Numbers 3 Cross References - LITV

¹ And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day of the speaking of Jehovah with Moses in Mount Sinai. ² And these are the names of Aaron's sons: Nadab, the first-born; and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests whose hands he consecrated to act as priests. ⁴ And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, for bringing strange fire before Jehovah. And they had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar acted as priests in the presence of their father Aaron. ⁵ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and you shall cause it to stand before Aaron the priest. And they shall serve him, ⁷ and keep his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the vessels of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁹ And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his son. They shall surely be given to him out of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death. ¹¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹² And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel in the place of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites have become Mine. ¹³ For every first-born is Mine, from the day I struck every first-born in the land of Egypt, I have set apart to Myself every first-born in Israel, from men to animal. They are Mine. I am Jehovah. ¹⁴ And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ Count the sons of Levi by their families, by their fathers' house. You shall number every male from a son of a month and upward. ¹⁶ And Moses numbered them according to the command of Jehovah, as he had been commanded. ¹⁷ And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath, by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses. ²¹ Of Gershon is the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites. These were the families of the Gershonites. ²² Those numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a son of a month and upward, even those numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. ²³ The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle westward. ²⁴ The ruler of the fathers' house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And the duty of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle, and the tent, and its coverings, and the veil at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around, and its cords, to all its service. ²⁷ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These were the families of the Kohathites. ²⁸ In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred, keepers of the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward; ³⁰ The ruler of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the veil, and all its service. ³² Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was ruler over the rulers of the Levites, and had the oversight of those that keep the charge of the sanctuary. ³³ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These were the families of Merari. ³⁴ And those numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a son of a month and upward were six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ The ruler of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. ³⁶ The appointed duty of the sons of Merari being the boards of the tabernacle and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service; ³⁷ and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. ³⁸ And those that were to encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tabernacle of the congregation, toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger who goes near shall be put to death. ³⁹ All numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a son of a month and upward were twenty two thousand. ⁴⁰ And Jehovah said to Moses, Count every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am Jehovah, instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel. ⁴² And Moses numbered as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of those numbered of them were twenty two thousand, two hundred and seventy three. ⁴⁴ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Jehovah. ⁴⁶ And from those redeemed of the two hundred and seventy three who are more than the Levites, of the first-born of the sons of Israel, ⁴⁷ you shall even take five shekels apiece, by the head; you shall take by the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs to the shekel. ⁴⁸ And you shall give the silver to Aaron, and to his sons, of the redeemed over and above among them. ⁴⁹ And Moses shall take the redemption silver from those that are over and above those that were redeemed by the Levites, ⁵⁰ from the first-born of the sons of Israel he shall take the silver, a thousand, three hundred and sixty five by the sanctuary shekel. ⁵¹ And Moses shall give the silver of those redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to Jehovah's command, as Jehovah has commanded Moses.

⁴ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God was making earth and heavens.

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam: In the day that God created man. He made him in the likeness of God.

¹ And these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.

¹⁶ And these were the names of the sons of Levi by their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty seven years.

²⁰ And Amram took his aunt Jochebed to him for a wife. And she bore to him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty seven years.

²⁷ Those were the ones speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was Moses and Aaron.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses in Mount Sinai, saying.

³⁴ These are the commands which Jehovah has commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, 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, to him for a wife. And she bore to him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

¹ And you shall take to yourself your brother Aaron, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, for him to serve as priest to Me; Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

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

³ And Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses; also Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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

⁴¹ And you shall clothe your brother Aaron with them, and his sons with him; and you shall anoint them, and you shall consecrate them, and you shall sanctify them. And they shall minister as priests to Me.

¹ And this is the thing which you shall do to them, to sanctify them to minister as priests to Me: take one bullock, the son of the herd, and two perfect rams, ² and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes poured over with oil, and unleavened waters anointed with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour. ³ And you shall put them into one basket and shall bring them near in the basket, and the bullock and the two rams. ⁴ And you shall take Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of congregation. And you shall wash them in water. ⁵ And you shall take the garments, and you shall clothe Aaron with the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast pocket. And you shall bind it to him with the band of the ephod. ⁶ And you shall put the miter on his head; and you shall put the holy crown on the miter. ⁷ And you shall take the oil of anointing and shall pour on his head, and shall anoint him. ⁸ And you shall take his sons and clothe them with tunics. ⁹ And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons; and you shall bind on bonnets for them; and it shall be a never ending statute for them in the priest's office. And you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. ¹⁰ And you shall bring near the bullock before the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on he head of the bullock. ¹¹ And you shall slaughter the bullock before the face of Jehovah, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹² And you shall take of the bullock's blood and shall put it on the horns of the altar with your finger. And you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. ¹³ And you shall take all the fat that covers the inward parts, and the lobe on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, and you shall burn on the altar. ¹⁴ And you shall burn the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. ¹⁵ And you shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁶ And you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and shall sprinkle it on the altar all around. ¹⁷ And you shall cut the ram into pieces; and you shall wash its inward parts, and its legs, and shall place them on its pieces and on its head. ¹⁸ And you shall burn all the ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to Jehovah, a soothing fragrance; it is a fire offering to Jehovah. ¹⁹ And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. ²⁰ And you shall slaughter the ram; and you shall take of its blood and shall put it on the tip of Aaron's ear, and on the tip of the ear his sons, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and you shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around. ²¹ And you shall take of the blood on the altar, and the oil of anointing, and you shall sprinkle on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him. ²² And you shall take the fat from the ram, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the inward parts, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, and the right leg; for it is a ram of consecration; ²³ also one loaf of bread, and one cake of oil bread, and one wafer, from the basket of unleavened bread which is before the face of Jehovah. ²⁴ And you shall put all on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons. And you shall wave them a wave offering before the face of Jehovah. ²⁵ And you shall take them from their hands, and you shall burn the burnt offering on the altar for a soothing fragrance before the face of Jehovah; it is a fire offering to Jehovah. ²⁶ And you shall take the breast from the ram of consecration which is on Aaron. And you shall wave it a wave offering before the face of Jehovah; it shall be your portion. ²⁷ And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the heave offering, which is waved and which is lifted from the ram of consecration, from what is Aaron's, and from what is to his sons. ²⁸ And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons for a never ending statute from the sons of Israel; it is for a heave offering, and it shall be a heave offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their heave offering to Jehovah. ²⁹ And the holy garments which are Aaron's shall be his sons' after him, for anointing in them and for filling their hands in them. ³⁰ The priest shall put them on seven days, the one from his sons taking his place; the one who comes into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the sanctuary. ³¹ And you shall take the ram of consecration, and you shall boil its flesh in a sanctuary. ³² And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread which is in the basket at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ³³ And they shall eat those things by which atonement is made to consecrate them, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat, for they are holy. ³⁴ And if any is left of the flesh of consecration, and of the bread, until the morning, you shall burn what is left with fire; it shall not be eaten, for it is holy. ³⁵ And so you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all which I have commanded you; you shall consecrate them seven days. ³⁶ And you shall offer a bull of a sin offering daily for atonement; and you shall purify the altar in your making atonement for it; and you shall anoint it to sanctity it. ³⁷ You shall make atonement seven days for the altar, and shall sanctity it; and the altar shall become most holy, all touching the altar becomes holy.

¹³ And you shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and sanctify him. And he shall serve as priest to Me.

¹⁵ And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father. And they shall serve as priests to Me. And their anointing shall be for an everlasting priesthood for their generations.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ² Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened things, ³ and gather all the assembly together at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴ And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him, and the congregation was gathered to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁵ And Moses said to the assembly, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded done. ⁶ And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and bathed them in water, ⁷ and put on him the tunic, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the upper robe, and put the ephod on him, and girded him with the ephod on him, and girded him with the girdle of the ephod, and bound it to him with it; ⁸ and put the breast pocket on him, and put the Urim and the Thummim into the breast pocket, ⁹ and put the miter on his head, and on the miter, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

¹² And he poured of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

³⁰ And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood on the altar, and sprinkled on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him. And he sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

²⁸ For the Law makes men high priests who have infirmity, but the word of the swearing of an oath, after the Law, appoints the Son forever, having been perfected.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in them; and they put incense on it and brought strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them. ² And fire went out from before Jehovah and consumed them; and they died before Jehovah.

⁶¹ And Nadab and Abihu died for bringing strange fire before Jehovah.

²⁶ And Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, Who is for Jehovah? Come to me! And all the sons of Levi assembled to him. ²⁷ And he said to them, So says Jehovah, God of Israel, each one put his sword on his thigh; pass to and fro from gate to gate in the camp, and each one kill his brother, and each one his neighbor, and each one his kindred. ²⁸ And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell on that day. ²⁹ And Moses said, Fill your hand today for Jehovah, since each one has been against his son and against his brother, and in order to give you a blessing today.

⁴⁹ However, you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor shall you count their heads among the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furniture, and over all that belongs to it. They shall bear the tabernacle, and all its furniture. And they shall serve it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle goes forward, the Levites shall take it down. And when the tabernacle is to be encamped, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger that draws near shall be put to death. ⁵² And the sons of Israel shall encamp their tents, each man with his own camp, and each man with his own standard, according to their armies. ⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

¹⁷ And the camp of the Levites, with the tabernacle of the congregation shall pull out in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so they shall pull out, each man in his place, by their standards.

³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁶ Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. ⁷ And thus you will do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle water of sin offering on them. And they shall make a razor pass over all their flesh and wash their garments and cleanse themselves. ⁸ And they shall take a bull, a son of the herd, and its food offering, flour mixed with oil, and a second bull, a son of the herd, you shall take for a sin offering. ⁹ And you shall bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall assemble all the company of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ And you shall bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites. ¹¹ And Aaron shall wave the Levites as a wave offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, that they may serve at the service of Jehovah. ¹² And the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the bullocks. And you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and one a burnt offering to Jehovah, to atone for the Levites. ¹³ And you shall cause the Levites to stand before Aaron and before his sons, and shall wave them as a wave offering to Jehovah. ¹⁴ And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall become Mine. ¹⁵ And afterward the Levites shall come in to serve the tabernacle of the congregation; and you shall cleanse them, and shall wave them, a wave offering. ¹⁶ For they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel; instead of the one who opens any womb, the first-born of all, from the sons of Israel. I have taken them to Myself. ¹⁷ For every first-born among the sons of Israel among man and among animal, is Mine. I set them apart for Myself in the day I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt. ¹⁸ And I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel. ¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the sons of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to atone for the sons of Israel, and there shall not be a plague for the sons of Israel through the sons of Israel's drawing near to the sanctuary. ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so the sons of Israel did to them. ²¹ And the Levites cleansed themselves, and washed their garments. And Aaron waved them as a wave offering before Jehovah; and Aaron atoned for them, to cleanse them. ²² And afterward the Levites went in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation, before Aaron and before his sons; as Jehovah commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. ²³ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ This is that which pertains to the Levites: from twenty five years old and upward he shall go in to do the service and the works of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²⁵ And from a son of fifty years they shall return from the service of the work, and shall not serve any more. ²⁶ But he shall serve with his brothers in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge; only he shall not serve at a service. So you shall do to the Levites concerning their charge.

⁹ is it but a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? ¹⁰ Yea, He has brought you near, and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. And will you seek the priesthood also? ¹¹ Therefore, you and all your company that have gathered against Jehovah, What is Aaron that you murmur against him?

¹ And Jehovah said to Aaron, You, and your sons, and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary. And you, and your sons with you, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood; ² and also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, you shall bring near with you, that they may be joined to you and may minister to you, you and your sons in your being before the tabernacle of the testimony. ³ And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the tabernacle; only, they shall not go near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar. And they shall not die either they or you. ⁴ And they shall be joined to you, and shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle, and a stranger shall not go near to you. ⁵ And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there shall be no more wrath against the sons of Israel. ⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; as a gift they are given to you by Jehovah, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁷ And you, and your sons with you, shall keep your priesthood, in everything that pertains to the altar, and to that inside the veil. And you shall serve; I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

⁸ At that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant before Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah and to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, until today.

⁸ And of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are for your devout man whom You tested at Massah; You contended with him at the Waters of Strife; ⁹ who said of his father and his mother, I have not seen him. And he has not acknowledged his brothers, and did not know his own son, for they have kept Your word, and observed Your covenant.

⁴ And you shall know that I have sent this command to you, to be My covenant with Levi, says Jehovah of hosts.

⁵⁰ But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furniture, and over all that belongs to it. They shall bear the tabernacle, and all its furniture. And they shall serve it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.

³² Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was ruler over the rulers of the Levites, and had the oversight of those that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

¹¹ And Aaron shall wave the Levites as a wave offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, that they may serve at the service of Jehovah.

¹⁵ And afterward the Levites shall come in to serve the tabernacle of the congregation; and you shall cleanse them, and shall wave them, a wave offering.

³⁰ And from the sons of Israel's half, you shall take one portion out of fifty, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock, of all the livestock, and you shall give them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

²⁸ because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of God's house, ²⁹ both for the Bread of Arrangement, and for the fine flour for food offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the pan, and for what is soaked in oil, and for every measure and size, ³⁰ and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening. ³¹ And they were to offer all burnt sacrifices to Jehovah in the sabbath, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded to them, continually before the face of Jehovah, ³² and that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the Holy Place, and the charge of Aaron's sons, their brothers, in the service of the house of Jehovah.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things.

²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah,

²⁶ Of Shelomith, he and his brothers were over all the treasures of the holy things that David the king, and the heads of the fathers, the commanders over 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 sanctuary vessels as the camp sets forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come in to carry. And they shall not touch the holy thing, that they may not die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of the congregation; and their charge is under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari pulled up stakes, bearing the tabernacle.

²¹ And the Kohathites pulled up, bearing the sanctuary. And others set up the tabernacle while they came.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things. ²¹ The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, ²³ For the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses was ruler over the treasures. ²⁵ And his brothers by Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith. ²⁶ Of Shelomith, he and his brothers were over all the treasures of the holy things that David the king, and the heads of the fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ They dedicated from the battles and the plunder, to maintain the house of Jehovah, 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, all who dedicated, was at the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

²⁴ Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them. ²⁵ And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God, which the king and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel who were there had lifted up. ²⁶ I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of a hundred talents, a hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ also twenty basins of gold of a thousand drams, and two vessels of shining copper as precious as gold. ²⁸ And I said to them, You are holy to Jehovah, and the articles also are holy. And the silver and the gold are a free gift to Jehovah, the God of your fathers. ²⁹ Watch and keep them until you weigh before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of Jehovah. ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the articles, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

¹¹ Turn! Turn! Go out from there! Touch not the unclean! Go out of her midst, purify yourselves, bearers of the vessels of Jehovah.

¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel to serve in the service of the sons of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to atone for the sons of Israel, and there shall not be a plague for the sons of Israel through the sons of Israel's drawing near to the sanctuary.

⁸ Because of this, He says, "Having gone up on high, He led captivity captive," and gave "gifts to men." Psa. 68:18

¹¹ And indeed He gave some to be apostles; and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers;

⁹ And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons; and you shall bind on bonnets for them; and it shall be a never ending statute for them in the priest's office. And you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

⁵¹ And when the tabernacle goes forward, the Levites shall take it down. And when the tabernacle is to be encamped, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger that draws near shall be put to death.

³⁸ And those that were to encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tabernacle of the congregation, toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger who goes near shall be put to death.

³⁵ And fire came forth from Jehovah and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

⁴⁰ a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that an alien who is not of the seed of Aaron shall not draw near to offer incense before Jehovah, and shall not be as Korah, and as his company; as Jehovah had spoken by the hand of Moses to him.

³ And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the tabernacle; only, they shall not go near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar. And they shall not die either they or you.

⁷ And you, and your sons with you, shall keep your priesthood, in everything that pertains to the altar, and to that inside the veil. And you shall serve; I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

¹⁹ And he struck among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Jehovah. Yea, He struck seventy among the people, including fifty chief men. And the people mourned because Jehovah destroyed among the people with a great destruction.

⁷ then the anger of Jehovah glowed against Uzzah. And God struck him there for the fault. And he died there by the ark of God.

³² And they ministered with singing before the resting place of the tabernacle of the congregation, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem. And they waited on their office according to their ordinance.

¹⁶ And when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to act corruptly; and he trespassed against Jehovah his God, and went in to the temple of Jehovah to burn incense on the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And Azariah the priest went in after him, and eighty priests of Jehovah with him, sons of valor; ¹⁸ and they stood up against Uzziah the king, and said to him, It is not for you, O Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but to the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are sanctified to burn incense; go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed; and it is not to your honor from Jehovah God. ¹⁹ And Uzziah was angry, and in his hand was a censer to burn incense; and when he was angry with the priests, the leprosy rose in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense. ²⁰ And Azariah the head priest and all the priests turned toward him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead. And they hurried him from there, and he also himself hurried to leave, for Jehovah had touched him. ²¹ And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house as a leper, for he had been cut off from the house of Jehovah; and his son Jotham was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

⁸ And you have not kept the charge of My holy things, but you have set them as keepers of My charge in My sanctuary, for themselves.

³ Then brothers, be looking for men among you receiving testimony, seven men full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this need. ⁴ But we shall continue steadfast in prayer and the service of the Word!

⁷ or ministry, in the ministry; or the one teaching, in the teaching;

¹⁹ So, then, you are no longer strangers and tenants, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and of the household of God,

¹⁵ Give care to these things; be in these things in order that your progress may be plain in all. ¹⁶ Give attention to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for doing this, you will both deliver yourself and those hearing you.

⁴ For if indeed He were on earth, He would not even be a priest, there being those priests offering gifts according to the Law,

¹⁹ Then, brothers, having confidence for the entering of the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ which He consecrated for us, a new and living way through the veil; that is, His flesh; ²¹ and having a Great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts having been sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body having been washed in pure water;

² Set apart to Me every first-born, the one Opening the womb among the sons of Israel, among men and among livestock; they shall be Mine.

⁴¹ And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am Jehovah, instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel.

⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am Jehovah.

¹⁶ For they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel; instead of the one who opens any womb, the first-born of all, from the sons of Israel. I have taken them to Myself.

¹⁸ And I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel.

⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; as a gift they are given to you by Jehovah, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

²⁹ And it happened at midnight. Jehovah struck every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh, the one sitting on the throne, to the first-born of the captive who was in the prison house, and every first-born of animals. ³⁰ And Pharaoh arose by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not a dead one.

¹² you shall set apart to Jehovah every one opening the womb, and every firstling, the offspring of animals which are yours; the males are Jehovah's.

¹⁵ And it happened when Pharaoh hardened himself against sending us away, Jehovah killed every first-born one in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of men even to the first-born of animals. On account of this I sacrifice to Jehovah every one of the males opening the womb, and I redeem every first-born of my sons.

²⁹ You shall not delay giving your harvest and your vintage. You shall give to Me the first born of your sons.

¹⁹ Every one opening the womb is Mine, and all your male livestock, a firstling of ox or sheep,

²⁶ However, no man shall dedicate a firstling, which is first-born to Jehovah among animals, whether ox or sheep; it is Jehovah's.

¹⁶ For they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel; instead of the one who opens any womb, the first-born of all, from the sons of Israel. I have taken them to Myself. ¹⁷ For every first-born among the sons of Israel among man and among animal, is Mine. I set them apart for Myself in the day I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt.

¹⁵ every one opening a womb of all flesh which they offer to Jehovah, among man and among animal, shall be yours. Only, you shall certainly redeem the first-born of man, and you shall redeem the firstling of the unclean beasts.

³⁰ And the first of all the firstfruits of all, and every one of the heave offerings of all, of all your heave offerings, shall be for the priests. And you shall give to the priest the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

²³ as it has been written in the Law of the Lord: Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord; Ex. 13:2

²³ and to an assembly, a church of the first-born ones having been enrolled in Heaven; and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of just ones who have been perfected;

⁴⁷ But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

²² Those numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a son of a month and upward, even those numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

²⁸ In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred, keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.

³⁴ And those numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a son of a month and upward were six thousand and two hundred.

³⁹ All numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a son of a month and upward were twenty two thousand. ⁴⁰ And Jehovah said to Moses, Count every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take the number of their names.

⁴³ And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of those numbered of them were twenty two thousand, two hundred and seventy three.

¹⁵ every one opening a womb of all flesh which they offer to Jehovah, among man and among animal, shall be yours. Only, you shall certainly redeem the first-born of man, and you shall redeem the firstling of the unclean beasts. ¹⁶ And their redeemed ones, from a month old, you shall redeem with your valuation of silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; it is twenty gerahs.

⁶² And those numbered of them, twenty three thousand; all males from a month old and upward. For they were not counted among the sons of Israel, because there was no possession given them among the sons of Israel.

¹⁷ I love those who love me, and those who seek me early find me.

² Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, So says Jehovah, I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, your going after Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

³ Jehovah has appeared to me from far away, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love! On account of this, with loving kindness I have drawn you.

¹⁴ But seeing, Jesus was indignant. And He said to them, Allow the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them. For of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ and that from a babe you know the Holy Scriptures, those being able to make you wise to salvation through belief in Christ Jesus.

²¹ And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave wagons to them according to the mouth of Pharaoh, and he gave provision to them for the way.

³⁹ All numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a son of a month and upward were twenty two thousand.

⁵¹ And Moses shall give the silver of those redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to Jehovah's command, as Jehovah has commanded Moses.

²⁷ At the mouth of Aaron, and of his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, and all their burden, and all their service. And you shall lay a charge on them concerning the duty of all their burden.

³⁷ These were those numbered of the families of the Kohathites, everyone who is serving in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the mouth of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses.

⁴¹ These were those numbered of the families of Gershon, everyone who is serving in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of Jehovah.

⁴⁵ These were those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the mouth of Jehovah, by Moses' hand.

⁴⁹ one numbered them by the mouth of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses, each man according to his service, and according to his burden, even they were numbered by him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁵ And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near (for Jehovah your God has chosen them to minister to Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah) and by their mouth shall every controversy and every stroke be tried .

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

¹⁶ And these were the names of the sons of Levi by their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei, by their families. ¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty three years. ¹⁹ And the sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. These were the families of Levi according to their generations.

⁵ and wine for a drink offering, a fourth of a hin you shall prepare for the burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, for the one lamb. ⁶ Or you shall prepare a food offering of flour for a ram, two tenth parts mixed with oil, a third of a hin; ⁷ and wine for a drink offering, a third part of a hin. You shall bring it near, a soothing fragrance to Jehovah. ⁸ And when you prepare a son of the herd for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, in fulfillment of a vow, or peace offerings to Jehovah, ⁹ then he shall bring near for the son of the herd a food offering of flour, three tenth parts, mixed with oil, a half of a hin; ¹⁰ and you shall bring wine near for a drink offering, a half of a hin, as a fire offering of soothing fragrance to Jehovah. ¹¹ So it shall be done for one ox, or for the one ram, or for a lamb of the sheep, or of the goats. ¹² You shall prepare according to the number. So you shall do for everyone according to their number. ¹³ All that are homeborn shall do these things in this way, in bringing in an offering made by fire, of a soothing fragrance to Jehovah. ¹⁴ And if an alien lives with you, or whoever may be among you, throughout your generations, and desires to offer a fire offering of a soothing fragrance to Jehovah; as you do, so he shall do. ¹⁵ As for the congregation, there shall be one statute both for you and for the alien that lives with you, a never ending statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien be before Jehovah. ¹⁶ There shall be one law and one ordinance both for you and for the alien that lives with you. ¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you, ¹⁹ then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall lift up a heave offering to Jehovah. ²⁰ You shall lift up a cake of the first of your dough as a heave offering; as the heave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. ²¹ You shall give of the first of your dough to Jehovah, a heave offering for your generations. ²² And when you shall err and shall not perform all these commands which Jehovah has spoken to Moses, ²³ even all that Jehovah has commanded you by the hand of Moses from the day that Jehovah commanded, and onward for your generations,

⁶ And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab. ⁷ And he took up his parable and said, He has led me from Aram, Balak king of Moab; from the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and, come, rage at Israel. ⁸ How shall I curse him whom God has not cursed? And how shall I rage at him whom Jehovah has not raged at? ⁹ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and I behold him from the heights. Behold, it is a people that shall dwell alone and not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count Jacob's dust, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! ¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and lo you have surely blessed. ¹² And he replied and said, Must not I take heed to speak what Jehovah has put in my mouth? ¹³ And Balak said to him, Now come with me to another place where you will see it; only you will see its edge and shall not see all of it; and curse it for me there. ¹⁴ And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on the altar. ¹⁵ And he said to Balak, Stand here by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there. ¹⁶ And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak, and say this. ¹⁷ And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, and Moab's chiefs with him. And he said to him, What has Jehovah spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor. ¹⁹ God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? And has He spoken, and shall He not make it good? ²⁰ Behold, I have received word to bless; yes, He has blessed; I cannot reverse it. ²¹ He has seen no iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen mischief in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in him. ²² God who brought them out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox. ²³ For there is not a spell against Jacob, nor any divination against Israel. Now it is said of Jacob and Israel, See what God has done!

¹ And Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, and he did not go, as at other times to seek spells. And he set his face toward the wilderness. ² And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping, by its tribes. And the Spirit of God was on him. ³ And he took up his parable and said, The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eyes have been opened; ⁴ the saying of him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with open eyes: ⁵ How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! ⁶ They are spread out like valleys, like gardens by a river; and Jehovah has planted aloes, as cedars beside the water. ⁷ He makes water flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom exalted. ⁸ God who has brought him out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations that are his foes, and shall break their bones in pieces, and shall pierce them through with his arrows. ⁹ He has crouched; he has lain down like a lion, and like a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed is everyone that blesses you, and cursed is everyone that curses you. ¹⁰ And Balak's anger glowed against Balaam, and he struck his palms together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies; and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times. ¹¹ And now, flee to your place. I thought to honor you with great honor, but, behold, Jehovah has kept you back from honor. ¹² And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak to your messengers that you sent to me, saying, ¹³ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the mouth of Jehovah, to do good or bad of my own heart. What Jehovah speaks, that I will speak. ¹⁴ And now, behold, I go to my people. Come, and I will counsel you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days. ¹⁵ And he took up his parable and said, The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eyes are opened; ¹⁶ the saying of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, yet with open eyes: ¹⁷ I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near. A star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel and shall dash the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of tumult. ¹⁸ And Edom shall be a possession; and Seir shall be a possession, for his foes; but Israel shall do mightily. ¹⁹ And one out of Jacob shall rule, and will destroy the survivors from Ar. ²⁰ And he looked upon Amalek, and took up his parable and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end is to destruction forever. ²¹ And he looked upon the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Your dwellingplace may be enduring, and your nest may be set in a rock. ²² But the Kenites shall be consumed, until Assyria shall carry you away. ²³ And he took up his parable and said, Alas! Who shall live when God puts out? ²⁴ And ships shall come from the coast of Cyprus, and they shall humble Assyria, and they shall humble Eber, and he also shall come to destruction forever. ²⁵ And Balaam rose up and left, and returned to his place; and Balak also went on his way.

⁵⁷ And these are the numbered ones of the Levites by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites; the family of the Hebronites; the family of the Mahlites; the family of the Mushites; the family of the Korathites. And Kohath fathered Amram;

¹ And the heads of the fathers of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel. ² And they spoke to them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give cities to us to live in, and their open land for our livestock. ³ And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance these cities and their open land, at the mouth of Jehovah: ⁴ And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵ And the rest of the sons of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶ And the sons of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁷ The sons of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ And the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their open land, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses. ⁹ And they gave out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name, ¹⁰ which the sons of Aaron had, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi. For theirs was the first lot. ¹¹ And they gave them the City of Arba, the father of Anak (which is Hebron) in the hills of Judah, with its open lands around it. ¹² But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his own. ¹³ So they gave Hebron and its open lands to the sons of Aaron the priest as a city of refuge for the slayer, and Libnah and its open lands, ¹⁴ and Jattir and its open lands, and Eshtemoa and its open lands, ¹⁵ and Holon and its open lands, and Debir and its open lands, ¹⁶ and Ain and its open lands, and Juttah and its open lands, and Beth-shemesh and its open lands; nine cities out of those two tribes. ¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its open lands, Geba and its open lands, ¹⁸ Anathoth and its open lands, and Almon and its open lands; four cities. ¹⁹ And all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priest were thirteen cities and their open land. ²⁰ And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who were left of the sons of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave them Shechem and its open land in Mount Ephraim as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer and its open lands, ²² And Kibzaim and its open lands, and Beth-horon and its open lands; four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its open lands, Gibbethon and its open lands, ²⁴ Aijalon and its open lands, Gathrimmon and its open lands; four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its open lands, and Gathrimmon and its open lands; two cities. ²⁶ All the cities were ten, and their open land, for the families of the sons of Kohath that were left. ²⁷ And to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites from the half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah and its open lands; two cities. ²⁸ And from the tribe of Issachar they gave Kishon and its open lands, and Dabareth and its open lands, ²⁹ Jarmuth and its open lands, En-gannim and its open lands; four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its open lands, Abdon and its open lands, ³¹ Helkath and its open lands, Rehob and its open lands; four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor and its open lands, and Kartah, and its open lands; three cities. ³³ All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their open land. ³⁴ And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, they gave Jokneam and its open lands, and Kartah and its open lands, ³⁵ Dimnah and its open lands, Nahalal and its open lands; four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its open lands, and Jahazah and its open lands, ³⁷ Kedemoth and its open lands, and Mephaath and its open lands; four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim and its open lands, ³⁹ Heshbon and its open land, Jazer and its open lands; four cities in all. ⁴⁰ All the cities for the sons of Merari by their families, those left of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. ⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the sons of Israel were forty eight cities and their open land. ⁴² These cities were every one with their open land around them. So it was to all these cities. ⁴³ And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which He swore to give to their fathers. And they possessed it, and lived in it. ⁴⁴ And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand. ⁴⁵ Not did fail a word from any good word which Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

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

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

¹ And the rulers of the people lived at Jerusalem. The rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of the tenth to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to live in Jerusalem. ³ And these are the rulers of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah, a man lived in his possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple-slaves, and the sons of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And in Jerusalem lived some of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. From the sons of Judah were Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez; ⁵ and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Jolarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. ⁶ All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty eight mighty men. ⁷ And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. ⁸ And after him were Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty eight. ⁹ And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer. And Judah the son of Hassenaah was second over the city. ¹⁰ From the priests were Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraiah, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God. ¹² And their brothers who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty two. And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

²¹ Of Gershon is the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites. These were the families of the Gershonites.

¹⁷ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

²⁰ to Gershon: his son Libni; Jahath, his son; Zimmah, his son; ²¹ Joah, his son; Iddo, his son; Zerah, his son, Jeaterai, his son.

⁷ Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Laadan were Jehiel the head, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah; these four the sons of Shimei. ¹¹ And Jahath was the head, and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. And they were in one roster, a father's house.

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

¹ For the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ² And to Meshelemiah were sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴ And to Obededom were sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth (for God blessed him). ⁶ Also sons were born to Shemaiah, who ruled for the house of their father; for they were mighty warriors. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers, mighty sons, were Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸ All these were the sons of Obed-edom. They and their sons and their brothers were mighty men with strength for service. Sixty two were of Obededom. ⁹ And to Meshelemiah were sons and brothers, mighty sons: eighteen. ¹⁰ Also to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, were sons: Simri the head, though not the first-born, yet his father made him the head; ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah: thirteen. ¹² To these were the divisions of the gatekeepers for the heads of the men, having charges like their brothers, to minister in the house of Jehovah. ¹³ And he made fall lots; as the small, as the great, for the house of their fathers, for gate and gate. ¹⁴ And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, they made fall lots; and his lot came out northward; ¹⁵ and to Obededom, southward; and to his sons the house of the stores; ¹⁶ Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate of Shallecheth, going up by the highway, guard corresponding to guard. ¹⁷ Eastward were six Levites, northward, four a day; southward, four a day, and toward the storehouse, two by two. ¹⁸ At the Parbar, westward, four at the highway; two at the Parbar. ¹⁹ These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari. ²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things. ²¹ The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, ²³ For the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses was ruler over the treasures. ²⁵ And his brothers by Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith. ²⁶ Of Shelomith, he and his brothers were over all the treasures of the holy things that David the king, and the heads of the fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷ They dedicated from the battles and the plunder, to maintain the house of Jehovah, 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, all who dedicated, was at the hand of Shelomith and his brothers. ²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and for judges. ³⁰ Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brothers, sons of might; a thousand and seven hundred over the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Jehovah, and for the king's service. ³¹ Of Hebron: Jerijah the head of the Hebronites, for his generations to his fathers. In the fortieth year of David's reign, they were sought, and were found among them mighty warriors at Jazer of Gilead. ³² And his brothers, mighty sons, were two thousand, seven hundred heads of the fathers. And king David made them overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh for every matter of God and matter of the king.

¹ And these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³ Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴ Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, ⁵ Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the rulers of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua. ⁸ And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah. Mattaniah was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. ⁹ And Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were next to them in the watches. ¹⁰ And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and Eliashib fathered Joiada; ¹¹ and Joiada fathered Jonathan; and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. ¹² And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the rulers of the fathers, from the house of Seraiah was Meraiah; from Jeremiah was Hananiah; ¹³ from Ezra was Meshullam; from Amariah was Jehohanan; ¹⁴ from Melicu was Jonathan; from Shebaniah was Joseph; ¹⁵ from Harim was Adna; from Meraioth was Helkai; ¹⁶ from Iddo was Zechariah; from Ginnethon was Meshullam; ¹⁷ from Abijah was Zichri; from Miniamin, of Moadiah was Piltai; ¹⁸ from Bilgah was Shammua; from Shemaiah was Jehonathan; ¹⁹ and from Joiarib was Mattenai; from Jedaiah was Uzzi; ²⁰ from Sallai was Kallai; from Amok was Eber; ²¹ from Hilkiah was Hashabiah; from Jedaiah was Nethaneel. ²² The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were written rulers of the fathers; also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The sons of the Levites, the rulers of the fathers, are written in the Book of the Matters of the Days, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. ²⁴ And the rulers of the Levites were Hashabiah; Sherebiah; and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers next to them, to praise, to give thanks according to the command of David the man of God, watch by watch. ²⁵ Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were guards of the gates, the guard at the thresholds of the gates. ²⁶ These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty three years.

²⁷ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These were the families of the Kohathites.

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

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

⁵ Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty.

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

¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah. ¹⁸ And with them were their brothers of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. ¹⁹ And the singers were Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound with cymbals of bronze; ²⁰ and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps set to Alamoth; ²¹ and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah with lyres on the octave, to oversee.

¹² The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated so that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons perpetually to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister to Him and to bless in His name perpetually.

¹⁸ Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the head. ¹⁹ Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesiah the second.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. These were the families of Levi according to their generations.

³³ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These were the families of Merari.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:

²⁹ The sons of Merari were Mahli; Libni, his son; Shimei, his son; Uzza, his son;

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

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

²¹ Mushi and Mahli were the sons of Merari. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²² And Eleazar died. And he had no sons, but he had daughters. And their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them. ²³ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁷ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸ Of Mahli, Eleazar, and no sons were to him. ²⁹ Of Kish, Jerahmeel the son of Kish. ³⁰ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their father's house.

³ Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, and Shimei, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun who prophesied with the lyre to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.

³⁸ And those numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' house, ³⁹ from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, and everyone who is going into the service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation, ⁴⁰ even those numbered of them, by their families, by their father's house were two thousand, six hundred and thirty.

⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁹ According to all which I am going to reveal to you, the plan of the tabernacle, and the plan of all its vessels, even so you shall do.

¹ And you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains. You shall make them with cherubs, the work of a skilled workman, of twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson. ² The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight by the cubit; and the width four by the cubit, for the one curtain; one measure to all the curtains. ³ Five curtains shall be joined together, each to her sister And five curtains joined each to her sister. ⁴ And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, from the end at the juncture; and so you shall do at the edge of the last curtain, at the second juncture. ⁵ You shall make fifty loops on the one curtain; and you shall make fifty loops in the end of the curtain at the second juncture; the corresponding loops each to her sister. ⁶ And you shall make fifty hooks of gold. And you shall join the curtains, each to her sister, by the hooks. And it shall become one tabernacle. ⁷ And you shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains. ⁸ The length of the one curtain shall be thirty by the cubit; and the width four by the cubit for the one curtain; one measure to the eleven curtains. ⁹ And you shall join the five curtains separately, and the six curtains separately. And you shall double the six curtains before the front of the tabernacle. ¹⁰ And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the last at the juncture; and fifty loops on the edge of the second curtain that joins. ¹¹ And you shall make fifty hooks of bronze. And you shall put the hooks in the loops and join the tent together. And it shall become one. ¹² And the overlapping part of the rest of the curtains of the tabernacle, the half curtain that remains, shall hang on the back of the tabernacle. ¹³ And the cubit from this side, and the cubit from that side that remains in the length of the curtains of the tent shall be hung over the sides of the tabernacle from this and from that side, to cover it. ¹⁴ And you shall make a cover for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of dugong skins from above.

³⁶ And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent of blue, and of purple and crimson, and twined bleached linen, the work of an embroiderer. ³⁷ And you shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen. And you shall overlay them with gold, their nails gold. And you shall cast for them five sockets of bronze.

⁸ And every wise-hearted one among the doers of the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains, twined, bleached linen, and blue, and purple, and crimson; he made them with cherubs, the work of an artisan. ⁹ The length of one curtain was twenty eight by the cubit; and the width was four by the cubit; the one curtain was the same measure for all the curtains. ¹⁰ And he joined five curtains one to another; and he joined five curtains one to another. ¹¹ And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, from the end to the juncture; so he did at the edge of the last curtain at the second juncture. ¹² He made fifty loops on one curtain; and he made fifty loops on the end of the curtain which was at the second juncture; the loops corresponded, one with another. ¹³ And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he joined the curtains by the hooks, one to another. And the tabernacle became one. ¹⁴ And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made them eleven curtains. ¹⁵ The length of the one curtain was thirty by the cubit, and four cubits the width of the one curtain; one measure to the eleven curtains. ¹⁶ And he joined the five curtains separately, and the six curtains separately. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops on the edge of the last curtain at the juncture; and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that joined the second. ¹⁸ And he made fifty bronze hooks to join the tent, to unite it in one. ¹⁹ And he made a cover for the tent of rams' skins dyed red; and a cover of dugong skins from above.

³⁷ And he made a screen for the door of the tabernacle, blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined, bleached linen, the work of an embroiderer; ³⁸ and its five pillars, and their hooks; and the overlaid their tops and their bands with gold; and their five sockets bronze.

¹⁹ And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle. And he put the cover of the tent over it from above, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he set up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

⁷ and keep his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the work of the tabernacle.

²⁴ This is the duty of the families of the Gershonites in serving and in bearing burdens. ²⁵ They shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of dugong skins that is on its top, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court by the tabernacle and by the altar all around, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and whatever there may be to do with them; in this they shall serve. ²⁷ At the mouth of Aaron, and of his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, and all their burden, and all their service. And you shall lay a charge on them concerning the duty of all their burden. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of the congregation; and their charge is under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

⁷ He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head. ¹⁸ And until they were at the king's gate eastward; they were gatekeepers in the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle. And their fathers were over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him. ²¹ Zechariah of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²² All these who were chosen for gatekeepers in the gates were two hundred and twelve. They were in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer had appointed in their faithfulness. ²³ And they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tabernacle, by watches. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were to the four winds: east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brothers in their villages were to come in for seven days from time to time with them. ²⁶ For they were in faithfulness, the four chiefs of the gatekeepers; they were Levites and were over the rooms, and over the treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷ And they lived around the house of God, for the watch duty was on them; and they were to open it morning by morning. ²⁸ And certain of them were over the vessels of service, for they brought them by number; and they took them out by number. ²⁹ And certain of them were appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And certain of the sons of the priests mixed the mixture for spices. ³¹ And Mattithiah of the Levites (he is the first-born to Shallum the Korahite) was first over the work of the pans. ³² And others of the sons of the Kohathites, from among their brothers, were over the Bread of Arrangement, to prepare sabbath by sabbath. ³³ And these are the singers, heads of fathers to the Levites in the chambers; they were free for they were employed day and night in the work.

³² and that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the Holy Place, and the charge of Aaron's sons, their brothers, in the service of the house of Jehovah.

²¹ The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah,

² And Hezekiah made stand the courses of the priests and of the Levites, by their divisions, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt offerings, and for peace offerings, to serve and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of Jehovah.

¹¹ And Hezekiah ordered them to build rooms in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared, ¹² and they brought in the heave offering, and the tithes, and the holy things, faithfully. And over them was a leader, the Levite Cononiah, and his second brother, Shimei; ¹³ and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and his brother Shimei, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. ¹⁴ And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the heave offerings of Jehovah, and the most holy things. ¹⁵ And by his hand, Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brothers by divisions, as to the great, so to the small; ¹⁶ apart from their genealogy, to males from a son of three years and upward, to everyone who had gone into the house of Jehovah, the proper portion of a day in its day, for their service in their duties, according to their divisions; ¹⁷ and enrolled genealogically the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, and their duties, and their divisions; ¹⁸ and the enrollment by genealogy with all their infants, their wives, and their sons and their daughters, to all the assembly, for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness.

³⁴ As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving his slaves authority, and to each his work (and he commanded the doorkeeper, that he watch),

⁶ but having different gifts according to the grace given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith; ⁷ or ministry, in the ministry; or the one teaching, in the teaching; ⁸ or the one exhorting, in the encouragement; the one sharing, in simplicity; the one taking the lead, in diligence; the one showing mercy, in cheerfulness.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, Look to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.

¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies going before as to you, that you might war the good warfare by them,

⁹ And you shall make the court of the tabernacle; for the south side southward, hangings for the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit in length, for the one side. ¹⁰ And its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty in bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹¹ And so for the north side in length, hangings a hundred in length; and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty in bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹² And the width of the west side of the court shall have fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ¹³ And the width of the court for the east side eastward fifty cubits; ¹⁴ and the hangings to the side fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And to the hangings for the second side, fifteen; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the court, a screen of twenty cubits, blue and purple and crimson, and twined linen. the work of an sockets four.

¹⁸ the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;

⁹ And he made the court. To the side of the Negeb, to the south, the curtains of the court were twined bleached linen, a hundred by the cubit. ¹⁰ Their pillars were twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. ¹¹ And for the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars were twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. ¹² And for the west side, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and her bands were silver. ¹³ And for the east side eastward fifty cubits, ¹⁴ curtains of fifteen cubits to the side, their pillars three and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And for the second side on this side and on that side to the opening of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. ¹⁶ All the curtains of the court all around were twined bleached linen .

¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath, by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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

²³ For the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites.

³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the veil, and all its service.

³⁵ from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, everyone who is going into the service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation. ³⁶ Their numbered ones, by their families, were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

¹⁰ On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies; the ruler of the sons of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur.

²³ The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

¹⁰ And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. ¹¹ And you shall overlay it with pure gold; you shall overlay it inside and outside. And you shall make a wreath of gold all around on it. ¹² And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and shall put it on its four feet; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the second side. ¹³ And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark by them. ¹⁵ The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not depart from it. ¹⁶ And you shall put the testimony into the ark, which I shall give to you. ¹⁷ And you shall make a mercyseat of pure gold, its length two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half. ¹⁸ And you shall make two cherubs of gold; you shall make them of beaten work from the two ends of the mercyseat. ¹⁹ And make one cherub from the end here, and one cherub from the end there. You shall make the cherubs from the mercyseat, on its two ends. ²⁰ And the cherubs shall be spreading out wings above, covering the mercyseat with their wings, and their faces each toward its brother; the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the mercyseat. ²¹ And you shall put the mercyseat on the ark from above. And you shall put the testimony into the ark, which I shall give to you. ²² And I will meet you there, and will speak with you, above the mercyseat, from between the two cherubs which are on the ark of testimony, all which I shall command you concerning the sons of Israel. ²³ And you shall make a table of acacia wood, its length two cubits, and its width a cubit, and its height a cubit and a half. ²⁴ And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and you shall make it a wreath of gold all around. ²⁵ And you shall make a border of a hand's breadth for it all around. And you shall make a wreath of gold all around on its border. ²⁶ And you shall make four rings of gold for it, and you shall put the rings on the four corners which are to its four feet. ²⁷ The rings shall be near the border for housings for the poles to carry the table. ²⁸ And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with gold. And the table shall be carried by them. ²⁹ And you shall make its platters, and its bowls, and its pitchers, and its sacrificial cups with which a drink offering is made. You shall make them of pure gold. ³⁰ And you shall put the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me continually. ³¹ And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of beaten work; its base and its shaft, its calyxes, its knobs, and its blossoms shall be from it. ³² And six branches shall go out from its sides, three branches of the lamp from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its second side; ³³ three almond like calyxes on the one branch with knob and blossom; and three almond like calyxes on the one branch with knob and blossom, so for the six branches, those going out from the lampstand. ³⁴ And on the lampstand shall be four almond like calyxes, each with its knobs and its blossoms; ³⁵ and a knob under two branches of it; and a knob under two branches of it; and a knob under two branches of it, to the six branches, those going from the lampstand. ³⁶ Their knobs and their branches shall be of it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold. ³⁷ And you shall make its seven lamps, and one shall set up its lamps, and they shall give light on its face. ³⁸ And its tongs, and its pans shall be of pure gold. ³⁹ One shall make it of a talent of pure gold, with all these vessels. ⁴⁰ And see that they are made by their patterns which you were caused to see in the mountain.

³¹ And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and crimson, and twined linen . One shall make it by the work of the skilled workman, with cherubs. ³² And you shall put it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, their hooks gold, on four sockets of silver. ³³ And you shall hang the veil under the hooks. And you shall bring the ark of the testimony there inside to the veil. And the veil shall divide for you between the sanctuary and the Holy of Holies.

¹ And you shall make the altar of acacia timbers; five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square, and its height three cubits. ² And you shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be a part of itself. And you shall overlay it with bronze. ³ And you shall make its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels and its sacrificial bowls, and its flesh forks, and its pans. You shall make all its vessels to be bronze. ⁴ And you shall make a grating for it, a network of bronze. And you shall make four rings of bronze on the four ends of the net. ⁵ And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar from beneath. And the net shall be as far as half of the altar. ⁶ And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia timbers. And you shall overlay them with bronze. ⁷ And its poles shall be brought into the rings. And the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, for carrying it. ⁸ You shall make it hollow with boards; as He showed you in the mountain, so they shall make it .

¹ And you shall make an altar, a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. ² It shall be a cubit in length and a cubit in width; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits, its horns from itself. ³ And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its walls all around, and its horns. And you shall make a wreath of gold for it all around. ⁴ And you shall make two rings of gold for it under its wreath; you shall make its two corners on its two sides; and they shall be housings for poles, to lift them up by it. ⁵ And you shall make the poles of acacia wood; and you shall overlay them with gold. ⁶ And you shall put it in front of the veil which is beside the ark of the testimony; in front of the mercyseat which is over the testimony, there where I meet you. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn incense of perfume on it morning by morning; when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it. ⁸ And when Aaron sets up the lamps between the evenings he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the face of Jehovah for your generations. ⁹ You shall not offer up strange incense on it, and burnt offering and food offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering, to go up on it. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in a year; from the blood of the sin offering of the atonement once in the year he shall make atonement on it for your generations; it is most holy to Jehovah.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: ² Behold, I have called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, to the tribe of Judah. ³ And I have filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom, and in intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all workmanship, ⁴ to devise designs, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze, ⁵ and in cutting of stones for finishings, and in carving of wood, to work in all workmanship. ⁶ And behold! I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom; and they shall make all which I have commanded you: ⁷ the tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercyseat which is going up over it, and all the vessels of the tabernacle, ⁸ and the table and its vessels, and the pure lampstand and all its vessels, and the altar of incense; ⁹ and the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base; ¹⁰ and the woven garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests; ¹¹ and the oil of anointing, and the incense of perfumes for the sanctuary; according to all which I have commanded you, they shall do. ¹² And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: ¹³ And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You shall surely keep My sabbaths; for it is a sign between Me and you for your generation; to know that I am Jehovah your sanctifier. ¹⁴ And you shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you; the profaners of it surely shall be put to death; for everyone doing work in it, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of his people. ¹⁵ Work may be done six days, and on the seventh day is a sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah; everyone doing work on the Sabbath day surely shall be put to death. ¹⁶ And the sons of Israel shall observe the Sabbath, to do the Sabbath for their generations; it is a never ending covenant. ¹⁷ It is a sign forever between Me and the sons of Israel; for in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed. ¹⁸ And when He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

³⁵ And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined, bleached linen . He made it the work of an artisan, with cherubs ³⁶ And he made four pillars of acacia for it. And he overlaid them with gold, their hooks gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.

¹ And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. ² And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside. And he made for it a wreath of gold all around. ³ And he cast four rings of gold for it, on its four feet; two rings on its one side and two rings 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 a mercyseat of pure gold; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide. ⁷ And he made two cherubs of gold; he made them of beaten work, from the two ends of the mercyseat;

¹ And he made the altar of the burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits its length and five cubits its width, square; and its height was three cubits. ² And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of it. And he overlaid it with bronze. ³ And he made all he vessels of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the sacrificial bowls, the fleshhooks and the fire-pans. He made all its vessels of bronze. ⁴ And he made a network of bronze grating for the altar, from below under its ledge, as far as its middle. ⁵ And he cast four rings in its four ends to the bronze grating, housings for he 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 lift it with them. He made it hollow with planks.

³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, it bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, ³⁴ and the cover of rams' skins dyed red, and the cover of dugong skins, and the veil of the covering, ³⁵ the ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercyseat, ³⁶ the table and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence; ³⁷ the pure lampstand, its lamps the lamps of arrangement and all its vessels, and the oil of the light, ³⁸ and the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the incense of fragrant spices, and the screen of the door of the tabernacle, ³⁹ the bronze altar and bronze grating which was to it, its poles and all its vessels, the laver and its base, ⁴⁰ the screen of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the opening of the court, its cords and its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle for the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴¹ the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for serving as priests. ⁴² According to all which Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel, all the work.

² On the first day of the month, on the first of the month, you shall raise up the tent of the tabernacle of the congregation. ³ And you shall put there the ark of testimony. And you shall cover the ark with the veil. ⁴ And you shall bring in the table and set in order its arrangement. And you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. ⁵ And you shall put the altar of gold for incense before the ark of testimony. And you shall set up the screen of the door of the tabernacle. ⁶ And you shall set up the altar of burnt offerings before the door of the tent of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁷ And you shall put the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar. And you shall put water there. ⁸ And you shall set up the court all around. And you shall place the screen of the opening of the court. ⁹ And you shall take the oil of anointing, and you shall anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it. And you shall sanctify it and all its vessels. And it shall become holy. ¹⁰ And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels. And you shall sanctify it and the altar shall become most holy. ¹¹ And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and you shall sanctity it. ¹² And you shall cause to draw near Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall wash them with water. ¹³ And you shall clothe Aaron with the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and sanctify him. And he shall serve as priest to Me. ¹⁴ And you shall cause to draw near his sons. And you shall clothe them with tunics. ¹⁵ And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father. And they shall serve as priests to Me. And their anointing shall be for an everlasting priesthood for their generations. ¹⁶ And Moses did so, according to all Jehovah commanded him; so he did.

³⁰ And he put the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar. And he gave there water for washing.

⁴ This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, the Holy of Holies. ⁵ Aaron and his sons shall come in, when the camp pulls out, and shall take down the veil of the hanging, and shall cover the ark of the testimony with it. ⁶ And he shall put a covering of dugong skins on it, and shall spread a garment entirely of blue on top, and shall put in its staves. ⁷ And they shall spread a blue cloth on the table of the showbread, and shall put its dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups of the drink offering, and the continual bread on it. ⁸ And they shall spread a cloth of scarlet over them, and shall cover it with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put in its staves. ⁹ And he shall take a blue cloth and shall cover the lampstand of the lamp, and its lights, and its tongs, and its firepans, and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it. ¹⁰ And they shall put it and all its vessels into a covering of dugong skin, and shall put it on the bar. ¹¹ And they shall spread a blue cloth on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put in its staves. ¹² And they shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and shall put them into a blue cloth, and shall cover them with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put them on the bar. ¹³ And that shall remove the ashes of the altar, and shall spread over it a purple cloth; ¹⁴ and shall put on it all its vessels with which they minister around it, the firepans, the hooks, and the shovels, and the bowls, all the vessels of the altar. And they shall spread a covering of dugong skin on it, and shall put in its staves. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the sanctuary vessels as the camp sets forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come in to carry. And they shall not touch the holy thing, that they may not die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹⁶ And the oversight of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil of the lamp, and the sweet incense, and the continual food offering, and the anointing oil. He shall oversee all the tabernacle, and all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and its furniture.

¹⁶ And the oversight of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil of the lamp, and the sweet incense, and the continual food offering, and the anointing oil. He shall oversee all the tabernacle, and all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and its furniture.

²⁵ Take Aaron and his son Eleazar, and cause them to go up to Mount Hor; ²⁶ and strip Aaron of his garments, and you shall put them on his son Eleazar. And Aaron shall be gathered and shall die there. ²⁷ And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded; and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation. ²⁸ And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and clothed his son Eleazar with them. And Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

¹⁸ And the chief of the executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the gate;

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers; Shallum being the head. ¹⁸ And until they were at the king's gate eastward; they were gatekeepers in the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle. And their fathers were over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and to the treasures of the dedicated things. ²¹ The sons of Laadan, sons of the Gershonites; heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and his brother Joel, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, ²³ For the Amramites, for the Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses was ruler over the treasures.

²⁰ And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.

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

²¹ those numbered of them for the tribe of Reuben were forty six thousand and five hundred.

⁹ All numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty six thousand and four hundred, by their armies. They shall set forth first.

¹¹ And his army, and those numbered of it were forty six thousand and five hundred.

²⁵ On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan, according to their armies; the ruler of the sons of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁸ In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred, keepers of the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward;

¹⁵ And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood standing up. ¹⁶ Ten cubits shall be the length of one board; and a cubit and a half the width of one board. ¹⁷ Two pins shall be in one board, each connected to her sister. So you shall do to all the boards of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards on the south side, southward. ¹⁹ And you shall make forty sockets of silver for the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two pins, and two sockets under the one board for its two pins . ²⁰ And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty boards; ²¹ and their forty silver sockets; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the one board. ²² And you shall make six boards for the sides of the tabernacle westward. ²³ And you shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle, in the sides. ²⁴ And they shall be double from beneath. And in like manner they shall be complete on the top, to the one ring. So it shall be to both of them; they shall be for the two corners. ²⁵ And there shall be eight boards, and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the one board. ²⁶ And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five to the boards of the one side of the tabernacle; ²⁷ and five bars to the boards of the second side of the tabernacle; and five bars to the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the rear, westward. ²⁸ And there shall be a middle bar in the midst of the boards, going through from end to end. ²⁹ And you shall overlay the boards with gold and you shall make their rings gold, housings for the bars. And you shall overlay the bars with gold.

³² And you shall put it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, their hooks gold, on four sockets of silver.

³⁷ And you shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen. And you shall overlay them with gold, their nails gold. And you shall cast for them five sockets of bronze.

⁹ And you shall make the court of the tabernacle; for the south side southward, hangings for the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit in length, for the one side. ¹⁰ And its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty in bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹¹ And so for the north side in length, hangings a hundred in length; and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty in bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. ¹² And the width of the west side of the court shall have fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ¹³ And the width of the court for the east side eastward fifty cubits; ¹⁴ and the hangings to the side fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And to the hangings for the second side, fifteen; their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the court, a screen of twenty cubits, blue and purple and crimson, and twined linen. the work of an sockets four. ¹⁷ All the pillars of the court round about shall be banded with silver, their hooks silver, and their sockets bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the court shall be a hundred by the cubit, and the width fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, twined linen; and heir sockets bronze. ¹⁹ As to all the vessels of the tabernacle, in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, bronze.

¹¹ the tabernacle, its tent, and its cover, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

²⁰ And he made the boards for the tabernacle, standing planks of acacia wood. ²¹ The length of the board was ten cubits, and a cubit and a half was the width of the one board. ²² The one board was connected by two pins, one to another; so he did to all the boards of the tabernacle. ²³ And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward. ²⁴ And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two pins. ²⁵ And for the second side of the tabernacle, to the north side, he made twenty boards, ²⁶ and their forty silver sockets; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. ²⁷ And he made six boards for the sides of the tabernacle westward. ²⁸ And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle, in the sides. ²⁹ And they were double from below, and in like manner they were complete to its top, to the first ring. So he did to both of them, for the two corners. ³⁰ And there were eight boards, and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets; two sockets and two sockets under the one board. ³¹ And he made bars of acacia wood; five to the boards of the second side of the tabernacle; ³² and five bars to the boards of the sides of the tabernacle westward. ³³ And he made the middle bar to go through the middle of the boards, from end to end. ³⁴ And he overlaid the boards with gold. And he made the rings gold, housing for the poles; and he overlaid the bars with gold.

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

¹⁷ And the sockets for the pillars were bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver. And the overlaying of their capitals were silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver. ¹⁸ And the screen of the opening of the court was an embroiderer's work, blue and purple and crimson, and bleached twined linen, and twenty cubits long, and the height was five cubits in width; the curtains of the court joining. ¹⁹ And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands were silver. ²⁰ And all the pins for the tabernacle and for the court all around were bronze.

³³ And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, it bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,

²⁹ You shall number the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' house, ³⁰ from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years you shall number them, everyone who is going into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. ³¹ And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation: the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars and its pillars and its sockets, ³² and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, of all their vessels, and of all their service. And you shall number the vessels of the charge of their burden by name. ³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

⁸ And he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service under Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

³ And those who encamp on the east side, toward the sunrising, are of the standard of Judah's camp, according to their armies, the ruler of the sons of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁷ and keep his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the vessels of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle.

¹⁰ And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward;

³⁵ The ruler of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.

¹ And Jehovah said to Aaron, You, and your sons, and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary. And you, and your sons with you, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood; ² and also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, you shall bring near with you, that they may be joined to you and may minister to you, you and your sons in your being before the tabernacle of the testimony. ³ And they shall keep your charge and the charge of all the tabernacle; only, they shall not go near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar. And they shall not die either they or you. ⁴ And they shall be joined to you, and shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle, and a stranger shall not go near to you. ⁵ And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there shall be no more wrath against the sons of Israel.

⁴⁸ Also their brothers, the Levites, were appointed for every service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons offered 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 a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, everyone who is going in to do the work of the service, even the service of burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, ⁴⁸ even their numbered ones were eight thousand, five hundred and eighty;

¹⁴ For narrow is the gate, and constricted is the way that leads away into life, and few are the ones who find it.

¹² And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel in the place of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites have become Mine.

¹⁵ Count the sons of Levi by their families, by their fathers' house. You shall number every male from a son of a month and upward.

⁶ In recording the peoples Jehovah shall mark down, This man was born there. Selah.

³ And it shall be, he remaining in Zion, and he who is left in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one who is written among the living in Jerusalem;

²⁰ But stop rejoicing in this, that the evil spirits submit to you. But rather rejoice that your names are written in Heaven.

³ And I also ask you, true yoke-fellow, help those who struggled along with me and with Clement in the gospel, and the rest, fellow-workers with me, whose names are in the Scroll of Life.

¹⁹ However, the foundation of God stands firm, having this seal, " The Lord knew those being His;" Num. 16:5, also, Let everyone naming the name of Christ depart from unrighteousness.

⁵ The one overcoming, this one shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not at all blot his name out of the Book of Life; and I will acknowledge his name before My Father, and before His angels.

⁴ These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones following the Lamb wherever He may go. These were redeemed from among men as a firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.

⁵ And he sent young men of the sons of Israel. And they offered up burnt offerings, and offered sacrifices of bullocks, peace offerings to Jehovah. ⁶ And Moses took half of the blood, and he put it in basins. And he sprinkled half of the blood on the altar.

²⁸ Even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

⁶ the One having given Himself a ransom on behalf of all, the testimony to be given in its own times,

⁴⁰ And Jehovah said to Moses, Count every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am Jehovah, instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel.

¹³ And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a flock animal. And if you do not redeem, you shall break its neck. And every first-born of men among your sons you shall redeem.

¹³ They shall give this, everyone passing over to those numbered: half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs being a shekel; half a shekel as an offering to Jehovah.

⁶ And if a son of a month even to a son of five years, then your evaluation shall be five shekels of silver for the male and three shekels of silver for the female.

²⁵ And all your valuation shall be by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

⁵⁰ from the first-born of the sons of Israel he shall take the silver, a thousand, three hundred and sixty five by the sanctuary shekel.

¹⁶ And their redeemed ones, from a month old, you shall redeem with your valuation of silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; it is twenty gerahs.

¹² And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: Twenty shekels, twenty five shekels, fifteen shekels shall be a maneh to you.

⁴⁶ And from those redeemed of the two hundred and seventy three who are more than the Levites, of the first-born of the sons of Israel, ⁴⁷ you shall even take five shekels apiece, by the head; you shall take by the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs to the shekel.

⁵ For God is one, also there is one Mediator of God and of men, the Man Christ Jesus, ⁶ the One having given Himself a ransom on behalf of all, the testimony to be given in its own times,

¹⁴ who gave Himself on our behalf, "that He might redeem us from all iniquity" "and purify" "a people" "for His own possession," zealous of good works. Psa. 130:8; Eze. 37:23; Deut. 14:2

¹² nor through the blood of goats and of calves, but through His own blood, He entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, having procured everlasting redemption.

¹⁸ knowing that not with corruptible things, silver or gold, you were redeemed from your worthless way of life handed down from your fathers,

¹⁸ Because even Christ once suffered concerning sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God; indeed being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;

⁴⁸ And you shall give the silver to Aaron, and to his sons, of the redeemed over and above among them.

¹⁵ And Moses was very angry, and said to Jehovah, Do not respect their offering; I have not taken one ass from them, nor have I done evil to one of them.

³ Behold, I am here! Testify against me before Jehovah and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I offended? Whom have I abused, and from whose hand have I taken a bribe that I might hide my eyes with it; and I will give back to you. ⁴ And they said, You have not oppressed us, and you have not abused us, and you have not taken from the hand of any man.

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

³³ I have desired the silver, or gold, or clothing of no one.

¹² If others have a share of the authority over you, should not rather we? But we did not use this authority, but we endured all things, so that we might not give a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

² Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor eagerly for base gain, but readily;