹⁵ And in the other side, there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars, and as many sockets. ¹⁶ And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars, with as many sockets.

¹⁶ And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars, with as many sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads, and sockets of brass. ¹⁸ In length the court shall take up a hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the height shall be of five cubits, and it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and shall have sockets of brass. ¹⁹ All the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies, and the pins both of it and of the court, thou shalt make of brass.

¹ Take unto thee also Aaron thy brother with his sons, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister to me in the priest's office: Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁴¹ And with all these things thou shalt vest Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

¹ And thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish, ² And unleavened bread, and a cake without leaven, tempered with oil, wafers also unleavened, anointed with oil: thou shalt make them all of wheaten flour. ³ And thou shalt put them in a basket, and offer them: and the calf and the two rams. ⁴ And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. And when thou hast washed the father and his sons with water, ⁵ Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vestments, that is, with the linen garment and the tunic, and the ephod and the rational, which thou shalt gird with the girdle. ⁶ And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre, ⁷ And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated. ⁸ Thou shalt bring his sons also, and shalt put on them the linen tunics, and gird them with a girdle: ⁹ To wit, Aaron and his children, and thou shalt put mitres upon them; and they shall be priests to me by a perpetual ordinance. After thou shalt have consecrated their hands,

⁹ To wit, Aaron and his children, and thou shalt put mitres upon them; and they shall be priests to me by a perpetual ordinance. After thou shalt have consecrated their hands, ¹⁰ Thou shalt present also the calf before the tabernacle of the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon his head, ¹¹ And thou shalt kill him in the sight of the Lord, beside the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹² And taking some of the blood of the calf, thou shalt put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and the rest of the blood thou shalt pour at the bottom thereof. ¹³ Thou shalt take also all the fat that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt offer a burn offering upon the altar: ¹⁴ But the flesh of the calf, and the hide and the dung, thou shalt burn abroad, without the camp, because it is for sin. ¹⁵ Thou shalt take also one ram, upon the head whereof Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands. ¹⁶ And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar. ¹⁷ And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and having washed his entrails and feet, thou shalt put them upon the flesh that is cut in pieces, and upon his head. ¹⁸ And thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt offering upon the altar: it is an oblation to the Lord, a most sweet savour of the victim of the Lord. ¹⁹ Thou shalt take also the other ram, upon whose head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands. ²⁰ And when thou hast sacrificed him, thou shalt take of his blood, and put upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumbs and great toes of their right hand and foot, and thou shalt pour the blood upon the altar round about. ²¹ And when thou hast taken of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the oil of unction, thou shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture, his sons and their vestments. And after they and their vestments are consecrated, ²² Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because it is the ram of consecration: ²³ And one roll of bread, a cake tempered with oil, a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread, which is set in the sight of the Lord: ²⁴ And thou shalt put all upon the hands of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt sanctify them elevating before the Lord. ²⁵ And thou shalt take all from their hands; and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation. ²⁶ Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated, and elevating it thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord, and it shall fall to thy share. ²⁷ And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram, ²⁸ Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons, and they shall fall to Aaron's share, and his sons', by a perpetual right from the children of Israel: because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace victims which they offer to the Lord. ²⁹ And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use, his sons shall have after him, that they may be anointed, and their hands consecrated in it. ³⁰ He of his sons that shall be appointed high priest in his stead, and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary, shall wear it seven days. ³¹ And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place: ³² And Aaron and his sons shall eat it. The loaves also, that are in the basket, they shall eat in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, ³³ That it may be an atoning sacrifice, and the hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A stranger shall not eat of them, because they are holy. ³⁴ And if there remain of the consecrated flesh, or of the bread, till the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: they shall not be eaten, because they are sanctified. ³⁵ All that I have commanded thee, thou shalt do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven days shalt thou consecrate their hands: ³⁶ And thou shalt offer a calf for sin every day for expiation. And thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast offered the victim of expiation, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. ³⁷ Seven days shalt thou expiate the altar and sanctify it, and it shall be most holy. Every one, that shall touch it, shall be holy.

¹ Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood. ² It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square, and two in height. Horns shall go out of the same. ³ And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about, and the horns. And thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about, ⁴ And two golden rings under the crown on either side, that the bars may be put into them, and the altar be carried. ⁵ And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt set the altar over against the veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered, where I will speak to thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it: ⁸ And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations. ⁹ You shall not offer upon it incense of another composition, nor oblation, and victim, neither shall you offer libations. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin; and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

¹³ And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Juda, ³ And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in all manner of work, ⁴ To devise whatsoever may be artificially made of gold, and silver, and brass, ⁵ Of marble, and precious stones, and variety of wood. ⁶ And I have given him for his companion Ooliab, the son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilful man, that they may make all things which I have commanded thee, ⁷ The tabernacle of the covenant, and the ark of the testimony, and the propitiatory, that is over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle, ⁸ And the table and the vessels thereof, the most pure candlestick with the vessels thereof, and the altars of incense, ⁹ And of holocaust, and all their vessels, the laver with its foot, ¹⁰ The holy vestments in the ministry for Aaron the priest, and for his sons, that they may execute their office, about the sacred things: ¹¹ The oil of unction, and the incense of spices in the sanctuary, all things which I have commanded thee, shall they make. ¹² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ¹³ Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: See that you keep my sabbath; because it is a sign between me and you in your generations that you may know that I am the Lord, who sanctify you. ¹⁴ keep you my sabbath: for it is holy unto you: he that shall profane it, shall be put to death: he that shall do any work in it, his soul shall perish out of the midst of his people. ¹⁵ Six days shall you do work: in the seventh day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord. Every one that shall do any work on this day, shall die. ¹⁶ Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant ¹⁷ Between me and the children of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work. ¹⁸ And the Lord, when he had ended these words in Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.

²⁶ Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side, let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him: ²⁷ And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour. ²⁸ And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men. ²⁹ And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.

¹⁹ All of the male kind that openeth the womb, shall be mine. Of all beasts; both of oxen and of sheep, it shall be mine.

¹¹ To wit, the tabernacle, and the roof thereof, and the cover, the rings, and the board-work with the bars, the pillars and the sockets:

¹⁸ The pins of the tabernacle, and of the court, with their little cords:

⁸ And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering: ⁹ The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size. ¹⁰ And he joined five curtains, one to another, and the other five he coupled one to another. ¹¹ He made also loops of violet in the edge of one curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner, ¹² That the loops might meet one against another, and might be joined each with the other. ¹³ Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle. ¹⁴ He made also eleven curtains of goats' hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle: ¹⁵ One curtain was thirty cubits long, and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure. ¹⁶ Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another. ¹⁸ And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering. ¹⁹ He made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams' skins dyed red; and another cover over that of violet skins. ²⁰ He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing. ²¹ The length of one board was ten cubits; and the breadth was one cubit and a half. ²² There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle. ²³ Of which twenty were at the south side southward, ²⁴ With forty sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners. ²⁵ At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh towards the north, he made twenty boards, ²⁶ With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board. ²⁷ But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he made six boards, ²⁸ And two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind: ²⁹ Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners: ³⁰ So there were in all eight boards, and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board. ³¹ He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle, ³² And five others to join together the boards of the other side; and besides these, five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards the sea. ³³ He made also another bar, that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to corner. ³⁴ And the boards themselves he overlaid with gold casting for them sockets of silver. And their rings he made of gold, through which the bars might be drawn: and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold. ³⁵ He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery: ³⁶ And four pillars of setim wood, which with their heads he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver.

³⁶ And four pillars of setim wood, which with their heads he overlaid with gold, casting for them sockets of silver. ³⁷ He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer. ³⁸ And five pillars with their heads, which he covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of brass.

¹ And Beseleel made also, the ark of setim wood: it was two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth, and the height was of one cubit and a half: and he overlaid it with the purest gold within and without. ² And he made to it a crown of gold round about, ³ Casting four rings of gold at the four corners thereof: two rings in one side, and two in the other. ⁴ And he made bars of setim wood, which he overlaid with gold, ⁵ And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it. ⁶ He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth. ⁷ Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory:

¹ He made also the altar of holocaust of setim wood, five cubits square, and three in height: ² The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass. ³ And for the uses thereof, he prepared divers vessels of brass, cauldrons, tongs, fleshhooks, pothooks and firepans. ⁴ And he made the grate thereof of brass, in manner of a net, and under it in the midst of the altar a hearth, ⁵ Casting four rings at the four ends of the net at the top, to put in bars to carry it: ⁶ And he made the bars of setim wood, and overlaid them with plates of brass: ⁷ And he drew them through the rines that stood out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty within.

⁹ He made also the court, in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits. ¹⁰ Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets, the beads of the pillars, and the whole graving of the work, of silver. ¹¹ In like manner at the north side the hangings, the pillars, and the sockets and heads of the pillars were of the same measure, and work and metal. ¹² But on that side that looketh to the west, there were hangings of fifty cubits, ten pillars of brass with their sockets, and the heads of the pillars, and all the graving of the work, of silver. ¹³ Moreover, towards the east he prepared hangings of fifty cubits: ¹⁴ Fifteen cubits of which, were on one side with three pillars, and their sockets: ¹⁵ And on the other side (for between the two he made the entry of the tabernacle) there were hangings equally of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets. ¹⁶ All the hangings of the court were woven with twisted linen. ¹⁷ The sockets of the pillars were of brass, and their heads with all their gravings of silver: and he overlaid the pillars of the court also with silver. ¹⁸ And he made in the entry thereof an embroidered hanging of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, that was twenty cubits long, and five cubits high, according to the measnre of all the hangings of the court. ¹⁹ And the pillars in the entry were four, with sockets of brass, and their heads and gravings of silver. ²⁰ The pins also of the tabernacle and of the court round about he made of brass.

³³ The cover of rams' skins dyed red, and the other cover of violet skins,

³³ The cover of rams' skins dyed red, and the other cover of violet skins, ³⁴ The veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory, ³⁵ The table, with the vessels thereof, and the loaves of proposition: ³⁶ The candlestick, the lamps, and the furniture of them, with the oil: ³⁷ The altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of spices: ³⁸ And the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle: ³⁹ The altar of brass, the grate, the bars, and all the vessels thereof: the laver, with the foot thereof: the hangings of the court, and the pillars, with their sockets: ⁴⁰ The hanging in the entry of the court, and the little cords, and the pins thereof. Nothing was wanting of the vessels, that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle, and for the roof of the covenant. ⁴¹ The vestments also, which the priests, to wit, Aaron and his sons, use in the sanctuary, ⁴² The children of Israel offered, as the Lord had commanded.

² The first month, the first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony, ³ And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it: ⁴ And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps, ⁵ And the altar of gold, whereon the incense is burnt before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle, ⁶ And before it the altar of holocaust. ⁷ The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water. ⁸ And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof. ⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified: ¹⁰ The altar of holocaust and all its vessels: ¹¹ The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy. ¹² And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water, ¹³ Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.

¹³ Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood. ¹⁴ (SEE 40:13) ¹⁵ (SEE 40:13)

¹⁵ (SEE 40:13) ^{16 (40:14)} And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

^{19 (40:17)} And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.

^{28 (40:26)} And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,

^{30 (40:28)} And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² Take Aaron with his sons, their vestments, and the oil of unction: a calf for sin, two rams, a basket with unleavened bread. ³ And thou shalt gather together all the congregation to the door of the tabernacle. ⁴ And Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And all the multitude being gathered together before the door of the tabernacle: ⁵ He said: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded to be done. ⁶ And immediately, he offered Aaron and his sons. And when he had washed them, ⁷ He vested the high priest with the strait linen garment, girding him with the girdle, and putting on him the violet tunick: and over it he put the ephod. ⁸ And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to the rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth. ⁹ He put also the mitre upon his head: and upon the mitre over the forehead, he put the plate of gold, consecrated with sanctification, as the Lord had commanded him.

¹² And he poured it upon Aaron's head: and he anointed and consecrated him.

³⁰ And taking the ointment, and the blood that was upon the altar, he sprinkled Aaron, and his vestments, and his sons, and their vestments with it.

¹ And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of Aaron, taking their censers, put fire therein, and incense on it, offering before the Lord strange fire: which was not commanded them. ² And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them: and they died before the Lord.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

⁶ From one month until the fifth year, for a male shall be given five sicles: for a female three.

²⁵ All estimation shall be made according to the sicle of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols. ²⁶ The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord's.

³⁴ These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

²¹ Were forty-six thousand five hundred.

⁴⁷ But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.

⁴⁹ Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel: ⁵⁰ But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

⁵⁰ But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. ⁵¹ When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain.

⁵¹ When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain. ⁵² And the children of Israel shall camp every man by his troops and bands and army. ⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

³ On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons; shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

⁹ All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their troops shall march first. ¹⁰ In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur: ¹¹ And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

¹⁷ And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it be taken down. Every one shall march according to their places, and ranks.

²⁵ On the north side camped the sons of Dan: whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai.

³³ And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁷ And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

⁷ And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony, ⁸ And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.

¹⁰ To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to minister, shall be put to death.

¹² I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

¹⁵ Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward.

¹⁹ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel: ²⁰ The sons of Merari, Moholi and Musi. ²¹ Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites: ²² Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred. ²³ These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,

²⁷ Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names: ²⁸ All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,

²⁸ All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary, ²⁹ And shall camp on the south side.

²⁹ And shall camp on the south side.

³¹ And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind. ³² And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary. ³³ And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by their names: ³⁴ All of the male kind from one month and upward, six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ Their prince Suriel the son of Abihaiel: their shall camp on the north side.

³⁸ Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death. ³⁹ All the Levites, that I Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their f families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

³⁹ All the Levites, that I Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their f families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them.

⁴⁰ And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:

⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:

⁴³ And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

⁴⁵ Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites, ⁴⁷ Thou shalt take five sicles for every bead, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols. ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above.

⁵⁰ For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary, ⁵¹ And gave it to Aaron and his sons according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.

⁴ This is the service of the sons of Caath: ⁵ When the camp is; to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall go into the tabernacle of the covenant, and the holy of holies, and shall take down the veil that hangeth before the door, and shall wrap up the ark of the testimony in it, ⁶ And shall cover it again with a cover of violet skins, and shall spread over it a cloth all of violet, and shall put in the bars. ⁷ They shall wrap up also the table of proposition in a cloth of violet, and shall put with it the censers and little mortars, the cups and bowls to pour out the libations: the loaves shall be always on it: ⁸ And they shall spread over it a cloth of scarlet, which again they shall cover with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars. ⁹ They shall take also a cloth of violet wherewith they shall cover the candlestick with the lamps and tongs thereof and the snuffers and all the oil vessels, which are necessary for the dressing of the lamps: ¹⁰ And over all they shall put a cover of violet skins and put in the bars. ¹¹ And they shall wrap up the golden altar also in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars. ¹² All the vessels wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, they shall wrap up in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars. ¹³ They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth, ¹⁴ And shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the ministry thereof, that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and forks, pothooks and shovels. They shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp, then shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things wrapped up: and they shall not touch the vessels of the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Caath: in the tabernacle of the covenant:

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp, then shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things wrapped up: and they shall not touch the vessels of the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Caath: in the tabernacle of the covenant: ¹⁶ And over them shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, to whose charge pertaineth the oil to dress the lamps, and the sweet incense, and the sacrifice, that is always offered, and the oil of unction, and whatsoever pertaineth to the service of the tabernacle, and of all the vessels that are in the sanctuary.

¹⁶ And over them shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, to whose charge pertaineth the oil to dress the lamps, and the sweet incense, and the sacrifice, that is always offered, and the oil of unction, and whatsoever pertaineth to the service of the tabernacle, and of all the vessels that are in the sanctuary.

²⁴ This is the office of the family of the Gersonites: ²⁵ To carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and the violet covering over all, and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the covenant, ²⁶ The curtains of the court, and the veil in the entry that is before tabernacle. All things that pertain to the altar, the cords and the vessels of the ministry, ²⁷ The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the commandment of Aaron and his sons: and each man shall know to what burden he must be assigned.

²⁷ The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the commandment of Aaron and his sons: and each man shall know to what burden he must be assigned. ²⁸ This is the service of the family of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁸ This is the service of the family of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers, ³⁰ From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their ministry, and to the service of the covenant of the testimony. ³¹ These are their burdens: They shall carry the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof, the pillars and their sockets, ³² The pillars also of the court round about, with their sockets and pins and cords. They shall receive by account all the vessels and furniture, and so shall carry them. ³³ This is the office of the family of the Merarites, and their ministry in the tabernacle of the covenant: and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³³ This is the office of the family of the Merarites, and their ministry in the tabernacle of the covenant: and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³⁵ From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the ministry of the tabernacle of the covenant: ³⁶ And they were found two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ This is the number of the people of Caath that go in to the tabernacle of the covenant: these did Moses and Aaron number according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. ³⁸ The sons of Gerson also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers, ³⁹ From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant: ⁴⁰ And they were found two thousand six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ This is the people of the Gersonites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

⁴⁵ This is the number of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron reckoned up according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁷ From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old, that go into the ministry of the tabernacle, and to carry the burdens, ⁴⁸ Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty. ⁴⁹ Moses reckoned them up according to the word of the Lord, every one according to their office and burdens, as the Lord had commanded him.

⁷ Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gerson, according to their necessity. ⁸ The other four wagons, and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their offices and service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁶ Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them, ⁷ According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed, ⁸ They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering: ⁹ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel: ¹⁰ And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them: ¹¹ And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry.

¹¹ And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry. ¹² The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them. ¹³ And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord, ¹⁴ And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine. ¹⁵ And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.

¹⁵ And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel. ¹⁶ I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,

¹⁶ I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,

¹⁶ I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel, ¹⁷ For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself:

¹⁷ For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself: ¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel: ¹⁹ And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.

¹⁹ And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary. ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses ²¹ And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them, ²² That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses touching the Levites, so was it done. ²³ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²⁴ This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. ²⁵ And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve: ²⁶ And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.

¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it.

²¹ Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they came to the place of setting it up.

⁵ And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb, ⁶ And for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of flour of two tenths, which shall be tempered with the third part of a hin of oil: ⁷ And he shall offer the third part the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord. ⁸ But when thou offerest a holocaust or sacrifice of oxen, to fulfil thy vow or for victims of peace offerings, ⁹ Thou shalt give for every ox three tenths of flour tempered with half a hin of oil, ¹⁰ And wine for libations of the same measure, for an offering of most sweet savour to the Lord. ¹¹ Thus shalt thou do ¹² For every ox and ram and lamb and kid. ¹³ Both they that are born in the land, and the strangers ¹⁴ Shall offer sacrifices after the same rite. ¹⁵ There shall be all one law and judgment both for you and for them who are strangers in the land. ¹⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ¹⁷ Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: ¹⁸ When you are come into the land which I will give you, ¹⁹ And shall eat of the bread of that country, you shall separate firstfruits to the Lord, ²⁰ Of the things you eat. As you separate firstfruits of your barnfloors: ²¹ So also shall you give firstfruits of your dough to the Lord. ²² And if through ignorance you omit any of these things, which the Lord hath spoken to Moses, ²³ And by him hath commanded you from the day that he began to command and thenceforward,

⁹ Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him? ¹⁰ Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also, ¹¹ And that all thy company should stand against the Lord? for what is Aaron that you murmur against him?

¹⁵ Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.

³⁵ And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

⁴⁰ That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.

¹ And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood.

¹ And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood. ² And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father, and let them be ready in hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.

² And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father, and let them be ready in hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony. ³ And the Levites shall watch to do thy commands, and about all the works of the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the altar, lest both they die, and you also perish with them.

³ And the Levites shall watch to do thy commands, and about all the works of the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the altar, lest both they die, and you also perish with them.

³ And the Levites shall watch to do thy commands, and about all the works of the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the altar, lest both they die, and you also perish with them. ⁴ But let them be with thee, and watch in the charge of the tabernacle, and in all the ceremonies thereof. A stranger shall not join himself with you.

⁴ But let them be with thee, and watch in the charge of the tabernacle, and in all the ceremonies thereof. A stranger shall not join himself with you. ⁵ Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel.

⁵ Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel. ⁶ I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle.

⁶ I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle. ⁷ But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.

⁷ But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.

¹⁵ Whatsoever is firstborn of all flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether it be of men, or of beasts, shall belong to thee: only for the firstborn of man thou shalt take a price, and every beast that is unclean thou shalt cause to be redeemed,

¹⁵ Whatsoever is firstborn of all flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether it be of men, or of beasts, shall belong to thee: only for the firstborn of man thou shalt take a price, and every beast that is unclean thou shalt cause to be redeemed, ¹⁶ And the redemption of it shall be after one month, for five sicles of silver, by the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

¹⁶ And the redemption of it shall be after one month, for five sicles of silver, by the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

²⁵ Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into mount Hor: ²⁶ And when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith Eleazar his son: Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and die there. ²⁷ Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into mount Hor before all the multitude. ²⁸ And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested Eleazar his son with them. ^(20:29) And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came down with Eleazar.

⁶ Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites: ⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel. ⁸ How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? ⁹ I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them. ¹¹ And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou dost? I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them. ¹² He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth? ¹³ Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence. ¹⁴ And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram, ¹⁵ He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him. ¹⁶ And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him. ¹⁷ Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken? ¹⁸ But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor: ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil? ²⁰ I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder. ²¹ There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him. ²² God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. ²³ There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert, ² And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him, ³ He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye is stopped up: ⁴ The bearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened: ⁵ How beautiful are thy tabernacles O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel! ⁶ As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside. ⁷ Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken away. ⁸ God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows. ⁹ Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed. ¹⁰ And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times. ¹¹ Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee. ¹² Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me: ¹³ If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak? ¹⁴ But yet going to my people, I will give thee counsel, what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. ¹⁵ Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said: ¹⁶ The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened: ¹⁷ I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth ¹⁸ And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully. ¹⁹ Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city. ²⁰ And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed. ²¹ He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock, ²² And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long shalt thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee captive. ²³ And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things? ²⁴ They shall come in galleys from Italy, they shall overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the last they themselves also shall perish. ²⁵ And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also returned the way that he came.

⁵⁷ This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of Levi: The family of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Core. Now Caath begot Amram:

⁶⁰ Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and Ithamar: ⁶¹ Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord. ⁶² And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest.

³⁰ Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

⁸ At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.

⁵ And the priests the sons of Levi shall come, whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and that by their word every matter should be decided, and whatsoever is clean or unclean should be judged.

⁸ To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction: ⁹ Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his bretheren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,

¹ Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel ² And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of Chanaan, and said: The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle. ³ And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs. ⁴ And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵ And to the rest of the children of Caath, that is, to thee Levites, who remained, out of the tribes of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasses, ten cities. ⁶ And the lot came out to children of Gerson, that they should take of the tribes of Issachar and of Aser and of Nephtali, and of the half tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities. ⁷ And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds, of the tribes of Ruben and of Gad and of Zabulon, twelve cities. ⁸ And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, giving to every one by lot. ⁹ Of the tribes of the children of Juda and of Simeon Josue gave cities: whose names are these, ¹⁰ To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them) ¹¹ The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about. ¹² But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession. ¹³ He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Lebna with the suburbs thereof, ¹⁴ And Jether and Estemo, ¹⁵ And Holon, and Dabir, ¹⁶ And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said. ¹⁷ And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae, ¹⁸ And Anathoth and Almon, with, their suburbs: four cities. ¹⁹ All the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs, ²⁰ And to the rest of the families of the children of Caath of the race of Levi was given this possession. ²¹ Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer, ²² And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities. ²³ And of he tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gabathon, ²⁴ And Aialon and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, four cities. ²⁵ And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac and Gethremmon, with their suburbs, two cities. ²⁶ All the cities were ten, with their suburbs, which were given to the children of Caath, of the inferior degree. ²⁷ To the children of Gerson also of the race of Levi out of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities. ²⁸ And of the tribe of Issachar, Cesion, and Dabereth, ²⁹ And Jaramoth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities. ³⁰ And of the tribe of Aser, Masal and Abdon, ³¹ And Helcath, and Rohob, with their suburbs, four cities. ³² Of the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities. ³³ All the cities of the families of Gerson, were thirteen, with their suburbs. ³⁴ And to the children of Merari, Levites of the inferior degree, by their families were given of the tribe of Zabulon, Jecnam and Cartha, ³⁵ And Damna and Naalol, four cities with their suburbs. ³⁶ Of the tribe of Ruben beyond the Jordan over against Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jaser and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs. ³⁷ (SEE 21:36) ^{38 (21:37)} Of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, one of the cities of refuge, and Manaim and Hesebon and Jaser, four cities with their suburbs, ³⁹ (SEE 21:38) ^{(21:37) 40 (21:38)} All the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kindreds, were twelve. ^{41 (21:39)} So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight, ^{42 (21:40)} With their suburbs, each distributed by the families. ^{43 (21:41)} And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it. ^{44 (21:42)} And he gave them peace from all nations round about: and none of their enemies durst stand against them, but were brought under their dominion. ^{45 (21:43)} Not so much as one word, which he had promised to perform unto them, was made void, but all came to pass.

¹⁹ But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord, and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

³ Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: if I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you. ⁴ And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.

⁷ And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled against Oza, and he struck him for his rashness: and he died there before the ark of God.

¹⁸ And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers:

¹ The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari. ² The Sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel. ³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The Sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹⁶ So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari. ¹⁷ And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

¹⁷ And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei. ¹⁸ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

¹⁸ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families. ²⁰ Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son, ²¹ Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

²⁹ And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

³² And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony, with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their order in the ministry.

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

⁴⁴ And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch, ⁴⁵ The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasai, the son of Helcias, ⁴⁶ The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer, ⁴⁷ The son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. ⁴⁸ Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord. ⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Hassub the son of Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the sons of Merari.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Hassub the son of Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the sons of Merari. ¹⁵ And Bacbacar the carpenter, and Galal, and Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zechri the son of Asaph:

¹⁵ And Bacbacar the carpenter, and Galal, and Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zechri the son of Asaph: ¹⁶ And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son of Galal, the son of Idithum: and Barachia the son of Asa, the son of Elcana, who dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati.

¹⁶ And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son of Galal, the son of Idithum: and Barachia the son of Asa, the son of Elcana, who dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati. ¹⁷ And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince,

¹⁷ And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince, ¹⁸ Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns.

¹⁸ Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns. ¹⁹ But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord.

¹⁹ But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord. ²⁰ And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was their prince before the Lord,

²⁰ And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was their prince before the Lord, ²¹ And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony: ²² All these that were chosen to be porters at the gates, were two hundred and twelve: the they were registered in their proper towns: whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their trust. ²³ As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns. ²⁴ In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south. ²⁵ And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time. ²⁶ To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord. ²⁷ And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning. ²⁸ And some of their stock had the charge of the vessels for the ministry: for the vessels were both brought in and carried out by number. ²⁹ Some of them also had the instruments of the sanctuary committed unto them, and the charge of the fine flour, and wine, and oil, and frankincense, and spices. ³⁰ And the sons of the priests made the ointments of the spices. ³¹ And Mathathias a Levite, the firstborn of Sellum the Corite, was overseer of such things as were fried the fryingpan. ³² And some of the sons of Caath their brethren, were over the loaves of proposition, to prepare always new for every sabbath. ³³ These are the chief of the singing men of the families of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers, by the temple, that they might serve continually day and night in their ministry.

⁵ Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty. ⁶ Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.

⁸ Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: and his brethren two hundred. ⁹ Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief: and his brethren eighty. ¹⁰ Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief: and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

¹⁷ And they appointed Levites, Hemam the son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the son of Barachias: and of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Casaia. ¹⁸ And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters. ¹⁹ Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass. ²⁰ And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries upon psalteries. ²¹ And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps.

⁷ The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei. ⁸ The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four. ¹¹ And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house. ¹² The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.

¹² The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.

¹⁸ The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first. ¹⁹ The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second. ²¹ The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cis.

²¹ The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cis. ²² And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them. ²³ The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

²⁸ And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord. ²⁹ And the priests have the charge of the loaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure. ³⁰ And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening, ³¹ As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord. ³² And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.

³² And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.

¹ Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron: The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁷ The son also of Merari Oziau, and Soam, and Zacchur, and Hebri. ²⁸ And the son of Moholi: Eleazar, who had no sons. ²⁹ And the son of Cis, Jeramael. ³⁰ The sons of Musi: Moholi, Eder, and Jerimoth. These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their families.

³ And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun, Godolias, Sori, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and Mathathias, under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord. ⁴ Of Heman also: the sons of Heman, Bocciau, Mathaniau, Oziel, Subuel, and Jerimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha, Geddelthi, and Romemthiezer, and Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othir, Mahazioth:

¹ And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph. ² The sons of Meselemia: Zacharias the firstborn, Jadihel the second, Zabadias the third, Jathanael the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴ And the sons of Obededom, Semeias the firstborn, Jozabad the second, Joaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phollathi the eighth: for the Lord had blessed him. ⁶ And to Semei his son were born sons, heads of their families: for they were men of great valour. ⁷ The sons then of Semeias were Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men: and Eliu, and Samachias. ⁸ All these of the sons of Obededom: they, and their sons, and their brethren most able men for service, sixty-two of Obededom. ⁹ And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen. ¹⁰ And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief.) ¹¹ Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen. ¹² Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord. ¹³ And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates. ¹⁴ And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But to his son Zacharias, a very wise and learned man, the north gate fell by lot. ¹⁵ And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients. ¹⁶ To Sephim, and Hosa towards the west, by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent: ward against ward. ¹⁷ Now towards the east were six Levites: and towards the north four a day: and towards the south likewise four a day: and where the council was, two and two. ¹⁸ In the cells also of the porters toward the west four in the way: and two at every cell. ¹⁹ These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Core, and of Merari. ²⁰ Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels.

²⁰ Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels.

²⁰ Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels.

²⁰ Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels. ²¹ The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of Ledan were heads of the families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli.

²¹ The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of Ledan were heads of the families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli.

²¹ The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of Ledan were heads of the families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli.

²¹ The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of Ledan were heads of the families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord,

²² The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord,

²² The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord,

²² The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord,

²² The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord, ²³ With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and Hebronites, and Ozielites.

²³ With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and Hebronites, and Ozielites.

²³ With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and Hebronites, and Ozielites.

²³ With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and Hebronites, and Ozielites. ²⁴ And Subael the son of Gersom, the son of Moses, was chief over the treasures.

²⁴ And Subael the son of Gersom, the son of Moses, was chief over the treasures.

²⁴ And Subael the son of Gersom, the son of Moses, was chief over the treasures. ²⁵ His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son Rohobia, and his son Isaias, and his son Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son Selemith.

²⁵ His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son Rohobia, and his son Isaias, and his son Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son Selemith. ²⁶ Which Selemith and his brethren were over the treasures of the holy things, which king David, and the heads of families, and the captains over thousands and over hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated,

²⁶ Which Selemith and his brethren were over the treasures of the holy things, which king David, and the heads of families, and the captains over thousands and over hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated,

²⁶ Which Selemith and his brethren were over the treasures of the holy things, which king David, and the heads of families, and the captains over thousands and over hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated, ²⁷ Out of the wars, and the spoils won in battles, which they had consecrated to the building and furniture of the temple of the Lord.

²⁷ Out of the wars, and the spoils won in battles, which they had consecrated to the building and furniture of the temple of the Lord. ²⁸ And all these things that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Cis, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Sarvia had sanctified: and whosoever had sanctified those things, they were under the hand of Selemith and his brethren.

²⁸ And all these things that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Cis, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Sarvia had sanctified: and whosoever had sanctified those things, they were under the hand of Selemith and his brethren. ²⁹ But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for the business abroad over Israel to teach them and judge them. ³⁰ And of the Hebronites Hasabias, and his brethren most able men, a thousand seven hundred had the charge over Israel beyond the Jordan westward, in all the works of the Lord, and for the service of the king. ³¹ And the chief of the Hebronites was Jeria according to their families and kindreds. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were numbered, and there were found most valiant men in Jazer Galaad, ³² And his brethren of stronger age, two thousand seven hundred chiefs of families. And king David made them rulers over the Rubenites and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses, for all the service of God, and the king.

¹⁶ But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God: and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And immediately Azarias the priest going in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, most valiant men, ¹⁸ Withstood the king and said: It doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests, that is, to the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated for this ministry: go out of the sanctuary, do not despise: for this thing shall not be accounted to thy glory by the Lord God. ¹⁹ And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests. And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the altar of incense. ²⁰ And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest of the priests looked upon him, and saw the leprosy in his forehead, and they made haste to thrust him out. Yea himself also being frightened, hasted to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke of the Lord. ²¹ And Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart being full of the leprosy, for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king's house, and judged the people of the land.

² And Ezechias appointed companies of the priests, and the Levites, by their courses, every man in his own office, to wit, both of the priests, and of the Levites, for holocausts, and for peace offerings, to minister, and to praise, and to sing in the gates of the camp of the Lord.

¹¹ Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the Lord. And when they had done so, ¹² They brought in faithfully both the firstfruits, and the tithes, and all they had vowed. And the overseer of them was Chonenias the Levite, and Semei his brother was the second, ¹³ And after him Jehiel, and Azarias, and Nahath, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Jesmachias, and Mahath, and Banaias, overseers under the hand of Chonenias, and Semei his brother, by the commandment of Ezechias the king, and Azarias the high priest of the house of God, to whom all things appertained. ¹⁴ But Core the son of Jemna the Levite, the porter of the east gate, was overseer of the things which were freely offered to the Lord, and of the firstfruits and the things dedicated for the holy of holies. ¹⁵ And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jesue, and Semeias, and Amarias, and Sechenias, in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully portions to their brethren, both little and great: ¹⁶ Besides the males from three years old and upward, to all that went into the temple of the Lord, and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry, and their offices according to their courses, day by day. ¹⁷ To the priests by their families, and to the Levites from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes and companies. ¹⁸ And to all the multitude, both to their wives, and to their children of both sexes, victuals were given faithfully out of the things that had been sanctified.

²⁴ And I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias, and with them ten of their brethren, ²⁵ And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel, that were found had offered. ²⁶ And I weighed to their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred vessels of silver, and a hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand solids, and two vessels of the best shining brass, beautiful as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them: You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and gold, that is freely offered to the Lord the God of our fathers. ²⁹ Watch ye and keep them, till you deliver them by weight before the chief of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasure of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and gold, and the vessels, to carry them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

¹ And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. ³ These therefore are the chief men of the province, who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda. And every one dwelt in his possession, in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon. ⁴ And in Jerusalem there dwelt some of the children of Juda, and some of the children of Benjamin: of the children of Juda, Athaias the son of Aziam, the son of Zacharias, the son of Amarias, the son of Saphatias, the son of Malaleel: of the sons of Phares, ⁵ Maasia the son of Baruch, the son of Cholhoza, the son of Hazia, the son of Adaia, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zacharias, the son of the Silonite: ⁶ All these the sons of Phares, who dwelt in Jerusalem, were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men. ⁷ And these are the children of Benjamin: Sellum the son of Mosollam, the son of Joed, the son of Phadaia, the son of Colaia, the son of Masia, the son of Etheel, the son of Isaia. ⁸ And after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hundred twenty-eight. ⁹ And Joel the son of Zechri their ruler, and Judas the son of Senua was second over the city. ¹⁰ And of the priests Idaia the son of Joarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Saraia the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Meraioth, the son of Achitob the prince of the house of God, ¹² And their brethren that do the works of the temple: eight hundred twenty-two. And Adaia the son of Jeroham, the son of Phelelia, the son of Amsi, the son of Zacharias, the son of Pheshur, the son of Melchias,

¹ Now these are the priests and the Levites, that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue: Saraia, Jeremias, Esdras, ² Amaria, Melluch, Hattus, ³ Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth, ⁴ Addo, Genthon, Abia, ⁵ Miamin, Madia, Belga, ⁶ Semeia, and Joiarib, Idaia, Sellum Amoc, Helcias, ⁷ Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren in the days of Josue. ⁸ And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns: ⁹ And Becbecia, and Hanni, and their brethren every one in his office. ¹⁰ And Josue begot Joacim, and Joacim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib begot Joiada, ¹¹ And Joiada begot Jonathan and Jonathan begot Jeddoa. ¹² And in the days of Joacim the priests and heads of the families were: Of Saraia, Maraia: of Jeremias, Hanania: ¹³ Of Esdras, Mosollam: and of Amaria, Johanan: ¹⁴ Of Milicho, Jonathan: of Sebenia, Joseph: ¹⁵ Of Haram, Edna: of Maraioth, Helci: ¹⁶ Of Adaia, Zacharia: of Genthon, Mosollam: ¹⁷ Of Abia, Zechri: of Miamin and Moadia, Phelti: ¹⁸ Of Belga, Sammua of Semaia, Jonathan: ¹⁹ Of Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Azzi: ²⁰ Of Sellai, Celai: of Amoc, Heber: ²¹ Of Helcias, Hasebia: of Idaia, Nathanael. ²² The Levites the chiefs of the families in the days of Eliasib, and Joiada, and Johanan, and Jeddoa, were recorded, and the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The sons of Levi, heads of the families were written in the book of Chronicles, even unto the days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib. ²⁴ Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order. ²⁵ Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates. ²⁶ These were in the days of Joacim the son of Josue, the son of Josedec, and in the days of Nehemias the governor, and of Esdras the priest and scribe.

⁶ The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

¹⁷ I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.

³ And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall be left in Sion, and that shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Depart, depart, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing: go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, you that carry the vessels of the Lord.

² Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown.

³ The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee.

⁸ And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

³⁰ And the firstfruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations of all things that are offered, shall be the priest's: and you shall give the firstfruits of your meats to the priest, that he may return a blessing upon thy house.

¹² And the sicle hath twenty obols. Now twenty sicles, and five and twenty sicles, and fifteen sicles, make a mna,

⁴ And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁴ Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments.

¹ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

¹⁴ How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

²⁸ Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

¹⁴ Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

³⁴ Even as a man who, going into a far country, left his house and gave authority to his servants over every work and commanded the porter to watch.

²³ As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:

²⁰ But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject unto you: but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven.

³ Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ⁴ But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

³³ I have not coveted any man's silver, gold or apparel, as

⁶ And having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith; ⁷ Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine;

⁷ Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine; ⁸ He that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

¹⁹ Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God,

⁸ Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive: he gave gifts to men.

¹¹ And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:

³ And I entreat thee also, my sincere companion, help those women who have laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

¹⁸ This precept, I commend to thee, O son Timothy: according to the prophecies going before on thee, that thou war in them a good warfare,

⁵ For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus: ⁶ Who gave himself a redemption for all, a testimony in due times.

⁶ Who gave himself a redemption for all, a testimony in due times.

¹⁵ Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all. ¹⁶ Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

¹⁹ But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.

¹⁵ And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

²⁸ For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for evermore.

⁴ If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law.

¹² Neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.

¹⁹ Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ: ²⁰ A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh: ²¹ And a high priest over the house of God: ²² Let us draw near with a true heart, in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with clean water.

²³ And to the church of the firstborn who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

¹⁸ Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:

¹⁸ Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

² Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:

⁵ He that shall overcome shall thus be clothed in white garments: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. And I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

⁴ These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.