Numbers 3 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, on the day that the Lord spoke with Moses on mount Sinai. ² And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, who were consecrated to minister as priests. ⁴ And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered a strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Elazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the life-time of Aaron their father. ⁵ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ⁶ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present the same before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. ⁷ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the vessels of the tent of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: as associates are they given unto him out of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And Aaron and his sons shalt thou instruct, that they shall guard well their priest’s office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ¹¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ¹² And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. ¹³ Because mine is every first-born; on the day when I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me every first-born in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be; I am the Lord. ¹⁴ And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ Number the children of Levi after their divisions, by their families; every male of them from a month old and upward shalt thou number. ¹⁶ And Moses numbered them according to the order of the Lord, as he had been commanded. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon after their families: Libni, and Shimi. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kehath after their families: ‘Amram, and Yizhar, Chebron, and ‘Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari after their families: Machli, and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their family divisions. ²¹ Of Gershon: the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershunites. ²² Those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred. ²³ The families of the Gershunites used to encamp behind the tabernacle, westward. ²⁴ And the prince of the family division of the Gershunites was Elyassaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, ²⁶ And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar, round about, and its cords for all the service thereof. ²⁷ And of Kehath: the family of the ‘Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the ‘Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites. ²⁸ By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward. ³⁰ And the prince of the division of the families of the Kehathites was Elizaphan the son of ‘Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary which are used for the service, and the vail, and all belonging thereto. ³² And the chief over the princes of the Levites was Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, having the oversight of those that kept the charge of the sanctuary. ³³ Of Merari: the family of the Machlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari. ³⁴ And those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ And the chief of the division of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abichayil: they used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, northward. ³⁶ And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari were the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all that belongeth thereto, ³⁷ And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. ³⁸ But those that encamped before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation toward the rising of the sun, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that came nigh was to be put to death. ³⁹ All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me, I am the Lord, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel. ⁴² And Moses numbered, as the Lord had commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. ⁴³ And all the first-born males, by the numbering of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three. ⁴⁴ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ And for those that are to be redeemed, the two hundred and seventy and three of the first-born of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites, ⁴⁷ Thou shalt take five shekels apiece for the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty gerahs to the shekel; ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give unto Aaron and to his sons the money, for those who are to be redeemed of those that are over the number of them. ⁴⁹ And Moses took the redemption-money of those that were over in number above those who were redeemed by the Levites: ⁵⁰ Of the first-born of the children of Israel did he take the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed unto Aaron and unto his sons, by the order of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁴ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, on the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:

¹ Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.

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

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

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty and seven years.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty and seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. ¹⁸ And the sons of Kehath: Amram, and Yizhar, and Chebron, and ‘Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kehath were one hundred and thirty and three years.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kehath: Amram, and Yizhar, and Chebron, and ‘Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kehath were one hundred and thirty and three years. ¹⁹ And the sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to their generations. ²⁰ And Amram took himself Yochebed his aunt for wife; and she bore unto him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty and seven years.

²³ And Aaron took himself Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nachshon, for wife; and she bore unto him Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar.

²⁷ These are they that spoke to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, to bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt: these are Moses and Aaron.

²⁹ And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that was to sit on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. ³⁰ And Pharaoh rose up in the 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 some one dead.

² Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

¹² That thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb unto the Lord; and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou shalt have, the males, shall belong to the Lord. ¹³ And every firstling of an ass shalt thou redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then shalt thou break its neck: and all the first-born of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh obstinately refused to let us go, that the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my children must I redeem.

^{29 (22:28)} The first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors, shalt thou not delay to offer; the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

⁵ And he then sent the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings unto the Lord, of oxen. ⁶ And Moses took the half of the blood, and put it in basins; and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁹ In accordance with all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. ¹⁰ And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it; and thou shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. ¹² And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and put them on the four corners thereof; namely, two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ¹³ And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And thou shalt place the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. ¹⁵ In the rings of the ark shall the staves remain: they shall not be removed therefrom. ¹⁶ And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I will give unto thee. ¹⁷ And thou shalt make a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, on the two ends of the cover. ¹⁹ And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; from the cover itself shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. ²⁰ And the cherubim shall be spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing the cover with their wings, with their faces turned one to the other; toward the cover shall the faces of the cherubim be directed. ²¹ And thou shalt put the cover above upon the ark; and in the ark shalt thou put the testimony which I will give unto thee. ²² And I will meet with thee there, and I will speak with thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, all that which I will command thee unto the children of Israel. ²³ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood; two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ²⁴ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. ²⁵ And thou shalt make unto it a rim of a hand’s breadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown on its rim round about. ²⁶ And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and thou shalt put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet. ²⁷ Close under the rim shall the rings be; as receptacles for the staves, to bear the table. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its supporters, and its purifying tubes, wherewith the bread is to be covered: of pure gold shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me always. ³¹ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made; its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be out of one piece with it. ³² And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side. ³³ Three bowls, almond-shaped, shall be on one branch, with a knob and a flower; and three bowls, almond-shaped, on the other branch, with a knob and a flower: so on the six branches that come out of the candlestick. ³⁴ And on the candlestick itself shall be four bowls, almond-shaped, with its knobs and its flowers. ³⁵ And there shall be a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same; for the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. ³⁶ Their knobs and their branches shall be out of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of beaten work of pure gold. ³⁷ And thou shalt make its seven lamps; and when they light its lamps, it shall give light toward the body of it. ³⁸ And its tongs, and its snuff-dishes shall be of pure gold. ³⁹ Out of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. ⁴⁰ And look that thou make them after their pattern, which thou wast shown on the mount.

¹ The tabernacle also shalt thou make of ten curtains, of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim, of weaver’s work shalt thou make them. ² The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for all the curtains. ³ Five of the curtains shall be coupled together, one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled, one to another. ⁴ And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain which is on the outside in the one coupling; and the like shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain which is the outmost in the second coupling. ⁵ Fifty loops shalt thou make on the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops shall be fixed opposite each other. ⁶ And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold; and thou shalt couple the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle shall thus be one piece. ⁷ And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make the same. ⁸ The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for the eleven curtains. ⁹ And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves; and thou shalt double the sixth curtain toward the front side of the tabernacle. ¹⁰ And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is the outmost in the one coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling. ¹¹ And thou shalt make fifty hooks of copper; and thou shalt put the hooks into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one piece. ¹² And the part hanging over in the excess of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain which is over, shall hang down over the back part of the tabernacle. ¹³ And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side in the excess in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. ¹⁴ And thou shalt make a cover for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a cover of badgers’ skins above. ¹⁵ And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. ¹⁶ Ten cubits shall be the length of each board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of each one board. ¹⁷ There shall be two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right. ¹⁹ And forty sockets of silver shalt thou make under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons. ²⁰ And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, there shall be twenty boards; ²¹ And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. ²² And for the back wall of the tabernacle, westward, thou shalt make six boards. ²³ And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the back wall. ²⁴ And they shall be closely fitting together beneath, and they shall be closely joined together on the top by means of one ring: thus shall it be for both of them; for the two corners shall they be. ²⁵ And so they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. ²⁶ And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle; ²⁷ And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the back wall, westward; ²⁸ And the middle bar in the midst of the boards, passing from the one end to the other end. ²⁹ And the boards thou shalt overlay with gold, and their rings thou shalt make of gold, as receptacles for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

³¹ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, of weavers’ work shall it be made, with cherubim. ³² And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks also shall be of gold; upon four sockets of silver.

³² And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks also shall be of gold; upon four sockets of silver. ³³ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the hooks; and thou shalt bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the holy of holies.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer. ³⁷ And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, their hooks also shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast for them five sockets of copper.

³⁷ And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, their hooks also shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast for them five sockets of copper.

¹ And thou shalt make the altar of shittim wood: five cubits long, and five cubits broad, a foursquare shall the altar be, and three cubits shall be its height. ² And thou shalt make its horns on its four corners, from itself shall its horns be; and thou shalt overlay it with copper. ³ And thou shalt make its pots to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its fire-pans; all its vessels thou shalt make of copper. ⁴ And thou shalt make for it a grating, of a network of copper; and thou shalt make upon the net four rings of copper, on its four corners. ⁵ And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net shall reach even to the half of the altar. ⁶ And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with copper. ⁷ And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when they bear it. ⁸ Hollow, of boards, shalt thou make it; as it was shown to thee on the mount, so shall they make it. ⁹ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side, on the right, the hangings for the court, of twisted linen, shall be a hundred cubits in length, for the one side.

⁹ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side, on the right, the hangings for the court, of twisted linen, shall be a hundred cubits in length, for the one side. ¹⁰ And its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

¹⁰ And its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. ¹¹ And likewise for the north side in the length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits in length, and its pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

¹¹ And likewise for the north side in the length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits in length, and its pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. ¹² And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be ten, and their sockets ten.

¹² And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be ten, and their sockets ten. ¹³ And the breadth of the court on the front side, eastward, shall be fifty cubits.

¹³ And the breadth of the court on the front side, eastward, shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴ And fifteen cubits of hangings shall be on the one wing; their pillars shall be three and their sockets three.

¹⁴ And fifteen cubits of hangings shall be on the one wing; their pillars shall be three and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And on the other wing shall be fifteen cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be three, and their sockets three.

¹⁵ And on the other wing shall be fifteen cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, the work of the embroiderer; with four pillars for the same, and their four sockets.

¹⁶ And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, the work of the embroiderer; with four pillars for the same, and their four sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of copper. ¹⁸ The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twisted linen, and the sockets for the same of copper. ¹⁹ All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of copper.

¹ And thou shalt let come near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may be a priest unto me; Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Elazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

⁴¹ And thou shalt clothe therewith Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and thou shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may be priests unto me.

¹ And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to become priests unto me: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, ² And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes, mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers, anointed with oil; of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them. ³ And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them near in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. ⁴ And Aaron and his sons shalt thou bring near unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. ⁵ And thou shalt take the garments, and clothe Aaron with the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the girdle of the ephod: ⁶ And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and thou shalt fasten the holy crown upon the mitre. ⁷ Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. ⁸ And his sons shalt thou bring near, and clothe them with coats. ⁹ And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind the bonnets on them; and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thus shalt thou consecrate Aaron and his sons.

⁹ And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind the bonnets on them; and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thus shalt thou consecrate Aaron and his sons. ¹⁰ And thou shalt cause the bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. ¹¹ And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹² And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and all the remaining blood shalt thou pour out beside the bottom of the altar. ¹³ And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the midriff above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. ¹⁴ But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire, without the camp: it is a sin-offering. ¹⁵ And the one ram shalt thou take; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. ¹⁶ And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it upon the altar round about. ¹⁷ And the ram shalt thou cut in pieces, and wash his inwards, and his legs, and put them with his pieces, and with his head. ¹⁸ And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar, it is a burnt-offering unto the Lord; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. ¹⁹ And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. ²⁰ Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. ²¹ And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle them upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, together with his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him. ²² And thou shalt take from the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the midriff above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration; ²³ And one loaf of bread, and one cake of the oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord. ²⁴ And thou shalt put all this upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons; and thou shalt make with them a waving before the Lord. ²⁵ And thou shalt then take them from their hands, and burn them upon the altar upon the burnt-offering; for a sweet savor before the Lord, it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. ²⁶ And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of the consecration that belongeth to Aaron, and make therewith a waving before the Lord; and it shall belong to thee as thy portion. ²⁷ And thou shalt sanctify the breast which hath been waved, and the shoulder which hath been lifted up, which was waved, and which was heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, of that which belongeth to Aaron, and of that which belongeth to his sons: ²⁸ That they shall belong to Aaron and to his sons, as a statute forever, from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and a heave-offering it shall remain from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, as their heave-offering unto the Lord. ²⁹ And the holy garments belonging to Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to anoint them therein, and to consecrate them therein. ³⁰ Seven days shall that one of his sons put them on who is to be priest in his place, who is to go into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the sanctuary. ³¹ And the ram of the consecration shalt thou take, and seethe his flesh in a holy place. ³² And Aaron with his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ³³ And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate them and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. ³⁴ And if aught of the flesh of the consecration sacrifice, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then shalt thou burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. ³⁵ And thou shalt do unto Aaron, and to his sons thus, all as I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate them. ³⁶ And a bullock shalt thou offer every day for a sin-offering as an atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, in as much as thou makest an atonement upon it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. ³⁷ Seven days shalt thou make an atonement upon the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon, of shittim wood shalt thou make it. ² A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be its height; from itself shall its horns be. ³ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. ⁴ And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it beneath its crown, on its two corners shalt thou make them, upon both its sides; and they shall be as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them. ⁵ And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt put it before the vail that is before the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of spices; every morning when he dresseth the lamps, shall he burn it. ⁸ And when Aaron lighteth the lamps toward evening, shall he burn it; a perpetual incense before the Lord, throughout your generations. ⁹ Ye shall not offer thereon any strange incense, or burnt-sacrifice, or meat-offering; and a drink-offering shall ye not pour thereon. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall make an atonement upon its horns once in a year; with the blood of the sin-offering of the day of atonement, once in the year, shall he make atonement upon it, throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the Lord.

¹³ This shall they give, every one that passeth among those that are numbered, Half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs to the shekel; the half of the shekel shall be the tribute to the Lord.

¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ² See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, of the tribe of Judah: ³ And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, ⁴ To devise works of art, to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper, ⁵ And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in the carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. ⁶ And behold, I have also given with him Aholiab, the son of Achissamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted have l put wisdom; and they shall make all that I have commanded thee; ⁷ The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the cover that is thereupon, and all the vessels of the tabernacle; ⁸ And the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense; ⁹ And the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot; ¹⁰ And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister therein; ¹¹ And the anointing oil, and the incense of spices for the holy place: all as I have commanded thee shall they do. ¹² And the Lord said unto Moses as followeth, ¹³ And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Above all, my sabbaths shall ye keep; for a sign it is between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord who doth sanctify you. ¹⁴ And ye shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy unto you; every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work thereon, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. ¹⁵ Six days may work be done; but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath-day, shall surely be put to death. ¹⁶ And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. ¹⁷ Between me and the children of Israel it shall be a sign for ever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed: ¹⁸ And he gave unto Moses, when he had finished speaking with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, inscribed with the finger of God.

²⁶ Moses then placed himself in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on the Lord’s side, let him come unto me! and there assembled themselves unto him all the sons of Levi. ²⁷ And he said unto them, Thus hath said the Eternal, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword by his side, and go ye hither and thither, from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his relative. ²⁸ And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people on that day about three thousand men. ²⁹ And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, yea even every man on his son, and on his brother; and to bestow upon you this day a blessing.

¹⁹ All that openeth the womb is mine; and every firstling that is a male among thy cattle, whether ox or lamb.

¹¹ The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

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

⁸ And all the wise-hearted men, among those who wrought the work, made the tabernacle of ten curtains; of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, of weaver’s work, made he them. ⁹ The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there was one measure for all the curtains. ¹⁰ And he coupled together five of the curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. ¹¹ And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, which was the outside in the coupling: the like he made on the border of the curtain, which was the outmost on the second coupling. ¹² Fifty loops made he on the one curtain, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which was in the second coupling: the loops were fixed opposite to each other. ¹³ And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he coupled the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle became thus one piece. ¹⁴ And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains made he the same. ¹⁵ The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of each curtain: there was one measure for the eleven curtains. ¹⁶ And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was the outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling. ¹⁸ And he made fifty hooks of copper, to couple the tent together that it might be one piece. ¹⁹ And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above. ²⁰ And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up. ²¹ Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board. ²² There were two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like made he for all the boards of the tabernacle. ²³ And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right. ²⁴ And forty sockets of silver made he under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons. ²⁵ And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he made twenty boards: ²⁶ And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. ²⁷ And for the back wall of the tabernacle, westward, he made six boards. ²⁸ And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the back wall. ²⁹ And they were closely fitting beneath, and they were closely joined together on the top, by means of one ring; thus he did to both of them, for both the corners. ³⁰ And so there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under every board. ³¹ And he made bars of shittim wood; five, for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle; ³² And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back wall, westward. ³³ And he made the middle bar to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end. ³⁴ And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold. ³⁵ And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weaver’s work made he it, with cherubim. ³⁶ And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks also were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

³⁶ And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks also were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. ³⁷ And he made a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer; ³⁸ And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.

¹ And Bezalel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. ² And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made for it a crown of gold round about. ³ And he cast for it four rings of gold, for the four corners thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. ⁴ And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. ⁵ And he put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. ⁶ And he made a cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was its length, and one cubit and a half its breadth. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold, of beaten work made he them, on the two ends of the cover;

¹ And he made the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood: five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth; it was foursquare, and three cubits was its height. ² And he made its horns on its four corners, from itself were its horns; and he overlaid it with copper. ³ And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the forks, and the fire-pans: all its vessels made he of copper. ⁴ And he made for the altar a grating, a network of copper, under its compass beneath, even unto the half of it. ⁵ And he cast four rings on the four corners of the grating of copper, as receptacles for the staves. ⁶ And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with copper. ⁷ And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it by means of them; hollow, of boards, made he it.

⁹ And he made the court: on the south side, on the right, the hangings of the court were of twisted linen, of one hundred cubits; ¹⁰ Their pillars were twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. ¹¹ And for the north side one hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. ¹² And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars were ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. ¹³ And for the front side, eastward, fifty cubits. ¹⁴ Hangings of fifteen cubits, were on the one wing: their pillars were three, and their sockets three. ¹⁵ And for the other wing, on both sides of the gate of the court, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars were three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ all the hangings of the court round about were of twisted linen. ¹⁷ And the sockets for the pillars were of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops was of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. ¹⁸ And the hanging for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height, in the breadth, was five cubits, answering to the hangings of the court. ¹⁹ And the pillars for the same were four, with their four sockets of copper; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets, of silver. ²⁰ And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about were of copper.

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

³³ And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, ³⁴ And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the separation: ³⁵ The ark of the testimony, and its staves, and the mercy-seat; ³⁶ The table, and all its vessels, and the showbread; ³⁷ The pure candlestick, with its lamps, the lamps to be set in order thereupon, and all its vessels, and the oil for the lighting, ³⁸ And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle; ³⁹ The copper altar, and the grating of copper which belonged to it, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot; ⁴⁰ The hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the hanging for the court-gate, its cords, and its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation; ⁴¹ The cloths of service to do the service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister therein. ⁴² All, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so had the children of Israel done all the work.

² On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. ³ And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and separate the ark with the vail. ⁴ And thou shalt bring in the table, and arrange the order of the showbread upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. ⁵ And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and thou shalt put up the hanging at the door to the tabernacle. ⁶ And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. ⁷ And thou shalt set the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. ⁸ And thou shalt set up the court round about, and put up the hanging at the gate of the court. ⁹ And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein; and thou shalt hallow it, with all its vessels, and it shall be holy. ¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels; and thou shalt sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. ¹¹ And thou shalt anoint the laver with its foot, and sanctify it. ¹² And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. ¹³ And thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be a priest unto me.

¹³ And thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be a priest unto me. ¹⁴ And his sons shalt thou bring near, and clothe them with coats: ¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them, as thou hast anointed their father, that they may be priests unto me; and this shall be, that their anointing shall be unto them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them, as thou hast anointed their father, that they may be priests unto me; and this shall be, that their anointing shall be unto them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. ¹⁶ And Moses did so; all, just as the Lord had commanded him, so did he.

¹⁹ And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it above; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he put up the hanging at the door to the tabernacle.

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

¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ² Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock for the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; ³ And all the congregation shalt thou assemble together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴ And Moses did as the Lord had commanded him; and the assembly came together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁵ And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded to do. ⁶ And Moses brought near Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. ⁷ And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and he girded him with the belt of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. ⁸ And he put on him the breastplate; and he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. ⁹ And he put the mitre upon his head; and he placed upon the mitre, toward the front thereof, the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

³⁰ And Moses took some of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled the same upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and his sons with sanctified upon the garments of him; and he Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each his censer, and they put therein fire, and put thereon incense: and they brought near before the Lord a strange fire, which he had not commanded them. ² And there went out a fire from before the Lord, and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses on mount Sinai, saying,

⁶ And if the person be from a month old and unto five years old, then shall the estimation of the male be five shekels of silver, and for the female the estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

²⁵ And all estimations of value shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. ²⁶ Only the first-born which shall, by being first born, be sacred unto the Lord among cattle, no man shall sanctify; whether it be ox, or lamb, it is the Lord’s.

³⁴ These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children on mount Sinai.

²¹ Those that were numbered of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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

⁴⁹ Only the tribe of Levi shalt thou not number, and their sum shalt thou not take, among the children of Israel; ⁵⁰ But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it; and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp.

⁵⁰ But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it; and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is to be carried forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is to be carried forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ⁵² And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their armies. ⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp round shout the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp round shout the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

³ And they, who encamp on the east, toward the rising of the sun, shall be those who belong to the standard of the camp of Judah according to their armies: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab.

⁹ All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their armies: they shall first set forward. ¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be on the south side, according to their armies: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹¹ And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

¹⁷ Then shall the tabernacle of the congregation, the camp of the Levites, set forward in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place after their standards.

²⁵ The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side, according to their armies: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Achiezer the son of ‘Ammishaddai.

³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁷ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

⁷ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the vessels of the tent of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

¹⁰ And Aaron and his sons shalt thou instruct, that they shall guard well their priest’s office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

¹² And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

¹⁵ Number the children of Levi after their divisions, by their families; every male of them from a month old and upward shalt thou number.

¹⁹ And the sons of Kehath after their families: ‘Amram, and Yizhar, Chebron, and ‘Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari after their families: Machli, and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their family divisions. ²¹ Of Gershon: the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershunites. ²² Those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred. ²³ The families of the Gershunites used to encamp behind the tabernacle, westward.

²⁷ And of Kehath: the family of the ‘Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the ‘Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites. ²⁸ By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

²⁸ By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward.

²⁹ The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward.

³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary which are used for the service, and the vail, and all belonging thereto. ³² And the chief over the princes of the Levites was Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, having the oversight of those that kept the charge of the sanctuary. ³³ Of Merari: the family of the Machlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari. ³⁴ And those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ And the chief of the division of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abichayil: they used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, northward.

³⁸ But those that encamped before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation toward the rising of the sun, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that came nigh was to be put to death. ³⁹ All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

³⁹ All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

⁴⁰ And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me, I am the Lord, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me, I am the Lord, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

⁴³ And all the first-born males, by the numbering of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three.

⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. ⁴⁶ And for those that are to be redeemed, the two hundred and seventy and three of the first-born of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites, ⁴⁷ Thou shalt take five shekels apiece for the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty gerahs to the shekel; ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give unto Aaron and to his sons the money, for those who are to be redeemed of those that are over the number of them.

⁵⁰ Of the first-born of the children of Israel did he take the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed unto Aaron and unto his sons, by the order of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁴ This shall be the service of the sons of Kehath at the tabernacle of the congregation: The most holy things. ⁵ And Aaron shall come with his sons, when the camp setteth forward, and they shall take down the vail of the separation, and cover therewith the ark of the testimony; ⁶ And they shall put over it a covering of badgers’ skins, and they shall spread over all a cloth wholly of blue woollen yarn, and they shall put in its staves. ⁷ And over the table of the showbread shall they spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the tubes, and the staves of the covering; and the continual bread shall be thereon: ⁸ And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins; and they shall put in its staves. ⁹ And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the lighting, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, wherewith they minister by it: ¹⁰ And they shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of badgers’ skins, and they shall put it upon a barrow. ¹¹ And over the golden altar shall they spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins; and they shall put in its staves. ¹² And they shall take all the vessels of the service, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins; and they shall put them on a barrow. ¹³ And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread over it a cloth of purple; ¹⁴ And they shall put upon it all its vessels, wherewith they minister upon it, the fire-pans, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread over it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put in its staves. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have thus made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward: then shall, after that, the sons of Kehath come to carry it; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die; these are the things which the sons of Kehath are to carry at the tabernacle of the congregation.

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have thus made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward: then shall, after that, the sons of Kehath come to carry it; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die; these are the things which the sons of Kehath are to carry at the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹⁶ And under the supervision of Elazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the lighting, and the incense of spices, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing-oil; the supervision of all the tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its vessels.

¹⁶ And under the supervision of Elazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the lighting, and the incense of spices, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing-oil; the supervision of all the tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its vessels.

²⁴ This shall be the service of the families of the Gershunites, to serve, and to carry: ²⁵ They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and of the tent of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is over it above, 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, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service; and all that is delivered to them shall they perform. ²⁷ By the order of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershunites, in all their carrying, and in all their service: and ye shall designate unto them in charge all which they have to carry.

²⁷ By the order of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershunites, in all their carrying, and in all their service: and ye shall designate unto them in charge all which they have to carry. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershunites at the tabernacle of the congregation; their charge shall be under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershunites at the tabernacle of the congregation; their charge shall be under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ The sons of Merari, shalt thou number after their families, by their divisions; ³⁰ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, shalt thou number them, every one that is fitted for the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. ³¹ And this is what is confided to them to carry, regarding all their service at 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 round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and all which belongeth thereto; and by name shall ye designate to them the vessels which are confided to them to carry. ³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, regarding all their service, at the tabernacle of the congregation, under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron, the priest.

³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, regarding all their service, at the tabernacle of the congregation, under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron, the priest.

³⁵ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that was fitted for the service, for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation. ³⁶ And those that were numbered of them after their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kehathites, all that could do service at the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses. ³⁸ And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, after their families, and after their divisions, ³⁹ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that was fitted for the service, for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation, ⁴⁰ Even those that were numbered of them, after their families, after their divisions, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that could do service at the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord.

⁴⁵ These are those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses.

⁴⁷ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the carrying at the tabernacle of the congregation, ⁴⁸ Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. ⁴⁹ By the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses, did he appoint them, every one to his proper service, and to his proper carrying: and they were numbered, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁷ Two of the wagons and four of the oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: ⁸ And four of the wagons and eight of the oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

⁶ Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them. ⁷ And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle upon them water of purification, after they have let the razor pass over all their flesh, and then let them wash their clothes, and so shall they be clean. ⁸ And they shall take a young bullock with his meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. ⁹ And thou shalt bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt assemble together the whole congregation of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And when thou hast brought near the Levites before the Lord, then shall the children of Israel lay their hands upon the Levites: ¹¹ And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute the service of the Lord.

¹¹ And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute the service of the Lord. ¹² And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt prepare the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. ¹³ And thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make with them a waving before the Lord. ¹⁴ Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. ¹⁵ And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: after thou shalt have cleansed them, and made with them a waving.

¹⁵ And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: after thou shalt have cleansed them, and made with them a waving. ¹⁶ For they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

¹⁶ For they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

¹⁶ For they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. ¹⁷ For mine are all the first-born of the children of Israel, both of man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt did I sanctify them unto myself.

¹⁷ For mine are all the first-born of the children of Israel, both of man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt did I sanctify them unto myself. ¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel. ¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. ²⁰ And so did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites: according unto all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. ²¹ And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron made with them a waving before the Lord: and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. ²² And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. ²³ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ This shall be the rule for the Levites: From twenty and five years old and upward shall he go into the ranks to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; ²⁵ And from the age of fifty years shall he go out of the ranks of the service, and he shall serve no more; ²⁶ But he shall wait on his brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, but the service shall he not perform; thus shalt thou do unto the Levites in the discharge of their office.

¹⁷ And in the mean time the tabernacle was taken down; and then set forward the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the bearers of the tabernacle.

²¹ And then set forward the Kehathites, the bearers of the sanctuary: and the others set up the tabernacle against they came.

⁵ And wine for a drink-offering, the fourth of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or sacrifice, for each one sheep. ⁶ But for a ram, shalt thou prepare as a meat-offering two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with the third of a hin of oil. ⁷ And wine for the drink-offering, the third of a hin, shalt thou bring, for a sweet savor unto the Lord. ⁸ And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, in performing a pronounced vow, or a peace-offering unto the Lord: ⁹ Then shall he bring with the bullock as a meat-offering, three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil. ¹⁰ And wine shalt thou bring for a drink-offering, half a hin, as a fire-offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord. ¹¹ Thus shall it be done for each one bullock, or for each one ram, or for a lamb, be it of the sheep or of the goats. ¹² According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. ¹³ All that are born in the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering a fire-offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord. ¹⁴ And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you in your generations, and will make an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord: as ye do, so shall he do. ¹⁵ Congregation! one statute shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth: a statute for ever in your generations; as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. ¹⁶ One law and one code shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. ¹⁷ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ¹⁸ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you: ¹⁹ Then shall it be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall set aside a heave-offering unto the Lord. ²⁰ As the first of your doughs shall ye set aside a cake for a heave-offering; like the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set this aside. ²¹ Of the first of your doughs shall ye give unto the Lord a heave-offering, in your generations. ²² And if ye err, and do not observe all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, ²³ All that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded the same and thenceforward, among your generations:

⁹ It is too little for you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near unto himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister for them? ¹⁰ And he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and now will ye seek the priesthood also? ¹¹ For which cause beware, thou and all thy company that are gathered together against the Lord; for Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him:

¹⁵ And this displeased Moses greatly, and he said unto the Lord, Have no respect unto their offering: I have not taken away an ass of any one of them, nor have I done wrong to any one of them.

³⁵ And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had offered the incense.

^{40 (17:5)} As a memorial unto the children of Israel, in order that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to burn incense before the Lord; that he become not as Korach, and as his company; as the Lord had spoken to him by the hand of Moses.

¹ And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

¹ And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ² And also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined with thee, and minister unto thee; while thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tabernacle of the testimony.

² And also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined with thee, and minister unto thee; while thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tabernacle of the testimony. ³ And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar shall they not come near, that they may not die, either they or you.

³ And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar shall they not come near, that they may not die, either they or you.

³ And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar shall they not come near, that they may not die, either they or you. ⁴ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, respecting all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

⁴ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, respecting all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. ⁵ And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be not any more wrath upon the children of Israel.

⁵ And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be not any more wrath upon the children of Israel. ⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel; unto you are they given as a gift for the Lord, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁶ And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel; unto you are they given as a gift for the Lord, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁷ And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood concerning every matter of the altar, and for that within the vail, where ye shall serve: as a service of gift do I give you your priesthood; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

⁷ And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood concerning every matter of the altar, and for that within the vail, where ye shall serve: as a service of gift do I give you your priesthood; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

¹⁵ Whatever openeth the womb of all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, be it of men or of cattle, shall be thine: nevertheless thou shalt redeem the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean cattle shalt thou redeem.

¹⁵ Whatever openeth the womb of all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, be it of men or of cattle, shall be thine: nevertheless thou shalt redeem the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean cattle shalt thou redeem. ¹⁶ And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to the usual estimation of five shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

¹⁶ And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to the usual estimation of five shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

²⁵ Take Aaron and Elazar, his son, and cause them to go up unto mount Hor: ²⁶ And cause Aaron to take off his garments, and clothe therewith Elazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered in, and he shall die there. ²⁷ And Moses did as the Lord had commanded; and they went up to mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation. ²⁸ And Moses caused Aaron to take off his garments, and he clothed therewith Elazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount; and Moses and Elazar then came down from the mount.

⁶ And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. ⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram did Balak send for me, the king of Moab, out of the mountains of the east, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. ⁸ How shall I denounce, whom God hath not denounced? and how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied? ⁹ For from the top of rocks I see him, and from hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and among the nations it shall not be reckoned. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, and number the fourth part of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like his! ¹¹ And Balak said unto Bil’am, What hast thou done unto me? to denounce my enemies did I take thee, and, behold, thou hast even blessed them. ¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that only which the Lord may put in my mouth? ¹³ And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from where thou canst see them; nevertheless a portion of them only wilt thou see, but the whole of them thou wilt not see: and denounce them for me from there. ¹⁴ And he brought him to the field of the watchmen, on the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. ¹⁵ And he said unto Balak, Place thyself here by thy burnt-offering, while I will repair to yonder place. ¹⁶ And the Lord met Bil’am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ¹⁷ And he came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said unto him: What hath the Lord spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; bend hither thy ear unto me, son of Zippor! ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not fulfill it? ²⁰ Behold, to bless I have received the word; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. ²¹ He hath not beheld any wrong in Jacob, nor hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glory of the king dwelleth among him. ²² God, who brought them out of Egypt, is to them like the heights of the reem. ²³ For there is no enchantment in Jacob, nor is there any divination in Israel: at the proper time shall it be said to Jacob and to Israel, what God doth work.

¹ And when Bil’am saw that it was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. ² And Bil’am lifted up his eyes, and when he saw Israel encamped according to their tribes, there came upon him the spirit of God. ³ And he took up his parable, and said, Thus saith Bil’am the son of Beor, and thus saith the man whose eyes are open; ⁴ Thus saith he who heareth the sayings of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, falling down, with unvailed eyes: ⁵ How beautiful are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwelling, O Israel! ⁶ As streams are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as aloe-trees, which the Lord hath planted, as cedar-trees beside the waters. ⁷ Water runneth out of His buckets, that his seed may be moistened by abundance of water; and exalted above Agag shall be his king, and raised on high shall be his kingdom. ⁸ God, who brought him forth out of Egypt, is to him like the heights of the reem; he will devour nations, his oppressors, and their bones will he break, and pierce them through with his arrows. ⁹ He coucheth, he lieth down as a lion, and as a lioness: who shall make him rise up? They that bless thee be blessed, and they that curse thee be cursed. ¹⁰ And the anger of Balak was kindled against Bil’am, and he struck his hands together: and Balak said unto Bil’am, To denounce my enemies did I call thee, and, behold, thou hast even blessed them these three times. ¹¹ And now flee thou to thy place: I thought to honor thee greatly; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honor. ¹² And Bil’am said unto Balak, Did I not already speak to thy messengers, whom thou sentest unto me, saying, ¹³ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the order of the Lord, to do good or evil out of my own heart: what the Lord will speak, that must I speak? ¹⁴ And now, behold, I am going unto my people: come, I will advise thee against what this people will do to thy people in the end of days. ¹⁵ And he took up his parable and said, Thus saith Bil’am the son of Beor, and thus saith the man whose eyes are open; ¹⁶ Thus saith he who heareth the sayings of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, falling down, with unvailed eyes: ¹⁷ I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there steppeth forth a star out of Jacob, and there ariseth a sceptre out of Israel, and he pierceth the chiefs of Moab, and destroyeth all the children of Sheth. ¹⁸ And Edom shall be a conquest, and Seir shall be a conquest for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. ¹⁹ And there shall rule the one from Jacob, and he shall destroy whatever escapeth out of the city. ²⁰ And he looked on Amalek, and he took up his parable, and said, The first of nations is Amalek; but his latter end shall be destruction for ever. ²¹ And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and placed on the rock is thy nest. ²² Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted: whither will Asshur carry thee away captive? ²³ And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doth appoint this one? ²⁴ But ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict ‘Eber; and he also will be given to destruction for ever. ²⁵ And Bil’am rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

⁵⁷ And these are those that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershunites: of Kehath, the family of the Kehathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Machlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korchites; and Kehath begat ‘Amran.

⁶⁰ And there were born unto Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered a strange fire before the Lord. ⁶² And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all the males from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was not given unto them any inheritance among the children of Israel.

³⁰ And from the half of the children of Israel, shalt thou take one individual, as it may come, from any fifty, of the persons, of beef-cattle, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of cattle; and thou shalt give the same unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

⁸ At that time did the Lord separate the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

⁵ And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and after their decision shall be done at every controversy and every injury;

⁸ And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy holy man, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; ⁹ Who said of his father and of his mother, I have not seen him; and who did not acknowledge his brothers, nor regarded his own children; for they observe thy word, and thy covenant they keep.

¹ Then came near the heads of the divisions of the Levites unto Elazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the divisions of the tribes of the children of Israel; ² And they spoke unto them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give unto us cities to dwell in, with the open spaces thereof for our cattle. ³ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites from their inheritance, at the order of the Lord, these cities and their open spaces. ⁴ And the lot came out for the families of the Kehathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, obtained from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, by lot, thirteen cities. ⁵ And the rest of the children of Kehath obtained from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the half tribe of Menasseh, by lot, ten cities. ⁶ And the children of Gershon obtained from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half tribe of Menasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities. ⁷ The children of Merari after their families obtained from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities with their open spaces, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot. ⁹ And they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah, and from the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are called by name. ¹⁰ And the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kehathites, of the children of Levi, obtained them;—for they had the first lot. ¹¹ And they gave unto them Kiryath-arba’, the father of ‘Anak, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with the open spaces thereof round about it; ¹² But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession. ¹³ And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hebron with its open spaces, and Libnah with its open spaces, ¹⁴ And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa’ with its open spaces. ¹⁵ And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces, ¹⁶ And ‘Ayin with its open spaces, and Yuttah with its open spaces, and Beth-shemesh with its open spaces: nine cities from those two tribes. ¹⁷ And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib’on with its open spaces, Geba’ with its open spaces, ¹⁸ ‘Anathoth with its open spaces, and ‘Almon with its open spaces: four cities. ¹⁹ All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open spaces. ²⁰ And the families of the children of Kehath, the Levites, who remained of the children of Kehath, obtained the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave to them the city of refuge for the manslayer, Shechem with its open spaces in the mountain of Ephraim, and Gezer with its open spaces, ²² And Kibzayim with its open spaces, and Beth-choron with its open spaces: four cities. ²³ And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its open spaces, Gibbethon with its open spaces, ²⁴ Ayalon with its open spaces, Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: four cities. ²⁵ And from the half tribe of Menasseh, Ta’nach with its open spaces, and Gath-rimmon with its open spaces: two cities. ²⁶ All the cities were ten with their open spaces for the families of the children of Kehath that remained. ²⁷ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the other half tribe of Menasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer, Golan in Bashan with its open spaces, and Be’eshterah with its open spaces: two cities. ²⁸ And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishyon with its open spaces, Daberath with its open spaces, ²⁹ Yarmuth with its open spaces, ‘En-gannim with its open spaces: four cities. ³⁰ And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its open spaces, Abdon with its open spaces. ³¹ Chelkath with its open spaces, and Rechob with its open spaces: four cities. ³² And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Kedesh in Galilee with its open spaces, and Chammothdor with its open spaces, and Karthan with its open spaces: three cities. ³³ All the cities of the Gershunites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open spaces. ³⁴ And unto the families of the children of Merari, the remainder of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Yokne’am with its open spaces, and Karthah with its open spaces, ³⁵ Dimnah with its open spaces, Nahalal with its open spaces: four cities. ³⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ³⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ^{38 (21:36)} And from the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Ramoth in Gil’ad with its open spaces, and Machanayim with its open spaces, ^{39 (21:37)} Cheshbon with its open spaces, Ya’zer with its open spaces: four cities in all. ^{40 (21:38)} All the cities for the children of Merari after their families, they who were remaining of the families of the Levites, even their lot was twelve cities. ^{41 (21:39)} All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their open spaces. ^{42 (21:40)} These cities were every one with their open spaces round about them: thus it was with all these cities. ^{43 (21:41)} And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. ^{44 (21:42)} And the Lord gave them rest round about, all just as he had sworn unto their fathers: and there stood not up before them a man of all their enemies; all their enemies the Lord delivered into their hand. ^{45 (21:43)} There failed not aught of all the good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: it all came to pass.

¹⁹ And he smote among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, namely, he smote among the people seventy men and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned because the Lord had caused among the people a great slaughter.

³ Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you. ⁴ And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor hast thou oppressed us, and thou hast not taken from any man’s hand the least.

⁷ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against ‘Uzzah; and God smote him there for the error; and he died there by the ark of God.

¹⁸ And the captain of the guard took Serayah the chief-priest, and Zephanyahu the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

^{1 (5:27)} The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari. ^{2 (5:28)} And the sons of Kehath: ‘Amram, Yizhar, and Chebron, and ‘Uzziel. ^{3 (5:29)} And the children of ‘Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, El’azar, and Ithamar.

^{16 (6:1)} The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kehath, and Merari. ^{17 (6:2)} And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shim’i.

^{17 (6:2)} And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shim’i. ^{18 (6:3)} And the sons of Kehath were, ‘Amram, and Yizhar, and Chebron, and ‘Uzziel.

^{18 (6:3)} And the sons of Kehath were, ‘Amram, and Yizhar, and Chebron, and ‘Uzziel. ^{19 (6:4)} The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

^{19 (6:4)} The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. ^{20 (6:5)} Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jachath his son, Zimmah his son, ^{21 (6:6)} Yoach his son, ‘Iddo his son, Zerach his son, Yeatherai his son.

^{29 (6:14)} The sons of Merari: Machli, Libni his son, Shim’i his son, ‘Uzzah his son,

^{32 (6:17)} And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they acted according to their prescribed manner in their service.

^{38 (6:23)} The son of Yizhar, the son of Kehath, the son at Levi, the son of Israel.

^{44 (6:29)} And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of ‘Abdi, the son of Malluch, ^{45 (6:30)} The son of Chashabyah, the son of Amazyah, the son of Chilkiyah, ^{46 (6:31)} The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, ^{47 (6:32)} The son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. ^{48 (6:33)} And their brethren the Levites were superadded for all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ^{49 (6:34)} But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, and were for all the work of the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shema’yah the son of Chasshub, the son of ‘Azrikam, the son of Chashabyah, of the sons of Merari;

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shema’yah the son of Chasshub, the son of ‘Azrikam, the son of Chashabyah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ And Bakbakkar, Cheresh, and Galal, and Matthanyah the son of Micha, the son of Zichri, the son of Assaph;

¹⁵ And Bakbakkar, Cheresh, and Galal, and Matthanyah the son of Micha, the son of Zichri, the son of Assaph; ¹⁶ And ‘Obadiah the son of Shema’yah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechyah the son of Assa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

¹⁶ And ‘Obadiah the son of Shema’yah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechyah the son of Assa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and ‘Akkub, and Talmon, and Achiman, and their brethren, Shallum being the chief;

¹⁷ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and ‘Akkub, and Talmon, and Achiman, and their brethren, Shallum being the chief; ¹⁸ And up to this time they are in the king’s gate to the eastward: they are the gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi.

¹⁸ And up to this time they are in the king’s gate to the eastward: they are the gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebyassaph, the son of Korach, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korchites, being over the work of the service, were the watchmen at the threshold of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the camp of the Lord, were the watchmen at the entrance thereof.

¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebyassaph, the son of Korach, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korchites, being over the work of the service, were the watchmen at the threshold of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the camp of the Lord, were the watchmen at the entrance thereof. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of El’azar was the ruler over them in times past; and the Lord was with him.

²⁰ And Phinehas the son of El’azar was the ruler over them in times past; and the Lord was with him. ²¹ And Zechariah the son of Meshelemyah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²² All of these selected to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were recorded according to their genealogy in their villages; and they were those whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their trust. ²³ Both they and their children had the oversight over the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, as watches. ²⁴ On four quarters were the gatekeepers, toward the east, the west, the north, and the south. ²⁵ And their brethren, who were in their villages, had to come after every seven days from time to time in common with these. ²⁶ For in their trust were these four chief gatekeepers—these Levites, and they were appointed over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷ And they lodged round about the house of God; because upon them rested the duty of watching, and they had the supervision of the opening thereof each and every morning. ²⁸ And some of them had the charge of the vessels for the service; for by number did they bring them in, and by number did they carry them out. ²⁹ Some of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixture of the spices. ³¹ And Matthithyah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korchite, had the trust over the meat-offerings that were baked in the pans. ³² And others of their brethren, of the sons of the Kehathites, were over the orders of the shew-bread, to prepare it every sabbath. ³³ But these the singers, the chiefs of the divisions of the Levites, remained in the chambers free of service; for day and night were they obliged to engage in that work.

⁵ Of the sons of Kehath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren one hundred and twenty. ⁶ Of the sons of Merari: ‘Assayah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.

⁸ Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shema’yah the chief, and his brethren two hundred. ⁹ Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty. ¹⁰ Of the sons of ‘Uzziel: ‘Amminadab the chief, and his brethren one hundred and twelve.

¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and of his brethren, Assaph the son of Berechyahu, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushayahu; ¹⁸ And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zecharyahu, Ben, and Ja’aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jechiel, and ‘Unni, Eliab, and Benayahu, and Ma’asseyahu, and Matthithyahu, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneyahu, and ‘Obed-edom, and Je’iel, the gatekeepers. ¹⁹ Namely, the singers, Heman, Assaph, and Ethan, to play aloud with cymbals of copper; ²⁰ And Zechariah, and ‘Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jechiel, and ‘Unni, and Eliab, and Ma’asseyahu, and Benayahu, with psalteries on ‘Alamoth; ²¹ And Matthithyahu, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneyahu, and ‘Obed-edom, and Je-iel, and ‘Azazyahu, with harps on the Sheminith to play as leaders.

⁷ Of the Gershunites: La’dan, and Shim’i. ⁸ The sons of La’dan: The chief was Jechiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shim’i: Shelomith, and Chaziel, and Haran, three. These were the chiefs of the families of La’dan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shim’i were, Jachath, Zina, and Je’ush, and Beri’ah. These four were the sons of Shim’i. ¹¹ And Jachath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je’ush and Beri’ah had not many sons: therefore were they accounted as one family division in the numbering. ¹² The sons of Kehath: ‘Amram, Yizhar, Hebron, and ‘Uzziel, four.

¹² The sons of Kehath: ‘Amram, Yizhar, Hebron, and ‘Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of ‘Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was set apart, to sanctify him as most holy, he with his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

¹⁸ Of the sons of Yizhar, was Shelomith the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Hebron: Jeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Jachaziel the third, and Jekam’am the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of ‘Uzziel: Michah the chief, and Yishiyah the second. ²¹ The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El’azar, and Kish.

²¹ The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El’azar, and Kish. ²² And El’azar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and the sons of Kish, their brethren, took them for wives. ²³ The sons of Mushi: Machli, and ‘Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁸ Because their station was to be at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and by the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; ²⁹ And for the shew-bread, which was put in rows, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is sodden, and for all manner of dry and wet measure; ³⁰ And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and so also at evening, ³¹ And at all the offering of burnt-offerings unto the Lord on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts, according to the number, and after the manner prescribed for them, continually before the Lord; ³² And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

³² And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

¹ And the divisions of the sons of Aaron were: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, El’azar, and Ithamar.

²⁷ The sons of Merari by Ja’aziyahu: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and ‘Ibri. ²⁸ Of Machli: El’azar, who had no sons. ²⁹ Of Kish: The son of Kish was Jerachmeel. ³⁰ And the sons of Mushi were Machli, and ‘Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their family divisions.

³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedalyahu, and Zeri, and Jesha’yahu, Chashahyahu, and Matthithyahu, six, under the supervision of their father Jeduthun, who uttered praise with a harp, in order to give thanks and to utter praise unto the Lord. ⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiyahu, Matthanyahu, ‘Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Chananyah, Chanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-’ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Machaz’oth;

¹ Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers who were of the Korchites: Meshelemyahu the son of Kore, of the sons of Assaph. ² And Meshelemyahu had sons: Zecharyahu the first-born, Jedi’ael the second, Zebaiyahu the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehochanan the sixth, Elyeho’enal the seventh, ⁴ And ‘Obed-edom had sons: Shema’yah the first-born, Jehosabad the second, Joach the third, and Sachar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ ‘Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Pe’ulthai the eighth; for God had blessed him. ⁶ Also unto Shema’yah his son there were born sons, that were rulers for the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor. ⁷ The sons of Shema’yah were ‘Othni, and Rephael, and ‘Obed, and Elsahad, his brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachyahu. ⁸ All these were of the sons of ‘Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren were valiant men in strength for the service, being sixty and two descendants of ‘Obed-edom. ⁹ And Meshelemyahu had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen. ¹⁰ Also Chossah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief; ¹¹ Chilkiyahu the second, Tehalyahu the third, Zecharyahu the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Chossah were thirteen. ¹² These divisions of the gatekeepers, after the chief men, had the watch along with their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. ¹³ And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their family divisions, for each and every gate. ¹⁴ And the lot at the east fell for Shelemyahu. And for Zecharyahu his son, an intelligent counsellor, they cast lots, and his lot came out at the north. ¹⁵ For ‘Obed-edom at the south; and to his sons was assigned the house of Assuppim. ¹⁶ For Shuppim and for Chossah at the west, by the gate Shallecheth, on the ascending causeway, watch alongside of watch. ¹⁷ At the east were six Levites, at the north four for every day, at the south four for every day, and for the house of Assuppim always two. ¹⁸ At the Parbar on the west, four at the causeway, and two at the Parbar. ¹⁹ These are the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of the Korchites, and of the sons of Merari. ²⁰ And of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the holy things.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the holy things.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the holy things.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the holy things. ²¹ As concerning the sons of La’dan, the sons of the Gershunites of La’dan, the chiefs of the families of La’dan the Gershunite, were the Jechielites.

²¹ As concerning the sons of La’dan, the sons of the Gershunites of La’dan, the chiefs of the families of La’dan the Gershunite, were the Jechielites.

²¹ As concerning the sons of La’dan, the sons of the Gershunites of La’dan, the chiefs of the families of La’dan the Gershunite, were the Jechielites.

²¹ As concerning the sons of La’dan, the sons of the Gershunites of La’dan, the chiefs of the families of La’dan the Gershunite, were the Jechielites. ²² The sons of Jechieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

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

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

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

²² The sons of Jechieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of the Lord. ²³ Of the ‘Amramites, of the Yizharites, of the Hebronites, and of the ‘Uzzielites,

²³ Of the ‘Amramites, of the Yizharites, of the Hebronites, and of the ‘Uzzielites,

²³ Of the ‘Amramites, of the Yizharites, of the Hebronites, and of the ‘Uzzielites,

²³ Of the ‘Amramites, of the Yizharites, of the Hebronites, and of the ‘Uzzielites, ²⁴ Was even Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, superintendent of the treasuries.

²⁴ Was even Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, superintendent of the treasuries.

²⁴ Was even Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, superintendent of the treasuries. ²⁵ And his brethren by Eli’ezer: Rechabyahu his son, and Jesha’yahu his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

²⁵ And his brethren by Eli’ezer: Rechabyahu his son, and Jesha’yahu his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶ This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the holy things, which king David had sanctified, together with the chiefs of the family divisions, the captains over the thousands and the hundreds, and the captains of the army.

²⁶ This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the holy things, which king David had sanctified, together with the chiefs of the family divisions, the captains over the thousands and the hundreds, and the captains of the army.

²⁶ This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the holy things, which king David had sanctified, together with the chiefs of the family divisions, the captains over the thousands and the hundreds, and the captains of the army. ²⁷ Out of the wars, and out of the booty did they sanctify to maintain the house of the Lord.

²⁷ Out of the wars, and out of the booty did they sanctify to maintain the house of the Lord. ²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruyah, had sanctified, whatsoever any one had sanctified, was under the supervision of Shelomoth and of his brethren.

²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruyah, had sanctified, whatsoever any one had sanctified, was under the supervision of Shelomoth and of his brethren. ²⁹ Of the Yizharites were Kenanyahu and his sons for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ³⁰ Of the Hebronites were Chashabyahu and his brethren, valiant men, a thousand and seven hundred in number, appointed over the affairs of Israel on this side of the Jordan to the west, for all the business of the Lord, and for the service of the king. ³¹ Of the Hebronites was Jeriyah the chief, for the Hebronites, according to their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the reign of David were they inquired into, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Ja’zer of Gil’ad. ³² And his brethren, valiant men, were two thousand and seven hundred chiefs of families: and king David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and the affairs of the king.

¹⁶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he became unfaithful against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And there went in after him ‘Azaryahu the priest, and with him were priests of the Lord, valiant men, to the number of eighty; ¹⁸ And they stood forward against king ‘Uzziyahu, and they said unto him, It is not for thee, O ‘Uzziyahu, to burn incense unto the Lord, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; and it will not be for thy honor from the Lord God. ¹⁹ But ‘Uzziyahu became wroth, and in his hand was a censer to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, above the altar of the incense. ²⁰ And when ‘Azaryahu the chief priest, with all the priests, turned about toward him, behold, he was leprous on his forehead, and they hurried him away from there: yea, he also made haste to go out, because the Lord had afflicted him. ²¹ And king ‘Uzziyahu was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in the leper-house, as a leper; for he was excluded from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, and judged the people of the land.

² And Hezekiah stationed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, of the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camps of the Lord.

¹¹ Then ordered Hezekiah to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord: and they prepared them. ¹² And they brought in the heave-offerings, and the tithes, and the sanctified things, in faithfulness: and over them were appointed the ruler Conanyahu the Levite, and Shim’i his brother the second in rank. ¹³ And Jechiel, and ‘Azazyahu, and Nachath, and ‘Assahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Yissmachyahu, and Machath, and Benayahu, were overseers under the supervision of Conanyahu and Shim’i his brother, by the appointment of king Hezekiah, and ‘Azazyahu the ruler of the house of God. ¹⁴ And Kore the son of Yimnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east side, was over the freewill-offerings of God, to give to him the heave-offerings of the Lord, and the most holy things. ¹⁵ And under his supervision were ‘Eden, and Minyamin, and Jeshua’, and Shema-yahu, Amaryahu, and Shechanyahu, in the cities of the priests, in faithfulness, to give to their brethren after the divisions, equally to the great as to the small; ¹⁶ Besides these to those recorded by their genealogies of males, from three years old and upward, of all that entered into the house of the Lord, the daily portion on its day, for their service in their charges according to their divisions. ¹⁷ And likewise to the priests recorded by their genealogies after their family divisions, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their divisions; ¹⁸ And to those recorded by their genealogies of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, of all the assembly; for in their faithfulness they devoted themselves in the sanctuary.

²⁴ Then set I apart of the chiefs of the priests twelve persons, Sherebyah, Chashabyah, and with them ten of their brethren. ²⁵ And I weighed out unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered. ²⁶ And I weighed out into their hand of silver six hundred and fifty talents, and of silver vessels one hundred talents, of gold one hundred talents; ²⁷ Also twenty cups of gold, of a thousand drachms; and two vessels of fine polished copper, valuable as gold. ²⁸ And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord the God of your fathers. ²⁹ Watch ye, and guard them, until ye weigh them out before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the divisions of Israel, at Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ And the priests and the Levites accepted what was weighed out of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring the same to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of every ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and the nine parts to remain in the other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men, that offered themselves voluntarily to dwell at Jerusalem. ³ Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple-servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants. ⁴ And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: ‘Athayah the son of ‘Uzziyah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amaryah, the son of Shephatyah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez: ⁵ And Ma’asseyah the son of Baruch, the son of Kol-chozeh, the son of Chazayah, the son of ‘Adayah, the son of Joyarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Hashiloni; ⁶ All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred sixty and eight valiant men. ⁷ And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Jo’ed, the son of Pedayah, the son of Kolayah, the son of Ma’asseyah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jessha’yah; ⁸ And next to him Gabbai, Sallai; nine hundred twenty and eight. ⁹ And Joel the son of Zichri was overseer over them; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city. ¹⁰ Of the priests: Jedayah the son of Joyarib, Jachin: ¹¹ Serayah the son of Chilkiyah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Merayoth, the son of Achitub, the superintendent of the house of God; ¹² And their brethren who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and ‘Adayah the son of Jerocham, the son of Pelalyah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashchur, the son of Malkiyah;

¹ And these are the priests and the Levites that came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and Jeshua’: Serayah, Jeremiah, ‘Ezra, ² Amaryah, Malluch, Chattush, ³ Shechanyah, Rechum, Meremoth, ⁴ ‘Iddo, Ginnethoy, Abiyah, ⁵ Miyamin, Ma’adyah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shema’yah, and Joyarib, Jed’ayah, ⁷ Sallu, ‘Amok, Chilkiyah, Jed’ayah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua’. ⁸ And the Levites: Jeshua’, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebyah, Judah, and Matthaniah, who was over the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brethren; ⁹ And Bakbukyah and ‘Unni, their brethren, were opposite to them in the watches. ¹⁰ And Jeshua’ begat Joyakim, and Joyakim begat Elyashib, and Elyashib begat Joyada’. ¹¹ And Joyada’ begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua’. ¹² And in the days of Joyakim were priests, as chiefs of the divisions: Of Serayah, Merayah; of Jeremiah, Chananyah; ¹³ Of ‘Ezra, Meshullam; of Amaryah, Jehochanan; ¹⁴ Of Mellchu, Jonathan; of Shebanyah, Joseph; ¹⁵ Of Charim, ‘Adna; of Merayoth, Chelkai; ¹⁶ Of ‘Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; ¹⁷ Of Abiyah, Zichri; of Minyamin, of Mo’adyah, Piltai; ¹⁸ Of Bilgah, Shammua’; of Shem’ayah, Jehonathan; ¹⁹ And of Joyarib, Matthenai; of Jeda’yah, ‘Uzzi; ²⁰ Of Sallai, Kallai; of ‘Amok, ‘Eber; ²¹ Of Chilkiyah, Chashabyah; of Jeda’yah, Nethanel. ²² Of the Levites in the days of Elyashib, Yoyada’, and Yochanan, and Jaddua’, are written down the chiefs of the divisions: also those of the priests to the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The sons of Levi, the chiefs of the divisions were written down in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Jochanan the son of Elyashib. ²⁴ And the chiefs of the Levites were: Chashabyah, Sherebyah, and Jeshua’ the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite to them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the command of David the man of God, section by section. ²⁵ Matthanyah, and Bakbukyah, ‘Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, ‘Akkub, were watching gatekeepers on the watch at the thresholds of the gates. ²⁶ These were in the days of Joyakim, the son of Jeshua’, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of ‘Ezra the priest, the expounder.

⁶ The Lord will number when he writeth down nations. “This man was born there.” Selah.

¹⁷ I indeed love those that love me: and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.

³ And it shall come to pass, that whoever is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written down unto life in Jerusalem:

¹¹ Depart ye, depart ye, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go ye out from the midst of it; cleanse yourselves, ye bearers of the vessels of the Lord.

² Go and call out before the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I remember unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, thy going after me in the wilderness, through a land that is not sown.

^{3 (31:2)} “From afar is the Lord appeared unto me,” saying, Yea, with an everlasting love have I loved thee; therefore have I guided thee with loving-kindness.

⁸ And because ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set those unworthy ones as keepers of my charge in my sanctuary at your own pleasure.

³⁰ And the first of all kinds of first-fruits of all, and every kind of heave-offering of every thing of all your heave-offerings, shall belong to the priests; and the first of your dough shall you give to the priest, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.

¹² And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: in pieces of twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

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

^{4 (3:22)} Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, whom I commanded on Horeb for all Israel, statutes and ordinances.