Numbers 3 Cross References - LEB

¹ These are the genealogies of Aaron and Moses _⌊at the time_⌋* when Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. ² These are the names of the descendants of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, the anointed ones whom _⌊he consecrated as priests_⌋.* ⁴ Nadab and Abihu died _⌊before Yahweh_⌋* when they presented a strange fire _⌊before Yahweh_⌋* in the desert of Sinai, and _⌊they had no children_⌋.* Eleazar and Ithamar served as priest during the presence of Aaron their father. ⁵ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ "Bring near the tribe of Levi, and _⌊set the tribe_⌋* _⌊before Aaron_⌋* the priest, and they will minister to him. ⁷ They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* to do the work* of the tabernacle. ⁹ You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ¹⁰ But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death." ¹¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, ¹² "I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* The Levites will be mine ¹³ because all the firstborn are mine; on the day of my killing all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, _⌊both humankind and animal_⌋;* they will be mine. I am Yahweh." ¹⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ "Muster* the descendants of Levi according to _⌊their families_⌋,* according to their clans. You will count every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above." ¹⁶ So Moses mustered* them according to the _⌊command of Yahweh_⌋,* just as he commanded. ¹⁷ These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ²⁰ The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to _⌊their families_⌋.* ²¹ _⌊To Gershon belonged_⌋* the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites. ²² The _⌊ones counted_⌋* according to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were seven thousand five hundred. ²³ The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west, ²⁴ and the leader of _⌊the family_⌋* of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael. ²⁵ And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly, ²⁶ and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ten cords, all of its use. ²⁷ _⌊To Kohath belonged_⌋* the clan of Amramites,* the clan of the Izharites,* the clan of the Hebronites,* and the clan of the Uzzielites;* these were the clans of the Kohathites.* ²⁸ According to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. ³⁰ The leader of _⌊his family_⌋* according to the clans of the Kohathites* is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ³¹ Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. ³² The _⌊chief of the leaders_⌋* of the Levites* was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. ³³ _⌊To Merari belonged_⌋* the clan of Mahlites* and the clan of the Mushites:* these are the clans of Merari. ³⁴ The _⌊ones counted_⌋* according to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ The leader of _⌊the family_⌋* according to the clans of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north. ³⁶ The responsibility of the sons of Merari was the supervision of the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its vessels and all its service, ³⁷ and the pillars around the courtyard, and their bases, pegs, and cords. ³⁸ Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east—before the tent of assembly to the east—were Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary _⌊for the Israelites_⌋;* and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death. ³⁹ All those counted from the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the word of Yahweh_⌋,* according to their clans, every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Muster every firstborn male from the _⌊Israelites_⌋* from _⌊one month_⌋* and above and _⌊count_⌋* their names. ⁴¹ And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the animals* of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals* among the _⌊Israelites_⌋."* ⁴² So Moses mustered* all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋* just as Yahweh commanded him. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males* among the number of names from _⌊one month_⌋* and above, the _⌊ones counted_⌋,* were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. ⁴⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ "Receive the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the animals of the Levites in the place of their animals; the Levites will be mine. I am Yahweh. ⁴⁶ And the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* who are excessive over the Levites, ⁴⁷ you will receive five shekels a person, in the sanctuary shekel; you will collect twenty gerahs* per shekel. ⁴⁸ You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them." ⁴⁹ And Moses received the money of the redemption from the ones who were excessive from those redeemed of the Levites. ⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the sanctuary shekel. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the money of the ransom to Aaron and to his sons according to the _⌊word_⌋* of Yahweh just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

⁴ These are the generations* of heaven* and earth* when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven*—

¹ This is the record of the generations* of Adam. When* God created Adam,* he made him in the likeness of God.

¹ These are the generations* of the sons of Noah—Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Children* were born to them after the flood.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies:* Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were _⌊one hundred and thirty-seven years_⌋.*

²⁰ And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram were _⌊one hundred and thirty-seven years_⌋.*

²⁷ They were those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the _⌊Israelites_⌋* out from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.

¹ Then* Yahweh spoke to Moses on _⌊Mount Sinai_⌋,* saying,

³⁴ These are the commands that Yahweh commanded Moses for the _⌊Israelites_⌋* on _⌊Mount Sinai_⌋.*

¹ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

²³ And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹ "And bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* to serve as priests for me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

⁶⁰ To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

¹ And as for the sons of Aaron, these were their divisions. The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴¹ And you will clothe them—Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him—and you will anoint them and _⌊ordain them_⌋* and consecrate them, and they will serve as priests for me.

¹ "And this is the thing that you will do for them to consecrate them to serve as a priest for me: Take _⌊one young bull_⌋* and two rams without defect ² and unleavened bread and unleavened, ring-shaped bread cakes mixed with oil, and wafers of unleavened breads smeared with oil. You will make them with finely milled wheat flour, ³ and you will put them on one basket, and you will bring them on the basket and bring the bull and the two rams. ⁴ And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of assembly, and you will wash them with water. ⁵ And you will take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic and the robe of the ephod, and you will fasten to him the ephod and the breast piece with the waistband of the ephod. ⁶ And you will set the turban on his head, and you will put the holy diadem on the turban. ⁷ And you will take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. ⁸ And you will bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. ⁹ And you will gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and wrap headdresses on them. And priesthood will be theirs as a lasting rule, and _⌊you will ordain Aaron and his sons._⌋* ¹⁰ "And you will bring the bull before the tent of assembly, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the bull. ¹¹ And you will slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the entrance of the tent of assembly. ¹² And you will take some of the blood of the bull and with your finger put it on the horns of the altar, and you will pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. ¹³ And you will take and turn into smoke on the altar all the fat covering the inner parts and the lobe on the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them. ¹⁴ And the flesh of the bull and its skin and its offal you will burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. ¹⁵ "And you will take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁶ And you will slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it on the altar all around. ¹⁷ And you will cut the ram into pieces and wash its inner parts, and you will put its legs with its pieces and with its head. ¹⁸ And you will turn into smoke on the altar all of the ram; it is a burnt offering for Yahweh; it is a smell of appeasement, an offering by fire for Yahweh. ¹⁹ "And you will take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the ram. ²⁰ And you will slaughter the ram and take some of its blood and put it on Aaron's right earlobe and on the right earlobe of his sons and on the thumb of their right hand and on _⌊the big toe_⌋* of their right foot, and you will sprinkle the blood at the base of the altar all around. ²¹ And you will take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and you will spatter it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him, and he will be sacred, and his garments and his sons and his sons' garments with him. ²² And you will take from the ram the fat and the fat tail and the fat covering the inner parts and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh, because it is the ram of ordination. ²³ "And one loaf of bread and one ring-shaped bread cake of oiled bread and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh— ²⁴ you will put them all on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and you will wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. ²⁵ And you will take them from their hand and turn them to smoke on the altar beside the burnt offering as a fragrance of appeasement before Yahweh; it is an offering made by fire before Yahweh. ²⁶ "And you will take the breast section from the ram of ordination that is for Aaron, and you will wave it as a wave offering before Yahweh. It will be your portion. ²⁷ And you will consecrate the wave offering breast section and the thigh of the contribution that was waved and that was presented* from the ram of the ordination that is for Aaron and for his sons. ²⁸ And it will be for* Aaron and for his sons as a lasting rule from the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* because it is a contribution, and it will be a contribution from the _⌊Israelites_⌋* from their sacrifices of fellowship, their contribution to Yahweh. ²⁹ "And the holy garments that are for Aaron will be for his sons after him in which to anoint them and _⌊to ordain them_⌋.* ³⁰ Seven days the priest who replaces him from among his sons will wear them, who comes to the tent of assembly to serve in the sanctuary. ³¹ And you will take the ram of ordination and boil its meat in a holy place. ³² And Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance of the tent of assembly. ³³ And they will eat them—the things by which atonement was made for them to ordain them to consecrate them—and a stranger will not eat them because they are holy objects. ³⁴ If any remains until morning from the ordination meat or from the bread, you will burn the remainder in fire; it will not be eaten, because it is a holy object. ³⁵ And you will do so for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; seven days you will ordain them. ³⁶ "And you will offer a bull for a sin offering every day for the atonement; and you will offer a sin offering on the altar* when you make atonement for it, and you will anoint it to consecrate it. ³⁷ Seven days you will make atonement for the altar, and you will consecrate it, and the altar will be _⌊a most holy thing_⌋.* _⌊Anyone who_⌋* touches the altar will be holy.

¹³ And you will clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and you will anoint him, and you will consecrate him, and he will serve as a priest for me.

¹⁵ And you will anoint them as you anointed their father, and they will serve as priests for me. And their anointing will be for them to be a lasting priesthood* throughout their generations."

¹ Then* Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ² "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of the unleavened bread, ³ and summon all of the community to the entrance to* the tent of assembly." ⁴ So* Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him, and the community gathered by the entrance to* the tent of assembly. ⁵ Then* Moses said to the community, "This is the word that Yahweh has commanded to be done."* ⁶ So* Moses brought Aaron and his sons near, and he washed them with water. ⁷ Then* he put the tunic on him and tied* the sash around him; then* he clothed him with the robe and put* the ephod on him; then* he tied the ephod's waistband around him and fastened* the ephod* to him with it. ⁸ Then* he placed the breastpiece on him and put* the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece; ⁹ and he placed the turban on his head, and on _⌊the front of_⌋* the turban he placed the gold rosette, the holy diadem, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

¹² Then* he poured out _⌊part of_⌋* the anointing oil on Aaron's head—thus* he anointed him in order to consecrate him.

³⁰ Then* Moses took _⌊some of_⌋* the anointing oil and _⌊some of_⌋* the blood that was on the altar, and he spattered them on Aaron, on his garments, and on Aaron's sons and on his sons' garments with him—thus* he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

²⁸ For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, appoints a Son, who is made perfect _⌊forever_⌋*.

¹ And Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer, and they put fire in them and placed incense on it;* then* they presented _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh illegitimate fire, which he had not commanded them. ² So* fire went out _⌊from before_⌋* Yahweh, and it consumed them so that* they died _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh.

⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died when they presented strange fire _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh.

²⁶ And Moses stood at the entrance of the camp, and he said, "Whoever is for Yahweh, to me." And all the sons of Levi were gathered to him. ²⁷ And he said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Put each his sword on his side. Go _⌊back and forth_⌋* from gate to gate in the camp, and kill, each his brother and each his friend and each his close relative.'" ²⁸ And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and from the people on that day about three thousand persons fell.* ²⁹ And Moses said, "_⌊You are ordained_⌋* today for Yahweh, because each has been against his son and against his brother and so bringing on you today a blessing."

⁴⁹ "You will not muster* the tribe of Levi, and you will not _⌊take a census of_⌋* them in the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ⁵⁰ You will _⌊appoint_⌋* them over the tabernacle of the testimony,* over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will _⌊take it down_⌋,* and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger* that approaches it will be put to death. ⁵² The _⌊Israelites_⌋* will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their* own banner according to their divisions. ⁵³ But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,* and there will not be wrath on the community of the _⌊Israelites_⌋;* and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony."*

¹⁷ "The tent of assembly the camp of the Levites will set out in the midst of the camps; they will set out just as they encamped, _⌊each according to their standards_⌋.*

³³ The Levites were not counted in the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

⁶ "Take the Levites from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* and purify them. ⁷ So you will do to them, to purify them: sprinkle on them waters of purification, and _⌊they will shave their whole body_⌋* and wash their garments. ⁸ And they will take a _⌊young bull_⌋* and its grain offering of finely milled flour mixed with oil, and you will take a second _⌊young bull_⌋* as a sin offering. ⁹ You will bring the Levites _⌊before_⌋* the tent of assembly, and you will summon the entire community of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ¹⁰ And you will bring the Levites _⌊before Yahweh_⌋,* and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* will lay their hands on the Levites, ¹¹ and _⌊Aaron will offer_⌋* the Levites as a wave offering _⌊before Yahweh_⌋* from the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and they will do the work of Yahweh. ¹² And the Levites will lay their hands on the head of the one bull and offer it as a sin offering and the other one as a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites. ¹³ And you will present the Levites _⌊before_⌋* Aaron and _⌊before_⌋* his sons, and he _⌊will offer_⌋* them as a wave offering to Yahweh. ¹⁴ "And you will separate the Levites from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the Levites will be for me. ¹⁵ And after this the Levites will come to serve at the tent of assembly, and you will purify them, and you _⌊will offer_⌋* them as a wave offering. ¹⁶ For they are given to me exclusively from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* I have taken them for myself in place of the firstborn of every womb, every firstborn from the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ¹⁷ For every firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋* is mine, both humankind and animal. On the day I destroyed every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to me, ¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ¹⁹ And I have given the Levites; they are given to Aaron and his sons from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* to do the work of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* in the tent of the assembly and to make atonement for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* so a plague will not be among the _⌊Israelites_⌋* when the _⌊Israelites_⌋* come near the sanctuary." ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* did to the Levites; everything that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the _⌊Israelites_⌋* did to them. ²¹ And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their garments, and _⌊Aaron offered them_⌋* as a wave offering _⌊before Yahweh_⌋;* and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them. ²² After this the Levites came to do their work in the tent of assembly before Aaron and his sons. Just as Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levities, so they did to them. ²³ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ "This is what is for the Levites: _⌊those twenty-five years old_⌋* and above will* come to help with the service in the work of the tent of assembly; ²⁵ and _⌊those fifty years old_⌋* will* return from the service of the work and will serve no longer. ²⁶ They* can attend* their brothers in the tent of assembly to keep their responsibilities, but they* will not do work. This is what you will do concerning the Levities and their responsibilities."

⁹ Is it too little for you that the God of Israel set you apart from the community of Israel _⌊to allow you to approach him_⌋* to do the work of the tabernacle of Yahweh, to stand _⌊before_⌋* the community to serve them? ¹⁰ _⌊He has allowed you to approach him_⌋,* you with all your brothers, the descendants* of Levi, but yet you also seek the priesthood. ¹¹ Therefore you and your company that has banded together against Yahweh. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"

¹ Yahweh said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and your family with you will bear the guilt of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the guilt of your priesthood. ² Moreover, bring your brothers with you, the tribe of Levi the tribe of your father, that they may be joined to you and minister to you, you and your sons with you before the tent of testimony. ³ They will keep your responsibility and the responsibility of all the tent, only they may not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so both you and they will not die. ⁴ They will be joined to you, and they will keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly for the entire service of the tent; a stranger may not come near you. ⁵ You will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary and the responsibility of the altar, and there will no longer be wrath on the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ⁶ Look, I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from the midst of the children. They are a gift to you given from Yahweh to perform the work of the tent of assembly. ⁷ But you with your sons will keep your priesthood to perform your priestly duties for everything at the altar* and for _⌊the area behind the curtain_⌋.* I give you the priesthood as a gift, but the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

⁸ At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to stand _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh, to serve him and to bless the people in his name until this day.

⁸ And of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are for _⌊your faithful one_⌋,* _⌊whom you tested at Massah_⌋;* you contended with him at the waters of Meribah. ⁹ The one saying of his father and of his mother, 'I have not regarded them,' and his brothers he did not acknowledge, and his children* he did not know, but rather they observed your word, and your covenant they kept.

⁴ "Then you will know that I have sent to you this command, that my covenant with Levi _⌊continues_⌋,"* says Yahweh of hosts.

⁵⁰ You will _⌊appoint_⌋* them over the tabernacle of the testimony,* over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle.

³² The _⌊chief of the leaders_⌋* of the Levites* was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

¹¹ and _⌊Aaron will offer_⌋* the Levites as a wave offering _⌊before Yahweh_⌋* from the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and they will do the work of Yahweh.

¹⁵ And after this the Levites will come to serve at the tent of assembly, and you will purify them, and you _⌊will offer_⌋* them as a wave offering.

³⁰ From half of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* take one share drawn by lot from the fifty from the humans,* from the cattle, from the male donkeys, from the flock, from all the domestic animals,* and give them to the Levities who keep the responsibilities of the tabernacle of Yahweh."

²⁸ For their station was _⌊to assist_⌋* the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courtyards, over the chambers, and over the cleansing of all the sanctified objects, and with the work of the service of the house of God, ²⁹ and with the rows of bread, the flour, the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and for all the amounts and measurements. ³⁰ And they were to stand _⌊every morning_⌋,* thanking and praising Yahweh, and likewise in the evening, ³¹ and for every burnt offering offered to Yahweh, on Sabbaths, on new moon festivals, and at the appointed feasts, according to the customary number _⌊required of them_⌋,* regularly before Yahweh. ³² And they shall keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly,* the responsibility of the sanctified objects, and the responsibility of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, to serve the house of Yahweh.

²⁰ And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.

²² The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

²⁶ That Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp sets out, the descendants* of Kohath will come after to carry these, but they must not touch the sanctuary, or they will die. These are the load of the descendants* of Kohath in the tent of assembly.

²⁸ This is the work of the clan of the descendants* of the Gershonites* in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility lies _⌊under the direction_⌋* of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

³³ This is the work of the clan of the descendants* of Merari, for all their work in the tent of assembly _⌊under the direction_⌋* of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."

¹⁷ The tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the bearers of the tabernacle, set out.

²¹ The Kohathites, the bearers of the sanctuary, set out, and they set up the tabernacle before they arrived.

²⁰ And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects. ²¹ The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³ Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Ozzielites: ²⁴ Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was commander over the treasuries. ²⁵ And his brothers: from Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zikri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶ That Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ From the battles and from the spoil they had dedicated these things to strengthen the house of Yahweh. ²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all the dedicated gifts were under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

²⁴ I set apart twelve of the official priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them. ²⁵ Then I weighed out to them silver and gold and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his commanders, and all of Israel who was present offered. ²⁶ I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, one hundred vessels of silver, one hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two vessels of good polished bronze as precious as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them, "You are holy to Yahweh and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, God of your ancestors.* ²⁹ Guard and look after them until you weigh them before the chief priests, the Levites, and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chamber of the house of Yahweh." ³⁰ So the priests and Levites took over the weighed silver, gold, and the vessels to bring to Jerusalem for the house of our God.

¹¹ Depart, depart, go out from there! You must not touch any unclean thing. Go out from the midst of it, keep clean, you who carry the vessels of Yahweh.

¹⁹ And I have given the Levites; they are given to Aaron and his sons from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* to do the work of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* in the tent of the assembly and to make atonement for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* so a plague will not be among the _⌊Israelites_⌋* when the _⌊Israelites_⌋* come near the sanctuary."

⁸ Therefore it says,
"Ascending on high he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men."*

¹¹ And he himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as pastors and teachers

⁹ And you will gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and wrap headdresses on them. And priesthood will be theirs as a lasting rule, and _⌊you will ordain Aaron and his sons._⌋*

⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will _⌊take it down_⌋,* and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger* that approaches it will be put to death.

³⁸ Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east—before the tent of assembly to the east—were Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary _⌊for the Israelites_⌋;* and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death.

³⁵ And fire went out from Yahweh, and it consumed the two hundred and fifty men presenting the incense.

⁴⁰ it was a memorial for the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* so that _⌊no strange man_⌋* who is not from _⌊the offspring_⌋* of Aaron should approach the presence of Yahweh to burn a smoke offering;* he will not be like Korah and his company, just as Yahweh had spoken to him by the hand of Moses.*

³ They will keep your responsibility and the responsibility of all the tent, only they may not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so both you and they will not die.

⁷ But you with your sons will keep your priesthood to perform your priestly duties for everything at the altar* and for _⌊the area behind the curtain_⌋.* I give you the priesthood as a gift, but the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

¹⁹ He* struck seventy men* among the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of Yahweh. So the people mourned because Yahweh had struck a great blow among the people.

⁷ _⌊Then the anger of Yahweh was kindled_⌋* against Uzza, and God struck him down there because of the indiscretion,* and he died there beside the ark of God.

³² They were ministering with song before the tabernacle of the tent of assembly* until Solomon built the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their order with respect to their duty.

¹⁶ But on account of his strength his heart grew proud unto destruction. And he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God and went into the temple of Yahweh to offer an incense offering on the altar. ¹⁷ And Azariah the priest, along with eighty strong priests with him, went in after him. ¹⁸ And they stood against King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but it is for the priests, the descendants* of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully. There will be no honor for you from Yahweh God." ¹⁹ Then Uzziah, his censer in hand to burn incense, became angry. And when he became angry with the priests, then leprosy appeared on his forehead in front of the priests in the house of Yahweh at the altar of incense. ²⁰ When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him, behold, he was leprous in the forehead. So they rushed him away from there, and he also hastened to go out, for Yahweh had smitten him. ²¹ So King Uzziah was leprous until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house as a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham his son was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

⁸ And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but* you appointed them* as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you."

³ So, brothers, select from among you seven men _⌊of good reputation_⌋,* full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will put in charge of this need. ⁴ But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

⁷ if it is service, by service; if it is one who teaches, by teaching;

¹⁹ Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,

¹⁵ Practice these things. Be diligent* in these things, in order that your progress may be evident to everyone. ¹⁶ Fix your attention on yourself and on your teaching. Continue in them, for by* doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

⁴ Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because there* are those who offer the gifts according to the law,

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, since we* have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh, ²¹ and since we have* a great priest over the house of God, ²² let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

² "Consecrate to me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* among humans* and among domestic animals;* _⌊it belongs to me_⌋."*

⁴¹ And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the animals* of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals* among the _⌊Israelites_⌋."*

⁴⁵ "Receive the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the animals of the Levites in the place of their animals; the Levites will be mine. I am Yahweh.

¹⁶ For they are given to me exclusively from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* I have taken them for myself in place of the firstborn of every womb, every firstborn from the _⌊Israelites_⌋.*

¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋.*

⁶ Look, I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from the midst of the children. They are a gift to you given from Yahweh to perform the work of the tent of assembly.

²⁹ _⌊And_⌋* in the middle of the night, Yahweh struck all of the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison house and every firstborn of an animal. ³⁰ And Pharaoh got up at night, he and all his servants and all Egypt, and a great cry of distress was in Egypt because there was not a house where there was no one dead.

¹² you will hand over every first offspring of a womb to Yahweh, and every first offspring dropped by a domestic animal that will belong to you, the males will be for Yahweh.

¹⁵ And when Pharaoh was stubborn to release us, Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from firstborn human to firstborn domestic animal. Therefore I am sacrificing to Yahweh every first offspring of a womb, the males, and every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

²⁹ " 'You will not delay the fullness of your harvest and the juice from your press; you will give me the firstborn of your sons.

¹⁹ Every first offspring of a womb is for me—all of your male livestock, the first offspring of cattle and small livestock.

²⁶ " 'However, a man shall not consecrate a firstborn among livestock, which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh; whether an ox _⌊or_⌋* small livestock, it is for Yahweh.

¹⁶ For they are given to me exclusively from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* I have taken them for myself in place of the firstborn of every womb, every firstborn from the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ¹⁷ For every firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋* is mine, both humankind and animal. On the day I destroyed every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to me,

¹⁵ All the first offspring of a womb of any creature that they offer to Yahweh, whether human or animal, will be yours; you will surely redeem the firstborn of the human and the unclean firstborn of the animal.

³⁰ And also what is first of all of the firstfruits of everything, and of all of the contribution of everything from all of your contributions, to the priest _⌊it belongs_⌋,* and what is first of your dough you shall give to the priest, so that a blessing may rest on your house.

²³ (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord")*

²³ and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

⁴⁷ The Levites from their ancestors'* tribe were not mustered* in their midst.

²² The _⌊ones counted_⌋* according to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were seven thousand five hundred.

²⁸ According to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

³⁴ The _⌊ones counted_⌋* according to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were six thousand two hundred.

³⁹ All those counted from the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the word of Yahweh_⌋,* according to their clans, every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were twenty-two thousand. ⁴⁰ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Muster every firstborn male from the _⌊Israelites_⌋* from _⌊one month_⌋* and above and _⌊count_⌋* their names.

⁴³ And all the firstborn males* among the number of names from _⌊one month_⌋* and above, the _⌊ones counted_⌋,* were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

¹⁵ All the first offspring of a womb of any creature that they offer to Yahweh, whether human or animal, will be yours; you will surely redeem the firstborn of the human and the unclean firstborn of the animal. ¹⁶ As to their price of redemption, from _⌊a one-month-old_⌋* you will redeem them according to your proper value, five shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerah.

⁶² The ones counted were twenty-three thousand, every male from _⌊a month old_⌋* and above, because they were not counted in the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* since no inheritance was given to them in the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.*

¹⁷ I love _⌊those who love me_⌋,* and those who seek me diligently shall find me.

² "Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, _⌊saying_⌋,* 'Thus says Yahweh,
"I remember concerning you the loyal love of your childhood,* the love of your betrothal-time, your going* after me in the desert,* in the land not sown.

³ From afar Yahweh appeared to me, saying, "I have loved you with an everlasting love. _⌊Therefore_⌋* I have drawn you with loyal love.

¹⁴ But when* Jesus saw it,* he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the young children come to me. Do not forbid them, _⌊for to such belongs_⌋* the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

²¹ And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons at the word of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

³⁹ All those counted from the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the word of Yahweh_⌋,* according to their clans, every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above were twenty-two thousand.

⁵¹ And Moses gave the money of the ransom to Aaron and to his sons according to the _⌊word_⌋* of Yahweh just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁷ And all the work of the descendants* of the Gershonites* will be at _⌊the command_⌋* of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry.

³⁷ These were those counted of the clans of the Kohathites,* everyone who served in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.*

⁴¹ These were those counted of the clans of the descendants* of Gershon, everyone who serves in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh.

⁴⁵ These were those counted of the clans of the descendants* of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron mustered* according to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.*

⁴⁹ According to _⌊the command_⌋* of Yahweh by the hand of Moses* _⌊they were mustered_⌋,* each man according to his service and according to their* service and according to their* burden; and so they were counted by him just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

⁵ Then the priests, the descendants* of Levi, shall come near, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to bless in the name of Yahweh, and every legal dispute and every case of assault will be _⌊subject to their ruling_⌋.*

¹¹ The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies:* Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were _⌊one hundred and thirty-seven years_⌋.* ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans. ¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were _⌊one hundred and thirty-three years_⌋.* ¹⁹ And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.*

⁵ and you will add a fourth of wine for the libation upon the burnt offering, or to the sacrifice for each ram-lamb. ⁶ Or for the ram you will make a grain offering of two-tenths of finely milled flour mixed into a third of a liquid measure of oil. ⁷ You will present a third of the liquid measure of wine for the libation, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. ⁸ When you prepare _⌊a bull_⌋* as a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a fellowship offering for Yahweh, ⁹ you will present with _⌊the bull_⌋* a grain offering of three-tenths of finely milled flour mixed with half a liquid measure of oil, ¹⁰ and you will present half a liquid measure of wine as a libation, as an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. ¹¹ " 'This is how it should be done for each bull, or for the each ram, or for the small four-footed mammal, or ram-lambs, or goats. ¹² According to the number that you prepare, so should you do to each according to their number. ¹³ Every native must do these things to present an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. ¹⁴ If an alien dwells among you, or whoever is in your midst throughout your generations,* and prepares an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh, he should do as you do. ¹⁵ For the assembly, there will be one decree for you and for the alien who dwells among you; it is an eternal decree for all your generations. _⌊You as well as the alien_⌋* will be _⌊before Yahweh_⌋.* ¹⁶ There will be one law and one stipulation for you and for the alien dwelling among you.'" ¹⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ "Speak to the _⌊Israelites_⌋* and say to them, 'When you come into the land to which I am about to bring you, ¹⁹ whenever you eat from the food of the land, you will lift up a contribution to Yahweh. ²⁰ You must lift up a contribution of the first batch of your ring-shaped dough bread; you must lift it up as a contribution of the threshing floor. ²¹ You will give to Yahweh a contribution from the first of your dough throughout your generations.* ²² " 'But if you go astray and you do not follow* all these commandments that Yahweh commanded to Moses, ²³ all that Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses* from the day that Yahweh commanded and beyond, throughout your generations,*

⁶ So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab. ⁷ And he lifted up his oracle and said,
"From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.' ⁸ How can I curse whom God has not cursed, and how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced? ⁹ Because from the top of the rocks I see him, from hilltops I watch him. Behold, a people who dwell alone, they do not consider themselves among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or as a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, and let my end be like his!" ¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have surely blessed them!" ¹² He answered and said, "_⌊Should I not speak_⌋* what Yahweh puts in my mouth?" ¹³ Then Balak said, "Please walk with me to another place where you will see them, but you will only see part of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there." ¹⁴ So he took him to the field of Zophim to the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar. ¹⁵ Balaam* said to Balak, "Station yourself here at the burnt offering while I myself meet with Yahweh there." ¹⁶ Then Yahweh met with Balaam, and he put a word in his mouth, and he said, "Return to Balak, and you must speak thus." ¹⁷ He came to him, and behold, he was standing at his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?" ¹⁸ Then _⌊he uttered_⌋* his oracle, and said,
"Stand up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor! ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of humankind, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? And has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? ²⁰ Behold, I have received a command to bless; when he has blessed, I cannot cause it to return. ²¹ He has no regard for evil in Jacob, and he does not see trouble in Israel; Yahweh his God is with him, and a shout* of a king is among them.* ²² God, who brings them out from Egypt, is like the strength* of a wild ox for them.* ²³ Because there is no sorcery against Jacob, and there is no divination against Israel. Now* it will be said to Jacob and Israel, what God has done!

¹ And Balaam saw that _⌊it pleased_⌋* Yahweh to bless Israel, and he did not go _⌊as other times_⌋* _⌊to seek out_⌋* sorcery; instead, he set his face toward the desert. ² Balaam lift up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to its tribes, and the spirit of God was upon it.* ³ He _⌊uttered_⌋* his oracle and said,
"The declaration of Balaam son Beor, the declaration of the man whose eyes are closed, ⁴ the declaration of the hearer of God's words,* who sees the revelation of Shaddai,* falling down but whose eyes are uncovered. ⁵ How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! ⁶ They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at the waters. ⁷ He will pour water from his buckets, and his offspring will be like many waters; his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted. ⁸ God, who brings him out from Egypt, is like the strength* of a wild ox for him. He will devour the nations who are his enemies; he will break their bones; he will pierce them with his arrows. ⁹ He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like a lioness, who will rouse him? They who bless you will be blessed, and they who curse you will be cursed." ¹⁰ Then _⌊Balak became angry with_⌋* Balaam, and he clapped his hands and said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but look, you have surely blessed them these three times. ¹¹ _⌊Flee_⌋* to your place now. I said I would richly honor you, but look, Yahweh has withheld honor from you." ¹² Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, ¹³ 'If Balak gave to me the fullness of his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond _⌊the command of Yahweh_⌋* to do good or evil, from my heart; what Yahweh speaks, I will speak'?* ¹⁴ And now, look, I am about to go to my people; I will advise you what this people will do to your people _⌊in the following days_⌋."* ¹⁵ And he _⌊uttered_⌋* his oracle and said,
"The declaration of Balaam son of Beor, and the declaration of the man whose eye is closed, ¹⁶ the declaration of the hearer of God's words,* and the knower of the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of Shaddai,* who is falling, and his eyes are revealed. ¹⁷ I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; a star will go out from Jacob, and a scepter will rise from Israel; it will crush the foreheads of Moab and destroy all the children of Seth. ¹⁸ Edom will be a captive; Seir, its enemies, will be a captive, and Israel will be acting _⌊courageously_⌋.* ¹⁹ Someone* from Jacob will rule and will destroy a remnant* from the city." ²⁰ And he looked at Amalek, _⌊uttered_⌋* his oracle, and said, "Amalek is first* of the nations, but his future will be forever ruin." ²¹ And he looked at the Kenites,* _⌊uttered_⌋* his oracle, and said,
"Steady is your dwelling place; in the rock is your nest. ²² Nevertheless, the Kenite will be burned; how long will Asshur keep* you captive?" ²³ Again he _⌊uttered_⌋* his oracle and said,
"Woe, who will live when God establishes this?* ²⁴ The ships will come from the hand of the Kittim, and they will afflict Asshur and will afflict Eber; also he will be forever ruin." ²⁵ Then Balaam got up and went and returned to his place, and Balak also went on his way.

⁵⁷ These are the ones counted of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites;* of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites;* of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.* ⁵⁸ These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites,* the clan of the Hebronites,* the clan of the Mahlites,* the clan of the Mushites,* the clan of the Korahites.* Kohath fathered Amram.

¹ Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ² And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock." ³ So, _⌊by command of Yahweh_⌋,* the _⌊Israelites_⌋* gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance. ⁴ The allotment _⌊fell_⌋* for the families of the Kohathites.* The descendants* of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, _⌊received_⌋* by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ⁵ The remaining descendants* of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. ⁶ The descendants* of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. ⁷ The descendants* of the Merarites* according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ⁸ The _⌊Israelites_⌋* gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses. ⁹ They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon; ¹⁰ and they were for the descendants* of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites,* from the descendants* of Levi, because the first lot was theirs. ¹¹ And they gave to them Kiriath Arba,* Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it. ¹² But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property. ¹³ To the descendants* of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands, ¹⁴ Jattir and its pasturelands, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, ¹⁵ Holon and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, ¹⁶ Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes. ¹⁷ From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its pasturelands, Geba and its pasturelands, ¹⁸ Anathoth and its pasturelands, Almon and its pasturelands; four cities. ¹⁹ All the cities of the descendants* of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands. ²⁰ For the families of the descendants* of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendants* of Kohath, they received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, ²² Kibzaim and its pasturelands, and Beth-horon and its pasturelands; four cities. ²³ From the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its pasturelands, Gibbethon and its pasturelands, ²⁴ Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands; four cities. ²⁵ From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities. ²⁶ All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendants* of Kohath were ten. ²⁷ To the descendants* of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities. ²⁸ From the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, ²⁹ Jarmuth and its pasturelands, En Gannim and its pasturelands; four cities. ³⁰ From the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, ³¹ Helkath and its pasturelands, Rehob and its pasturelands; four cities. ³² From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities. ³³ All the cities of the Gershonites* according to their families were thirteen cities and their pasturelands. ³⁴ To the families of the descendants* of Merarite, the remaining Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands, ³⁵ Dimnah and its pasturelands, and Nahalal and its pasturelands; four cities. ³⁶ From the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its pasturelands, Jahaz and its pasturelands, ³⁷ Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands; four cities. ³⁸ From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, ³⁹ Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands; four cities in all. ⁴⁰ All these were the cities of the descendants* of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities. ⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites among the property of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* were forty-eight cities and their pasturelands. ⁴² Each of these cities had pasturelands surrounding them; so it was for all of these cities. ⁴³ And Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors,* and they took possession of it and _⌊settled in it_⌋.* ⁴⁴ Yahweh gave them rest on every side, according to all that he had sworn to their ancestors,* and nobody from all their enemies withstood them, for Yahweh had given all their enemies into their hand. ⁴⁵ And _⌊nothing failed from_⌋* all the good things* that Yahweh promised to the house of Israel; _⌊everything came to pass_⌋.*

¹ * The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ Now these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their ancestors.*

¹ Now the commanders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, the other nine's place was in the other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. ³ These are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each one lived on his property in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants* of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And some from the descendants* of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the descendants* of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, from the descendants* of Perez; ⁵ and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Jehoiarib, son of Zechariah, son* of the Shilonite. ⁶ All of the descendants* of Perez who were living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight able-bodied men. ⁷ These are the descendants* of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah. ⁸ And following after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight. ⁹ And Joel son of Zicri, their chief officer; and Judah son of Hassenuah, second in command over the city. ¹⁰ From the priests: Jedaiah son of Jehoiarib, Jakin, ¹¹ Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub—the leader of the house of God— ¹² and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two. And Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah,

²¹ _⌊To Gershon belonged_⌋* the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites.

¹⁷ Now these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

²⁰ Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹ Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

⁷ For the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief and Zetham and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of Ladan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei. ¹¹ And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. They were enrolled as one for the house of a father.

⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.

¹ As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph. ² And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴ And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶ And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who were rulers in the house of their father, for they were mighty warriors of ability. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah. ⁸ All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers were men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom. ⁹ And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen. ¹⁰ And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief), ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. ¹² These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh. ¹³ And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers' houses, _⌊for their gates_⌋.* ¹⁴ And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, _⌊a wise counselor_⌋,* they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north. ¹⁵ To Obed-Edom went out the south, and to his sons, the storehouses. ¹⁶ For Shuppim and Hosah it went out for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard. ¹⁷ To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two by two. ¹⁸ For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court. ¹⁹ These were the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari. ²⁰ And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects. ²¹ The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³ Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Ozzielites: ²⁴ Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was commander over the treasuries. ²⁵ And his brothers: from Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zikri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶ That Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ From the battles and from the spoil they had dedicated these things to strengthen the house of Yahweh. ²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all the dedicated gifts were under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers. ²⁹ For the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were appointed to the duties outside of Israel as officials and as judges. ³⁰ For the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brothers, one thousand seven hundred men of ability, were over the administration of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Yahweh and for the service of the king. ³¹ For the Hebronites: Jeriah the chief of the Hebronites for the genealogy for the _⌊families_⌋.* (In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were examined, and there was found among them mighty warriors of strength at Jazer in Gilead.) ³² And his brothers, sons of ability, were two thousand seven hundred heads of the _⌊families_⌋,* and King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter of God and matter of the king.

¹ These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³ Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴ Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, ⁵ Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shemaiah, Jehoiarib, Jedaiah, ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These are the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua. ⁸ And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah and his brothers who were in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. ⁹ And Bakbukiah, Unno, their brothers stood opposite them during service. ¹⁰ Jeshua fathered Jehoiakim; Jehoiakim fathered Eliashib; Eliashib fathered Jehoiada; ¹¹ Jehoiada fathered Jehonathan; Jehonathan fathered Jaddua. ¹² Now in the days of Jehoiakim the priests and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; ¹³ of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; ¹⁴ of Melichu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; ¹⁵ of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; ¹⁶ of Adaia, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; ¹⁷ of Abijah, Zicri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai; ¹⁸ of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; ¹⁹ of Jehoiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; ²⁰ of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; ²¹ of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel. ²² In the days of Eliashib, Jehoiada, Jehohanan, and Jaddua the Levites were recorded as heads of the _⌊families_⌋.* So these were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The descendants* of Levi and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* were recorded in the scroll of the Annals until the days of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. ²⁴ And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks by the command of David the man of God, section alongside section. ²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storerooms of the gates. ²⁶ These were in the days of Jehoiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jehozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were _⌊one hundred and thirty-three years_⌋.*

²⁷ _⌊To Kohath belonged_⌋* the clan of Amramites,* the clan of the Izharites,* the clan of the Hebronites,* and the clan of the Uzzielites;* these were the clans of the Kohathites.*

¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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

⁵ Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and one hundred and twenty of his brothers.

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

¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel, and from his brothers, Asaph the son of Berekiah, and from the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸ and with them their brothers of the second rank, Zechariah the son, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-Edom and Jeiel. ¹⁹ Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; ²⁰ Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play on harps according to Alamoth; ²¹ and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play lyres, directing according to the Sheminith.

¹² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to consecrate the most holy things. He and his sons were to burn offerings forever before Yahweh to serve him and to bless in his name forever.

¹⁸ The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.*

³³ _⌊To Merari belonged_⌋* the clan of Mahlites* and the clan of the Mushites:* these are the clans of Merari.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their ancestors.*

²⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

⁴⁴ On the left were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, ⁴⁵ son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶ son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, ⁴⁷ son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

⁶ Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers.

²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²² And Eleazar died, and he did not have sons, but only daughters. And the sons of Kish, their relatives, married them. ²³ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁷ The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, his son,* Shoham, Zakkur, and Ibri. ²⁸ Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. ²⁹ Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. ³⁰ And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah,* Heshabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands* of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the stringed instrument with thanksgiving and praise to Yahweh.

³⁸ And the descendants* of Gershon counted according to their clans and according to _⌊their families_⌋,* ³⁹ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋,* everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly; ⁴⁰ the _⌊ones counted_⌋,* according to their clans, according to _⌊their families_⌋,* were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

⁵³ But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,* and there will not be wrath on the community of the _⌊Israelites_⌋;* and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony."*

⁹ according to all that I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its equipment—and so you will do.

¹ "And the tabernacle you will make with ten curtains; you will make them of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman. ² The length of the one curtain will be twenty-eight cubits, and the width will be four cubits for the one curtain; one measure will be for all the curtains. ³ Five curtains will be joined _⌊to one another_⌋,* and five curtains joined _⌊to one another_⌋.* ⁴ And you will make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; and you will do so on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. ⁵ You will make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you will make fifty loops on the end of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops are to be opposite* _⌊to one another_⌋.* ⁶ And you will make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains _⌊to one another_⌋* with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be one. ⁷ "And you will make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you will make them eleven curtains. ⁸ The length of the one curtain will be thirty cubits, and the width will be four cubits for the one curtain; one measure will be for the eleven curtains. ⁹ And you will join five curtains together and six curtains together, and you will fold double the sixth curtain at the front of the tent. ¹⁰ And you will make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set. ¹¹ And you will make fifty bronze clasps, and you will put the clasps in the loops and join the tent, so that it will be one. ¹² "And the surplus in the curtains of the tent will be an overhang; the surplus half curtain will hang over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³ And a cubit _⌊from one side_⌋* and a cubit _⌊from the other side_⌋* in the surplus in the length of the curtains of the tent will be hung over the sides of the tabernacle _⌊equally_⌋* to cover it. ¹⁴ "And you will make a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skins and a covering of fine leather to go above.

³⁶ "And you will make for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. ³⁷ And you will make for the screen five acacia pillars, and you will overlay them with gold with their gold hooks, and you will cast for them five bronze bases.

⁸ And all who were skilled of heart among the doers of the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue and purple and crimson yarns, with cherubim; he made them, the work of a skilled craftsman. ⁹ The length of the one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measurement was for all the curtains. ¹⁰ And he joined five of the curtains _⌊one to another_⌋,* and five curtains he joined _⌊one to another_⌋.* ¹¹ And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the set; so he did on the edge of the end curtain in the second set. ¹² He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite* _⌊one to another_⌋.* ¹³ And he made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains _⌊one to another_⌋* with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was one. ¹⁴ And he made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made them eleven curtains. ¹⁵ The length of the one curtain was thirty cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measure was for the eleven curtains. ¹⁶ And he joined five curtains together and six curtains together. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set. ¹⁸ And he made fifty bronze clasps for joining the tent to become one. ¹⁹ And he made a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skin and a covering of fine leather to go above.

³⁷ And he made for the entrance of the tent a screen of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, ³⁸ and the five pillars and their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their connections with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

¹⁹ And he spread the tent over the tabernacle; he placed the covering of the tent over it, above it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he set up the entrance screen for the tabernacle.

⁷ They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle.

²⁴ This is the work of the clans of the Gershonites:* to serve and to carry. ²⁵ They will carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of assembly and its covering and the covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* which _⌊is on top of it_⌋,* and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of assembly, ²⁶ and the curtains of the courtyard, and the covering for the doorway of the gate of the courtyard, which is all around on the tabernacle and altar, and their cords and all the vessels of their work; and all that is done to them they will do. ²⁷ And all the work of the descendants* of the Gershonites* will be at _⌊the command_⌋* of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry. ²⁸ This is the work of the clan of the descendants* of the Gershonites* in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility lies _⌊under the direction_⌋* of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

⁷ Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants* of Gershon _⌊according to their required service_⌋;*

¹⁴ And from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zicri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶ Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of Netophathite. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief); ¹⁸ until then they were gatekeepers at the gate of the king on the east side toward the camps of the Levites. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of the house of his fathers, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, the guardians of the entrances to the tent, and their fathers were over the camp of Yahweh, guardians of the entrance. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the leader over them _⌊in time past_⌋;* Yahweh was with him. ²¹ Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the doorway to the tent of assembly.* ²² All of them were chosen as gatekeepers at the entrances, two hundred and twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. They were established by David and Samuel the seer on account of their faithfulness. ²³ So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh at the house of the tent as guards. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were on four sides: east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brethren in their villages were to come every seven days _⌊by turn_⌋* to be with these. ²⁶ For the four mighty gatekeepers, they who were Levites, _⌊were entrusted_⌋* and were over the chambers and over the storerooms of the house of God. ²⁷ And they lodged all around the house of God, for upon them was a responsibility. And _⌊they had charge of opening the house of God every morning_⌋.* ²⁸ And some of them were over the utensils of the service, for _⌊they count them_⌋* when they are brought in and _⌊they count them_⌋* when they are brought out. ²⁹ And some of them were appointed over the objects, over the objects of the sanctuary, and over the wheat flour and the wine, the olive oil, the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And some of the sons of the priests mixed the fragrant ointment for the spices. ³¹ And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite and _⌊was entrusted_⌋* with the work of the pan breads. ³² And from the sons of the Kohathites, some of their kinsmen were over the _⌊showbread_⌋* to prepare it _⌊every Sabbath_⌋.* ³³ Now these were the singers; the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of the Levites were in the chambers free from other service, for day and night they were over them on the service.

³² And they shall keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly,* the responsibility of the sanctified objects, and the responsibility of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, to serve the house of Yahweh.

²¹ The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

² And Hezekiah appointed working groups of the priests and the Levites, each according to their divisions, _⌊according to the service for priests and Levites_⌋,* for burnt offerings, for peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camps of Yahweh.

¹¹ And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh, and they were prepared. ¹² Then they brought the offerings and tithes and holy objects faithfully. And over them as leader was Conaniah the Levite. And Shimei his brother was second in rank. ¹³ And Jehiel, Azaziah, Nathan, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were chief officers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei, his brother, by appointment of King Hezekiah. And Azaraiah was leader of the house of God. ¹⁴ Now Kore the son of Imlah, the Levite, the gatekeeper of the east gate was over the freewill offerings of God, to give offerings to Yahweh and the most holy things. ¹⁵ And at his hand were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests and _⌊entrusted_⌋* to give to their brothers by working groups, according to the eldest to the youngest, ¹⁶ besides their enrollment by genealogy, to males from three years old and upward, to all who came into the house of Yahweh, _⌊as each day required_⌋* for their service in their posts according to their working groups. ¹⁷ And the enrollment of the priests was according to the house of their fathers, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, according to their posts by their working groups. ¹⁸ And they were enrolled with all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters for the whole assembly because of their faithfulness. And they sanctified themselves in holiness.

³⁴ It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority—to each one his work—and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert.

⁶ but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if it is prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; ⁷ if it is service, by service; if it is one who teaches, by teaching; ⁸ if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

¹⁷ And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it."

¹⁸ I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy my child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,

⁹ "You will make the courtyard of the tabernacle; for the _⌊south_⌋* side will be hangings for the courtyard of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits long for the one side. ¹⁰ And its twenty pillars and their twenty bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. ¹¹ And likewise for the north side along the length will be hangings one hundred cubits long; and its twenty pillars and their bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. ¹² And the width of the courtyard for the west* side will be hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases. ¹³ And the width of the courtyard for the east side, toward sunrise, will be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ And hangings for the shoulder* will be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁵ And fifteen cubits of hangings will be for the second shoulder* with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the courtyard there will be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; with their four pillars and their four bases.

¹⁸ the _⌊pegs_⌋* of the tabernacle and the _⌊pegs_⌋* of the courtyard and their cords;

⁹ And he made the courtyard; for the south* side were the hangings of the court of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits, ¹⁰ with their twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze and with the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹¹ And for the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits with their twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze and with the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹² And for the _⌊west_⌋* side fifty cubits of hangings with their ten pillars and their ten bases and with the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹³ And for the eastward side, toward sunrise, fifty cubits; ¹⁴ fifteen cubits of hangings were to the shoulder,* with their three pillars and their three bases, ¹⁵ and for the second shoulder* _⌊on each side_⌋* of the gate of the courtyard were fifteen cubits of hangings, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ All the hangings of the courtyard all around were finely twisted linen,

¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

²³ Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Ozzielites:

³¹ Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use.

³⁵ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋;* everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, ³⁶ the _⌊ones counted_⌋* were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

¹⁰ "The standard of the camp of Reuben will be to the south according to their divisions. The leader of the descendants will be Elizur son of Shedeur.

²³ The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west,

¹⁰ "And they will make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And you will overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you will overlay it, and you will make on it a gold molding all around. ¹² And you will cast for it four gold rings, and you will put them on its four feet, with two rings on its one side and two rings on its second side. ¹³ And you will make poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And you will put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark with them. ¹⁵ In the rings of the ark will be the poles; they will not be removed from it.* ¹⁶ And you will put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you. ¹⁷ "And you will make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. ¹⁸ And you will make two cherubim of gold; you will make them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. ¹⁹ And make one cherub _⌊at one end_⌋* and one cherub _⌊at the other end_⌋* of the atonement cover; you will make the cherubim on its two ends. ²⁰ And the cherubim will be with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover _⌊and facing each other_⌋;* the faces of the cherubim will be toward the atonement cover. ²¹ And you will put the atonement cover above onto the ark, and into the ark you will put the testimony that I will give you. ²² And I will meet you there, and I will speak with you from over the atonement cover, from between the two cherubim that are to be on the ark of the testimony—all that I will command you to the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ²³ "And you will make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height. ²⁴ And you will overlay it with pure gold, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. ²⁵ And you will make for it a handbreadth rim all around, and you will make a gold molding for its rim all around. ²⁶ And you will make four gold rings for it, and you will put the rings on the four corners where its four _⌊legs_⌋* are. ²⁷ The rings will be near the rim as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry the table. ²⁸ And you will make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and the table will be carried with them. ²⁹ And you will make its plates and its ladles* and its pitchers and its bowls with which libations will be poured; of pure gold you will make them. ³⁰ And you will put on the table the bread of presence to be before me continually. ³¹ "And you will make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand will be made of hammered work—its base and its branch,* its cups, its buds, and its blossoms will be from it. ³² And six branches will be going out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ³³ Three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom, and three almond-flower cups will be on the one branch with a bud and a blossom—likewise for the six branches going out from the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand will be four almond-flower cups, with its buds and its blossoms. ³⁵ And a bud will be under the two branches that come from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, and a bud under the two branches from it, likewise for the six branches coming out from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their buds and their branches will be from it, all of it one piece of pure gold hammered work. ³⁷ And you will make its seven lamps, and its lamps will be set up, and it will give light _⌊in the space in front of it_⌋.* ³⁸ And its snuffers and its fire pans will be pure gold. ³⁹ It will be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these pieces of equipment. ⁴⁰ And see and make all according to their pattern, which you were shown in the mountain.

³¹ "And you will make a curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman; he will make it with cherubim. ³² And you will put it on four acacia pillars overlaid with gold with their gold hooks on four silver bases. ³³ And you will put the curtain under the clasps, and you will bring the ark of the testimony there inside the curtain, and the curtain will separate for you between the holy and the _⌊most holy place_⌋.*

¹ "And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar will be square, and its height will be three cubits. ² And you will make its horns on its four corners; its horns will be _⌊of one piece with it_⌋,* and you will overlay it with bronze. ³ And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forks* and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment with bronze. ⁴ And you will make for it a grating, a work of bronze network, and you will make on the network four bronze rings on its four ends. ⁵ And you will put it under the ledge of the altar, below, and the network will be up to the middle of the altar. ⁶ And you will make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with bronze. ⁷ And the poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it. ⁸ You will make it hollow with boards. As it was shown you on the mountain, so they will do.

¹ "And you will make an altar for burning incense; you will make it of acacia wood, ² a cubit its length and a cubit its width—it will be square—and two cubits its height, its horns _⌊of one piece with it_⌋.* ³ And you will overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around and its horns, and you will make for it a gold molding all around. ⁴ And you will make two gold rings for it; under its molding _⌊on two opposite sides_⌋* you will make them as _⌊holders_⌋* for poles to carry it with them. ⁵ You will make the poles of acacia wood, and you will overlay them with gold. ⁶ And you will put it before the curtain that is upon the ark of the testimony, before the atonement cover, which is on the testimony, there where I will meet with you. ⁷ "And on it Aaron will turn fragrant incense into smoke; _⌊each morning_⌋* when he tends the lamps, he will turn it into smoke. ⁸ And when Aaron sets up the lamps _⌊at twilight_⌋,* he will turn it into smoke—incense of continuity—before Yahweh throughout your generations. ⁹ You will not offer on it strange incense or a burnt offering or a grain offering, and you will not pour a libation on it. ¹⁰ And Aaron will make atonement on its horns one time in the year from the blood of the sin offering of the atonement; one time in the year he will make atonement on it throughout your generations; it is a most holy thing for Yahweh."

¹ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ² "See, I have called by name* Bezalel the son of Uri the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ³ And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill* and with knowledge and with every kind of craftsmanship, ⁴ to devise designs, to work with gold and with silver and with bronze, ⁵ and in stonecutting for setting and in cutting wood, for doing every kind of craftsmanship. ⁶ And, look, I have given with him Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, and I have put skill in the heart of all the skilled of heart, and they will make all that I have commanded you— ⁷ the tent of assembly and the ark of the testimony and the atonement cover that is on it and all the equipment of the tent, ⁸ and the table and all its equipment, and the pure gold lampstand and all its equipment, and the incense altar, ⁹ and the altar of burnt offering and all its equipment, and the basin and its stand, ¹⁰ and the garments of woven material, and _⌊the garments of the sanctuary_⌋* for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve as priests, ¹¹ and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. According to all that I have commanded you, they will make it. ¹² And Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, ¹³ "And you, speak to the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* saying, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, because it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, in order to know that I am Yahweh, who consecrates you. ¹⁴ And you must keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; defilers* of it will surely be put to death, because anyone who does work on it—that person will be cut off from among his people. ¹⁵ On six days work can be done, and on the seventh _⌊is a Sabbath of complete rest_⌋,* _⌊a holy day_⌋* for Yahweh; anyone doing work on the Sabbath day will surely be put to death. ¹⁶ The _⌊Israelites_⌋* will pay attention to the Sabbath in order to fulfill the Sabbath* throughout their generations as a lasting covenant. ¹⁷ It is a sign between me and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* forever, because in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he ceased* and recovered."* ¹⁸ And when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with the finger of God.

³⁵ And he made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of a craftsman; he made it with cherubim. ³⁶ And he made for it four acacia pillars, and he overlaid them with gold, with their gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

¹ And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. ² And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ³ And he cast for it four gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second side. ⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ⁵ And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. ⁶ And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.

¹ And he made the burnt-offering altar of acacia wood; its length was five cubits, and its width was five cubits—it was square—and its height was three cubits. ² And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were _⌊of one piece with it_⌋;* and he overlaid it with bronze. ³ And he made all the equipment of the altar—the pots and the shovels and the sprinkling bowls and the forks* and the fire pans—all its equipment he made with bronze. ⁴ And he made for the altar a grating, a work of bronze network under its ledge, below, up to its middle. ⁵ And he cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as _⌊holders_⌋* for the poles. ⁶ And he made the poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow with boards.

³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames,* its bars, and its pillars and its bases; ³⁴ and the covering of the red-dyed ram skins and the covering of fine leather and the curtain of the screen; ³⁵ the ark of the testimony and its poles and the atonement cover; ³⁶ the table, all its equipment, and the bread of the presence; ³⁷ the pure gold lampstand, its lamps—the lamps of the row—and all its equipment and the oil of the light; ³⁸ the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance of the tent; ³⁹ the bronze altar, and the bronze grating that is for it, its poles, and all its equipment, the basin and its stand, ⁴⁰ the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars, and its bases; and the screen for the courtyard gate, its tent cords and its _⌊pegs_⌋;* and all the equipment of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of assembly, ⁴¹ the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests. ⁴² According to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the _⌊Israelites_⌋* did all the work.

² "On the first day of the month, you will set up the tabernacle of the tent of assembly. ³ And you will put there the ark of the testimony, and you will cover over the ark with the curtain.* ⁴ And you will bring the table, and you will arrange its setting, and you will bring the lampstand, and you will set up its lamps. ⁵ And you will put the gold altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and you will set up the entrance screen for the tabernacle. ⁶ And you will put the altar of the burnt offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of assembly. ⁷ And you will put the basin between the tent of assembly and the altar, and you will put water _⌊in it_⌋.* ⁸ And you will set up the courtyard all around, and you will put up the screen of the gate of the courtyard. ⁹ "And you will take the anointing oil, and you will anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and you will consecrate all of its equipment,* and it will be holy. ¹⁰ And you will anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all of its equipment,* and you will consecrate the altar, and the altar will be a most holy thing.* ¹¹ And you will anoint the basin and its stand, and you will consecrate it. ¹² And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of assembly, and you will wash them with the water. ¹³ And you will clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and you will anoint him, and you will consecrate him, and he will serve as a priest for me. ¹⁴ And you will bring his sons, and you will clothe them with tunics. ¹⁵ And you will anoint them as you anointed their father, and they will serve as priests for me. And their anointing will be for them to be a lasting priesthood* throughout their generations." ¹⁶ And Moses did according to all that Yahweh had commanded him; so he did.

³⁰ And he placed the basin between the tent of assembly and the altar, and he put there water for washing.

⁴ This is the work of the descendants* of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary: ⁵ When setting out the camp, Aaron and his sons will go and lower the curtain of the covering and cover with it the ark of the testimony.* ⁶ They will put on it a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles. ⁷ And over the table of the presence they will spread out a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes, and libation bowls, and the pitchers of the libation; and the bread of continuity will be on it. ⁸ They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋,* and they will place its poles. ⁹ They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light source, its lamps, a pair of its tongs, its small pans, and all the vessels of its oil with which they attend to it. ¹⁰ They will put it and all its vessels inside a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋* and put it on the carrying frame. ¹¹ Over the altar of gold they will spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋* and place its poles. ¹² They will take all the vessels of the cultic service with which they serve in the sanctuary and put them on a blue cloth, and they will cover them with a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋;* and they will put them on the carrying frame. ¹³ They will remove the fat-soaked ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it; ¹⁴ they will put on it all the vessels with which they serve, the fire pans, forks, shovels, and bowls—all the vessels of the altar. They will spread on it a covering of _⌊fine leather_⌋;* and they will place its poles. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp sets out, the descendants* of Kohath will come after to carry these, but they must not touch the sanctuary, or they will die. These are the load of the descendants* of Kohath in the tent of assembly. ¹⁶ "Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is to supervise the oil of the light source, the incense, _⌊the regular grain offering_⌋,* the oil of anointment, the supervision of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, in the sanctuary and in its vessels."

¹⁶ "Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is to supervise the oil of the light source, the incense, _⌊the regular grain offering_⌋,* the oil of anointment, the supervision of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, in the sanctuary and in its vessels."

²⁵ Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and take them up Mount Hor. ²⁶ Strip off Aaron's garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; Aaron will be gathered to his people, and he will die there." ²⁷ So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the community. ²⁸ And Moses stripped off Aaron's garments and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar went down from the mountain.

¹⁸ Then the commander of the imperial guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and three of the threshold keepers.

¹⁴ And from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zicri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶ Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of Netophathite. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief); ¹⁸ until then they were gatekeepers at the gate of the king on the east side toward the camps of the Levites. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of the house of his fathers, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, the guardians of the entrances to the tent, and their fathers were over the camp of Yahweh, guardians of the entrance. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the leader over them _⌊in time past_⌋;* Yahweh was with him.

²⁰ And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects. ²¹ The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³ Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Ozzielites: ²⁴ Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was commander over the treasuries.

²⁰ The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to _⌊their families_⌋.*

²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

²¹ those who were counted from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

⁹ All those counted from the camp of Judah are one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.

¹¹ And his division and the _⌊ones counted_⌋* are forty-six thousand five hundred.

²⁵ "The standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions will be to the west. The leader of the descendants of Dan will be Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

²⁸ According to the number of every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south.

¹⁵ "And you will make the frames* for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.* ¹⁶ The length of the frame* will be ten cubits, and the width of the one frame* will be one and a half cubits. ¹⁷ You will make two _⌊pegs_⌋* for the one frame* for joining _⌊each to another_⌋* and likewise for all the frames* of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And you will make the frames* for the tabernacle with twenty frames* for the _⌊south_⌋* side. ¹⁹ And you will make forty silver bases under the twenty frames,* with two bases under the one frame* for its two _⌊pegs_⌋* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame* for its two _⌊pegs_⌋.* ²⁰ And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, there will be twenty frames* ²¹ and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one frame* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame.* ²² "And for the rear of the tabernacle _⌊on the west_⌋* you will make six frames.* ²³ And you will make two frames* for the tabernacle corners at the rear. ²⁴ They will be double at the bottom, and they will be completely together on its top to the one ring; it will be likewise for the two of them; they will be for the two corners. ²⁵ And there will be eight frames* and their silver bases, sixteen bases, with two bases under the one frame* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame.* ²⁶ "You will make five bars of acacia wood for the frames* on the one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷ and five bars for the frames* on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames* on the side of the tabernacle at the rear _⌊on the west_⌋.* ²⁸ And the bar in the middle, in the midst of the frames* will run from end to end. ²⁹ And you will overlay the frames* with gold, and you will make their rings of gold as _⌊holders_⌋* for the bars, and you will overlay the bars with gold.

³² And you will put it on four acacia pillars overlaid with gold with their gold hooks on four silver bases.

³⁷ And you will make for the screen five acacia pillars, and you will overlay them with gold with their gold hooks, and you will cast for them five bronze bases.

⁹ "You will make the courtyard of the tabernacle; for the _⌊south_⌋* side will be hangings for the courtyard of finely twisted linen, one hundred cubits long for the one side. ¹⁰ And its twenty pillars and their twenty bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. ¹¹ And likewise for the north side along the length will be hangings one hundred cubits long; and its twenty pillars and their bases will be bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands will be silver. ¹² And the width of the courtyard for the west* side will be hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases. ¹³ And the width of the courtyard for the east side, toward sunrise, will be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ And hangings for the shoulder* will be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁵ And fifteen cubits of hangings will be for the second shoulder* with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the courtyard there will be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; with their four pillars and their four bases. ¹⁷ "All the pillars of the courtyard all around will be banded with silver, and their hooks will be silver, and their bases will be bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the courtyard will be one hundred cubits and the width fifty cubits* and the height five cubits, of finely twisted linen, with their bronze bases. ¹⁹ Bronze will be for all the equipment of the tabernacle in all its service and all its _⌊pegs_⌋* and all the _⌊pegs_⌋* of the courtyard.

¹¹ The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering; its clasps and its frames;* its bars, its pillars, and its bases;

²⁰ And he made the frames* for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights.* ²¹ The length of the frame* was ten cubits, and the width of the one frame* was one and a half cubits. ²² He made two _⌊pegs_⌋* for the one frame* for joining _⌊one to another_⌋* and likewise for all the frames* of the tabernacle. ²³ And he made the frames* for the tabernacle with twenty frames* for the south* side. ²⁴ And he made forty silver bases under the twenty frames,* with two bases under the one frame* for its two _⌊pegs_⌋* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame* for its two _⌊pegs_⌋.* ²⁵ And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames* ²⁶ and their forty silver bases, with two bases under the one frame* and two bases under the _⌊next_⌋* frame.* ²⁷ And for the rear of the tabernacle _⌊on the west_⌋* he made six frames.* ²⁸ And he made two frames* for the tabernacle corners at the rear. ²⁹ And they were double at the bottom, and they were completely together on its top to the one ring; he did likewise for the two of them, for the two corners. ³⁰ And there were eight frames* and their sixteen silver bases, two bases, two bases under the one frame.* ³¹ And he made five bars of acacia wood for the frames* on the one side of the tabernacle, ³² and five bars for the frames* on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames* at the rear _⌊on the west_⌋.* ³³ And he made the middle bar to run in the midst of the frames* from end to end. ³⁴ And he overlaid the frames* with gold, and he made their rings of gold as _⌊holders_⌋* for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

³⁶ And he made for it four acacia pillars, and he overlaid them with gold, with their gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

¹⁷ and the bases for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their tops was silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were banded with silver. ¹⁸ And the screen of the gate of the courtyard was the work of an embroiderer, with blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits _⌊high_⌋,* like the hangings of the courtyard, ¹⁹ and with their four pillars and their four bases of bronze, with their silver hooks and with their tops and their bands of silver. ²⁰ And all the _⌊pegs_⌋* for the tabernacle and for the courtyard all around were bronze.

³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames,* its bars, and its pillars and its bases;

²⁹ "For the descendants* of Merari according to their clans, according to _⌊their families_⌋,* you will muster* them; ³⁰ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋;* you will muster* them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly. ³¹ And this is the responsibility of _⌊those who are to carry_⌋,* all their work in the tent of assembly: the frames of the tabernacle and its bars, pillars, and bases, ³² and the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their vessels and for all their work. You will appoint by name the vessels that they are responsible to carry. ³³ This is the work of the clan of the descendants* of Merari, for all their work in the tent of assembly _⌊under the direction_⌋* of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."

⁸ and four utility carts and eight cattle he gave to the descendants* of Merari _⌊according to their required service_⌋,* _⌊under the authority of_⌋* Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

³ The ones who encamp on the eastern side, toward the sunrise, will be of the standard of the camp of Judah according to their divisions; and the leader of the descendants of Judah will be Nahshon son of Amminadab,

⁷ They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* to do the work* of the tabernacle.

¹⁰ But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger* who approaches will be put to death."

²⁹ The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south.

³⁵ The leader of _⌊the family_⌋* according to the clans of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north.

¹ Yahweh said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and your family with you will bear the guilt of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the guilt of your priesthood. ² Moreover, bring your brothers with you, the tribe of Levi the tribe of your father, that they may be joined to you and minister to you, you and your sons with you before the tent of testimony. ³ They will keep your responsibility and the responsibility of all the tent, only they may not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so both you and they will not die. ⁴ They will be joined to you, and they will keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly for the entire service of the tent; a stranger may not come near you. ⁵ You will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary and the responsibility of the altar, and there will no longer be wrath on the _⌊Israelites_⌋.*

⁴⁸ And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁴⁷ from _⌊those thirty years old_⌋* and above until _⌊fifty years old_⌋,* everyone who comes to the service to do the work of the service carrying in the tent of assembly, ⁴⁸ the _⌊ones counted_⌋* were eighty thousand five hundred and eighty.

¹⁴ because narrow* is the gate and constricted is the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it!

¹² "I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* The Levites will be mine

¹⁵ "Muster* the descendants of Levi according to _⌊their families_⌋,* according to their clans. You will count every male from _⌊one month_⌋* and above."

⁶ Yahweh will record in writing the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah

³ And this shall happen: He who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone written for life in Jerusalem,

²⁰ Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are inscribed in heaven."

³ Yes, I ask also you, true yokefellow, help them, who struggled along with me in the gospel with both Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life.

¹⁹ However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his,"* and "Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness."

⁵ The one who conquers in this way will be dressed in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.

⁴ These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from humanity as first fruits to God and to the Lamb,

⁵ And he sent young men from the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and they offered burnt offerings, and they sacrificed sacrifices as fellowship offerings to Yahweh using bulls. ⁶ And Moses took half of the blood, and he put it in bowls, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

²⁸ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

⁴⁰ And Yahweh said to Moses, "Muster every firstborn male from the _⌊Israelites_⌋* from _⌊one month_⌋* and above and _⌊count_⌋* their names. ⁴¹ And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* and the animals* of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals* among the _⌊Israelites_⌋."*

¹³ And every first offspring of a donkey you will redeem with small livestock, and if you will not redeem it, then you will break its neck, and every firstborn human among your sons you will redeem.

¹³ This they will give, _⌊everyone who is counted_⌋,* the half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs per shekel. The half shekel is a contribution for Yahweh.

⁶ And if from _⌊a month of age_⌋* up to* _⌊five years of age_⌋,* then* your proper value shall be five shekels of money for the male, and your proper value for the female shall be three shekels of money.

²⁵ And every proper value of yours shall be in the sanctuary's shekel—the shekel shall be twenty gerahs.

⁵⁰ From the firstborn of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the sanctuary shekel.

¹⁶ As to their price of redemption, from _⌊a one-month-old_⌋* you will redeem them according to your proper value, five shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerah.

¹² And the shekel shall weigh twenty gerahs, twenty shekels* and five and twenty shekels* and ten and five shekels,* that shall make the mina for you.*

⁴⁶ And the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* who are excessive over the Levites, ⁴⁷ you will receive five shekels a person, in the sanctuary shekel; you will collect twenty gerahs* per shekel.

⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.

¹² and not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the most holy place, obtaining eternal redemption.

¹⁸ because you* know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

⁴⁸ You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them."

¹⁵ Then Moses became angry, and he said to Yahweh, "Do not notice their grain offering. I have not offered one donkey from them, and I have not mistreated one of them."

³ Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes _⌊regarding_⌋* him?-then I will restore it to you." ⁴ Then they said, "You have not exploited us or oppressed us, and you have not taken anything from the hand of anyone."

⁴ "Remember the instruction* of my servant Moses, which I commanded him at Horeb to all Israel, the rules and regulations.

³³ I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing!

¹² If others share this right over you, do we not do so even more? Yet we have not made use of this right, but we endure all things, in order that we may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

² shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,