Numbers 3 Cross References - Rotherham

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. 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. 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; 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. 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. 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. 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; 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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: ⁵⁰ from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, took he the silver,––a thousand, three hundred, and sixty–five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, ⁵¹ And Moses gave the redemption silver to Aaron and to his sons, at the bidding of Yahweh,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

⁴ These, are the geneses of the heavens and the earth, when they were created,––in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens.

¹ This, is the record of the generations of Adam,––In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he, him;

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

²¹ And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them waggons, at the bidding of Pharaoh,––and gave them provisions for the way:

¹¹ And, the sons of Levi,––Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

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.

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.

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.

¹⁹ And, the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. These, are the families of the Levites, by their generations. ²⁰ So then, Amram took Jochebed, his father’s sister, to himself to wife, and she bare to him––Aaron and Moses. And, the years of the life of Amram, were a hundred and thirty–seven.

²³ And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to himself to wife,––and she bare to him––Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁷ They who were to speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt: The same, Moses and Aaron.

²⁹ And it came to pass, at midnight, that Yahweh, smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat upon his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the pit of his prison,––and every firstborn of beasts. ³⁰ Then rose up Pharaoh by night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there arose a great outcry throughout Egypt,––for there was not a house, where there was not one dead.

² Hallow to me every firstborn, that which any female first beareth, among the sons of Israel, among men and among beasts,––mine, it is.

¹² that thou shalt set apart whatsoever is born first, to Yahweh; and, of all firstlings of beasts which thou shalt have, the males, shall pertain to Yahweh. ¹³ But, every firstling of an ass, shalt thou redeem with a lamb or, if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck,––but, every firstborn of men among thy sons, shalt thou redeem.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had shown himself too hardened to let us go, then did Yahweh slay every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of men, even unto the firstborn of beasts. For this cause, am, I, sacrificing to Yahweh whatsoever is born first, of the males, and, every firstborn of my sons, must I redeem.

²⁹ Thy fulness and thine outflow, shalt thou not delay,––the firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou give to me.

⁵ and he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they caused to go up, ascending–sacrifices,––and slew peace–offerings to Yahweh, of oxen. ⁶ Then took Moses, half of the blood, and put it in basins, and, half of the blood, dashed he over the altar;

⁹ according to all that, I, am shewing thee, the pattern of the habitation, and the pattern of all the furnishings thereof, even so, shall ye make it.
¹⁰ And they shall make an ark of acacia wood,––two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof. ¹¹ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without, shalt thou overlay it,––and thou shalt make thereon a rim of gold, round about. ¹² And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and shalt put [them] on the four feet thereof,––even two rings on the one side thereof, and two rings, on the other side thereof. ¹³ And thou shalt make staves, of acacia wood,––and shalt overlay them, with gold. ¹⁴ And thou shalt bring in the staves, into the rings, on the sides of the ark,––to bear the ark therewith. ¹⁵ In the rings of the ark, shall remain the staves,––they shall not be removed therefrom. ¹⁶ And thou shalt put into the ark,––the testimony which I will give unto thee. ¹⁷ And thou shalt make a propitiatory, of pure gold,––two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubim, of gold,––of beaten work, shalt thou make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory. ¹⁹ And make thou one cherub out of this end, and the other cherub out of that end,––out of the propitiatory, shall ye make the cherubim, upon the two ends thereof. ²⁰ And the cherubim shall be spreading out two wings on high––making a shelter with their wings over the propitiatory, with their faces, one towards the other,––towards the propitiatory, shall be the faces of the cherubim. ²¹ And thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark, above,––and, in the ark, shalt thou put the testimony, which I will give unto thee. 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.
²³ And thou shalt make a table, of acacia wood,––two cubits, the length thereof, and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof, ²⁴ and thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,––and shalt make thereto a rim of gold, round about; ²⁵ and thou shalt make thereto a border of a handbreadth, round about,––and shalt make a rim of gold to the border thereof, round about; ²⁶ and thou shalt make to it four rings of gold,––and shalt place the rings, on the four corners which pertain to the four feet thereof: ²⁷ adjoining the border, shall be the rings,––as receptacles for the staves, for lifting the table; ²⁸ and thou shalt make the staves, of acacia wood, and shalt overlay them, with gold,––and the table shall be lifted therewith; ²⁹ and thou shalt make its dishes, and its pans, and its basins, and its bowls, for pouring out therewith,––of pure gold, shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt place upon the table––Presence–bread, before me continually.
³¹ And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold,––of beaten work, shall the lampstand be made, even its base and its shaft, its cups, its apples, and its blossoms, of the same, shall be; ³² with, six branches, coming out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand, out the one side thereof, and three branches of the lampstand, out of the other side thereof: ³³ three cups like almond–flowers, in the one branch––apple and blossom, and, three cups like almond–flowers, in the other branch––apple and blossom,––so, for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand. ³⁴ And, in the lampstand itself, four cups,––like almond–flowers––its apples, and its blossoms; ³⁵ and, an apple, under two branches, of the same, and, another apple, under two other branches, of the same, and, another apple, under two other branches, of the same,––for the six branches, coming out of the lampstand: ³⁶ their apples and their branches, of the same, shall be,––all of it, of one beaten work, of pure gold. ³⁷ And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven,––and one shall light up its lamps, and it shall give light, over against the face thereof. ³⁸ And, its snuffers, and its snuff–trays, of pure gold. ³⁹ With a talent of pure gold, shall he make it,––with all these vessels. ⁴⁰ And see thou, and make them,––by the pattern of them, which, thou, wast caused to behold in the mount.

¹ Also, the habitation, shalt thou make, with ten curtains,––of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and crimson, with cherubim, the work of a skilful weaver, shalt thou make them. ² The length of each curtain, twenty–eight cubits, and, the breadth, four cubits, of each curtain,––one measure, for all the curtains. ³ The five curtains, shall be joined, one to another, and, the other five curtains, joined, one to another. ⁴ And thou shalt make loops of blue, on the border of each curtain, at the edge of the set,––and, thus, shalt thou do in the border of the curtain, that is outmost in the second set: ⁵ fifty loops, shalt thou make, in the one curtain, and, fifty loops, shalt thou make, in the edge of the curtain which is in the second set,––the loops, being opposite, one to another. ⁶ And thou shalt make, fifty clasps of gold,––so shalt thou join the curtains, one to another, with the clasps, and thus shall the habitation be, one.
⁷ And thou shalt make curtains of goat’s hair, for a tent, over the habitation,––eleven curtains, shalt thou make them. ⁸ The length of each curtain, thirty cubits, and, the breadth, four cubits, of each curtain,––one measure, to the eleven curtains. ⁹ And thou shalt join the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves,––and thou shalt fold back the sixth curtain, in the forefront of the tent. ¹⁰ And thou shalt make fifty loops on the border of the one curtain, that is outmost in the set,––and fifty loops on the border of the curtain, of the second set. ¹¹ And thou shalt make fifty clasps of bronze,––and bring the clasps into the loops, so shalt thou join the tent, and it shall be, one. ¹² And, the overplus that remaineth in the curtains of the tent,––the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over at the back of the habitation. ¹³ And, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth, in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall be hung over the sides of the habitation, on this side and on that side, to make a covering. ¹⁴ And thou shalt make a covering, for the tent, of rams’ skins dyed red,––and a covering of badger’s skins, above.
¹⁵ And thou shalt make boards, for the habitation,––of acacia wood, to stand up: ¹⁶ ten cubits, the length of the board,––and, a cubit and a half cubit, the breadth of each board; ¹⁷ two tenons, to each board, united one to another,––thus, shalt thou make, for all the boards of the habitation. ¹⁸ So then thou shalt make the boards for the habitation,––twenty boards, on the south side, southwards. ¹⁹ And, forty sockets of silver, shalt thou make, under the twenty boards,––two sockets, under the one board, for its two tenons, and two sockets, under the next board, for its two tenons. ²⁰ And, on the second side of the habitation, towards the north, twenty boards; ²¹ and their forty sockets of silver,––two sockets, under the one board, and, two sockets, under the next board. ²² And, for the hinderpart of the habitation, westward, shalt thou make six boards. ²³ And, two boards, shalt thou make, for the corners of the habitation,––in the hinderpart: ²⁴ that they may be double beneath, and, at the same time, they shall be entire on the top thereof, into each ring,––thus, shall it be for them both, for the two corners, shall they be. ²⁵ So shall they be eight boards, and, their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets,––two sockets, under the one board, and, two sockets, under the next board. ²⁶ And thou shalt make bars, of acacia wood,––five, for the boards of the one side of the habitation, ²⁷ and, five bars, for the boards of the other side of the habitation, and, five bars, for the boards of the side of the habitation, at the hinderpart, westward; ²⁸ with the middle bar, in the midst of the boards,––running along from end to end. ²⁹ And, the boards, shalt thou overlay with gold, and, their rings, shalt thou make of gold, as receptacles for the bars,––and thou shalt overlay the bars, with gold.

³¹ And thou shalt make a veil, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen,––of the work of a skilful weaver, shall it be made, with cherubim; ³² and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia, overlaid with gold, with their hooks of gold,––upon four sockets of silver.

³² and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia, overlaid with gold, with their hooks of gold,––upon four sockets of silver. ³³ And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps,––and shalt bring in thither, within the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a division for you, between the holy [place] and the most holy.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a screen, for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen,––the work of an embroiderer. ³⁷ And thou shalt make, for the screen, five pillars of acacia, and shalt overlay them with gold, and their hooks [shall be] of gold,––and thou shalt cast for them, five sockets of bronze.

³⁷ And thou shalt make, for the screen, five pillars of acacia, and shalt overlay them with gold, and their hooks [shall be] of gold,––and thou shalt cast for them, five sockets of bronze.

¹ And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood,––of five cubits length, and five cubits breadth, four square, shall the altar be, and three cubits the height thereof. ² And thou shalt make its horns upon its four corners, of the same, shall be its horns,––and thou shalt overlay it with copper. ³ And thou shalt make its pans for removing its ashes, and its shovels, and its sprinkling bowls, and its flesh–hooks, and its fire–pans,––all its vessels, shalt thou make of bronze. ⁴ And thou shalt make to it a grating, a network of bronze,––and thou shalt make, upon the network, four rings of bronze, upon the four corners thereof. ⁵ And thou shalt place it under the margin of the altar, beneath,––so shall the network reach unto the midst of the altar. ⁶ And thou shalt make staves, for the altar, staves of acacia wood,––and shalt overlay them with copper. ⁷ And the staves shall be brought into the rings,––so shall the staves be on the two sides of the altar, in lifting it: ⁸ Hollow, with boards, shalt thou make it,––as it was showed thee in the mount, so, shall they make it.
⁹ And thou shalt make the court of the habitation,––on the south side southward, hangings for the court, of fine–twined linen, a hundred cubits in length, to the one side;

⁹ And thou shalt make the court of the habitation,––on the south side southward, hangings for the court, of fine–twined linen, a hundred cubits in length, to the one side; ¹⁰ and the pillars thereof, twenty, with their sockets twenty, of bronze,––and the hooks of the pillars and their cross–rods, of silver.

¹⁰ and the pillars thereof, twenty, with their sockets twenty, of bronze,––and the hooks of the pillars and their cross–rods, of silver. ¹¹ And, so, for the north side, in length, hangings, a hundred cubits,––and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their cross–rods of silver.

¹¹ And, so, for the north side, in length, hangings, a hundred cubits,––and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their cross–rods of silver. ¹² And, the breadth of the court, on the west side, hangings, fifty cubits,––their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

¹² And, the breadth of the court, on the west side, hangings, fifty cubits,––their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. ¹³ And, the breadth of the court, on the east side eastward, fifty cubits;

¹³ And, the breadth of the court, on the east side eastward, fifty cubits; ¹⁴ and fifteen cubits, the hangings for the side–piece,––their pillars three, and their sockets three;

¹⁴ and fifteen cubits, the hangings for the side–piece,––their pillars three, and their sockets three; ¹⁵ and, for the second side–piece, fifteen hangings,––their pillars three, and their sockets three.

¹⁵ and, for the second side–piece, fifteen hangings,––their pillars three, and their sockets three. ¹⁶ And, for the gate of the court, a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen, the work of an embroiderer,––their pillars four, and their sockets four.

¹⁶ And, for the gate of the court, a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen, the work of an embroiderer,––their pillars four, and their sockets four. ¹⁷ All the pillars of the court round about, to be joined with cross–rods of silver, and their hooks of silver,––and their sockets of bronze. ¹⁸ The length of the court, a hundred cubits, and, the breadth, fifty throughout, and, the height, five cubits, of fine–twined linen,––and their sockets, of bronze. ¹⁹ All the utensils of the habitation, throughout all the service thereof,––and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, of bronze.

¹ Thou thyself, therefore, bring near unto thee––Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, that they may minister as priests unto me,––Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.

⁴¹ And thou shalt clothe therewith, Aaron thy brother, and his sons, with him,––and shalt anoint them, and install them, and hallow them, so shall they minister as priests unto me.

¹ And, this, is the thing which thou shalt do to them, to hallow them, that they may minister as priests unto me,––Take one young bullock, and two rams, without defect; ² and bread unleavened, and cakes unleavened with oil poured over, and wafers unleavened, anointed with oil,––of fine wheaten meal, shalt thou make them; ³ and thou shalt place them in one basket, and bring them near in the basket,––and the bullock, and the two rams. ⁴ And, Aaron and his sons, shalt thou bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,––and shalt bathe them in water. ⁵ And thou shalt take the garments, and clothe Aaron––with the tunic, and with the robe of the ephod, and with the ephod, and with the breastpiece,––and shalt gird him, with the curious band of the ephod; ⁶ and shalt put the turban upon his head,––and place the holy crown upon the turban. ⁷ Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour upon his head,––so shalt thou anoint him. ⁸ His sons also, shalt thou bring near,––and clothe them with tunics; ⁹ and thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and twist round for them caps, so shall they have priesthood, by a statute age–abiding,––so shalt thou install, Aaron and his sons.

⁹ and thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and twist round for them caps, so shall they have priesthood, by a statute age–abiding,––so shalt thou install, Aaron and his sons. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring near the bullock, before the tent of meeting,––and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullock; ¹¹ then shalt thou slay the bullock before Yahweh,––at the opening of the tent of meeting: ¹² and thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and place upon the horns of the altar, with thy finger,––and, all the remaining blood, shalt thou pour out at the foundation of the altar; ¹³ and thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inner part, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, with the fat which is upon them, and burn as incense on the altar: ¹⁴ but, the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn up with fire, outside the camp,––a sin–bearer, it is. ¹⁵ One ram also, shalt thou take,––and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands, upon the head of the ram; ¹⁶ then shalt thou slay the ram,––and take its blood, and dash upon the altar, round about; ¹⁷ but, the ram itself, shalt thou cut up into its pieces,––and shalt bathe its inner part, and its legs, and lay upon its pieces, and upon its head; ¹⁸ and shalt burn the whole ram as incense on the altar, an ascending–sacrifice, it is to Yahweh,––a satisfying odour, an altar–flame to Yahweh, it is. ¹⁹ Then shalt thou take the second ram,––and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands, upon the head of the ram; ²⁰ then shalt thou slay the ram, and take of its blood, and place upon the tip of the ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the ear of his sons––the right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot,––and shalt dash the blood upon the altar, round about. ²¹ Then shalt thou take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons, with him,––so shall he be hallowed––he, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons, with him. ²² Then shalt thou take from the ram––the fat and the fat–tail, and the fat that covereth the inner part, and the caul of the liver and the two kidneys, with the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder,––for, a ram of installation, it is,–– ²³ and one round–cake of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer,––out of the basket of unleavened cakes, which is before Yahweh; ²⁴ and shalt lay the whole, upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons,––then shalt thou wave them to and fro, as a wave–offering, before Yahweh; ²⁵ and shalt take them from their hand, and burn them as incense on the altar, upon the ascending–sacrifice,––as a satisfying odour, before Yahweh, an altar–flame, it is to Yahweh. ²⁶ Then shalt thou take the breast from the ram of installation, which is for Aaron, and shalt wave it as a wave–offering, before Yahweh,––so shall it be thy share. ²⁷ And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave–offering, and the shoulder of the heave–offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up,––from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons; ²⁸ so shall it belong to Aaron and to his sons, for an age–abiding statute, from the sons of Israel, for, a heave–offering, it is,––and, a heave–offering, shall it remain, from the sons of Israel, out of their peace–offerings, their heave–offering to Yahweh. ²⁹ And, the holy garments which belong to Aaron, shall belong to his sons, after him,–to be anointed therein, and to be installed therein. ³⁰ Seven days, shall they be put on by him, from among his sons who is priest in his stead,––by him who goeth into the tent of meeting, to minister in the holy place. ³¹ And, the ram of installation, shalt thou take,––and shalt boil its flesh, in a holy place; ³² and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket,––at the opening of the tent of meeting: ³³ thus shall they eat those things wherewith a propitiatory–covering hath been made, to install them, to hallow them,––but, a stranger, shall not eat, for, holy, they are. ³⁴ And, if there be left over of the flesh of installation, or of the bread, until the morning, then shalt thou burn up what is left over, in the fire, it shall not be eaten, for, holy, it is. ³⁵ So then thou shalt do for Aaron and for his sons, in this manner, according to all which I have commanded, thee,––seven days, shalt thou install them. ³⁶ And, a sin–bearing bullock, shalt thou offer daily, for them who are to be covered by propitiation, and shalt make a sin–cleansing for the altar, when thou puttest a propitiatory–covering thereon,––and shalt anoint it, to hallow it. ³⁷ Seven days, shalt thou put a propitiatory–covering over the altar, and so shalt hallow it,––thus shall the altar become most holy; whosoever toucheth the altar, must be holy.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense,––of acacia wood, shalt thou make it: ² a cubit, the length thereof, and a cubit, the breadth thereof, four square, shall it be,––and two cubits, the height thereof, of the same, [shall be] the horns thereof. ³ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,––and thou shalt make to it a border of gold, round about. ⁴ And, two rings of gold, shalt thou make to it, under the border thereof, upon the two corners thereof, shalt thou make them on the two sides thereof,––so shall they become receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith. ⁵ And thou shalt make the staves, of acacia wood,––and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt place it before the veil, which is by the ark of the testimony,––before the propitiatory which is upon the testimony, where I will meet thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense,––morning by morning, when he trimmeth the lamps, shall he burn it; ⁸ and, when Aaron lighteth the lamps, between the evenings, shall he burn it,––a continual incense before Yahweh, to your generations. ⁹ Ye shall not cause to ascend thereupon strange incense, nor an ascending–sacrifice, nor a meal–offering,––and, a drink offering, shall ye not pour out thereupon. ¹⁰ But Aaron shall put a propitiatory–covering upon the horns thereof, once in the year: of the blood of the sin–bearer for propitiatory–coverings, once in the year, shall he put a propitiatory–covering thereupon, to your generations, most holy, it is to Yahweh.

¹³ This, shall they give––every one that passeth over to them that have been numbered––a half–shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––the shekel is, twenty gerahs––the half–shekel, shall be a heave–offering to Yahweh.

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ² See, I have called by name, Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; ³ and have filled him with the Spirit of God,––in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; ⁴ to devise skilful designs,––to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze; ⁵ and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the carving of wood,––to work in all manner of workmanship. ⁶ I myself, therefore, lo! I have given with him––Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and, in the heart of every one that is wise–hearted, have I put wisdom,––so shall they make all that I have commanded thee:–– ⁷ the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony; and the propitiatory which is thereupon,––and all the utensils of the tent; ⁸ and the table, and its utensils, and the pure lampstand, and all its utensils,––and the incense altar; ⁹ and the altar for the ascending–sacrifice, and all its utensils, and the laver, and its stand; ¹⁰ and the cloths of variegated stuff, and the holy garments, for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for ministering as priests; ¹¹ and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, for the holy place, according to all which I have commanded thee, shall they do.
¹² Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying–– ¹³ Thou thyself, therefore, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––Surely, my sabbaths, shall ye keep,––for, a sign, it is betwixt me and you, to your generations, that ye may know that, I––Yahweh, do hallow you. ¹⁴ Therefore shall ye keep the sabbath, for, holy, it is unto you,––he that profaneth it, shall be, surely put to death; verily, whosoever doeth, therein, any work, that soul shall be cut off, from the midst of its people: ¹⁵ Six days, shall work be done, but, on the seventh day, is a holy sabbath–keeping of rest, unto Yahweh,––whosoever doeth work on the sabbath day, shall be, surely put to death. ¹⁶ Therefore shall the sons of Israel keep the sabbath,––by making it a Day of Rest to your generations, as an age–abiding covenant: ¹⁷ between me and the sons of Israel, a sign, it is, unto times age–abiding,––for, in six days, did Yahweh make the heavens and the earth, and, on the seventh day, he rested, and was refreshed. 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.

¹⁹ Every one that is the first to be born, is mine,––and every one of thy cattle that is born a male, firstling of oxen or sheep.

¹¹ the habitation, its tent, and its covering,––its clasps, its boards, and its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

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

⁸ Then did all the wise–hearted among the workers of the material, make the habitation, of ten curtains,––of fine–twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson, with cherubim, the work of the skilful weaver, did he make them. ⁹ The length of each curtain, was twenty–eight cubits, and, the breadth, four cubits, for each curtain,––one measure, had all the curtains. ¹⁰ And he joined the [first] five curtains, one to another,––and, the [other] five curtains, joined he one to another. ¹¹ And he made loops of blue, upon the border of the first curtain, at the edge of the set,––thus, made he in the border of the other curtain, at the edge of the second set: ¹² Fifty loops, made he in the first, curtain, and, fifty loops, made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second, set,––the loops being, opposite, one to another. ¹³ And he made fifty clasps of gold,––and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps, and so the habitation became, one.
¹⁴ And he made curtains of goat’s–hair, for the tent, over the habitation,––eleven curtains, did he make them: ¹⁵ the length of each curtain, was thirty cubits, and, four cubits, was the breath of each curtain,––one measure, had the eleven curtains. ¹⁶ And he joined five of the curtains by themselves,––and the six curtains, by themselves. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops upon the border of the curtain that was outmost in the one set and, fifty loops, made he upon the border of the curtain of the second set. ¹⁸ And he made fifty clasps of bronze,––to join together the tent, that it might become one. ¹⁹ And he made a covering to the tent, of rams’ skins, dyed red,––and a covering of badgers’ skins, above. ²⁰ And he made the boards, for the habitation,––of acacia wood, for standing up: ²¹ ten cubits, the length of each board,––and, a cubit and a half, the breadth of each board: ²² two tenons to each board, united one to another,––thus, made he for all the boards of the habitation. ²³ And he made the boards for the habitation,––twenty boards, for the south side southwards; ²⁴ and, forty sockets of silver, made he, under the twenty boards,––two sockets, under the first, board, for its two tenons, and, two sockets, under the next, board, for its two tenons. ²⁵ And, for the second side of the habitation, to the north quarter, made he twenty boards; ²⁶ and their forty sockets of silver,––two sockets, under the first board, and, two sockets, under the next board. ²⁷ And, for the hinder part of the habitation, westward, made he six boards; ²⁸ and, two boards, made he for the corners of the habitation,––in the hinderpart. ²⁹ Thus were they to be double beneath, and, at the same time, should they be entire, at the top thereof, into each ring, thus, did he for them both, for the two corners. ³⁰ Thus were there to be eight boards, and, their sockets of silver, were sixteen sockets, two sockets apiece under each board. ³¹ And he made bars, of acacia wood,––five, for the boards of the first side of the habitation, ³² and, five bars, for the boards of the other, side of the habitation,––and, five bars, for the boards of the habitation at the hinderpart westward. ³³ And he made the middle bar,––to run along in the midst of the boards, from end to end. ³⁴ And, the boards, overlaid he with gold, and, their rings, made he of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.
³⁵ And he made the veil, of blue and purple and crimson, and fine–twined linen,––of the work of a skilful weaver, made he it, with cherubim. ³⁶ And he made for it––four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks of gold,––and cast for them, four sockets of silver.

³⁶ And he made for it––four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks of gold,––and cast for them, four sockets of silver. ³⁷ And he made a screen for the opening of the tent, of blue and purple and crimson and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; ³⁸ and the five pillars thereof, and their hooks, and he overlaid their capitals and their cross–rods, with gold, but, their five sockets, were of bronze.

¹ And Bezaleel made the ark, of acacia wood,––two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof; ² and he overlaid it with pure gold, within and without,––and made for it a rim of gold, round about; ³ and he cast for it four rings of gold, upon the four feet thereof,––even, two rings, on the one side thereof and, two rings, on the other side thereof; ⁴ and he made staves of acacia wood,––and overlaid them with gold; ⁵ and he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark,––for lifting the ark. ⁶ And he made a propitiatory of pure gold,––two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof: ⁷ and he made two cherubim, of gold,––of beaten work, did he make them, out of the two ends of the propitiatory:

¹ And he made the altar for the ascending–sacrifice, of acacia wood,––five cubits, the length thereof, and, five cubits, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and, three cubits, the height thereof. ² And he made the horns thereof, upon the four corners thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof,––and he overlaid it with bronze. ³ And he made all the utensils of the altar––the pans and the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls, the flesh–hooks and the fire–pans,––all the utensils thereof, made he of bronze. ⁴ And he made to the altar a grating, of network of bronze,––under the margin thereof beneath, as far as the midst thereof. ⁵ And he cast four rings in the four corners, to the grating of bronze,––as receptacles for the staves. ⁶ And he made the staves of acacia wood,––and overlaid them with bronze. ⁷ And he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the altar, to lift it therewith,––hollow with boards, did he make it.

⁹ And he made the court,––on the south side southward, the hangings of the court, of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; ¹⁰ their pillars, twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze,––the hooks of the pillars and their connecting–rods, of silver: ¹¹ and, on the north side, a hundred cubits, their pillars, twenty, and, their sockets, twenty, of bronze,––the hooks of the pillars and their connecting–rods, of silver. ¹² And, on the west side, hangings, fifty cubits, their pillars, ten, and, their sockets, ten,––and, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting–rods, of silver. ¹³ And, on the east side towards the dawn, fifty cubits: ¹⁴ hangings, fifteen cubits, for the side–piece,––their pillars, three, and, their sockets, three; ¹⁵ and, for the second, sidepiece, on this side and on that, of the gate of the court, hangings, fifteen cubits,––their pillars, three, and, their sockets, three. ¹⁶ All the hangings of the court, round about, were of fine twined linen. ¹⁷ And, the sockets for the pillars, were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars, and their connecting–rods, of silver,––and, the overlaying of their capitals, was silver,––and, they themselves, were filleted with silver, even all the pillars of the court. ¹⁸ And, the screen of the gate of the court, was the work of an embroiderer, blue and purple and crimson, and fine–twined linen,––and, twenty cubits, in length, and, the height, according to the breadth, of five cubits, to match the curtains of the court; ¹⁹ and, their pillars, were four, and, their sockets, four, of bronze,––their hooks, of silver, and, the overlaying of their capitals, and their connecting–rods, of silver. ²⁰ And, all the pins for the habitation, and for the court round about, of bronze.

³³ And they brought in the habitation, unto Moses, the tent, and all its furniture,––its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its sockets;

³³ And they brought in the habitation, unto Moses, the tent, and all its furniture,––its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its sockets; ³⁴ and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins,––and the screening veil; ³⁵ the ark of the testimony, with its staves,––and the propitiatory; ³⁶ the table, all its utensils, and the Presence–bread; ³⁷ the pure lampstand, the lamps thereof, the lamps to be put in order, and all the utensils thereof,––and the oil for giving light; ³⁸ and the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the fragrant incense,––and the screen for the opening of the tent; ³⁹ the altar of bronze, and the grating of bronze which pertaineth thereto, the staves thereof, and all the utensils thereof,––the laver, and its stand, ⁴⁰ the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins,––and all the utensils for the service of the habitation, for the tent of meeting; ⁴¹ them cloths of variegated stuff, for ministering in the sanctuary,––the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for ministering as priests. ⁴² According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel make all the work.

² On the first day of the month, in the first month, shalt thou rear the habitation, of the tent of meeting; ³ and thou shalt put therein, the ark of the testimony,––and shalt screen the ark, with the veil; ⁴ and thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order what is to be arranged thereupon,––and thou shalt bring in the lampstand, and mount the lamps thereof; ⁵ and thou shalt place the altar of gold, for incense, before the ark of the testimony,––and put up the screen for the opening of the habitation; ⁶ and thou shalt place the altar for the ascending–sacrifice,––before the opening of the habitation of the tent of meeting; ⁷ and thou shalt place the laver between the tent of meeting, and the altar,––and shalt put, therein, water, ⁸ And thou shalt put up the court, round about,––and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. ⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the habitation, and all that is therein,––and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof, so shall it be holy. ¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of ascending sacrifice, and all its utensils,––and hallow the altar, so shall the altar, be most holy: ¹¹ and thou shalt anoint the laver, and its stand,––and shalt hallow it. ¹² And thou shalt bring near Aaron, and his sons, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,––and shalt bathe them in the water; ¹³ and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments,––and shalt anoint, him and hallow him, so shall he minister as priest unto me.

¹³ and thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments,––and shalt anoint, him and hallow him, so shall he minister as priest unto me. ¹⁴ His sons also, shalt thou bring near,––and shalt clothe them with tunics; ¹⁵ and shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me,––so shall their anointing remain to them, for an age–abiding priesthood, to their generations.

¹⁵ and shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister as priests unto me,––so shall their anointing remain to them, for an age–abiding priesthood, to their generations.
¹⁶ And Moses did,––according to all that Yahweh had commanded him, so, did he.

¹⁹ Then spread he abroad the tent upon the habitation, and put the covering of the tent upon it, above,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he put up the screen of the entrance pertaining to the habitation;

³⁰ And he put the laver, between the tent of meeting, and the altar,––and put therein water, for bathing;

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ² Take thou Aaron, and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil,––and the sin–bearing bullock, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened cakes; ³ and all the assembly, call thou together,––unto the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁴ And Moses did, as Yahweh commanded him,––and the assembly was called together, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁵ Then said Moses unto the assembly,––This, is the thing, which Yahweh hath commanded to be done. ⁶ So Moses brought near, Aaron and his sons,––and bathed them with water, ⁷ and put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the band, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and girded him with the curiously–woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him therewith; ⁸ and he put upon him the breastpiece,––and placed, in the breastpiece, the Lights and the Perfections; ⁹ and he put the turban upon his head,––and put upon the turban, on the forefront thereof, the burnished plate of gold––the holy crown, As Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹² and he poured of the anointing oil, upon the head of Aaron,––and anointed him, to hallow him.

³⁰ And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was upon the altar, and sprinkled upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons, with him,––and hallowed Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons, with him.

¹ Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, took each man his censer, and placed therein fire, and put thereon incense,––and brought near before Yahweh, strange fire, which he had not commanded them. ² Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,––and they died before Yahweh.

¹ And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying––

⁶ And, if it be from a month old, even unto five years old, then shall thine estimate be––for the male, five shekels of silver,––and, for the female, thine estimate [shall be] three shekels of silver.

²⁵ And, every estimate of thine, shall be by the holy shekel,––twenty gerahs, make the shekel.
²⁶ Only, the firstling which is born a firstling to Yahweh, among beasts, no man shall hallow it,––whether ox or sheep, unto Yahweh, it belongeth.

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

²¹ such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Reuben, forty–six thousand, and five hundred.

⁴⁷ But, the Levites, by the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered in their midst.

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.

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.

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;

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; ¹¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of him,––forty–six thousand, and five hundred.

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.

²⁵ the standard of the camp of Dan, northwards, by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai:

³³ But, the Levites, were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

⁵⁰ from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, took he the silver,––a thousand, three hundred, and sixty–five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, ⁵¹ And Moses gave the redemption silver to Aaron and to his sons, at the bidding of Yahweh,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

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; 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; 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; 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. 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; 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. 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.

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; 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; 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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

⁷ two of the waggons and four of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Gershon,––according to the need of their laborious work; ⁸ and, four of the waggons, and eight of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Merari,––according to the need of their laborious work, in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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

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

⁵ wine also for a drink–offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou offer with the ascending–offering or with the sacrifice,––for each, he–lamb. ⁶ Or, with a ram, thou shalt offer a meal–offering, of fine meal, two tenths,––overflowed with oil, the third of a hin; ⁷ wine also, for a drink–offering, the third of a hin, shalt thou bring near as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. ⁸ And, when thou wouldest offer a choice young bullock, as an ascending–offering or sacrifice,––for celebrating a vow, or as a peace–offering unto Yahweh, ⁹ then shall he bring near, with his choice young bullock, a meal–offering, of fine meal, three tenths,––overflowed with half a hin of oil; ¹⁰ wine also, shalt thou bring near for a drink–offering, half a hin,––for an altar–flame of satisfying odour, unto Yahweh. ¹¹ Thus and thus, shall it be done, for each ox, and for each ram,––and for each young one among the sheep, or among the goats: ¹² according to the number which ye shall offer, thus and thus, shall ye do for each one, according to their number. ¹³ Every one born in the land, thus and thus, shall offer these things,––when bringing near an altar–flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. ¹⁴ And, when there shall sojourn with you a sojourner, or one who is in your midst to your generations, and he would offer an altar–flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh, as ye offer, so, shall he, offer. ¹⁵ In the convocation, one statute, shall there be, for you, and for the sojourner who sojourneth,––an age–abiding statute, unto your generations, as ye are, so, the sojourner, shall be, before Yahweh: ¹⁶ one law and one regulation, shall there be, for yourselves, and for the sojourner that sojourneth with you. ¹⁷ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ¹⁸ Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,––When ye enter into the land whereinto, I, am bringing you, ¹⁹ then shall it be, when ye eat the bread of the land, that ye shall heave up a heave–offering unto Yahweh. ²⁰ Of the first of your meal, shall ye heave up, a cake, as a heave–offering,––like the heave–offering of grain, so, shall ye heave it. ²¹ Of the first of your meal, shall ye give unto Yahweh, a heave–offering,––unto your generations.
²² And, when ye shall make a mistake, and not observe all these commandments,––which Yahweh hath spoken unto Moses; ²³ even all that Yahweh hath given unto you in command, by the hand of Moses,––from the day that Yahweh gave command, and onward, unto your generations,

⁹ Is it too small a thing for you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself,––to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon them? ¹⁰ But, having brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, must ye seek, priesthood also? ¹¹ Wherefore, thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh,––But, Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?

¹⁵ Then was Moses very angry, and he said unto Yahweh, Do not thou have respect unto their meal–offering. Not one ass, from them, have I taken, neither have I wronged one of them.

³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. ⁶ I, therefore, lo! I have taken your brethren the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––unto you, as a gift, are they given, unto Yahweh, to do the laborious work of the tent of meeting.

⁶ I, therefore, lo! I have taken your brethren the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––unto you, as a gift, are they given, unto Yahweh, to do the laborious work of the tent of meeting. ⁷ But, thou and thy sons with thee, shall keep the charge of your priesthood, as to every matter of the altar, and as to the interior of the veil, and shall do the laborious work,––as a laborious service of gifts, do I give your priesthood, and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

⁷ But, thou and thy sons with thee, shall keep the charge of your priesthood, as to every matter of the altar, and as to the interior of the veil, and shall do the laborious work,––as a laborious service of gifts, do I give your priesthood, and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

¹⁵ every thing that is born first––of all flesh that may be offered unto Yahweh, among men and among beasts, shall be thine,––only thou shalt, redeem, the firstborn of men, and, the firstborn of unclean beasts, shalt thou redeem.

¹⁵ every thing that is born first––of all flesh that may be offered unto Yahweh, among men and among beasts, shall be thine,––only thou shalt, redeem, the firstborn of men, and, the firstborn of unclean beasts, shalt thou redeem. ¹⁶ And, as to the redemption price thereof, from a month old, shalt thou redeem, by thine estimate, five shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––twenty gerahs, it is.

¹⁶ And, as to the redemption price thereof, from a month old, shalt thou redeem, by thine estimate, five shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––twenty gerahs, it is.

²⁵ Take thou Aaron, and Eleazar his son,––and bring them up Mount Hor; ²⁶ and strip thou Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son,––and, Aaron, shall be withdrawn, and shall die there. ²⁷ And Moses did as Yahweh commanded,––and they went up into, Mount Hor, in sight of all the assembly. ²⁸ And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there, in the top of the mount,––and Moses and Eleazar came down out of the mount.

⁶ So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending–sacrifice,––he, and all the princes of Moab. ⁷ So he took up his parable and said,––From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel. ⁸ How can I revile one whom GOD, hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh, hath not raged? ⁹ Surely, from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him,––Lo! a people, who alone, doth dwell, And, among the nations, he doth not reckon himself. 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! ¹¹ Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast, kept on blessing. ¹² And he answered and said,––Was it not [to be so] that, whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?
¹³ Then said Balak unto him––Come, I pray thee, with me, unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but, all of him, shalt thou not see,––and so revile me him, from thence. ¹⁴ And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah,––and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar. ¹⁵ Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here, by thine ascending–sacrifice,––while, I, meet him yonder. ¹⁶ And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth,––and said––Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak. ¹⁷ So he came in unto him, and, there he was,––stationed by his ascending–sacrifice, and the princes of Moab, with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Yahweh spoken? ¹⁸ Then took he up his parable, and said,––Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me, son of Zippor! ¹⁹ GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor, a son of Adam, that he should repent,––Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast? ²⁰ Lo! to bless, have I received [command], ––And I will bless, nor will I take it back. ²¹ He hath not discovered trouble, in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel,––Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst: ²² GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are 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!

¹ And, when Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh, to bless Israel, he went not as at other times, to invoke enchantments,––but set, towards the desert, his face. ² So Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel, dwelling, according to his tribes,––then came upon him, the Spirit of God; ³ and he took up his parable, and said,––The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye; ⁴ The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, Who, the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who, falleth down, but hath unveiled eyes:–– ⁵ How pleasing are thy tents, O Jacob,––Thy habitations, O Israel: ⁶ Like ravines extended, Like gardens by a river,––Like aloe–trees Yahweh hath planted, Like cedars by waters: ⁷ He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters,––And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom. ⁸ GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his,––He eateth up nations that assail him, And, the bones of them, he breaketh, And, the loins of him, he crusheth: ⁹ He hath knelt––hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee, are each one blessed, But, such as curse thee, are each one cursed.
¹⁰ Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands,––and Balak said unto Balaam––To revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast, kept on blessing, these three times. ¹¹ Now, therefore, flee thou unto thy place,––I said, I will, highly honour, thee; but lo! Yahweh hath kept thee back from honour. ¹² And Balaam said unto Balak,––Was it not so, that, even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto me, I spake, saying–– ¹³ Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to do good or ill, out of my own heart,––what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak? ¹⁴ Now, therefore, behold me! going to my own people,––Come now! let me advise thee, what this people shall do unto thy people, in the afterpart of the days.
¹⁵ So he took up his parable and said,––The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye; ¹⁶ The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, And knowing the knowledge of the Most High,––Who, the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down, but hath unveiled eyes:–– ¹⁷ I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh,––There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Moab, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous; ¹⁸ So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes,––But, Israel, is doing valiantly; ¹⁹ Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob,––Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress. ²⁰ And, when he saw Amalek, he took up his parable, and said––The beginning of nations,––Amalek, But, his latter end, is even to perish. ²¹ And, when he saw the Kenite, he took up his parable, and said,––Enduring, thy dwelling–place, Set thou, then, in the crag, thy nest; ²² Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain,––How long shall Assyria hold thee captive? ²³ And he took up his parable, and said,––Alas! who shall survive its fulfillment by GOD; ²⁴ When, ships, [come] from the coast of the isles, And humble Assyria, and humble the Hebrew,––And he too, is even to perish? ²⁵ Then Balaam arose, and went, and returned unto his place,––and, Balak also, went his way.

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;

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.

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.

⁸ At that time, did Yahweh separate the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,––to stand before Yahweh, to wait upon him, and to bless in his name (until this day).

⁵ Then shall the priests, the sons of Levi, come near, for, of them, hath Yahweh thy God made choice, to wait upon him, and to bless, in the name of Yahweh,––and, at their bidding, shall be settled, every controversy and every punishment;

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;

¹ Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun,––and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons of Israel; ² and spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in,––with their pasture–lands for our cattle. ³ So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh,––these cities, with their pasture–lands. ⁴ And, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites––out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjamin––by lot, thirteen cities. ⁵ And, the sons of Kohath that remained, had––out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh––by lot, ten cities. ⁶ And, the sons of Gershon, had––out of families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe of Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan––by lot, thirteen cities. ⁷ The sons of Merari, by their families, had––out of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands,––as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.
⁹ Thus then they gave––out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon––these cities which are mentioned by name. ¹⁰ And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them,––because, theirs, was the first lot; ¹¹ yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah,––with the pasture land thereof, round about it; ¹² whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession. ¹³ But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof,––Libnah also, with her pasture lands; ¹⁴ and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land; ¹⁵ and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land; ¹⁶ and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth–shemesh, with her pasture land,––nine cities, out of these two tribes. ¹⁷ And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land,––Geba, with her pasture land; ¹⁸ Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land,––four cities. ¹⁹ All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands. ²⁰ And, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim,––also Gezer, with her pasture land; ²² and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth–horon, with her pasture land,––four cities. ²³ And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land,––Gibbethon, with her pasture land; ²⁴ Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath–rimmon, with her pasture land,––four cities. ²⁵ And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath–rimmon, with her pasture land,––two cities. ²⁶ All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained. ²⁷ And, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be–eshterah, with her pasture land,––two cities. ²⁸ And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land,––Daberath, with her pasture land; ²⁹ Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En–gannim, with her pasture land,––four cities. ³⁰ And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land; ³¹ Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land,––four cities. ³² And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayer––even Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth–dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land,––three cities. ³³ All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands. ³⁴ And, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land,––Kartah, with her pasture land; ³⁵ Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land,––four cities. ³⁶ And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land,––and Jahaz, with her pasture land; ³⁷ Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land,––four cities. ³⁸ And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer––even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land,––and Mahanaim, with her pasture land; ³⁹ Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land,––in all, four cities. ⁴⁰ All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities. ⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty–eight cities, with their pasture lands: ⁴² these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities.
⁴³ So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers,––and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein. ⁴⁴ And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers,––and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand. ⁴⁵ There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel,––the whole, came to pass.

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.

³ Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed––Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you. ⁴ And they said, Thou hast not oppressed us, neither hast thou crushed us,––neither hast thou taken, at the hand of any man, any thing.

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.

¹⁸ And the chief of the royal executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,––and the three keepers of the entrance hall;

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.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei.

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.

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:

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.

²⁹ the sons of Merari, Mahli,––Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son;

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.

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

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.

¹⁴ And, of the Levites, Shemaiah, son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

¹⁴ And, of the Levites, Shemaiah, son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal,––and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

¹⁵ and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal,––and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶ and Obadiah, son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun,––and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

¹⁶ and Obadiah, son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun,––and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ And, the keepers of the gates, were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,––and their brethren––Shallum the chief;

¹⁷ And, the keepers of the gates, were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,––and their brethren––Shallum the chief; ¹⁸ and, hitherto, they were in the gate of the king, eastward,––the same, were the keepers of the gate, for the camps of the sons of Levi.

¹⁸ and, hitherto, they were in the gate of the king, eastward,––the same, were the keepers of the gate, for the camps of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ And, Shallum, son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his brethren of his ancestral house––the Korahites, were over the business of the service, watchers at the vestibule of the tent,––and, their fathers, had been over the camp of Yahweh, watchers at the entrance.

¹⁹ And, Shallum, son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his brethren of his ancestral house––the Korahites, were over the business of the service, watchers at the vestibule of the tent,––and, their fathers, had been over the camp of Yahweh, watchers at the entrance. ²⁰ And, Phinehas son of Eleazar, was, chief ruler, over them aforetime, Yahweh, being with him.

²⁰ And, Phinehas son of Eleazar, was, chief ruler, over them aforetime, Yahweh, being with him. ²¹ Zechariah son of Meshelemiah, was door–keeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ²² All those who were chosen for door–keepers in the vestibule, were two hundred and twelve,––the same, in their villages, had registered themselves, the same, did David and Samuel the seer establish in their trust. ²³ So, they and their sons, were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, of the house of the tent, by watches. ²⁴ Towards the four winds, were the keepers of the gates,––eastward, westward, northward, and southward. ²⁵ And, their brethren in their villages, had to come in, every seven days, from time to time, along with these. ²⁶ For, in trust, were four mighty men of the keepers of the gates, the same, were Levites,––and they were over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷ And, round about the house of God, used they to lodge,––for, upon them, was the charge, and they were over the setting open, morning by morning. ²⁸ And, some from among them, were over the utensils of the service,––for, by number, used they to bring them in, and, by number, used they to take them forth. ²⁹ And, some from among them, were appointed over the utensils, yea over all the vessels of the holy place,––and over the fine meal, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And, some from among the sons of the priests, were compounders of perfumes, with the spices. ³¹ And, Mattithiah, from among the Levites,––the same, was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite––was in trust over the making of the flat cakes. ³² And, some from among the Kohathites, of their brethren, were over the Bread that was set in Array,––to place it sabbath by sabbath. ³³ These, also were the singers, ancestral chiefs of the Levites, in the chambers, free,––for, by day and by night, was there [a charge] upon them, in the business.

⁵ Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren, one hundred and twenty; ⁶ of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;

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

¹⁷ So the Levites caused to stand, Heman son of Joel, and, of his brethren, Asaph, son of Berechiah,––and, of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan, son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸ and, with them, their brethren of the second degree,––Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mickneiah, and Obed–edom and Jeiel, the door–keepers. ¹⁹ And, the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of bronze, were to sound aloud; ²⁰ and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah and Benaiah,––with harps, over the trebles; ²¹ and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel and Azaziah,––with lyres over the bass, to take the lead.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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 Now, the sons of Aaron, had their courses,––the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;

²⁷ the sons of Merari, of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri: ²⁸ of Mahli, Eleazar, who had no sons; ²⁹ of Kish––the sons of Kish, Jerameel; ³⁰ and, the sons of Mushi, Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These, were the sons of the Levites, belonging to their ancestral house.

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.

¹ To the courses of the door–keepers, pertained,––of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; ² and, Meshelemiah, had sons,––Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth; ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴ And, Obed–edom, had sons,––Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Josh the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth; ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai, the eighth,––for God had blessed him. ⁶ And, to Shemaiah his son, were born sons, who bare rule to their ancestral house,––for, heroes of valour, were they. ⁷ the sons of Shemaiah, were Othni and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were sons of valour,––Elihu, and Semachiah. ⁸ All these, were of the sons of Obed–edom, they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service,––sixty–two, pertaining to Obed–edom. ⁹ And, Meshelemiah, had sons, and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen. ¹⁰ And, Hosah of the sons of Merari, had sons,––Shimri the chief, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father, made him, chief. ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth,––all the sons and brethren of Hosah, were thirteen. ¹² To these, belonged the courses of door–keepers, to the chiefs of the strong men, belonged charges, equally with their brethren,––to be in attendance in the house of Yahweh. ¹³ Yea they cast lots, as the small so the great, by their ancestral house, for every several gate. ¹⁴ And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And, for Zechariah his son, a discreet counselor, they cast lots, and his lot came out, northward. ¹⁵ To Obed–edom, southward,––and, to his sons, the storehouse. ¹⁶ To Shuppim and to Hosah, westward, near the refuse–gate, in the causeway that goeth up,––one ward as well as another. ¹⁷ Eastward––daily, were six,––northward––daily, four, southward––daily, four, and, for the stores, two and two. ¹⁸ For the precinct––westward, four, at the causeway, two––by the precinct. ¹⁹ These, were the courses of the door–keepers, of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
²⁰ And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things.

²⁰ And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things.

²⁰ And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things.

²⁰ And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things. ²¹ The sons of Ladan––the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan––the ancestral chiefs belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli;

²¹ The sons of Ladan––the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan––the ancestral chiefs belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli;

²¹ The sons of Ladan––the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan––the ancestral chiefs belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli;

²¹ The sons of Ladan––the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan––the ancestral chiefs belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother who were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

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

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

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

²² the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother who were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³ Then came certain of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites.

²³ Then came certain of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites.

²³ Then came certain of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites.

²³ Then came certain of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries.

²⁴ And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries.

²⁴ And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries. ²⁵ And, his brethren pertaining to Eliezer, were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

²⁵ And, his brethren pertaining to Eliezer, were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶ The same Shelomoth and his brethren, were over all the treasuries of the hallowed things, which David the king and the ancestral chiefs, with the captains of thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had hallowed:

²⁶ The same Shelomoth and his brethren, were over all the treasuries of the hallowed things, which David the king and the ancestral chiefs, with the captains of thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had hallowed:

²⁶ The same Shelomoth and his brethren, were over all the treasuries of the hallowed things, which David the king and the ancestral chiefs, with the captains of thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had hallowed: ²⁷ out of the battles and out of the spoil, had they hallowed [them], ––to strengthen [the provision] for the house of Yahweh.

²⁷ out of the battles and out of the spoil, had they hallowed [them], ––to strengthen [the provision] for the house of Yahweh. ²⁸ And, all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, had hallowed, whosoever had hallowed anything, it was under the direction of Shelomoth, and his brethren.

²⁸ And, all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, had hallowed, whosoever had hallowed anything, it was under the direction of Shelomoth, and his brethren.
²⁹ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons, were for the outward business over Israel,––as officers, and as judges. ³⁰ Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, sons of valour, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel, across the Jordan westward,––for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king. ³¹ Of the Hebronites, Jerijah, was chief, [he was] of the Hebronites by his generations, by his fathers,––in the fortieth year of the reign of David, were they sought out, and there were found among them heroes of valour, in Jazer of Gilead; ³² and, his brethren that were heroes of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred, ancestral chiefs,––so David the king gave them oversight, over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manassites, in all the affairs of God, and the affairs of the king.

¹⁶ But, when he became strong, uplifted was his heart, unto ruin, for he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God,––and entered into the temple of Yahweh, to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ Then entered after him, Azariah the priest,––and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, sons of valour; ¹⁸ and they took their stand against Uzziah the king, and said unto him–It is not, for thee, O Uzziah, to burn incense unto Yahweh, but, for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are hallowed, to burn incense. Go forth out of the sanctuary, for thou hast acted unfaithfully, and, not to thee, for an honour, [shall it be] from Yahweh Elohim. ¹⁹ Then was Uzziah wroth, and, in his hand, was a censer, to burn incense,––and, when he was wroth with the priests, a leprosy, shot forth in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Yahweh, from off the altar of incense. ²⁰ When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned towards him, lo! he, was leprous, in his forehead, so they hastened him from thence,––yea, even he himself, hurried to go out, because Yahweh had smitten him. ²¹ And it came to pass that, Uzziah the king, was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in a house apart––a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh,––and, Jotham his son, was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

² And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, and the Levites, over their courses, every man according to the requirements of his service, both priests and Levites, for ascending–sacrifice and for peace–offerings,––to be in attendance and to give thanks and to offer praise, in the gates of the camps of Yahweh;

¹¹ Then Hezekiah gave word to prepare chambers, in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them; ¹² and brought in the heave–offering and the tithe and the hallowed things, faithfully,––and, over them, as chief ruler, was Cononiah the Levite, and Shimei his brother, next; ¹³ and Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad, and Eliel and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,––overseers under the direction of Cononiah and Shemei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the chief ruler of the house of God. ¹⁴ And, Kore, son of Imnah the Levite, the door–keeper on the east, was over the freewill offerings of God,––to give the heave–offering of Yahweh, and the most holy things. ¹⁵ And, under his direction, were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in trust to give unto their brethren by courses, as the great so the small; ¹⁶ besides registering them by males, from three years old and upward, unto every one that entered into the house of Yahweh, in the need of a day upon its day,––by their service, in their watches, according to their courses: ¹⁷ both the registering of the priests, by their ancestral houses, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,––in their watches, in their courses; ¹⁸ even to the registering of all their little ones, their wives and their sons and their daughters, unto all the convocation,––for, in their trust, they hallowed themselves in holiness;

²⁴ Then I separated, from among the rulers of the priests, twelve,––even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and, with them, from among their brethren, ten; 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.

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt in Jerusalem,––and, the rest of the people, cast lots, to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in [other] cities. ² And the people bestowed a blessing on all the men, who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. ³ Now, these, are the chiefs of the province, who dwelt in Jerusalem, but, in the cities of Judah, dwelt every man in his possession throughout their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites and the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon. ⁴ And, in Jerusalem, dwelt certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin,––Of the sons of Judah, Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; ⁵ and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col–hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite. ⁶ All the sons of Perez who were dwelling in Jerusalem, four hundred and sixty–eight, men of ability. ⁷ And, these, are the sons of Benjamin,––Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah; ⁸ and, after him, Gabbai, Sallai,––nine hundred and twenty–eight. ⁹ And, Joel son of Zichri, was in charge over them,––and, Judah son of Hassenuah, was over the city, as second. ¹⁰ Of the priests, Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin; ¹¹ Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, chief ruler of the house of God; ¹² and their brethren who were doing the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty–two,––and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah;

¹ Now, these, are the priests and the Levites, who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua,––Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra; ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush; ³ Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth; ⁴ Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah; ⁵ Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah; ⁶ Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah; ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah,––these, were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren, in the days of Jeshua. ⁸ And, the Levites, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah,––over the choirs, he and his brethren; ⁹ and Bakbukiah and Unno their brethren, were over against them, in wards. ¹⁰ And Jeshua, begat Joiakim,––and Joiakim, begat Eliashib, and, Eliashib, [begat] Joiada; ¹¹ and, Joiada, begat Jonathan,––and, Jonathan, begat Jaddua. ¹² And, in the days of Joiakim, were priests, ancestral chiefs,––of Seraiah, Meraiah, of Jeremiah, Hananiah; ¹³ of Ezra, Meshullam,––of Amariah, Jehohanan; ¹⁴ of Malluchi, Jonathan,––of Shebaniah, Joseph; ¹⁵ of Harim, Adna,––of Meraioth, Helkai; ¹⁶ of Iddo, Zechariah,––of Ginnethon, Meshullam; ¹⁷ of Abijah, Zichri,––of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; ¹⁸ of Bilgah, Shammua,––of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; ¹⁹ and, of Joiarib, Mattenai,––of Jedaiah, Uzzi; ²⁰ of Sallai, Kallai,––of Amok, Eber; ²¹ of Hilkiah, Hashabiah,––of Jedaiah, Nethanel. 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. ²³ the sons of Levi, ancestral heads, were written in the book of Chronicles,––even until the days of Johanan, son of Eliashib. ²⁴ And, the chiefs of the Levites, Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise––to give thanks, by the commandment of David the man of God,––ward joined to ward. ²⁵ Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were watchers, doorkeepers of the ward, in the storehouses of the gates. ²⁶ These, were in the days of Joiakim, son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak,––and in the days of Nehemiah the pasha, and Ezra the priest the scribe.

⁶ Yahweh, will record, when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah.]

¹⁷ I, love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:

³ And it shall come to pass––He that is left in Zion, And, he that remaineth in Jerusalem, Shall be called, holy,––Everyone written unto life in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Away! away! come forth from thence!––Nought unclean, may ye touch,––Come forth out of her midst, Purify yourselves, ye who are to carry the vessels of Yahweh;

² Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying––Thus, saith Yahweh, I remember, in thy behalf, the lovingkindness of thy youthful days, The love of thy bridal estate,––Thy coming out after me, Through the desert, Through a land, not sown:

³ From afar, Yahweh, hath appeared unto me, Yea, with an age–abiding love, have I loved thee, For this cause, have I prolonged to thee lovingkindness.

⁸ Neither kept ye the charge of my holy things,––But ye did set [men] to be keepers of my charge in my sanctuary, for your own pleasure.

³⁰ And, the first of all the firstfruits of everything, and every heave–offering of everything, from among all your heave–offerings, to the priests, shall it belong,––The first of your meal, shall ye give to the priest, To cause a blessing to rest upon by house.

¹² and, the shekel, shall be twenty gerahs,––twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, and fifteen shekels, the weight, shall be to you.

⁴ So shall ye know that I sent unto you this charge,––as being my covenant with Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁴ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,––which I commanded him in Horeb, for all Israel, statutes and regulations.

¹ The Lineage Roll of Jesus Christ,––Son of David, Son of Abraham.

¹⁴ Because, narrow, is the gate, and, confined, the way, that leadeth unto life,––and, few, are they who find, it.

²⁸ Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.

¹⁴ But Jesus, seeing it, was greatly displeased, and said unto them––Suffer the children to come unto me,––do not hinder them; for, of such, is the kingdom of God.

³⁴ As a man from home––having left his house, and given his servants the authority, to each one, his work,––and, unto the porter, hath given command, that he should watch:––

²³ according as it is written in the law of the Lord––Every male that is a firstborn, Holy unto the Lord, shall be called,

²⁰ Notwithstanding, in this, be not rejoicing––that, the spirits, unto you submit themselves; but be rejoicing––that, your names, are inscribed in the heavens!

³ But look out for yourselves, brethren, seven men from among you, who can be well–attested, full of Spirit and wisdom,––whom we will appoint over this need; ⁴ But, we, unto prayer and unto the ministry of the word, will give constant attention.

³³ The silver or gold or apparel of no one, did I covet:

⁶ Now, having gifts of favour, according to the favour given unto us, differing––whether prophesying, [let us use it] according to the proportion of our faith, ⁷ Or ministering, [use it] in our ministering, or he that teacheth, [let him use his gift] in his teaching,

⁷ Or ministering, [use it] in our ministering, or he that teacheth, [let him use his gift] in his teaching, ⁸ Or he that exhorteth, in his exhorting, he that imparteth, [let it be] with liberality, he that taketh a lead, with diligence, he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

¹² If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal,––lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the Christ.

¹⁹ Hence, then––no longer, are ye strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow–citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God,––

⁸ Wherefore he saith––Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, [and] gave gifts unto men.

¹¹ And, he, gave––some, indeed, to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers,––

³ Yea! I request thee also, true yokefellow, be thou helping together with these women,––who, indeed, in the joyful message, have maintained the combat with me, along with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow–workers, whose names, are in the book of life.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus: be taking heed unto the ministry which thou hast accepted in the Lord,––that, the same, thou fulfill.

¹⁸ This charge, I commit unto thee, child Timothy, According to the prophecies, running before on thee, in order that thou mightest war, with them, the noble warfare.

⁵ For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men,––a man––Christ Jesus: ⁶ Who gave himself a ransom in behalf of all,––the testimony, in its own fit times:

⁶ Who gave himself a ransom in behalf of all,––the testimony, in its own fit times:

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.

¹⁹ Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal––The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness.

¹⁵ And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus:

¹⁴ Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure––zealous of noble works.

²⁸ For, the law, constituteth, men, high–priests, having, weakness; but, the word of the oath–taking, which cometh after the law, A Son, age–abidingly, made perfect.

⁴ If, indeed, therefore, he had been on earth, he had not, in that case, even been a priest, since there are those who are offering the gifts, according to the law:––

¹² Nor yet through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood he entered once for all into the Holy place, age–abiding redemption discovering.

¹⁹ Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh,–– ²¹ And having a great priest over the house of God, ²² Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;

²³ in high festival,––and unto an assembly of firstborn ones, enrolled in the heavens,––and unto God, judge of all,––and unto the spirits of righteous ones made perfect,––

¹⁸ Knowing that, Not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, have ye been redeemed from your unmeaning behaviour paternally handed down,

¹⁸ Because, Christ also, once for all, concerning sins, died,––Just in behalf of unjust,––in order that he might introduce us unto God; being put to death, indeed, in flesh, but made alive in spirit,––

² Shepherd the beloved flock of God, which is among you,––not by compulsion, but by choice, nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind,––

⁵ He that overcometh, shall, thus, array himself in white garments, and in nowise will I blot out his name, from the book of life; and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his messengers.

⁴ These, are they, who with women, were not defiled, for they are, virgin. These, are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he is going. These, were redeemed from mankind, as a firstfruit unto God and the Lamb;