Numbers 8 Cross References - LITV

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ² Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you go up with the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in the front of the lampstand. ³ And Aaron did so. He went up with its lamps in front of the lampstand, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ⁴ And this was the work of the lampstand: hammered work of gold to its base, and to its flowers; it was hammered work, according to the pattern which Jehovah showed to Moses, so he made the lampstand. ⁵ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 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.

³⁷ And you shall make its seven lamps, and one shall set up its lamps, and they shall give light on its face.

¹⁸ And six branches went out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from one side, and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond-like bowls were on the one branch, with knob and blossom; and three almond-like bowls on the one branch, with knob and blossom; so for the six branches, those going out from the lampstand.

²³ And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its pans of pure gold.

²⁵ And he set up the lamps before Jehovah, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ² Command the sons of Israel, and they shall bring to you pure olive oil, beaten, for the light, to cause a light to burn continually.

⁴ He shall arrange the lamps on the pure lampstand before Jehovah continually.

¹⁰⁵ Nun. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

¹³⁰ The entering of Your word gives light, instructing the simple ones.

²⁰ To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no dawn to them!

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hidden.

⁹ He was the true Light; He enlightens every man coming into the world.

¹⁹ and we have the more established prophetic word, in which you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a murky place, until day dawns and the Day-star rises in your hearts;

¹² And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me.

²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars which you saw on My right, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands you saw are seven churches.

⁵ And out of the throne come forth lightnings and thunders and voices. And seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;

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.

¹⁸ And you shall make two cherubs of gold; you shall make them of beaten work from the two ends of the mercyseat.

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.

⁷ And he made two cherubs of gold; he made them of beaten work, from the two ends of the mercyseat;

¹⁷ And he made the lampstand of pure gold; he made the lampstand of beaten work, its side, and its branch, its calyxes, its knobs and its blossoms were from it. ¹⁸ And six branches went out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from one side, and three branches of the lampstand from its second side. ¹⁹ Three almond-like bowls were on the one branch, with knob and blossom; and three almond-like bowls on the one branch, with knob and blossom; so for the six branches, those going out from the lampstand. ²⁰ And on the lampstand were four almond-like bowls, its knobs and its blossoms. ²¹ And a knob was under two branches of it, to the six branches, those going out from it. ²² The knobs and the branches of it were one beaten work of pure gold. ²³ And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its pans of pure gold. ²⁴ He made it and all its vessels from a talent of pure gold.

¹¹ And David gave his son Solomon the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper rooms, and of its innermost rooms, and of the house of the mercy-seat; ¹² and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the rooms all around, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the things dedicated; ¹³ and for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and for all the vessels of service of the house of Jehovah; ¹⁴ even gold by weight for things of gold, for all the vessels silver by weight, silver for all vessels of service and service; for all the service and service; ¹⁵ and by weight, for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps. Also for the lampstands of silver by weight, with the weight of each lampstand, and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand. ¹⁶ And he gave by weight gold for the tables of the Bread of Arrangement, for table and table; silver for the tables of silver; ¹⁷ and pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups; and for the golden basins by weight for every basin; for the silver basins by weight for basin and basin; ¹⁸ and for the altar of incense, refined gold by weight, and for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubs of gold, spreading out and covering over the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. ¹⁹ All was in writing from the hand of Jehovah. He caused me to understand all the work of the pattern.

⁵ who serve the pattern of and shadow of heavenly things, even as Moses was divinely warned, being about to make the tabernacle: For He says, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mount." Ex. 25:40

²³ Then it was needful for the figures of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these.

¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.

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

¹ Then having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and of spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

⁸ Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners! And purify your hearts, double minded ones!

² And Jacob said to his house, and to all those with him, Put away the strange gods in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your clothing.

¹⁰ And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow. And let them wash their clothes.

⁶ And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and bathed them in water,

⁷ And he shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean. And he shall send out the living bird into the open field. ⁸ And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave all his hair, and shall bathe with water, and shall be clean. And afterwards he shall come into the camp, and shall live on the outside of his tent seven days. ⁹ And it shall be on the seventh day, he shall shave all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows; he shall even shave all his hair. And he shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh with water, and shall be clean.

⁶ And he who sits on a thing on which he who discharges sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

¹⁰ And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And the one carrying those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. ¹¹ And whomever he who discharges touches, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

²⁷ And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

²⁸ And he burning them shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh with water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp.

⁷ Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the evening. ⁸ And he that burned her shall wash his clothes in water, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. ⁹ And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and shall lay them up outside the camp in a clean place. And it shall be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel for a water of impurity; it is a purging offering. ¹⁰ And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening; and it shall be to the sons of Israel, and to the stranger that lives among them, for a never ending statute.

¹³ Anyone who touches the dead body, the body of a man who dies, and does not cleanse himself, he shall have defiled the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that person shall be cut off from Israel, for the water of impurity shall not be sprinkled upon him. He shall be unclean; his uncleanness shall be still on him.

¹⁷ And for the unclean they shall take the ashes of the burning of the purging offering, and running water in a vessel shall be put on it. ¹⁸ And a clean person shall take hyssop, and shall dip it in the water, and shall sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. ¹⁹ And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

²⁰ And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify them .

² Wash me completely from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

⁷ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

¹⁵ so He sprinkles from many nations. At Him kings shall shut their mouths; for they will see that which was not told to them; yea, what they had not heard, they will understand.

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart from evil so that you may be saved. Until when will your vain thoughts lodge within you?

²⁵ Then I will sprinkle clean waters on you, and you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your defilement and from all your idols.

²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of robbery and excess. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside of them may become clean also.

¹⁰ but only on foods and drinks, and various washings, and fleshly ordinances, until the time of setting things right has been imposed.

¹³ For if the blood of bulls and goats, and ashes of a heifer sprinkling those having been defiled, sanctifies to the purity of the flesh,

²¹ Which figure now also saves us, baptism (not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

¹⁴ And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes and whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.

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,

³ And you shall put them into one basket and shall bring them near in the basket, and the bullock and the two rams.

³ If his offering is out of the herd, a male, a perfect one, he shall bring it to the opening of the tabernacle of the congregation, at his pleasure, before the face of Jehovah.

¹ And when a person brings near an offering, a food offering to Jehovah, his offering shall be of flour. And he shall pour oil on it; and he shall put on it frankincense.

³ if the priest who is anointed sins, resulting in guilt to the people, then he shall bring near for his sin which he has sinned a bullock, a son of the herd, a perfect one, to Jehovah for a sin offering.

¹⁴ When the sin shall be known, that which they have sinned against it, then the congregation shall bring near a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin offering. And they shall bring it in front of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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 With this Aaron shall come into the sanctuary: with a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

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.

¹⁰ But Jehovah pleased to crush Him, to make Him sick, so that If He should put His soul as a guilt offering, He shall see His seed; He shall prolong His days; and the will of Jehovah shall prosper in His hand.

³ For the law being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

²¹ For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

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.

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.

³ and gather all the assembly together at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁴ And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it is accepted for him to make atonement for him.

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.

⁶ each of whom they made stand before the apostles. And having prayed, they placed their hands on them.

² And while they were doing service to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, So then separate both Barnabas and Saul to Me, for the work to which I have called them. ³ Then, having fasted and prayed, and placing hands on them, they let them go.

¹⁴ Do not be neglectful of the gift in you, which was given to you through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the elderhood.

²² Lay hands quickly on no one, nor share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

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.

³⁰ his own hands shall bring in the fire offerings of Jehovah; the fat beside the breast he shall bring in with the breast, to wave it as a wave offering before Jehovah.

²⁷ and placed the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and waved them, a wave offering before Jehovah.

²⁹ And Moses took the breast and waved it, a wave offering before Jehovah, of the ram of the consecrations. It was Moses' portion, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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.

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.

²⁰ And the priest shall wave them, a wave offering before Jehovah. It is holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave offering, and besides the leg of the heave offering. And afterward the Nazarite shall drink wine.

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.

²⁰ And he shall do with the bullock as he has done to the bullock of the sin offering, so he shall do to it. And the priest shall atone for them; and it shall be forgiven them.

³⁵ And he shall take off all its fat, as is taken off the fat of the lamb from the sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall burn them as incense on the altar, on the fire offerings of Jehovah. And the priest shall atone for him for his sin which he has sinned; and it is forgiven him.

⁷ And if his hand does not reach to a lamb, then he shall bring his guilt offering, he who has sinned, two turtledoves, or two offspring of a dove, to Jehovah; one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt offering.

⁹ And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and that which remains of the blood shall be drained at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. ¹⁰ And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, as by decree. And the priest shall atone for him, because of his sin which he has sinned; and it shall be forgiven him.

¹⁴ And he brought the bullock of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bullock of the sin offering;

¹⁸ And he brought the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;

³⁴ as He has done on this day, Jehovah has commanded you to do, to make atonement for you.

⁷ And Moses said to Aaron, Draw near to the altar and make your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people, and make the offering of the people, and atone for them, as Jehovah has commanded.

¹⁹ And the priest shall make a sin offering, and shall atone for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterwards he shall slaughter the burnt offering; ²⁰ and the priest shall offer the burnt offering, and the food offering, on the altar; and the priest shall make atonement for him; and he shall be clean.

²² and two turtledoves, or two young doves, which his hand can reach; and one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

⁶ And Aaron shall bring near the bullock of the sin offering which is his own, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house.

¹¹ And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering which is his own, and shall atone for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is his own.

¹⁶ And he shall atone for the sanctuary because of the pollutions of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions for all their sins. And so he shall do for the tabernacle of the congregation dwelling in the midst of their pollutions. ¹⁷ And not any man shall be in the tabernacle of the congregation as he goes in to atone in the sanctuary, until he comes out. And he shall atone for himself, and for his house, and for all the congregation of Israel. ¹⁸ And he shall go out to the altar before Jehovah, and shall atone for it. And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and shall put it on the horns of the altar all around. ¹⁹ And he shall sprinkle on it from the blood with his finger seven times, and shall cleanse it, and shall purify it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

²¹ then Aaron shall lay his two hands on the head of the living goat, and shall confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, and all their sins, and shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send it by the hand of a chosen man into the wilderness.

¹⁴ and he shall offer his offering to Jehovah, one he lamb of the first year, a perfect one, for a burnt offering; and one she lamb, a yearling, a perfect one, for a sin offering; and one ram, a perfect one, for a peace offering;

¹⁶ And the priest shall bring them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.

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.

²² And almost all things are cleansed by blood according to the Law; and apart from shedding of blood no remission occurs.

⁴ for it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ⁵ For this reason, coming into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. ⁶ You did not delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices concerning sins." ⁷ "Then I said, Lo, I come, in the heading of the Book, it was written concerning Me, to do Your will, O God." LXX-Psa. 39:7 -9; MT-Psa. 40:6 -8 ⁸ Above, saying, "You did not desire nor were pleased with sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and sacrifices concerning sins," (which are offered according to the Law), ⁹ then He said, "Lo, I come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first in order that He may set up the second; ¹⁰ by which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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.

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.

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.

¹ Therefore, brothers, I call on you through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

¹⁶ for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, sacredly ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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.

² Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say to them, When a man or woman shall vow the special vow of a Nazarite, to be separated to Jehovah:

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.

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?

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.

¹⁷ And they shall be Mine, says Jehovah of hosts, for the day that I will make up My treasure. And I will pity them as a man has pity on his son who serves him.

¹ Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to the gospel of God,

¹⁵ But when God was pleased, "He having separated me from my mother's womb" and having called through His grace, Isa. 49:1

²⁶ For such a High Priest was fitting for us: holy, harmless, undefiled, and separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens;

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.

³ from a son of thirty years and upward, even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 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. ¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ¹⁸ Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites. ¹⁹ But do this to them, and they shall live and not die as they draw near the Holy of Holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and shall appoint them each man to his service, and to his burden. ²⁰ And they shall not go in to see when the holy thing is covered, that they may not die. ²¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²² Lift the heads of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' house, by their families, ²³ from a son of thirty years and upward, you shall number them, until a son of fifty years, all that enter to wait on the service, to serve in the tabernacle of the congregation. 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. 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.

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.

¹ And David was old, and satisfied with days, and caused his son Solomon to reign over Israel. ² And he gathered all Israel's rulers, and the priests, and the Levites. ³ And the Levites were counted from a son of thirty years and upward; and their number by their heads, as to men, thirty eight thousand. ⁴ Of these, twenty four thousand to be overseers over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; ⁵ and four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah with instruments which I made for praising. ⁶ And David divided them into divisions of the sons of Levi, of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 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. 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. ¹⁴ And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵ The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶ Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the head. ¹⁷ And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 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. 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. ²⁴ These were the sons of Levi to the house of their fathers, the heads of the fathers, to their rosters, by number of names, by their heads, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah from the son of twenty years and over. ²⁵ For David said, Jehovah God of Israel has given rest to His people so that they may dwell in Jerusalem perpetually, ²⁶ and also to the Levites; there was no need to carry the tabernacle nor all its vessels for its service. ²⁷ For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from a son of twenty years and above, 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.

¹ And David and the commanders of the army separated some to the service of the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, who were prophets with harps, with lyres and with cymbals. And their number, of the workmen according to their service, was: ² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king. 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. ⁴ Of Heman were the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were at the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, at the hands of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman. ⁷ So was their number, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Jehovah, all that were skilled: two hundred, eighty eight. ⁸ And they made fall lots for duty, as in the rule, as the small, so the great, the teacher with the pupil. ⁹ And the first lot came out for Asaph, to Joseph: Gedaliah, he was the second; and his brothers and sons twelve men. ¹⁰ The third was Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹¹ The fourth was to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹² The fifth was to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹³ The sixth was to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁴ The seventh was to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁵ The eighth was to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁶ The ninth was to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁷ The tenth was to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁸ The eleventh was Azareel his sons and his brothers, twelve. ¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael his sons and his brothers twelve. ²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²² The fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve. ²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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. ¹⁴ And it shall be when your son asks you on the morrow, saying, What is this? You shall say to him, Jehovah brought us out from Egypt by the might of His hand, from the house of slaves. 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.

⁴⁴ And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar. And I will sanctify Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me.

¹⁴ And when a man sanctifies his house as a holy thing to Jehovah, then the priest shall value it, whether good or bad. As the priest values it, so it shall stand. ¹⁵ And if he who is sanctifying shall redeem the house, then he shall add a fifth of the silver of its valuation, and it shall become his.

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

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.

⁵¹ And he struck all the first-born in Egypt, the firstfruits of strength in the tents of Ham;

³⁶ He also struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruit of all their vigor.

⁸ He who struck the first-born of Egypt, from man to animal;

¹² And I also gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah who sets them apart.

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

³⁶ do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am Son of God?

¹⁹ and I sanctify Myself for them, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

²⁹ How much worse punishment do you think will be thought worthy to receive, the one trampling the Son of God, and having counted common the blood of the covenant in which he was sanctified, and having insulted the Spirit of grace?

²⁸ By faith he made the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

¹⁸ Having purposed, He brought us forth by the word of truth, for us to be a certain firstfruit of His creatures.

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.

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.

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, Take the fire-pan, and put fire on it from the altar, and lay on incense, and go, hurry to the congregation, and atone for them, for the wrath has gone out from the presence of Jehovah; the plague has begun.

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.

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.

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.

¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, overseers at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them, to minister to them. ¹² Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling-block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up My hand against them, declares the Lord Jehovah. And they shall bear their iniquity. ¹³ And they shall not come near to Me to serve as priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the holiest of the holy things, but they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they have done. ¹⁴ But I will give them to be keepers of the charge of the house for all its service, and for all that shall be done in it.

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.

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.

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.

¹² He shall cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean. And if he does not cleanse himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he shall not be clean.

¹⁹ And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

¹⁵ And they killed the passover offering on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in burnt offerings to the house of Jehovah. ¹⁶ And they stood in their place according to their ordinance, according to the law of Moses the man of God. The priests were sprinkling the blood out of the hand of the Levites. ¹⁷ For many in the assembly had not sanctified themselves, and the Levites were over the slaughtering of the passover offerings for everyone not clean, to sanctify them to Jehovah.

²⁷ And the priests, the Levites, rose up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to Heaven.

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.

⁸ And his leaders lifted up for a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers in the house of God, gave to the priest two thousand and six hundred for passover offerings, and three hundred oxen. ⁹ And Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brothers; and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chiefs of the Levites, lifted up to the Levites five thousand for passover offerings, and five hundred oxen. ¹⁰ And the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the command of the king. ¹¹ And they slaughtered the passover offering and the priests sprinkled out of their hand, and the Levites were stripping; ¹² and they removed the burnt offering, to distribute them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to offer to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses, and so to the oxen. ¹³ And they roasted the passover with fire, according to the ordinance; and they cooked the holy things in pots, and in kettles, and in pans, and carried to all the sons of the people. ¹⁴ And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests; for the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering up the burnt offering and the fat until nightfall; and the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests; the sons of Aaron. ¹⁵ And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to David's command, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the seer of the king; and the gatekeepers were at each gate; it was not for them to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

³ from a son of thirty years and upward, even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

²³ from a son of thirty years and upward, you shall number them, until a son of fifty years, all that enter to wait on the service, to serve in the tabernacle of the congregation.

³ And the Levites were counted from a son of thirty years and upward; and their number by their heads, as to men, thirty eight thousand.

²⁴ These were the sons of Levi to the house of their fathers, the heads of the fathers, to their rosters, by number of names, by their heads, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah from the son of twenty years and over. ²⁵ For David said, Jehovah God of Israel has given rest to His people so that they may dwell in Jerusalem perpetually, ²⁶ and also to the Levites; there was no need to carry the tabernacle nor all its vessels for its service. ²⁷ For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from a son of twenty years and above,

¹² and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the rooms all around, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the things dedicated; ¹³ and for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and for all the vessels of service of the house of Jehovah;

⁷ Who serves as a soldier at his own wages at any time? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?

⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God in order to pull down strongholds,

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,

¹² Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

³ Then you suffer hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, so that he might please the one enlisting him . ⁵ And also if anyone competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.

⁷ I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, overseers at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them, to minister to them.

¹⁵ Give care to these things; be in these things in order that your progress may be plain in all.