Numbers Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of meeting,––on the first of the second, month in the second year, by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt, saying: ² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, every male, by their polls; ³ from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war, in Israel,––ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; ⁴ and, with you, shall be one man for each tribe,––each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be. ⁵ These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,––Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur; ⁶ Of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai; ⁷ Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab; ⁸ Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; ⁹ Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon; ¹⁰ Of the sons of Joseph,––Of Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud; Of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; ¹¹ Of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni; ¹² Of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai; ¹³ Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; ¹⁴ Of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel; ¹⁵ Of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan. ¹⁶ These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being, princes of the tribes of their fathers,––heads of the thousands of Israel.
¹⁷ So then Moses and Aaron took these men, who were distinguished by name; ¹⁸ all the assembly also, called they together, on the first of the second month,––and they declared their pedigree according to their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old and upwards, by their polls. ¹⁹ As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he mustered them in the desert of Sinai. ²⁰ And they were [as followeth]––The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ²¹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Reuben, forty–six thousand, and five hundred. ²² Of the sons of Simeon, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––such as were numbered of him, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ²³ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Simeon, fifty–nine thousand, and three hundred. ²⁴ Of the sons of Gad, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war: ²⁵ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Gad, forty–five thousand, and six hundred and fifty. ²⁶ Of the sons of Judah, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ²⁷ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Judah, seventy–four thousand, and six hundred. ²⁸ Of the sons of Issachar, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty year old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ²⁹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty–four thousand, and four hundred. ³⁰ Of the sons of Zebulun, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³¹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Zebulun, fifty–seven thousand, and four hundred. ³² Of the sons of Joseph––Of the sons of Ephraim, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³³ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand, and five hundred. ³⁴ Of the sons of Manasseh, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³⁵ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, thirty–two thousand, and two hundred. ³⁶ Of the sons of Benjamin, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³⁷ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, thirty–five thousand and four hundred. ³⁸ Of the sons of Dan, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³⁹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Dan, sixty–two thousand, and seven hundred. ⁴⁰ Of the sons of Asher, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ⁴¹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty–one thousand, and five hundred. ⁴² The sons of Naphtali, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ⁴³ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty–three thousand, and four hundred.
⁴⁴ These, are they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel did number, the princes acting each one for his ancestral house. ⁴⁵ So then all they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, by their ancestral houses,––from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel; ⁴⁶ so then all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.
⁴⁷ But, the Levites, by the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered in their midst. ⁴⁸ For Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ⁴⁹ Only, the tribe of Levi, shalt thou not number, nor, the sum of them, shalt thou reckon up,––in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp. ⁵¹ And, when the habitation is to set forward, the Levites, shall take it down, and, when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up,––but, the stranger that draweth near, shall be put to death. ⁵² So then the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents,––every man, near his own camp, and, every man, near his own standard, by their hosts; ⁵³ but, the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony. ⁵⁴ Thus did the sons of Israel,––according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they.

² That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee, and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

¹⁶ and I will make thy seed, as the dust of the earth,––so that, if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said––Look steadfastly, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

⁶ And I will make thee fruitful, exceedingly, and grant thee to be nations,––Yea, kings, out of thee, shall come forth;

¹⁷ That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,––that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

³ Sojourn in this land, that I may be with thee, and bless thee,––for, to thee, and to thy seed, will I give all these lands, So will I establish the oath which I sware to Abraham, thy father;

¹⁴ And thy seed shall become, as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,––And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee, and in thy seed.

³² So Leah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name, Reuben,––for she said, Because Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me.

³² So Leah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name, Reuben,––for she said, Because Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me. ³³ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Because Yahweh heard that, I, was, hated, he gave me, this one also. So she called his name, Simeon.

³³ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Because Yahweh heard that, I, was, hated, he gave me, this one also. So she called his name, Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now––this time, will my husband be bound unto me, For I have borne him three sons,––For this cause, called she his name, Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, This time, will I praise Yahweh, For which cause, she called his name, Judah. And she left off bearing.

³⁵ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, This time, will I praise Yahweh, For which cause, she called his name, Judah. And she left off bearing.

⁵ and Bilhah conceived, and bare unto Jacob a son;

⁵ and Bilhah conceived, and bare unto Jacob a son; ⁶ and Rachel said, God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name, Dan.

⁶ and Rachel said, God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name, Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob.

⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob. ⁸ Then said Rachel, With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister, Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali.

⁸ Then said Rachel, With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister, Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali. ⁹ Then saw Leah, that she had left off bearing,––so she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob, to wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare to Jacob a son:

¹⁰ And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare to Jacob a son: ¹¹ and Leah said, Victory hath come! So she called his name, Gad.

¹¹ and Leah said, Victory hath come! So she called his name, Gad. ¹² And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare a second son to Jacob;

¹² And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare a second son to Jacob; ¹³ and Leah said, For my happiness, surely happy, have daughters pronounced me. So she called his name, Asher.

¹³ and Leah said, For my happiness, surely happy, have daughters pronounced me. So she called his name, Asher.
¹⁴ Then went Reuben, in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes, in the field, and brought them in unto Leah his mother,––and Rachel said unto Leah, Pray give me, some of the mandrakes of thy son! ¹⁵ And she said unto her, Is it, a small thing, that thou hast taken away my husband? And wouldst thou take away, even the mandrakes of my son? Then said Rachel, Therefore, shall he lie with thee to–night, for the mandrakes of thy son. ¹⁶ And Jacob came in from the field, in the evening, so Leah went out to meet him, and said: Unto me, shalt thou come in, for I have, hired, thee, even with the mandrakes of my son. And he lay with her that night. ¹⁷ And God hearkened unto Leah,––and she conceived, and bare to Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ Then said Leah, God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar.

¹⁸ Then said Leah, God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar. ¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. ²⁰ Then said Leah, God hath dowered me, even me, with a handsome dowry, Now, will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne him six sons. So she called his name, Zebulon.

²⁰ Then said Leah, God hath dowered me, even me, with a handsome dowry, Now, will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne him six sons. So she called his name, Zebulon.

²⁴ So she called his name, Joseph, saying, Yahweh is adding unto me another son.

²⁵ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took each man his sword, and came in upon the city, boldly,––and slew every male; ²⁶ Hamor also, and Shechem his son, slew they with the edge of the sword,––and took Dinah out of the house of Shechem, and came forth. ²⁷ The sons of Jacob, came in upon the slain, and plundered the city,––because they had defiled their sister: ²⁸ their flocks, and their herds, and their asses,––and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, they took; ²⁹ and, all their wealth, and all their little ones and their women, took they captive, and seized as plunder,––even all that was in their houses. ³⁰ Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi––Ye have troubled me, by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites,––I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me,––and I shall be destroyed, both I, and my house.

¹⁶ Then brake they up from Bethel, and it came to pass, when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard–labour in her child–birth. ¹⁷ So it came to pass, when she was in hard–labour in her child–birth, that the midwife said to her––Do not fear, for, this also, of thine, is, a son.

¹⁷ So it came to pass, when she was in hard–labour in her child–birth, that the midwife said to her––Do not fear, for, this also, of thine, is, a son. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, when her soul was going forth––for she died, that she called his name, Ben–oni,––but, his father, called him, Benjamin.

¹⁸ And it came to pass, when her soul was going forth––for she died, that she called his name, Ben–oni,––but, his father, called him, Benjamin. ¹⁹ So Rachel died,––and was buried on the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem. ²⁰ And Jacob set up a pillar, over her grave,––the same, is––The Pillar of the Grave of Rachel, until this day.
²¹ Then Israel brake up,––and spread his tent at a distance from Migdal Eder. ²² And it came to pass, while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve. ²³ The sons of Leah, The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,––And Simeon, and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel, Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel, Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, handmaid of Leah, Gad and Asher: These, are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him, in Padan–aram.

¹ So Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father,––in the land of Canaan. ² These, are the generations of Jacob––Joseph, when seventeen years old, was shepherding with his brethren among the flocks, and, he, being, a youth, was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, wives of his father,––so then Joseph brought in the talk about them––something bad, unto their father. ³ Now, Israel, loved Joseph more than any of his sons, because he was to him, the son of his old age,––and he had made him, a long tunic. ⁴ So his brethren saw that their father loved, him, more than any of his brethren, and they hated him,––and could not bid him prosper.
⁵ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren,––and they went on yet more to hate him. ⁶ And he said unto them,––Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷ Lo! then, we, were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, when lo! my sheaf rose up, yea and took its stand,––and lo! round about, came your sheaves, and bowed themselves down, to my sheaf. ⁸ And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou, reign, over us, shalt thou, have dominion, over us? So they went on yet more, to hate him, because of his dreams, and because of his words. ⁹ Then dreamed he, yet another, dream, and related it to his brethren,––and said:––Lo! I have dreamed a dream, yet again, Lo! then, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, were bowing themselves down to me. ¹⁰ So he related it unto his father, and unto his brethren,––and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? Shall we, indeed come in, I, and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow ourselves down to thee, to the earth? ¹¹ Then were his brethren jealous of him,––but, his father, marked the word.
¹² Now his brethren went their way,––to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. ¹³ So Israel said unto Joseph––Are not, thy brethren, feeding the flock in Shechem? Come on! and let me send thee unto them. And he said to him––Behold me! ¹⁴ So he said to him––Go, I pray thee, look after the welfare of thy brethren, and the welfare of the flock, and bring me back, word. And he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came in towards Shechem. ¹⁵ And a man found him, and lo! he was wandering about, in the field,––so the man asked him, saying––What seekest thou? ¹⁶ And he said, My brethren, am, I, seeking,––do tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding their flock. ¹⁷ And the man said, They have broken up from hence, for I heard them saying,––Let us go our way towards Dothan. So Joseph went after his brethren, and found them, in Dothan. ¹⁸ And they saw him, afar off,––and, ere yet he drew near unto them, they conspired against him, to put him to death. ¹⁹ And they said, each man unto his brother, Lo! that master of dreams yonder, coming in! ²⁰ Now, therefore, come! let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say––A cruel beast, hath devoured him,––And let us see what will become of his dreams. ²¹ And Reuben heard it, and rescued him out of their hand,––and said––Let us not smite him, so as to take his life! ²² And Reuben said unto them––Do not shed blood! Cast him into this pit, which is in the wilderness, but put not forth, a hand, against him! that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him unto his father.
²³ So it came to pass, when Joseph had come in unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his tunic, the long tunic which was upon him, ²⁴ and took him, and cast him into the pit,––but, the pit, was empty, there was in it, no water. ²⁵ And, when they had sat down to eat bread, they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and lo! a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming in from Gilead,––and, their camels, were bearing tragacanth gum, and balsam and cistus–gum, they were going their way, to take them down to Egypt. ²⁶ So Judah said unto his brethren,––What profit, that we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not, our own hand, be upon him, for, our own brother, our own flesh, is he. And his brethren hearkened. ²⁸ And there passed by certain Midianites, travelling merchants, so they drew forth and uplifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, for twenty pieces of silver,––and they brought Joseph into Egypt. ²⁹ And Reuben returned unto the pit, and lo! Joseph was not in the pit,––so he rent his clothes; ³⁰ and returned unto his brethren, and said,––The, lad, is not! And, I, oh where can, I, go?
³¹ And they took Joseph’s tunic,––and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood; ³² and sent the long tunic and brought it in unto their father, and said––This, have we found! Examine, we pray thee, whether it is, the tunic of thy son, or not! ³³ So he examined it, and said––The tunic of my son! A cruel beast, hath devoured him,––torn in pieces––torn in pieces, is Joseph! ³⁴ And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins,––and mourned over his son many days. ³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to console him, but he refused to be consoled, and said––Surely I will go down unto my son, mourning, to hades! And his father wept for him. ³⁶ Now, the Midianites, sold him into Egypt,––to Potiphar, courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners.

¹ Now, Joseph, was taken down to Egypt,––and Potiphar, courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners, an Egyptian, bought him, at the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down thither. ² And it came to pass that, Yahweh, was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man,––and was in the house of his lord the Egyptian. ³ And his lord saw, that, Yahweh, was with him,––and that, whatsoever, he, was doing, Yahweh, was causing to prosper in his hand. ⁴ So Joseph found favour in his eyes, and waited upon him,––and he made him overseer over his house, and, all that he had, gave he into his hand. ⁵ And it came to pass, from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the house of the Egyptian, for Joseph’s sake,––yea it came to pass, that, the blessing of Yahweh, was with all that he had, in the house, and in the field; ⁶ so that he left all that he had in the hand of Joseph, and took note with him, of nothing, save only the bread which, he himself, was eating. And so it was, that Joseph was comely in form and comely in countenance.
⁷ And it came to pass, after these things, that his lord’s wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph,––and she said––Come! lie with me. ⁸ And he refused and said unto his lord's wife, Lo! my lord, taketh no note with me as to what is in the house, - but, all that pertaineth to him, hath he delivered into my hand: ⁹ There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me, anything, save only thyself, in that, thou, art his wife,––how, then, could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? ¹⁰ And it came to pass, that, although she spake unto Joseph day after day, yet hearkened he not unto her, to lie beside her, to be with her. ¹¹ And it came to pass, when, on a certain day, he went into the house to attend to his business,––and there was no man, of the household, there, in the house, ¹² that she caught him by his garment, saying––Come! lie with me. Then left he his garment in her hand, and fled, and gat forth outside.
¹³ And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,––and fled forth outside, ¹⁴ that she cried out to the men of her house, and spake to them, saying, Look ye! he hath brought in to us, a Hebrew man to insult us,––He came in unto me, to lie with me, so I cried out with a loud voice. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted high my voice, and cried out, then left he his garment beside me, and fled, and gat forth outside. ¹⁶ So she laid by his garment, beside her,––until his lord should come into his house. ¹⁷ Then spake she unto him, according to these words, saying,––He hath been in unto me––the Hebrew servant whom thou didst bring in to us––to insult me. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, when I lifted high my voice, and cried out, then left he his garment beside me, and fled outside.
¹⁹ And it came to pass, when his lord heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, According to these words, hath thy servant done to me, Then was kindled his anger. ²⁰ So Joseph’s lord took him, and delivered him up to the prison, the place where, the prisoners of the king, were imprisoned,––so he was there, in the prison. ²¹ And it came to pass, that, Yahweh, was with Joseph, and extended unto him lovingkindness,––and gave him his favour in the eyes of the chief of the prison. ²² So the chief of the prison delivered up, into Joseph’s hand, all the prisoners who were in the prison,––and, of all that was doing there, he, was the doer. ²³ After nothing, was the chief of the prison looking, of whatever was in his hand,––in that, Yahweh, was with him, and, whatsoever, he, was doing, Yahweh, was causing to prosper.

²⁴ So he turned away from them, and wept,––then came back unto them, and spake unto them, and took away from them, Simeon, and bound him prisoner before their eyes.

²⁰ So we said unto my lord, We have, an aged father, and the child of his old age, a youth,––his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother, and, his father, loveth him.

³ And he said: I, am GOD himself, the God of thy father,––Be not afraid of going down to Egypt, seeing that, for a great nation, will I plant thee there. ⁴ I, will go down with thee, to Egypt, and, I, will bring thee up, yea wholly up,––and, Joseph, shall lay his own hand, upon thine eyes.

⁸ Now, these, are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt––Jacob and his sons,––The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben: ⁹ And, the sons of Reuben,––Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi;

⁹ And, the sons of Reuben,––Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi; ¹⁰ And, the sons of Simeon,––Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar,––and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess;

¹⁰ And, the sons of Simeon,––Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad, and Jachin and Zohar,––and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess; ¹¹ And, the sons of Levi,––Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; ¹² And, the sons of Judah,––Er and Onan and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah,––but Er and Onan died, in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul;

¹² And, the sons of Judah,––Er and Onan and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah,––but Er and Onan died, in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul; ¹³ And, the sons of Issachar,––Tola and Puvah, and Iob and Shimron;

¹³ And, the sons of Issachar,––Tola and Puvah, and Iob and Shimron; ¹⁴ And, the sons of Zebulon,––Sered and Elon, and Jahleel.

¹⁴ And, the sons of Zebulon,––Sered and Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These, are the sons of Leah, whom she bare to Jacob, in Padan–aram, with Dinah also his daughter,––All the souls of his sons and of his daughters, were thirty–three. ¹⁶ And, the sons of Gad,––Zaphon and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon,––Eri and Arodi, and Areli;

¹⁶ And, the sons of Gad,––Zaphon and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon,––Eri and Arodi, and Areli; ¹⁷ And, the sons of Asher,––Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister,––and, the sons of Beriah, Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These, are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,––so she bare these to Jacob,––sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife,––Joseph, and Benjamin; ²⁰ And, there were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Poti–phera, priest of On, bare to him, Manasseh, and Ephraim;

²⁰ And, there were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Poti–phera, priest of On, bare to him, Manasseh, and Ephraim; ²¹ And, the sons of Benjamin––Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh,––Muppim and Huppim, and Ard.

²¹ And, the sons of Benjamin––Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh,––Muppim and Huppim, and Ard. ²² These, are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob,––all the souls, were fourteen. ²³ And, the sons of Dan,––Hushim;

²³ And, the sons of Dan,––Hushim; ²⁴ And, the sons of Naphtali,––Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.

²⁴ And, the sons of Naphtali,––Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.

²⁷ and, the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: All the souls of the house of Jacob that came into Egypt, were seventy.

¹ And it came to pass, after these things, that one said to Joseph, Lo! thy father, is sick. So he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. ² And one told Jacob, and said––Lo! thy son Joseph, coming in unto thee. So Israel strengthened himself, and sat up on the couch. ³ Then said Jacob, unto Joseph, GOD Almighty, appeared unto me in Luz, in the land of Canaan,––and blessed me; ⁴ and said unto me––Behold me! about to make thee fruitful, so will I multiply thee, and give thee to become a multitude of peoples,––so will I give this land to thy seed after thee, as an age–abiding possession. ⁵ Now, therefore, thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came in unto thee in Egypt, are mine! Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

⁵ Now, therefore, thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came in unto thee in Egypt, are mine! Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. ⁶ But, thine offspring which thou hast begotten after them, thine own, shall they be,––after the name of their brethren, shall they be called, in their inheritance. ⁷ But, as for me, when I came in from Padan, Rachel died by me, in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet there was a stretch of country to come into Ephrath,––so I buried her there, in the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem.
⁸ Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons,––and said––Who are these? ⁹ And Joseph said unto his father, My sons, they are, whom God hath given me, in this place. And he said––Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, that I may bless them. ¹⁰ Now, the eyes of Israel, had become dim from old age,––he could not see,––so he drew them near unto him, and kissed them, and embraced them. ¹¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thine own face, had I not thought,––and lo! God hath caused me to see, even thy seed! ¹² And Joseph brought them out from beside his knees, and bowed himself down with his face towards the earth. ¹³ And Joseph took them both,––Ephraim in his right hand, on Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand, on Israel’s right hand,––and drew them near unto him. ¹⁴ Then Israel put forth his right hand, and laid it upon the head of Ephraim, though, he, was the younger, and his left hand, upon the head of Manasseh,––crossing his hands, although, Manasseh, was the first–born. ¹⁵ Thus blessed he Joseph, and said,––God himself––before whom walked my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, God himself––who hath been my shepherd, since I came into being until this day; –– ¹⁶ The Messenger––who hath been my redeemer from all evil––bless the lads! And may there be called upon them, my name, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; And may they swarm into a multitude in the midst of the earth! ¹⁷ And Joseph saw that his father had laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it was displeasing in his eyes,––so he took hold of his father’s hand, to remove it from off the head of Ephraim, on to the head of Manasseh. ¹⁸ And Joseph said unto his father––Not so, my father! for, this, is the firstborn, lay thy right hand upon his head. ¹⁹ And his father refused, and said––I know––my son, I know! He also, shall become a people, and, he also, shall become great,––but nevertheless, his younger brother, shall become greater than he, and, his seed, shall become a filling up of the nations.

¹⁹ And his father refused, and said––I know––my son, I know! He also, shall become a people, and, he also, shall become great,––but nevertheless, his younger brother, shall become greater than he, and, his seed, shall become a filling up of the nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them on that day, saying––In thee, let Israel bless himself, saying, God set thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh! So he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

²⁰ And he blessed them on that day, saying––In thee, let Israel bless himself, saying, God set thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh! So he set Ephraim before Manasseh. ²¹ And Israel said unto Joseph: Lo! I, am about to die,––but it shall come to pass that, God, will be, with you, and will take you back into the land of your fathers. ²² But, I, have given to thee one mountain–track, above thy brethren,––which I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my sword and with my bow.

¹ Then called Jacob unto his sons,––and said––Gather yourselves together, and let me tell you, that which shall befall you in the afterpart of the days.

¹ Then called Jacob unto his sons,––and said––Gather yourselves together, and let me tell you, that which shall befall you in the afterpart of the days. ² Assemble yourselves and hear, ye sons of Jacob,––And hearken, unto Israel your father!

² Assemble yourselves and hear, ye sons of Jacob,––And hearken, unto Israel your father! ³ Reuben, my first–born, thou, My vigour, and the firstfruit of my strength,––Preeminence of elevation, and preeminence of power:

³ Reuben, my first–born, thou, My vigour, and the firstfruit of my strength,––Preeminence of elevation, and preeminence of power:

³ Reuben, my first–born, thou, My vigour, and the firstfruit of my strength,––Preeminence of elevation, and preeminence of power: ⁴ Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have preeminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father,––Then, wast thou profane––My marriage–bed, he mounted!

⁴ Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have preeminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father,––Then, wast thou profane––My marriage–bed, he mounted!
⁵ Simeon and Levi, are brethren,––Instruments of violence, are their agreements:

⁵ Simeon and Levi, are brethren,––Instruments of violence, are their agreements: ⁶ Into their circle, do not thou enter, my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join, mine honour! For, in their anger, they slew brave men, And, in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen.

⁶ Into their circle, do not thou enter, my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join, mine honour! For, in their anger, they slew brave men, And, in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen. ⁷ Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath, because cruel,––I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse them in Israel.
⁸ Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee [when], thy hand, is on the neck of thy foes,––The sons of thy father, shall bow themselves down to thee:

⁸ Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee [when], thy hand, is on the neck of thy foes,––The sons of thy father, shall bow themselves down to thee: ⁹ A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son, hast thou come up! He hath stooped––hath crouched, As a lion––or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?

⁹ A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son, hast thou come up! He hath stooped––hath crouched, As a lion––or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him? ¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,––Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:

¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,––Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples: ¹¹ Binding, to the vine, his ass, And, to the choice vine, his ass’s colt, He hath washed, in wine, his raiment, And, in the blood of grapes, his mantle:

¹¹ Binding, to the vine, his ass, And, to the choice vine, his ass’s colt, He hath washed, in wine, his raiment, And, in the blood of grapes, his mantle: ¹² Darker––his eyes, than wine,––Whiter––his teeth, than milk!

¹² Darker––his eyes, than wine,––Whiter––his teeth, than milk!
¹³ Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down,––Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part, upon Zidon.

¹³ Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down,––Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part, upon Zidon. ¹⁴ Issachar, an ass of strength,––couching between the pens;

¹⁴ Issachar, an ass of strength,––couching between the pens; ¹⁵ Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground, that it is pleasant,––So he bendeth his shoulder, to bear, And becometh a tributary servant.

¹⁵ Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground, that it is pleasant,––So he bendeth his shoulder, to bear, And becometh a tributary servant. ¹⁶ Dan, shall vindicate his people,––as one of the tribes of Israel;

¹⁶ Dan, shall vindicate his people,––as one of the tribes of Israel; ¹⁷ It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path,––That biteth the heels of the horse, And his rider falleth backwards:––

¹⁷ It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path,––That biteth the heels of the horse, And his rider falleth backwards:–– ¹⁸ For thy salvation, have I waited, O Yahweh! ¹⁹ Gad! a troop, shall troop on him,––But, he, shall troop on the rear.

¹⁹ Gad! a troop, shall troop on him,––But, he, shall troop on the rear. ²⁰ Out of Asher, fatness, is his food,––So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king.

²⁰ Out of Asher, fatness, is his food,––So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king. ²¹ Naphtali, is a slender hind,––That putteth forth antlers of beauty.

²¹ Naphtali, is a slender hind,––That putteth forth antlers of beauty.
²² A fruitful bough, is Joseph, A fruitful bough, over a fountain,––Branches, creeping over a wall.

²² A fruitful bough, is Joseph, A fruitful bough, over a fountain,––Branches, creeping over a wall. ²³ So they attack him, and have shot,––So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows.

²³ So they attack him, and have shot,––So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows. ²⁴ But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands,––From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel:

²⁴ But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands,––From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel: ²⁵ From the GOD of thy father, who doth help thee, And GOD Almighty, who doth bless thee, Blessings of the heavens, above, Blessings of the abyss, couching beneath,––Blessings of breasts and womb:

²⁵ From the GOD of thy father, who doth help thee, And GOD Almighty, who doth bless thee, Blessings of the heavens, above, Blessings of the abyss, couching beneath,––Blessings of breasts and womb: ²⁶ The blessings of thy father, have prevailed Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age–abiding hills,––They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head, of him who was set apart from his brethren.

²⁶ The blessings of thy father, have prevailed Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age–abiding hills,––They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head, of him who was set apart from his brethren. ²⁷ Benjamin, a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And, at eventide, he divideth spoil.

²⁷ Benjamin, a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And, at eventide, he divideth spoil.
²⁸ All these, are the twelve tribes of Israel,––And, this, is that which their father spake to them, when he blessed them, Each man severally according to the blessing wherewith he blessed them. ²⁹ Then commanded he them, and said unto them––I, am about to be gathered unto my people, Bury me among my fathers,––within the cave, that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite: ³⁰ in the cave, that is in the field of Machpelah, which is over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan,––which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a buryingplace:–– ³¹ There, buried they Abraham, and Sarah his wife, There, buried they Isaac, and Rebekah his wife,––And, there, buried I Leah:–– ³² buying the field, and the cave that is therein, from the sons of Heth. ³³ So Jacob made an end of commanding his sons, and gathered up his feet, into the couch,––and ceased to breathe, and was gathered unto his people.

¹ Now, these, are the names of the Sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, with Jacob, did each man and his household come in:–– ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; ³ Issachar, Zebulon, and Benjamin; ⁴ Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ And it came to pass that, all the persons who were descended from Jacob, were seventy souls,––but, Joseph, was already in Egypt.

¹⁴ These, are the heads of their ancestral house: The sons of Reuben the first–born of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These, are the families of, Reuben. ¹⁵ And, the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin, and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitess. These, are the families of, Simeon. ¹⁶ And, these, are the names of the sons of Levi by their generations, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari,––And, the years of the life of Levi, were a hundred and thirty–seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon, Libni and Shimei, by their families. ¹⁸ And, the sons of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And, the years of the life of Kohath, were a hundred and thirty–three years. ¹⁹ And, the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. These, are the families of the Levites, by their generations.

¹⁷ So then ye shall observe the unleavened cakes, because, on this self–same day, brought I forth your hosts out of the land of Egypt,––so then ye shall observe this day to your generations, as a statute age–abiding.

³⁷ Then did the sons of Israel break up from Rameses, towards Succoth,––about six hundred thousand foot, of men grown, besides little ones.

²¹ Thou thyself, therefore, shalt look out, from among all the people––men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,––and place them over [them] as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²⁵ and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people,––rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

¹ In the third month, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day, came they into the desert of Sinai:

²¹ Take thou heed of his presence, and hearken to his voice––do not vex him,––for he will not pardon your transgression, for, my name, is within him. ²² But, if thou, wilt indeed hearken, to his voice, and so wilt do all that I may speak, then will I be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries;

²² And I will meet with thee there, and will speak with thee from off the propitiatory, from between the two cherubim, which are upon the ark of the testimony,––whatsoever I may give thee in charge, for the sons of Israel.

¹² When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel, by their numberings, then shall they give, every man a propitiatory–covering for his soul to Yahweh, when they are numbered,––that there may be among them no plague, when they are numbered.

¹⁴ All who pass over to the numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, shall give the heave–offering of Yahweh.

¹⁸ Then gave he unto Moses, as he finished speaking with him in Mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony,––tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

²⁶ So Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp, and said––Who is for Yahweh? . . . To me! Then gathered unto him all the sons of Levi. ²⁷ And he said to them––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh,––pass through and return, from gate to gate, in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour. ²⁸ So the sons of Levi did, according to the word of Moses,––and there fell, from among the people, on that day, about three thousand men. ²⁹ And Moses said––Install yourselves, today, unto Yahweh, yea every man for his son, and for his brother,––so will he bestow upon you, today, a blessing.

²¹ These, are the details of the habitation––the habitation of testimony, which were detailed at the bidding of Moses,––the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

²⁶ a bekah per head, that is a half shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for all that passed over to them who had been numbered, from twenty years old, and upwards, for six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

³² Thus was finished all the work of the habitation, of the tent of meeting,––thus did the sons of Israel, according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they.

⁴³ And Moses looked upon all the structure, and lo! they had made it, as Yahweh had commanded, so, had they made it,––and Moses blessed them.

² On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting;

¹⁶ And Moses did,––according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so, did he. ¹⁷ Thus came it to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, that the habitation was reared.

³² when they were entering into the tent of meeting, and when they were drawing near unto the altar, then used they to bathe,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹ Then called he unto Moses,––and Yahweh spake unto him, out of the tent of meeting, saying:

⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons––Your heads, ye may not bare and, your garments, ye shall not rend, so shall ye not die, neither, against all the assembly, will he be wroth,––but let, your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the consuming fire wherewith Yahweh hath consumed.

¹⁰ And, no stranger, shall eat what is hallowed,––neither, one who dwelleth with a priest, nor a hireling, shall eat what is hallowed. ¹¹ But, when, a priest, buyeth any person, as the purchase of his silver, he may eat thereof,––and, the children of his household, they, may eat of his food. ¹² And, when, a priest’s daughter, belongeth to a husband who is a stranger, she, of the heave–offering of the hallowed things, may not eat. ¹³ But, when, a priest’s daughter cometh to be a widow or divorced, and hath, no seed, and so she returneth unto the house of her father, as in her youth, of the food of her father, she may eat,––but, no stranger, shall eat thereof.

³⁴ These, are the commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses, for the sons of Israel,––in Mount Sinai.

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of meeting,––on the first of the second, month in the second year, by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt, saying: ² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, every male, by their polls;

² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, every male, by their polls; ³ from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war, in Israel,––ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

³ from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war, in Israel,––ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; ⁴ and, with you, shall be one man for each tribe,––each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be.

⁴ and, with you, shall be one man for each tribe,––each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be. ⁵ These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,––Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

⁵ These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,––Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur; ⁶ Of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

⁶ Of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai; ⁷ Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

⁷ Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab; ⁸ Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

⁸ Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; ⁹ Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

⁹ Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon; ¹⁰ Of the sons of Joseph,––Of Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud; Of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

¹⁰ Of the sons of Joseph,––Of Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud; Of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; ¹¹ Of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni;

¹¹ Of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni; ¹² Of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai;

¹² Of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai; ¹³ Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

¹³ Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; ¹⁴ Of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel;

¹⁴ Of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel; ¹⁵ Of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.

¹⁵ Of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan. ¹⁶ These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being, princes of the tribes of their fathers,––heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁶ These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being, princes of the tribes of their fathers,––heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁸ all the assembly also, called they together, on the first of the second month,––and they declared their pedigree according to their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old and upwards, by their polls.

²² Of the sons of Simeon, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––such as were numbered of him, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

²⁶ Of the sons of Judah, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ²⁷ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Judah, seventy–four thousand, and six hundred. ²⁸ Of the sons of Issachar, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty year old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ²⁹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty–four thousand, and four hundred. ³⁰ Of the sons of Zebulun, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³¹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Zebulun, fifty–seven thousand, and four hundred. ³² Of the sons of Joseph––Of the sons of Ephraim, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³³ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand, and five hundred. ³⁴ Of the sons of Manasseh, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³⁵ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, thirty–two thousand, and two hundred. ³⁶ Of the sons of Benjamin, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³⁷ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, thirty–five thousand and four hundred. ³⁸ Of the sons of Dan, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ³⁹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Dan, sixty–two thousand, and seven hundred. ⁴⁰ Of the sons of Asher, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ⁴¹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty–one thousand, and five hundred. ⁴² The sons of Naphtali, in their pedigrees––by their families, by their ancestral houses,––in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; ⁴³ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty–three thousand, and four hundred.
⁴⁴ These, are they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel did number, the princes acting each one for his ancestral house. ⁴⁵ So then all they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, by their ancestral houses,––from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel; ⁴⁶ so then all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.
⁴⁷ But, the Levites, by the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered in their midst. ⁴⁸ For Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ⁴⁹ Only, the tribe of Levi, shalt thou not number, nor, the sum of them, shalt thou reckon up,––in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp.

⁵⁰ But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp. ⁵¹ And, when the habitation is to set forward, the Levites, shall take it down, and, when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up,––but, the stranger that draweth near, shall be put to death. ⁵² So then the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents,––every man, near his own camp, and, every man, near his own standard, by their hosts; ⁵³ but, the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony.

⁵³ but, the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony. ⁵⁴ Thus did the sons of Israel,––according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they.

² Every man––near his standard, with the ensigns belonging to their ancestral houses, shall the sons of Israel encamp,––at a distance round about the tent of meeting, shall they encamp.
³ And they who encamp eastwards, towards sunrise, [shall be] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts,––even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab;

³ And they who encamp eastwards, towards sunrise, [shall be] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts,––even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab;

³ And they who encamp eastwards, towards sunrise, [shall be] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts,––even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab; ⁴ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––seventy–four thousand, and six hundred.

⁴ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––seventy–four thousand, and six hundred. ⁵ Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Issachar,––even the prince of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

⁵ Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Issachar,––even the prince of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

⁵ Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Issachar,––even the prince of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; ⁶ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–four thousand, and four hundred.

⁶ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–four thousand, and four hundred.

⁶ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–four thousand, and four hundred. ⁷ The, tribe of Zebulun, even the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

⁷ The, tribe of Zebulun, even the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

⁷ The, tribe of Zebulun, even the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon; ⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty–seven thousand, and four hundred.

⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty–seven thousand, and four hundred.

⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty–seven thousand, and four hundred. ⁹ All they who are numbered to the camp of Judah, a hundred and eighty–six thousand, four hundred, by their hosts, shall first set forward. ¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben southwards, by their hosts,––even the prince of the sons of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben southwards, by their hosts,––even the prince of the sons of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

¹⁰ The standard of the camp of Reuben southwards, by their hosts,––even the prince of the sons of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur; ¹¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of him,––forty–six thousand, and five hundred.

¹¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of him,––forty–six thousand, and five hundred. ¹² Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Simeon,––even the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

¹² Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Simeon,––even the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

¹² Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Simeon,––even the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai; ¹³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–nine thousand, and three hundred.

¹³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–nine thousand, and three hundred.

¹³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–nine thousand, and three hundred. ¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad, even the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Reuel;

¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad, even the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Reuel;

¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad, even the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Reuel; ¹⁵ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty–five thousand, and six hundred and fifty.

¹⁵ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty–five thousand, and six hundred and fifty.

¹⁵ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty–five thousand, and six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶ All they who are numbered to the camp of Reuben,––a hundred and fifty–one thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they, in the second rank, shall set forward. ¹⁷ Then shall set forward the tent of meeting––the camp of the Levites, in the midst of the camps,––as they encamp, so, shall they set forward, every man at the side thereof, by their standards.

¹⁷ Then shall set forward the tent of meeting––the camp of the Levites, in the midst of the camps,––as they encamp, so, shall they set forward, every man at the side thereof, by their standards. ¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, westwards,––even the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;

¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, westwards,––even the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;

¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, westwards,––even the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; ¹⁹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty thousand, and five hundred.

¹⁹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty thousand, and five hundred.

¹⁹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty thousand, and five hundred. ²⁰ Then by him, the tribe of Manasseh, even the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

²⁰ Then by him, the tribe of Manasseh, even the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; ²¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––thirty–two thousand, and two hundred.

²¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––thirty–two thousand, and two hundred. ²² Then the tribe of Benjamin, even the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni;

²² Then the tribe of Benjamin, even the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni; ²³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––thirty–five thousand, and four hundred.

²³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––thirty–five thousand, and four hundred. ²⁴ All they who are numbered to the camp of Ephraim, a hundred and eight thousand, and one hundred, by their hosts, and they, in the third rank, shall set forward. ²⁵ the standard of the camp of Dan, northwards, by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai:

²⁵ the standard of the camp of Dan, northwards, by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai: ²⁶ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––sixty–two thousand, and seven hundred.

²⁶ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––sixty–two thousand, and seven hundred. ²⁷ Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Asher,––even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

²⁷ Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Asher,––even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; ²⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty–one thousand, and five hundred.

²⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––forty–one thousand, and five hundred. ²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali,––even the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan;

²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali,––even the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan; ³⁰ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–three thousand, and four hundred.

³⁰ and his host, even they who are numbered of them,––fifty–three thousand, and four hundred. ³¹ All they who are numbered to the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty–seven thousand, and six hundred, in the hindmost rank, shall they set forward, by their standards. ³² These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, by their ancestral houses,––all they who were numbered of the camps, by their hosts, were six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred, and fifty. ³³ But, the Levites, were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ³⁴ Thus did the sons of Israel,––according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they encamp by their standards, and, so, did they set forward, every one by his families, near his ancestral house.

¹ Now, these, were the pedigrees of Aaron, and Moses,––in the day when Yahweh spake with Moses in Mount Sinai.

¹ Now, these, were the pedigrees of Aaron, and Moses,––in the day when Yahweh spake with Moses in Mount Sinai. ² And, these, are the names of the sons of Aaron––the firstborn, Nadab,––and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

² And, these, are the names of the sons of Aaron––the firstborn, Nadab,––and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ³ These, are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed,––who were installed to minister as priests.

³ These, are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed,––who were installed to minister as priests. ⁴ But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh, in the desert of Sinai, and, sons, had they none,––so then Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests, in the presence of Aaron their father.

⁴ But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh, in the desert of Sinai, and, sons, had they none,––so then Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests, in the presence of Aaron their father. ⁵ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying––

⁵ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying–– ⁶ Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt cause it to stand before Aaron the priest,––so shall they wait upon him;

⁶ Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt cause it to stand before Aaron the priest,––so shall they wait upon him; ⁷ so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,––to do the laborious work of the habitation;

⁷ so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,––to do the laborious work of the habitation;

⁷ so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,––to do the laborious work of the habitation; ⁸ so shall they have charge of all the furniture of the tent of meeting, even the charge of the sons of Israel,––to do the laborious work of the habitation.

⁸ so shall they have charge of all the furniture of the tent of meeting, even the charge of the sons of Israel,––to do the laborious work of the habitation.

⁸ so shall they have charge of all the furniture of the tent of meeting, even the charge of the sons of Israel,––to do the laborious work of the habitation. ⁹ Thus shalt thou give the Levites unto Aaron, and unto his sons,––given, given, they are unto him, from among the sons of Israel;

⁹ Thus shalt thou give the Levites unto Aaron, and unto his sons,––given, given, they are unto him, from among the sons of Israel; ¹⁰ but, unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood,––and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

¹⁰ but, unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood,––and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

¹⁰ but, unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood,––and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death. ¹¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying–– ¹² I, therefore, lo! I have taken the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth, from among the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites be mine; ¹³ for, mine, is every firstborn, in the day when I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto myself, every firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast,––mine, did they become, [and belong] unto me, Yahweh.
¹⁴ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, in the desert of Sinai, saying:–– ¹⁵ Number thou the sons of Levi, by their ancestral houses, by their families,––every male, from one month old and upwards, shalt thou number them. ¹⁶ So then Moses numbered them, according to the bidding of Yahweh,––as he was commanded. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Levi, by their names,––Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And, these, the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families,––Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And, the sons of Kohath, by their families, Amram, and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ²⁰ And, the sons of Merari, by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are they––the families of the Levites, by their ancestral houses. ²¹ To, Gershon, belonged the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites,––these, are they––the families of the Gershonites. ²² They who were numbered of them, in the counting of every male, from one month old, and upwards,––they who were numbered of them, were seven thousand, and five hundred. ²³ the families of the Gershonites, to the rear of the habitation, were to encamp, westward.

²³ the families of the Gershonites, to the rear of the habitation, were to encamp, westward. ²⁴ And, the prince of the ancestral house of the Gershonites, was Eliasaph, son of Lael.

²⁴ And, the prince of the ancestral house of the Gershonites, was Eliasaph, son of Lael. ²⁵ And, the charge of the sons of Gershon, was over the tent of meeting, the habitation, and the tent,––the covering thereof, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting;

²⁵ And, the charge of the sons of Gershon, was over the tent of meeting, the habitation, and the tent,––the covering thereof, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting; ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the court which was near the habitation, and near the altar, round about,––and the cords thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof.

²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the court which was near the habitation, and near the altar, round about,––and the cords thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof. ²⁷ And, to Kohath, belonged the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites,––these, are they––the families of the Kohathites.

²⁷ And, to Kohath, belonged the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites,––these, are they––the families of the Kohathites. ²⁸ In, the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, there were eight thousand, and six hundred, to keep the charge of the sanctuary.

²⁸ In, the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, there were eight thousand, and six hundred, to keep the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The, families of the sons of Kohath, were to encamp,––on the side of the habitation, southward.

²⁹ The, families of the sons of Kohath, were to encamp,––on the side of the habitation, southward. ³⁰ And, the prince of the ancestral house of the families of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.

³⁰ And, the prince of the ancestral house of the families of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel. ³¹ And, their charge, was––the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary wherewith they were to minister,––and the screen, as to all the laborious work thereof.

³¹ And, their charge, was––the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary wherewith they were to minister,––and the screen, as to all the laborious work thereof. ³² And, the prince of the princes of the Levites, was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest,––to have the oversight of them that were to keep the charge of the sanctuary.

³² And, the prince of the princes of the Levites, was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest,––to have the oversight of them that were to keep the charge of the sanctuary. ³³ To Merari, belonged the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,––these, are they––the families of Merari.

³³ To Merari, belonged the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,––these, are they––the families of Merari. ³⁴ And, they who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, were six thousand, and two hundred.

³⁴ And, they who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, were six thousand, and two hundred. ³⁵ And, the prince of the ancestral house of the families of Merari, was Zuriel, son of Abihail,––on the side of the habitation, were they to encamp, northward.

³⁵ And, the prince of the ancestral house of the families of Merari, was Zuriel, son of Abihail,––on the side of the habitation, were they to encamp, northward. ³⁶ And, the oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari, was––the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof,––and all the furniture thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof;

³⁶ And, the oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari, was––the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof,––and all the furniture thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof; ³⁷ also the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets,––and their pins, and their cords.

³⁷ also the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets,––and their pins, and their cords. ³⁸ But, they who were to encamp before the habitation, eastwards, before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel, and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death.

³⁸ But, they who were to encamp before the habitation, eastwards, before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel, and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death.

³⁸ But, they who were to encamp before the habitation, eastwards, before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel, and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death. ³⁹ All they who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses [and Aaron] numbered at the bidding of Yahweh, by their families,––every male, from one month old and upwards, were two–and–twenty thousand.
⁴⁰ And Yahweh said unto Moses: Number thou every firstborn male belonging to the sons of Israel, from one month old and upwards,––and reckon up the number of their names; ⁴¹ then shalt thou take the Levites for me, me Yahweh, instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel,––also the cattle of the Levites, instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel. ⁴² So then Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him,––every firstborn among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And it was so––that all the firstborn of the males, in the counting of names from one month old and upwards, of such as were numbered of them,––were two–and–twenty thousand, two hundred and seventy–three. ⁴⁴ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:–– ⁴⁵ Take the Levites, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, instead of their cattle,––so shall the Levites, belong unto me, me Yahweh; ⁴⁶ and, as the ransom of the two hundred and seventy–three,––who are more than the Levites, of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, ⁴⁷ thou shalt take five shekels apiece, by the poll,––by the shekel of the sanctuary, shalt thou take it, twenty gerahs to the shekel; ⁴⁸ and shalt give the silver to Aaron, and to his sons,––as the ransom of them that are in excess over them. ⁴⁹ So Moses took the redemption silver from them who were in excess over them who were redeemed by the Levites:

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: ² Reckon up the sum of the sons of Kohath, out of the midst of the sons of Levi,––by their families, by their ancestral house:

² Reckon up the sum of the sons of Kohath, out of the midst of the sons of Levi,––by their families, by their ancestral house: ³ from thirty years old, and upwards, even unto fifty years,––every one that can enter into the host, to do service in the tent of meeting.

³ from thirty years old, and upwards, even unto fifty years,––every one that can enter into the host, to do service in the tent of meeting. ⁴ This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting,––the most holy things.

⁴ This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting,––the most holy things. ⁵ So then Aaron and his sons shall enter, when the camp is to set forward, and take down the screening veil,––and enwrap therein the ark of the testimony;

⁵ So then Aaron and his sons shall enter, when the camp is to set forward, and take down the screening veil,––and enwrap therein the ark of the testimony; ⁶ and put thereon a covering of badgers’ skin, and spread a complete wrapper of blue, over above,––and put in the staves thereof.

⁶ and put thereon a covering of badgers’ skin, and spread a complete wrapper of blue, over above,––and put in the staves thereof. ⁷ And, over the Presence–table, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and put thereon the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the libation cups, the perpetual bread also, thereupon, shall remain;

⁷ And, over the Presence–table, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and put thereon the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the libation cups, the perpetual bread also, thereupon, shall remain; ⁸ and they shall spread over them a wrapper of crimson, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skin,––and shall put in the staves thereof.

⁸ and they shall spread over them a wrapper of crimson, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skin,––and shall put in the staves thereof. ⁹ Then shall they take a wrapper of blue, and cover the light–giving lampstand, and the lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff–trays thereof,––and all the oil–vessels thereof, wherewith they minister thereunto;

⁹ Then shall they take a wrapper of blue, and cover the light–giving lampstand, and the lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff–trays thereof,––and all the oil–vessels thereof, wherewith they minister thereunto; ¹⁰ and shall put the same, and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of, badger’s skin,––and shall put it upon a frame.

¹⁰ and shall put the same, and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of, badger’s skin,––and shall put it upon a frame. ¹¹ And, upon the altar of gold, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and shall cover the same in a covering of badgers’ skin,––and shall put in the staves thereof.

¹¹ And, upon the altar of gold, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and shall cover the same in a covering of badgers’ skin,––and shall put in the staves thereof. ¹² And they shall take all the utensils of attendance wherewith they attend in the sanctuary, and put them within a wrapper of blue, and cover the same in a covering of badgers’ skin,––and put them on a frame.

¹² And they shall take all the utensils of attendance wherewith they attend in the sanctuary, and put them within a wrapper of blue, and cover the same in a covering of badgers’ skin,––and put them on a frame. ¹³ Then shall they remove the fat–ashes from the altar,––and spread over it a wrapper of purple;

¹³ Then shall they remove the fat–ashes from the altar,––and spread over it a wrapper of purple; ¹⁴ and put thereupon all the utensils thereof, wherewith they minister thereupon––the fire–pans, the flesh–hooks, and the shovels and the tossing–bowls, all the utensils of the altar,––and shall spread over it a covering of badgers’ skin, and put in the staves thereof.

¹⁴ and put thereupon all the utensils thereof, wherewith they minister thereupon––the fire–pans, the flesh–hooks, and the shovels and the tossing–bowls, all the utensils of the altar,––and shall spread over it a covering of badgers’ skin, and put in the staves thereof. ¹⁵ So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then, after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which is holy, else should they die,––these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting.

¹⁵ So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then, after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which is holy, else should they die,––these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting.

¹⁵ So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then, after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which is holy, else should they die,––these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting. ¹⁶ But, the care of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [shall be]––the light–giving oil, and the fragrant incense, and the perpetual meal–offering, and the anointing oil, the care of all the habitation, and all that is therein, both as to the sanctuary, and as to the furniture thereof.

¹⁶ But, the care of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [shall be]––the light–giving oil, and the fragrant incense, and the perpetual meal–offering, and the anointing oil, the care of all the habitation, and all that is therein, both as to the sanctuary, and as to the furniture thereof. ¹⁷ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

¹⁷ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: ¹⁸ Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites.

¹⁸ Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites. ¹⁹ This, therefore, do ye for them, so shall they live, and not die, when they approach the most holy place,––Aaron and his sons, shall enter and set them, man by man, over his labour, and unto his burden;

¹⁹ This, therefore, do ye for them, so shall they live, and not die, when they approach the most holy place,––Aaron and his sons, shall enter and set them, man by man, over his labour, and unto his burden; ²⁰ but they shall not enter to see, for a moment, that which is holy, else should they die.

²⁰ but they shall not enter to see, for a moment, that which is holy, else should they die.
²¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

²¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ²² Reckon up the sum of the sons of Gershon, even of them also,––by their ancestral house, by their families;

²² Reckon up the sum of the sons of Gershon, even of them also,––by their ancestral house, by their families; ²³ from thirty years old and upwards, even to fifty years, shalt thou number them,––all that may enter to take rank in the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting.

²³ from thirty years old and upwards, even to fifty years, shalt thou number them,––all that may enter to take rank in the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting. ²⁴ This, shall be the labour of the families of the Gershonites,––in labouring and in bearing:––

²⁴ This, shall be the labour of the families of the Gershonites,––in labouring and in bearing:–– ²⁵ they shall bear the curtains of the habitation, and the tent of meeting, the covering thereof, and the covering of badgers’ skin which is over above it,––and the screen, at the entrance of the tent of meeting;

²⁵ they shall bear the curtains of the habitation, and the tent of meeting, the covering thereof, and the covering of badgers’ skin which is over above it,––and the screen, at the entrance of the tent of meeting; ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is near the habitation, and near the altar, round about, and their cords, and all their articles of service, and all that is to be done to them, when they shall do their labour.

²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is near the habitation, and near the altar, round about, and their cords, and all their articles of service, and all that is to be done to them, when they shall do their labour. ²⁷ At the bidding of Aaron and his sons, shall be all the labour of the sons of the Gershonites, to the extent of their every burden, and to the extent of all their labour,––so shall ye appoint unto them in charge, their every burden.

²⁷ At the bidding of Aaron and his sons, shall be all the labour of the sons of the Gershonites, to the extent of their every burden, and to the extent of all their labour,––so shall ye appoint unto them in charge, their every burden. ²⁸ This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of the Gershonites, in the tent of meeting,––and, the charge of them, shall be in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the priest.

²⁸ This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of the Gershonites, in the tent of meeting,––and, the charge of them, shall be in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the priest. ²⁹ As for the sons of Merari,––by their families, by their ancestral house, shall ye number them;

²⁹ As for the sons of Merari,––by their families, by their ancestral house, shall ye number them; ³⁰ from thirty years old and upwards, even to fifty years, shall ye number them,––all that enter into the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting.

³⁰ from thirty years old and upwards, even to fifty years, shall ye number them,––all that enter into the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting. ³¹ And, this, shall be their charge of the burdens, to the extent of all their labour in the tent of meeting,––the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof, and he pillars thereof and the sockets thereof:

³¹ And, this, shall be their charge of the burdens, to the extent of all their labour in the tent of meeting,––the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof, and he pillars thereof and the sockets thereof: ³² and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets and their pins and their cords, to the extent of all their articles, to the extent of all their labour,––and, by names, shall ye put under their care the articles of their charge of burdens.

³² and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets and their pins and their cords, to the extent of all their articles, to the extent of all their labour,––and, by names, shall ye put under their care the articles of their charge of burdens. ³³ This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of Merari, to the extent of all their labour in the tent of meeting,––in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the priest.

³³ This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of Merari, to the extent of all their labour in the tent of meeting,––in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the priest.
³⁴ Then did Moses and Aaron, and the princes of the assembly, number the sons of the Kohathites,––by their families, and by their ancestral house; ³⁵ from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old, all that might enter the host, to labour in the tent of meeting; ³⁶ and they who were numbered of them, by their families, were found to be––two thousand, seven hundred, and fifty. ³⁷ These, were they who were numbered, of the families of the Kohathites, all that might labour in the tent of meeting,––whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh by the mediation of Moses. ³⁸ And, they who were numbered of the sons of Gershon,––by their families, and by their ancestral house; ³⁹ from thirty years old and upwards, even to fifty years old,––all that might enter the host, to labour in the tent of meeting: ⁴⁰ yea they who were numbered of them, by their families, by their ancestral house,––were found to be––two thousand, and six hundred, and thirty. ⁴¹ These, are they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who might labour in the tent of meeting,––whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh. ⁴² And, they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,––by their families, by their ancestral house; ⁴³ from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old,––all that might enter the host to labour in the tent of meeting; ⁴⁴ yea they who were numbered of them, by their families,––were found to be––three thousand and two hundred. ⁴⁵ These, are they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,––whom Moses and Aaron did number, at the bidding of Yahweh, by the mediation of Moses. ⁴⁶ All they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel did number, even the Levites,––by their families, and by their ancestral house; ⁴⁷ from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old,––all that might enter, to toil in the work of labouring and in the work of bearing burdens, in the tent of meeting, ⁴⁸ yea, they who were numbered of them were found to be––eight thousand, and five hundred, and eighty. ⁴⁹ At the bidding of Yahweh, were they put in charge, by the mediation of Moses, man by man, over his labour, and over his burden,––yea, they who were put in charge by him, were they, whom Yahweh commanded Moses.

² that the princes of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, made an offering,––they being princes of the tribes, they being the men who stood over them who were numbered:

¹⁰ So then the princes offered for the dedication of the altar, on the day it was anointed,––yea the princes offered their oblation before the altar. ¹¹ And Yahweh said unto Moses: Each prince on his appointed day, thus shall they offer their oblation, for the dedication of the altar. ¹² And so it was, that, he who on, the first day, offered his oblation,––was Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

¹² And so it was, that, he who on, the first day, offered his oblation,––was Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah; ¹³ and, his offering, was––one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, for a meal–offering; ¹⁴ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ¹⁵ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ¹⁶ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ¹⁷ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Nashon, son of Amminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought his offering.

¹⁸ On the second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought his offering. ¹⁹ He offered as his oblation––one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ²⁰ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold full of incense; ²¹ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ²² one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ²³ and, as peace–offering two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Nethanel, son of Zuar. ²⁴ On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun,––Eliab, son of Helon:

²⁴ On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun,––Eliab, son of Helon: ²⁵ his offering,––one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ²⁶ one spoon, of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ²⁷ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ²⁸ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ²⁹ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon. ³⁰ On the fourth day, the prince of he sons of Reuben,––Elizur, son of Shedeur:

³⁰ On the fourth day, the prince of he sons of Reuben,––Elizur, son of Shedeur: ³¹ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ³² one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense: ³³ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ³⁴ one young he–goat for a sin–bearer; ³⁵ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Elizur, son of Shedeur. ³⁶ On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon,––Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai:

³⁶ On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon,––Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai: ³⁷ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ³⁸ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ³⁹ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁴⁰ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁴¹ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai. ⁴² On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad,––Eliasaph, son of Deuel:

⁴² On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad,––Eliasaph, son of Deuel: ⁴³ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁴⁴ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁴⁵ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁴⁶ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁴⁷ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Eliasaph, son of Deuel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim,––Elishama, son of Ammihud:

⁴⁸ On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim,––Elishama, son of Ammihud: ⁴⁹ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁵⁰ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁵¹ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁵² one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁵³ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Elishama, son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh,––Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur:

⁵⁴ On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh,––Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur: ⁵⁵ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁵⁶ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁵⁷ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice: ⁵⁸ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁵⁹ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin,––Abidan, son of Gideoni:

⁶⁰ On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin,––Abidan, son of Gideoni: ⁶¹ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof,––one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁶² one spoon, of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁶³ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁶⁴ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁶⁵ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Abidan, son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan,––Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai:

⁶⁶ On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan,––Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai: ⁶⁷ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof,––one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁶⁸ one spoon, of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁶⁹ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁷⁰ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁷¹ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. ⁷² On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher,––Pagiel, son of Ochran;

⁷² On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher,––Pagiel, son of Ochran; ⁷³ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁷⁴ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁷⁵ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁷⁶ one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁷⁷ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year,––this, was the offering of Pagiel, son of Ochran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali,––Ahira, son of Enan:

⁷⁸ On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali,––Ahira, son of Enan: ⁷⁹ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal–offering; ⁸⁰ one spoon, of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense; ⁸¹ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he–lamb of the first year, as an ascending–sacrifice; ⁸² one young he–goat, as a sin–bearer; ⁸³ and, as a peace–offering, two oxen, five rams, five he–goats, five he–lambs of the first year, this, was the offering of Ahira, son of Enan.

¹ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ² Speak unto Aaron, and thou shalt say unto him,––When thou lightest up the lamps, over against the front of the lampstand, shall the seven lamps give light. ³ And Aaron did so, over against the front of the lampstand, lighted he up the lamps thereof,––As Yahweh commanded Moses, ⁴ Now, this, was the work of the lampstand––beaten work of gold, both in the shaft thereof and in the flowers thereof, was it, beaten work, according to the appearance which Yahweh caused to appear unto Moses, so, made he the lampstand.
⁵ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ⁶ Take the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––and thou shalt purify them. ⁷ And, thus, shalt thou do unto them, to purify them, sprinkle upon them sin–cleansing water,––then shall they cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and shall wash their clothes, and so make themselves pure. ⁸ Then shall they take a choice young bullock, with the meal–offering thereof, even fine meal overflowed with oil,––and, a second choice young bullock, shalt thou take, as a sin–bearer. ⁹ Then shalt thou bring the Levites near, before the tent of meeting,––and shalt call together all the assembly of the sons of Israel; ¹⁰ and shalt bring the Levites near before Yahweh,––and the sons of Israel shall lean their hands upon the Levites; ¹¹ and Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a wave–offering before Yahweh, from among the sons of Israel,––so shall they be for performing the laborious work of Yahweh. ¹² And, the Levites, shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullocks; then make thou of the one a sin–bearer, and of the other an ascending–sacrifice unto Yahweh, to put a propitiatory–covering over the Levites. ¹³ Thus shalt thou cause the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons,––thus shalt thou offer them as a wave–offering unto Yahweh; ¹⁴ thus shalt thou separate the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––thus shall the Levites become mine. ¹⁵ And, after that, shall the Levites enter to do the labour of the tent of meeting,––so shalt thou purify them, and offer them as a wave–offering. ¹⁶ For, given, given, they are, unto me, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth from among the sons of Israel, have I taken them, unto me. ¹⁷ For, mine, is every firstborn, among the sons of Israel, among men, and among beasts,––on the day when I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, did I hallow them, unto me. ¹⁸ Therefore have I taken the Levites,––instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel; ¹⁹ therefore have I given the Levites, as a gift unto Aaron and unto his sons, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the laborious work of the sons of Israel, in the tent of meeting, and to put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel,––so shall there be, among the sons of Israel, no plague, by the coming nigh of the sons of Israel unto the sanctuary.

¹⁹ therefore have I given the Levites, as a gift unto Aaron and unto his sons, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the laborious work of the sons of Israel, in the tent of meeting, and to put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel,––so shall there be, among the sons of Israel, no plague, by the coming nigh of the sons of Israel unto the sanctuary. ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and all the assembly of the sons of Israel did thus unto the Levites,––according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses as touching the Levites, so, did the sons of Israel unto them. ²¹ And the Levites accepted the cleansing from sin, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave–offering before Yahweh,––and Aaron put a propitiatory–covering over them, to make them pure. ²² And, after that, went the Levites in, to do their laborious work in the tent of meeting, before Aaron, and before his sons,––as Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so, did they unto them. ²³ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying; ²⁴ This, is what concerneth the Levites,––from twenty–five years old and upwards, shall they enter to take rank in the host, for doing the laborious work of the tent of meeting; ²⁵ but, from the age of fifty years, shall they retire from taking rank in the labour, and shall do laborious work no more; ²⁶ yet shall they wait upon their brethren in the tent of meeting, by keeping charge, but, laborious work, shall they not perform,––thus, shalt thou do unto the Levites, as touching their charges.

¹ And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the second year by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:

¹ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ² Make thee two trumpets of silver, of beaten work, shalt thou make them,––and they shall be unto thee for calling the assembly, and for setting forward the camps. ³ As soon as they blow therewith, so soon shall all the assembly assemble themselves unto thee, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁴ And, if, only once, they blow, then shall the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, gather themselves unto thee. ⁵ But, when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped eastwards; ⁶ and, when ye blow a second alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped southwards,––an alarm, shall they blow, for setting them forward. ⁷ But, in calling together the convocation, ye shall blow, but shall not sound an alarm. ⁸ And, the sons of Aaron the priests, shall blow with the trumpets,––and it shall be unto you for a statute age–abiding, unto your generations. ⁹ And, when ye go into war in your land, against the assailant that assaileth you, then shall ye blow an alarm with the trumpets,––and bring yourselves to mind before Yahweh your God, and be saved, from your enemies. ¹⁰ And, in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending–sacrifices, and over your peace–offerings,––so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. I––Yahweh, am your God.
¹¹ And so it came to pass, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted itself up, from off the habitation of the testimony;

¹¹ And so it came to pass, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted itself up, from off the habitation of the testimony;

¹¹ And so it came to pass, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted itself up, from off the habitation of the testimony; ¹² and the sons of Israel set forward, by their removals, from the desert of Sinai,––and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran.

¹² and the sons of Israel set forward, by their removals, from the desert of Sinai,––and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran. ¹³ Thus then did they set forward, for the first time,––at the bidding of Yahweh, by the hand of Moses. ¹⁴ So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and, over his own host, was Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

¹⁴ So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and, over his own host, was Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

¹⁴ So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and, over his own host, was Nahshon, son of Amminadab; ¹⁵ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

¹⁵ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

¹⁵ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar; ¹⁶ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon.

¹⁶ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon.

¹⁶ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon. ¹⁷ Then was taken down the habitation,––and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the habitation.

¹⁷ Then was taken down the habitation,––and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the habitation.

¹⁷ Then was taken down the habitation,––and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the habitation. ¹⁸ Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

¹⁸ Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

¹⁸ Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

¹⁸ Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur; ¹⁹ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

¹⁹ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

¹⁹ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai; ²⁰ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

²⁰ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

²⁰ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

²⁰ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel. ²¹ Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary,––and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in.

²¹ Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary,––and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in.

²¹ Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary,––and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in.

²¹ Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary,––and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in. ²² Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, was Elishama, son of Ammihud;

²² Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, was Elishama, son of Ammihud;

²² Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, was Elishama, son of Ammihud; ²³ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

²³ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

²³ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur; ²⁴ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni.

²⁴ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni.

²⁴ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni. ²⁵ Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai;

²⁵ Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai;

²⁵ Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts,––and, over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai; ²⁶ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

²⁶ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

²⁶ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; ²⁷ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.

²⁷ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.

²⁷ and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan. ²⁸ These, were the settings–forward of the sons of Israel, by their hosts,––thus did they set forward.
²⁹ Then said Moses to Hobab, son of Raguel the Midianite, father–in–law of Moses: Setting forward, are we, unto the place of which Yahweh hath said, The same, will I give unto you,––Oh come with us, and we will do thee good, for, Yahweh, hath spoken good, concerning Israel. ³⁰ And he said unto him, I will not go,––but, unto my own land, and unto my own kindred, will I go. ³¹ Then said he: I beseech thee, do not forsake us,––for, on this account, hast thou come to know of our encamping in the desert, so shalt thou be unto us, as eyes; ³² and it shall be, if thou wilt go with us,––yea it shall be that, with the very good wherewith Yahweh shall do us good, will we do good unto thee. ³³ So then they went forward, from the mountain of Yahweh, a journey of three days,––and, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, was going before them, a journey of three days, to search out for them a resting–place. ³⁴ And, the cloud of Yahweh, was over them by day,––when they set forward out of the camp. ³⁵ And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said: Arise, O Yahweh! and scattered be thy foes, Let them that hate thee flee before thee; ³⁶ But, when it rested, he said,––Return, O Yahweh! unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁷ Then will I come down, and speak with thee there, and will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and put upon them,––and they shall carry, with thee, the burden of the people, and, thou, shalt not carry it, by thyself.

² Send for thee men, and let them spy out the land of Canaan, which I, am giving unto the sons of Israel,––one man each, for the tribe of his fathers, shalt thou send, each one a prince among them. ³ So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh,––all of them, great men, heads of the sons of Israel, were they. ⁴ And, these, are their names,––Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, son of Zaccur; ⁵ Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, son of Hori; ⁶ Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh; ⁷ Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, son of Joseph; ⁸ Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, son of Nun; ⁹ Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, son of Raphu; ¹⁰ Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, son of Sodi; ¹¹ Of the tribe of Joseph––of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, son of Susi; ¹² Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, son of Gemalli; ¹³ Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, son of Michael; ¹⁴ Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, son of Vophsi; ¹⁵ Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, son of Machi.

²⁹ In this desert, shall your dead bodies fall, And, none of you who were numbered, in all your counting, from twenty years old and upwards,––who have murmured against me,

² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown;

⁴⁰ a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is, not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,––lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses, with regard thereto.

⁴⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron––Take the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense [thereon], and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory–covering over them,––for wrath hath gone forth, from before Yahweh, the plague, hath begun.

³ and, Aaron’s name, shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi,––for, one staff, shall there be for the head of their ancestral house.

² Therefore also, thy brethren of the tribe of Levi, the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,––both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. ³ So shall they keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent,––only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar, shall they not come near, lest they die––both they, and ye. ⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you. ⁵ So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,––that there no more, be wrath against the sons of Israel.

²² that the sons of Israel, come near no more, unto the tent of meeting,––to bear sin, to die.

¹¹ And Moses lifted high his hand, and smote the cliff, with his staff, twice,––and there came forth water in abundance, and the assembly and their cattle, did drink.

¹⁰ Who, hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who, hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!

²³ Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel,––Now, shall it be said––Of Jacob, and of Israel, What, hath GOD wrought! ²⁴ Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And, like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down, till he eat the torn, And, the blood of the slain, he drink. ²⁵ Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither, revile, him,––nor, bless, him.

² So Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel, dwelling, according to his tribes,––then came upon him, the Spirit of God;

⁴ And Yahweh said unto Moses––Take all the heads of the people, and crucify them unto Yahweh, in the face of the sun,––that the heat of the anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.

⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel. ⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

¹⁴ Now, the name of the man of Israel that was smitten, who was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, son of Salu,––prince of an ancestral house of the Simeonites;

¹ And it came to pass, after the plague, that Yahweh spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saying: ² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses,––every one able to go forth to war, in Israel.

² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses,––every one able to go forth to war, in Israel.

² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses,––every one able to go forth to war, in Israel. ³ So then Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them, in the waste plains of Moab,––by the Jordan near Jericho, saying: ⁴ From twenty years old and upwards, As Yahweh commanded Moses, and the sons of Israel, who had come forth out of the land of Egypt.
⁵ Reuben, the firstborn of Israel,––the sons of Reuben, [To] Hanoch, [pertained] the family of the Hanochites; To Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ⁶ To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites,––To Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷ These, are the families of the Reubenites,––and they who were numbered of them were found to be––forty–three thousand, and seven hundred, and thirty.

⁷ These, are the families of the Reubenites,––and they who were numbered of them were found to be––forty–three thousand, and seven hundred, and thirty.

⁹ and, the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram,––The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses, and against Aaron, in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh;

¹² The sons of Simeon, by their families, To Nemuel, pertained the family of the Nemuelites, To Jamin, the family of the Jaminites,––To Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: ¹³ To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites,––To Shaul, the family of the Shaulites: ¹⁴ These, are the families of the Simeonites,––two and twenty thousand, and two hundred.

¹⁴ These, are the families of the Simeonites,––two and twenty thousand, and two hundred. ¹⁵ The sons of Gad, by their families, To Zephon, pertained the family of the Zephonites; To Haggi, the family of the Haggites,––To Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ¹⁶ To Ozni, the family of the Oznites,––To Eri, the family of the Erites; ¹⁷ To Arod, the family of the Arodites,––To Arelites, the family of the Arelites: ¹⁸ These, are the families of the sons of Gad, as to them who were numbered of them,––forty thousand, and five hundred.

¹⁸ These, are the families of the sons of Gad, as to them who were numbered of them,––forty thousand, and five hundred. ¹⁹ The sons of Judah, Er and Onan,––but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And so, as to the sons of Judah, by their families, it was found that––To Shelah, pertained the family of the Shelanites, To Perez, the family of the Perezites,––To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; ²¹ And, as to the sons of Perez, it was found that––To Hezron, pertained the family of the Hezronites,––To Hamul, the family of the Hamulites: ²² These, are the families of Judah, as to them who were numbered of them,––seventy–six thousand, and five hundred.

²² These, are the families of Judah, as to them who were numbered of them,––seventy–six thousand, and five hundred. ²³ The sons of Issachar, by their families, Unto Tola, [pertained] the family of the Tolaites,––To Puvah, the family of the Puvites; ²⁴ To Jashub, the family of the Jashubites,––To Shimron, the family of the Shimronites: ²⁵ These, are the families of Issachar, as to them who were numbered of them,––sixty–four thousand, and three hundred.

²⁵ These, are the families of Issachar, as to them who were numbered of them,––sixty–four thousand, and three hundred. ²⁶ The sons of Zebulun, by their families, To Sered, pertained the family of the Seredites, To Elon, the family of the Elonites,––To Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites: ²⁷ These, are the families of the Zebulunites, as to them who were numbered of them,––sixty thousand, and five hundred.

²⁷ These, are the families of the Zebulunites, as to them who were numbered of them,––sixty thousand, and five hundred. ²⁸ The sons of Joseph, by their families,––Manasseh, and Ephraim. ²⁹ The sons of Manasseh, To Machir, pertained the family of the Machirites, and, Machir, begat Gilead,––To Gilead, pertained the family of the Gileadites. ³⁰ These, are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites,––To Helek, the family of the Helekites; ³¹ And, Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; And, Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ³² And Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; And, Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ³³ Now, Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons, but only, daughters,––and, the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These, are the families of Manasseh,––and, they who were numbered of them,––fifty–two thousand, and seven hundred.

³⁴ These, are the families of Manasseh,––and, they who were numbered of them,––fifty–two thousand, and seven hundred. ³⁵ These are the sons of Ephraim by their families, To Shuthelah, pertained the family of the Shuthelahites, To Becher, the family of the Becherites,––To Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. ³⁶ And, these, are the sons of Shuthelah, To Eran, pertained the family of the Eranites. ³⁷ These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them,––thirty–two thousand, and five hundred. These, are the sons of Joseph, by their families.

³⁷ These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them,––thirty–two thousand, and five hundred. These, are the sons of Joseph, by their families. ³⁸ The sons of Benjamin, by their families, To Bela, pertained the family of the Belaites, To Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites,––To Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ To Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites,––To Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman,––[To Ard, pertained] the family of the Ardites, To Naaman, the family of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These, are the sons of Benjamin, by their families,––and they who were numbered of them,––were, forty–five thousand, and six hundred.

⁴¹ These, are the sons of Benjamin, by their families,––and they who were numbered of them,––were, forty–five thousand, and six hundred. ⁴² These, are the sons of Dan, by their families: To Shuham, pertained the family of the Shuhamites,––These, are the families of Dan, by their families: ⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites, as to them who were numbered of them, were, sixty–four thousand, and four hundred.

⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites, as to them who were numbered of them, were, sixty–four thousand, and four hundred. ⁴⁴ The sons of Asher, by their families: To Imnah, pertained the family of the Imnites, To Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites,––To Beriah, the family of the Beriites; ⁴⁵ To the sons of Beriah, To Heber, pertained the family of the Heberites, To Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites; ⁴⁶ And, the name of the daughter of Asher, was Serah. ⁴⁷ These, are the families of the sons of Asher, as to them who were numbered of them,––fifty–three thousand, and four hundred.

⁴⁷ These, are the families of the sons of Asher, as to them who were numbered of them,––fifty–three thousand, and four hundred. ⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali, by their families, To Jahzeel, pertained the family of the Jahzeelites; To Guni, the family of the Gunites: ⁴⁹ To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; To Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These, are the families of Naphtali, by their families,––and they who were numbered of them, were, forty–five thousand, and four hundred.

⁵⁰ These, are the families of Naphtali, by their families,––and they who were numbered of them, were, forty–five thousand, and four hundred. ⁵¹ These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred and one thousand,––seven hundred, and thirty.

⁵⁷ And, these, are they who were numbered of the Levites, by their families, To Gershon, pertained the family of the Gershonites, To Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; To Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These, are the families of Levi––The family of the Libnites, The family of the Hebronites, The family of the Mahlites, The family of the Mushites, The family of the Korahites,––And, Kohath, begat Amram; ⁵⁹ and the name of the wife of Amram, was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt,––and she bare to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam, their sister. ⁶⁰ And, there were born to Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,––Eleazar, and Ithamar; ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died,––when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh: ⁶² And they who were numbered of them were found to be––twenty–three thousand, all the males, from one month old and upwards––for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁶² And they who were numbered of them were found to be––twenty–three thousand, all the males, from one month old and upwards––for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.
⁶³ These, are they who were numbered by Moses, and Eleazar, the priest,––when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho. ⁶⁴ And, among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest,––when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the desert of Sinai.

⁶⁴ And, among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest,––when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the desert of Sinai.

³⁰ And, out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty, of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock, of all the cattle,––and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh.

⁴⁷ So then Moses took––out of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, the allotted portion, one out of fifty, of the human beings, and of the beasts,––and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹¹ Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upwards, shall see the soil, which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob,––because they have not followed after me fully;

¹ These, are the departures of the sons of Israel, whereby they came forth out of the land of Egypt, by their hosts,––in the hand of Moses and Aaron.

¹⁸ Also, one prince from each tribe, shall ye take to receive the land as an inheritance. ¹⁹ These, therefore, are the names of the men,––For the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh; ²⁰ And, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel, son of Ammihud: ²¹ For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, son of Chislon; ²² And, for the tribe of the sons of Dan, a prince––Bukki, son of Jogli: ²³ For the sons of Joseph, For the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a prince,––Hanniel, son of Ephod; ²⁴ And, for the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a prince,––Kemuel, son of Shiphtan; ²⁵ And, for the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a prince,––Elizaphan, son of Parnach; ²⁶ And, for the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a prince,––Paltiel son of Azzan; ²⁷ And, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, a prince,––Ahihud son of Shelomi: ²⁸ And, for the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a prince,––Pedahel, son of Ammihud.

¹⁵ So I took heads for your tribes, wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you,––captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes.

¹⁸ So I commanded you, at that time, saying,––Yahweh your God, hath given unto you this land to possess it, armed, shall ye pass over before your brethren the sons of Israel, all the sons of valour.

²² As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt,––and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens, for multitude.

³² Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,––thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.

⁵ When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go forth to war, neither shall he be charged with any business,––free, shall he be for his own house one year, and shall rejoice with his wife whom he hath taken.

¹ Now, this, is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the sons of Israel,––before his death. ² And he said––Yahweh, from Sinai, came near,––Yea he dawned, out of Seir, upon them, He shone forth out of Mount Paran, Yea he came out of holy myriads,––Out of his right hand [proceeded] fire to guide them. ³ Yea he loved the tribes, All his holy ones, were in thy hand,––Yea, they, were encamped at thy feet, Each one bare away some of thy words. ⁴ A law, did Moses command us,––A possession, for the convocation of Jacob. ⁵ Thus became he, in Jeshurun, a king,––When the heads of the people gathered themselves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. [Reuben]––
⁶ Let Reuben live and not die,––Nor his men be easily counted. ⁷ And, this, is for Judah, when he said, Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah, That, unto his own people, thou wouldst bring him home,––Let, his own hands, suffice him, And, a helper, from his adversaries, do thou become.
⁸ And, of Levi, he said: Let, thy perfections and thy lights, belong unto thy man of lovingkindness,––Whom thou didst put to the proof at Massah, With whom thou didst contend over the waters of Meribah; ⁹ Who saith, of his father and of his mother, I behold them not, And, his own brethren, regardeth he not, And, his own sons, observeth he not,––Because they watch thy speech, That, thy covenant, they may preserve; ¹⁰ May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel,––May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole–offering upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, O Yahweh, his substance, And, with the work of his hands, wilt thou be well pleased,––Crush thou the loins of them who rise up against him, And of them who hate him, that they rise not again.
¹² Of Benjamin, he said, The beloved of Yahweh, shall settle down securely,––With one to throw a shade over him all the day long, Yea, between his shoulders, hath he found rest. ¹³ And, of Joseph, he said, Blessed of Yahweh, be his land,––With the precious things of the heavens, with the dew, And with the abyss, couching beneath; ¹⁴ And with the precious fruits of the sun,––And with the precious yield of the moons; ¹⁵ And with the chief of the ancient mountains,––And with the precious things of the age–abiding hills; ¹⁶ And with the precious things of the earth and its fulness, And with the goodwill of One who dwelt in a thorn–bush.––Let it come on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was consecrated among his brethren. ¹⁷ His firstborn ox, be an honour to him, And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth,––Yea, [with] these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, [with] those, the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁷ His firstborn ox, be an honour to him, And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth,––Yea, [with] these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, [with] those, the thousands of Manasseh.
¹⁸ And, of Zebulun, he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out,––And [thou], Issachar, in thy tents: ¹⁹ The peoples, unto the mountain, will they call, There, will they offer the sacrifices of righteousness,––For, the abundance of the seas, will they suck, Hidden treasures of the sand. ²⁰ And, of Gad, he said: Blessed, be he that hath made room for Gad,––As a lioness, hath he laid himself down, And hath torn an arm, likewise the crown of the head; ²¹ And hath provided a first part for himself, For, there, a commander’s portion hath been hid,––So he cometh with the heads of the people, The righteousness of Yahweh, he executeth, And his regulations, with Israel.
²² And, of Dan, he said, Dan, is a lion’s whelp,––He leapeth out of Bashan. ²³ And, of Naphtali, he said, O Naphtali! satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of Yahweh,––The west and the sunny south, do thou possess. ²⁴ And, of Asher, he said, Most blessed of sons, be Asher,––Let him have the goodwill of his brethren, And let him dip, in oil, his foot: ²⁵ Iron and bronze, be thy sandals, And, as thy days, be thy strength.
²⁶ There is none like GOD, O Jeshurun,––Riding upon the heavens to thy help,––And, for his own majesty, on the skies; ²⁷ Above, is the God of aforetime, And, beneath, are the Arms of the ages,––So he driveth before thee the foe, And doth say––Destroy! ²⁸ Thus hath Israel settled down securely, Alone, the fountain of Jacob, Within a land both of corn and new wine,––His heaven also droppeth down dew. ²⁹ How happy art thou, O Israel! Who is like unto thee, O people victorious in Yahweh? Thy helpful shield, who also is thy majestic sword,––So that thy foes come cringing unto thee, And, thou, upon their heights, dost march along.

¹⁴ and ten princes with him, one prince of an ancestral house for each of the tribes of Israel,––they being, severally heads of their ancestral houses, among the thousands of Israel.

¹⁵ And he said unto him––Pardon, O my Lord! How, shall I save Israel? Lo! my thousand, is the poorest in Manasseh, and, I, am the youngest in the house of my father.

⁴⁴ So there fell of Benjamin, eighteen thousand men,––all these being men of valour. ⁴⁵ And, when they turned and fled towards the desert unto the cliff Rimmon, then gleaned they of them, in the highways, five thousand men,––and they followed hard after them as far as Gidom, and smote of them, two thousand men. ⁴⁶ So then it came to pass that, all the fallen of Benjamin, were twenty–five thousand men, that drew the sword, on that day,––all these being men of valour.

¹⁸ These, then, are the generations of Perez: Perez, begat, Hezron;

²⁰ And, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, and, Nahshon, begat, Salmon,

¹⁹ And, when he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea smote of the people seventy men [and] fifty thousand men, the people mourned, for that Yahweh had smitten the people with a great smiting.

²² Then said Samuel––Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending–offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;

⁷ then said Saul unto his servants who were stationed by him––Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites! What! even to all of you, will the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards? All of you, will he appoint to be princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds?

²³ See, then, and get to know––of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,––and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.

⁷ Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh, against Uzzah, and God smote him there, for the error,––so that he died there, by the ark of God.

¹ And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel,––so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah.

¹ And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel,––so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah. ² The king, therefore, said unto Joab, captain of the force, who was with him––Go to and fro, I pray thee, throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer –sheba, and number ye the people,––so shall I know the sum of the people.

² The king, therefore, said unto Joab, captain of the force, who was with him––Go to and fro, I pray thee, throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer –sheba, and number ye the people,––so shall I know the sum of the people. ³ Then said Joab unto the king––Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,––but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?

³ Then said Joab unto the king––Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,––but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing? ⁴ Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force,––so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people––Israel. ⁵ And they passed over the Jordan,––and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city, that is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, even towards Jazer. ⁶ Thus came they to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim–hodshi,––and came to Dan–jaan, and round about Zidon; ⁷ and entered the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites,––and they went out to the South of Judah, even to Beer–sheba. ⁸ So, when they had gone to and fro throughout all the land, they came, at the end of nine months and twenty days, unto Jerusalem. ⁹ And Joab delivered up the sum of the number of the people, unto the king,––and there were found to be, in Israel, eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing the sword,––and, the men of Judah, five hundred thousand men.

⁹ And Joab delivered up the sum of the number of the people, unto the king,––and there were found to be, in Israel, eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing the sword,––and, the men of Judah, five hundred thousand men.
¹⁰ And the heart of David smote him, after he had reckoned up the people,––and David said unto Yahweh––I have sinned greatly, in what I have done, Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.

²⁰ Judah and Israel, were many, as the sand that is by the sea, for multitude,––eating and drinking, and rejoicing.

¹ And so it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year (in the month of Zif, the same, being the second month) of the reign of Solomon over Israel, that he began to build the house unto Yahweh.

¹⁰ And, Ram, begat Amminadab,––and, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah. ¹¹ And, Nahshon, begat Salma, and, Salma, begat Boaz;

¹ And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel,––and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn, ² for, Judah, prevailed over his brethren, so that, even the prince, is from him,––although, the birthright, pertaineth to Joseph;

¹ The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ² And, the sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ³ And, the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam,––and, the sons of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar, begat Phinehas, Phinehas, begat Abishua; ⁵ and, Abishua, begat Bukki, and, Bukki, begat Uzzi; ⁶ and, Uzzi, begat Zerahiah, and, Zerahiah, begat Meraioth; ⁷ Meraioth, begat Amariah, and, Amariah, begat Ahitub; ⁸ and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Ahimaaz; ⁹ and, Ahimaaz, begat Azariah, and, Azariah, begat Johanan, ¹⁰ and, Johanan, begat Azariah,––he, it was who ministered as priest, in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem; ¹¹ and Azariah begat Amariah,––and, Amariah, begat Ahitub; ¹² and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Shallum; ¹³ and, Shallum, begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah, begat Azariah; ¹⁴ and, Azariah, begat Seraiah, and, Seraiah, begat Jehozadak; ¹⁵ and, Jehozadak, departed, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem into captivity,––by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁶ The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ And, the sons of Kohath, were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. And, these, are the families of Levi by their fathers: ²⁰ To Gershom, pertained Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹ Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. ²² The sons of Kohath, Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son; ²³ Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son; ²⁴ Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵ And, the sons of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth. ²⁶ As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son; ²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸ And, the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, [Joel], and, the second, Abiah. ²⁹ the sons of Merari, Mahli,––Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son; ³⁰ Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
³¹ And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark; ³² so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem,––and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work. ³³ Yea, these, are they who stood, with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel, ³⁴ son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,–– ³⁵ son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai:–– ³⁶ son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,–– ³⁷ son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah; –– ³⁸ son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. ³⁹ And, his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,–– ⁴⁰ son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,–– ⁴¹ son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah; –– ⁴² son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,–– ⁴³ son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. ⁴⁴ And, the sons of Merari, their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch; –– ⁴⁵ son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,–– ⁴⁶ son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer; –– ⁴⁷ son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. ⁴⁸ Howbeit, their brethren, the Levites, were given, for all the work of the habitation, of the house of God. ⁴⁹ But, Aaron and his sons, were to make perfume upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice, and upon the altar of incense, according to all the service of the holy of holies,––even for putting a propitiatory–covering over Israel, according go all that, Moses, the servant of God, commanded. ⁵⁰ And, these, are the sons of Aaron,––Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,–– ⁵¹ Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,–– ⁵² Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,–– ⁵³ Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
⁵⁴ And, these, are their dwelling–places, according to their encampments, in their boundary,––pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot: ⁵⁵ so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it; ⁵⁶ but, the field–land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refuge––Hebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands,––and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands; ⁵⁸ and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands; ⁵⁹ and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands; ⁶⁰ and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands,––and Anathoth, with her pasture lands; ––all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families. ⁶¹ And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohath––of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half–tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities. ⁶² And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families––out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁶³ And, unto sons of Merari, by their families––out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities. ⁶⁴ So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites,––the cities and the pasture lands thereof; ⁶⁵ yea they gave, by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. ⁶⁶ But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim; ⁶⁷ and they gave unto them the cities of refuge––Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim,––and Gezer, with her pasture lands; ⁶⁸ and Jokmeam, with her pasture lands, and Beth–heron, with her pasture lands; ⁶⁹ and Aijalon, with her pasture lands, and Gath–rimmon, with her pasture lands; ⁷⁰ and, out of the half–tribe of Manasseh, Aner, with her pasture lands, and Bileam, with her pasture lands,––for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. ⁷¹ Unto the sons of Gershom––out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands,––and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands. ⁷² And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, with her pasture lands,––Daberath, with her pasture lands; ⁷³ and Ramoth, with her pasture lands, and Anem, with her pasture lands. ⁷⁴ And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal, with her pasture lands,––and Abdon, with her pasture lands; ⁷⁵ and Hukok, with her pasture lands,––and Rehob, with her pasture lands. ⁷⁶ And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture lands, and Hammon, with her pasture lands,––and Kiryathaim, with her pasture lands. ⁷⁷ Unto the rest of the sons of Merari––out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono, with her pasture lands,––Tabor, with her pasture lands. ⁷⁸ And, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan––out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with her pasture lands,––and Jahzah, with her pasture lands; ⁷⁹ and Kedemoth, with her pasture lands, and Mephaath, with her pasture lands. ⁸⁰ And, out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture lands,––and Mahanaim, with her pasture lands; ⁸¹ and Heshbon, with her pasture lands, and Jazer, with her pasture lands.

²⁶ Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,–– ²⁷ Non his son, Joshua his son.

¹ Then the accuser stood up, against Israel,––and moved David, to number Israel. ² And David said unto Joab and unto the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel, from Beer–sheba even unto Dan,––and bring [the report] unto me, that I may know the number of them.

⁵ And Joab delivered the sum of the number of the people, unto David,––and all Israel was found to be a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men, who drew sword, and Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men, who drew sword. ⁶ But, Levi and Benjamin, counted he not among them,––for detestable was the word of the king unto Joab.

¹ Now, David, was old, and satisfied with days,––so he made Solomon his son king, over Israel; ² and gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites. ³ Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards,––and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty–eight thousand. ⁴ Of these––to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty–four thousand,––and officers and judges, six thousand; ⁵ and four thousand, were doorkeepers,––and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which [said David] I made for offering praise. ⁶ And David divided them into courses,––pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari. ⁷ Of the Gershonites, Ladan and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Ladan, the chief Jehiel, and Zetham and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shimei, Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three,––these, were the ancestral chiefs of Ladan. ¹⁰ And, the sons of Shimei, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah,––these, were the sons of Shimei, four. ¹¹ And Jahath was chief, and Zizah the second,––but, Jeush and Beriah, had not many sons, so they became an ancestral house, by one reckoning. ¹² The sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses,––and Aaron was separated, to hallow the holy of holies, he and his sons, unto times age–abiding, to make a perfume before Yahweh, to be in attendance upon him, and to bless in his name, unto times age–abiding; ¹⁴ and, as for Moses, the man of God, his sons, were called unto the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵ The sons of Moses, were Gershom, and Eliezer. ¹⁶ the sons of Gershom, were Shebuel the chief; ¹⁷ and the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief,––and Eliezer had no other sons, but, the sons of Rehabiah, were very many. ¹⁸ The sons of Izhar, Shelomith the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Hebron, Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of Uzziel, Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second. ²¹ The sons of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli, were Eleazar and Kish. ²² But Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only,––and so the sons of Kish their brethren took them. ²³ The sons of Mushi, were Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
²⁴ These, were the sons of Levi by their ancestral house, the ancestral chiefs of them who were counted in the number of their names, by their polls, doing the work, for the service of the house of Yahweh,––from twenty years old, and upwards. ²⁵ For, said David, Yahweh the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,––and hath taken up his habitation in Jerusalem, unto times age–abiding; ²⁶ moreover also, as for the Levites, they have no need to bear the habitation, nor any of its vessels in the laborious work thereof. ²⁷ For, by the last words of David, the same, were the number of the sons of Levi,––from twenty years old, and upwards. ²⁸ For, their duty, was––to be in attendance upon the sons of Aaron, in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of everything holy,––and doing the laborious work, of the house of God; ²⁹ and for the bread set in array, and for the fine meal for the meal–offering, and for the unleavened cakes, even for that which is baked in a pan, for the moistened food,––even of every measure, and size; ³⁰ and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks and offer praise unto Yahweh,––and, likewise, at even; ³¹ and for all the offering of ascending–sacrifices unto Yahweh, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts,––by number, according to the manner prescribed for them continually, before Yahweh; –– ³² and they shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren,––in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh.

³² and they shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren,––in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh.

¹ And David and the captains of the host set apart for service, unto the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, such as should prophesy, with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals,––and, the number of the workers, for their service, was: ² Of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph,––under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun,––Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah––six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, with the lyre, as he prophesied, in giving thanks and offering praise unto Yahweh. ⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman––Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jeremoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these, were sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the things of God, at the lifting of the horn. And God gave to Heman, fourteen sons and three daughters, ⁶ All these, were under the direction of their father, in the singing of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God,––Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman, under the direction of the king. ⁷ And, the number of them––with their brethren, who were instructed in singing unto Yahweh,––even all the skilful, was two hundred and eighty–eight.
⁸ So they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as the small so the great, the teacher with the learner. ⁹ And the first lot came forth for Asaph, to Joseph,––Gedaliah, the second, he and his brethren and his sons, twelve. ¹⁰ The third, Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹¹ The fourth, to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹² The fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹³ The sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁴ The seventh, Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁵ The eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁶ The ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁷ The tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁸ The eleventh, Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁹ The twelfth, to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁰ As the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²¹ As the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²² As the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²³ As the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁴ As the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁵ As the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁶ As the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

¹ Now, the sons of Israel––as to the number of them, the ancestral chiefs––and rulers of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who waited upon the king as to any matter of the courses, who came in and went out month by month, for all the months of the year, in each course, were twenty–four thousand. ² Over the first course, for the first month, was Jashobeam, son of Zabdiel,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ³ Of the sons of Perez, was the chief for all the rulers of the hosts, for the first month. ⁴ And, over the course for the second month, was Dodai an Ahohite, and, of his course, was Mikloth also a chief ruler,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ⁵ The ruler of the third host, for the third month, was Benaiah, son of Jehoiada the priest––a chief,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ⁶ The same Benaiah, was a hero of thirty, and over the thirty,––and, over his course, was Ammizabad his son. ⁷ The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son, after him,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ⁸ Of the fifth, for the fifth month, the ruler, was Shamhuth the Izrahite,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ⁹ The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ¹⁰ The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ¹¹ The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ¹² The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ¹³ The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ¹⁴ The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand. ¹⁵ The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel,––and, in his course, were twenty–four thousand.
¹⁶ Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel, the chief ruler of the Reubenites, was Eliezer, son of Zichri. Of the Simeonites, Shephatiah, son of Maacah. ¹⁷ Of Levi, Hashabiah, son of Kemuel. Of Aaron, Zadok. ¹⁸ Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David. Of Issachar, Omri, son of Michael. ¹⁹ Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah, son of Obadiah. Of Naphtali, Jeremoth, son of Azriel. ²⁰ Of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah. Of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel, son of Pedaiah. ²¹ Of the half of Manasseh, in Gilead, Iddo, son of Zechariah. Of Benjamin, Jaasiel, son of Abner. ²² Of Dan, Azarel, son of Jeroham. These, were the rulers of the tribes of Israel. ²³ But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under,––because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. ²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah, began to number, but finished not, when there arose, on this account, indignation against Israel,––neither did the number come up into the account of the chronicles of King David.

³ And Abijah began the war with a force of heroes of war, four hundred thousand chosen men,––and, Jeroboam, set in array against him to battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, heroes of valour.

¹⁰ But, as for us, Yahweh, is our God, and we have not forsaken him,––and, the priests who are waiting upon Yahweh, are sons of Aaron, with Levites in the work;

¹³ and, much business, had he, throughout the cities of Judah,––but, the men of war, the heroes of valour, were in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And, these, are the numbers of them, by their ancestral house,––To Judah, pertained rulers of thousands, Adnah the chief, and, with him, mighty men of valour, three hundred thousand;

¹⁴ And, these, are the numbers of them, by their ancestral house,––To Judah, pertained rulers of thousands, Adnah the chief, and, with him, mighty men of valour, three hundred thousand;

¹⁴ And, these, are the numbers of them, by their ancestral house,––To Judah, pertained rulers of thousands, Adnah the chief, and, with him, mighty men of valour, three hundred thousand; ¹⁵ and, under his direction, was Jehohanan the chief,––and, with him, two hundred and eighty thousand;

¹⁵ and, under his direction, was Jehohanan the chief,––and, with him, two hundred and eighty thousand;

¹⁵ and, under his direction, was Jehohanan the chief,––and, with him, two hundred and eighty thousand; ¹⁶ and, under his direction, Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh,––and, with him, two hundred thousand heroes of valour.

¹⁶ and, under his direction, Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh,––and, with him, two hundred thousand heroes of valour.

¹⁶ and, under his direction, Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh,––and, with him, two hundred thousand heroes of valour. ¹⁷ And, out of Benjamin, a hero of valour, Eliada,––and, with him, armed with bow and buckler, two hundred thousand;

¹⁷ And, out of Benjamin, a hero of valour, Eliada,––and, with him, armed with bow and buckler, two hundred thousand;

¹⁷ And, out of Benjamin, a hero of valour, Eliada,––and, with him, armed with bow and buckler, two hundred thousand; ¹⁸ and, under his direction, Jehozabad,––and, with him, a hundred and eighty thousand, equipped for war.

¹⁸ and, under his direction, Jehozabad,––and, with him, a hundred and eighty thousand, equipped for war. ¹⁹ These, were they who were waiting upon the king,––besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities, throughout all Judah.

¹¹ And it came to pass that Uzziah had a force ready to make war, to go forth as a host in company, by the number of their reckoning, under the direction of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the officer,––under the direction of Hananiah, from among the captains of the king. ¹² The whole number of the ancestral chiefs pertaining to the heroes of valour, was two thousand and six hundred; ¹³ and, under their direction, was the force of a host, three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, ready to make war, with the strength of a force,––for helping the king against an enemy.

⁵⁹ And, these, were they who came up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsha, Cherub, Addan, Immer; but they could not tell their ancestral house, nor their seed, whether, of Israel, they were:

²⁵ and weighed unto them, the silver and the gold, and the utensils,––the heave–offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his rulers and all Israel who were present, had offered: ²⁶ I even weighed unto their hand, of silver, six hundred and fifty talents, and, of utensils of silver, a hundred talents,––of gold, a hundred talents; ²⁷ and, bowls of gold, twenty, of a thousand drams,––and, utensils of fine bright bronze, two, precious as gold. ²⁸ Then said I unto them, Ye, are hallowed unto Yahweh, and, the utensils, are hallowed,––and, the silver and the gold, are a freewill offering, unto Yahweh, God of your fathers: ²⁹ Watch and guard, until ye weigh [them] before the rulers of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral rulers of Israel, in Jerusalem,––in the chambers of the house of Yahweh. ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites accepted the weight of the silver and the gold, and the utensils,––to bring to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.

³³ And, on the fourth day, was weighed––the silver and the gold and the utensils, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and, with him, was Eleazar son of Phinehas,––and, with them, were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, Levites: ³⁴ by the number and by the weight of the whole,––and all the weight, was written down, at that time.

⁶¹ And, these, are they who came up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer,––but they could not tell their ancestral house, nor their seed, whether, of Israel, they were:

⁸ And, the Levites, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah,––over the choirs, he and his brethren;

²² The Levites––in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded as ancestral chiefs,––also the priests, unto the reign of Darius the Persian.

⁴⁷ Now, all Israel––in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, used to give the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, the need of a day upon its day,––and they hallowed them unto the Levites, and, the Levites, hallowed them unto the sons of Aaron.

⁵ so he prepared him a large chamber, where aforetime they used to lay the meal–offering, the frankincense, and the utensils, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine and the oil, in charge of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers,––and the heave–offerings for the priests.

¹⁰ Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them], ––so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field. ¹¹ Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place. ¹² Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries; ¹³ and I made treasurers over the treasuries––Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah,––for faithful were they accounted, and it was [laid] upon them to distribute unto their brethren.

²² And I gave word to the Levites, that they should be purifying themselves and coming in, as keepers of the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. This also, remember to me, O my God, and have pity upon me, according to the abundance of thy lovingkindness.

⁴ Whither have come up the tribes, The tribes of Yah, A testimony to Israel, To give thanks unto the Name of Yahweh:

³¹ The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And, the priests, tread down, by their means, And, my people, love it, so,––What then can ye do, as to her latter end?

¹⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Concerning the prophets,––Behold me! Feeding them with wormwood, And I will cause them to drink poisoned water,––For, from the prophets of Jerusalem, hath there gone forth profanity unto all the land.

² Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,––whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age–past time.

² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob, begat Judah and his brethren;

² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob, begat Judah and his brethren; ³ And Judah begat Perez and Zarah of Tamah, and Perez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram; ⁴ And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nashon, and Nashon begat Salmon; ⁵ And Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse;

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.

³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz,––of Salmon, of Nashon:

³ To him, the porter openeth, and, the sheep, unto his voice, hearken: and, his own sheep, he calleth by name, and leadeth them forth.

²⁸ Be taking heed unto yourselves, and unto all the little flock in which the Holy Spirit hath set, you, as overseers,––to be shepherding the assembly of God which he hath acquired through means of the blood of his own. ²⁹ I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock; ³⁰ and, from among your own selves, will arise men speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. ³¹ Wherefore, be on the watch, remembering that, for three years, night and day, I gave myself no rest, with tears, admonishing each one.

¹³ While I am coming, be giving heed––to the reading, to the exhorting, to the teaching: ¹⁴ Be not careless of the gift of favour, that is in thee, which was given thee through means of prophesying, along with a laying on of the hands of the eldership. ¹⁵ These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all: ¹⁶ Be giving heed to thyself, and to thy teaching,––abide still in them; for, this doing, both, thyself, shalt thou save, and them that hearken to thee.

² Proclaim the word, take thy position––in season, out of season,––convince, rebuke, encourage,––with all long–suffering and teaching.

³ Without father, without mother, without pedigree, having, neither beginning of days, nor of life an end, but made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest evermore.

⁶ But, he who deriveth not his pedigree from among them, hath taken tithes of Abraham. And, the holder of the promises, hath he blessed.

¹¹ By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,––seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised; ¹² Wherefore, even from one, were born, and, as to these things, one who had become dead,––like the stars of the heaven, for multitude, and as the sand that is by the lip of the sea, that cannot be numbered.

⁴ And I heard the number of the sealed,––a hundred and forty–four thousand,––sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:––

⁴ And I heard the number of the sealed,––a hundred and forty–four thousand,––sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:––

⁴ And I heard the number of the sealed,––a hundred and forty–four thousand,––sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:–– ⁵ Of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed, of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,

⁵ Of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed, of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,

⁵ Of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed, of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand, ⁶ Of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,

⁶ Of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,

⁶ Of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand, ⁷ Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,

⁷ Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,

⁷ Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand, ⁸ Of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand, sealed.

⁸ Of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand, sealed.

⁸ Of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand, sealed.

⁸ Of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand, sealed. ⁹ After these things, I saw, and lo! a great multitude,––which, to number it! no one was able,––of every nation, and [of all] tribes, and peoples, and tongues; standing before the throne, and before the Lamb; arrayed in white robes, and palm–branches in their hands; ––

⁹ After these things, I saw, and lo! a great multitude,––which, to number it! no one was able,––of every nation, and [of all] tribes, and peoples, and tongues; standing before the throne, and before the Lamb; arrayed in white robes, and palm–branches in their hands; –– ¹⁰ and they cry out with a loud voice, saying––Salvation unto our God who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb! ¹¹ And, all the messengers, were standing round about the throne and the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell down before the throne upon their faces, and rendered homage unto God, ¹² saying––Amen! The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the might,––be unto our God, unto the ages of ages. [Amen]!
¹³ And one of the elders began, saying unto me––These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they? and whence came they? ¹⁴ And I at once said to him––My lord! thou, knowest! And he said unto me––These, are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb; ¹⁵ For this cause, are they before the throne of God, and are rendering divine service unto him, day and night, in his sanctuary; and he that sitteth upon the throne shall spread his tent over them; ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither in any wise shall the sun fall upon them, nor any burning heat; ¹⁷ Because, the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne, shall shepherd them, and shall lead them unto life’s fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear out of their eyes.