Numbers 3 Cross References - MSTC

¹ These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, when the LORD spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, ² and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron which were priests anointed and their hands filled to minister, ⁴ but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron their father. ⁵ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁶ "Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve him and wait upon him - ⁷ and upon all the multitude — before the tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation. ⁸ And they shall wait upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon the children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation. ⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto him of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it." ¹¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹² "Behold, I have taken the Levites, from among the children of Israel, for all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: so that the Levites shall be mine. ¹³ Because all the firstborn are mine — for the same day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shall be: for I am the LORD." ¹⁴ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ "Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above." ¹⁶ And Moses numbered them at the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. ¹⁷ And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the children of Gershon in their kindreds: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers. ²¹ And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites. ²² And the sum of them — when all the males were told, from a month old and above — were seven thousand and five hundred. ²³ And the kindreds of the Gershonites pitched behind the habitation westward. ²⁴ And the captain of the most ancient house among the Gershonites, was Eliasaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And the office of the children of Gershon, in the tabernacle of witness, was the habitation and the tent with the covering thereof and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness, ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the door of the court: which court went round about the dwelling, and the altar, and the cords that pertained unto all the service thereof. ²⁷ And of Kohath came the kindred of the Amramites and the kindred of the Izharites and of the Hebronites and of the Uzzielites: And these are the kindreds of the Kohathites. ²⁸ And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place. ²⁹ And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling. ³⁰ And the captain in the most ancient house of the kindreds of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel; ³¹ and their office was to keep the ark, the table, the candlestick and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister with, and the veil with all that served thereto. ³² And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things. ³³ And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites. ³⁴ And the number of them — when all the males from a month old and above was told — drew unto six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling. ³⁶ And the office of the sons of Merari was the boards of the dwelling and the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof and all that served thereto: ³⁷ and the pillars of the court round about and their sockets, with their pins and cords. ³⁸ "But on the forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it." ³⁹ And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD — throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above — was twenty two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt appoint the Levites to me, the LORD, for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel." ⁴² And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn of the children of Israel. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males, in the sum of names, from a month old and above, were numbered twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three. ⁴⁴ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ "Take the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine, which am the LORD. ⁴⁶ And for the redeeming of the two hundred and seventy three which are more than the Levites in the firstborn of the children of Israel, ⁴⁷ take five sicles of every piece, after the sicles of the holy place; twenty geras; the sicles. ⁴⁸ And give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons." ⁴⁹ And Moses took the redemption money of the overplus that were more than the Levites, ⁵⁰ among the firstborn of the children of Israel: and it came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sicles, of the holy sicle. ⁵¹ And he gave that redemption money unto Aaron and his sons at the word of the LORD, even as the LORD commanded Moses.

⁴ These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the time when the LORD God created heaven and earth

¹ This is the book of the generation of man, in the day when God created man and made him after the similitude of God.

¹ These are the generations of the sons of Noah: of Shem, Ham and Japheth, which begat them children after the flood.

¹⁶ These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years.

²⁰ And Amram took Jochebed his niece to wife which bare him Aaron and Moses. And Amram lived a hundred and thirty seven years.

²⁷ These are that Moses and Aaron which spake to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

³⁴ These are the commandments which the LORD gave Moses in charge to give unto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

¹ This is the book of the generations of Jesus Christ: the son of David, the son also of Abraham.

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

¹ And take thou unto thee, Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me: both Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

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

³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹ The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴¹ and thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother and on his sons with him and shalt anoint them and fill their hands and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me.

¹ This is the thing that thou shalt do unto them when thou hallowest them to be my priests. Take one ox and two rams that are without blemish, ² and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil — of wheaten flour shalt thou make them - ³ and put them in a maund and bring them in the maund with the oil and the two rams. ⁴ And bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and wash them with water, ⁵ and take the garments, and put upon Aaron: the strait coat, and the tunicle of the ephod, and the ephod and the breastlap: and girth them to him with the broidered girdle of the ephod. ⁶ And put the mitre upon his head and put the holy crown upon the mitre. ⁷ Then take the anointing oil and pour it upon his head and anoint him. ⁸ And bring his sons and put albes upon them, ⁹ and girth them with girdles: as well Aaron as his sons. And put the bonnets on them that the priest's office may be theirs for a perpetual law. And fill the hands of Aaron and of his sons, ¹⁰ and bring the ox before the tabernacle of witness. And let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon his head ¹¹ and kill him before the LORD in the door of the tabernacle of witness. ¹² And take of the blood of the ox and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger and pour all the blood upon the bottom of the altar, ¹³ and take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is on the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is upon them: and burn them upon the altar. ¹⁴ But the flesh of the ox and his skin and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire, without the host. For it is a sin offering. ¹⁵ "Then take one of the rams, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon the head of the ram, ¹⁶ and cause him to be slain, and take of his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar, ¹⁷ and cut the ram in pieces and wash the inwards of him and his legs, and put them unto the pieces and unto his head, ¹⁸ and burn the whole ram upon the altar. For it is a burnt offering unto the LORD, and a sweet savour of the LORD's sacrifice. ¹⁹ And take the other ram and let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon his head and let him then be killed. ²⁰ And take of his blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hands, and upon the great toe of their right feet and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. ²¹ Then take of the blood that is upon the altar and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his vestments, and upon his sons and upon their garments also. Then is he and his clothes holy and his sons and their clothes holy also. ²² Then take the fat of the ram and his rump and the fat that covereth the inwards and the caul of the liver and, the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them and the right shoulder — for that ram is a full offering - ²³ and a simnel of bread and a cake of oiled bread and a wafer out of the basket of sweet bread that is before the LORD, ²⁴ and put all upon the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons: and wave them in and out, a wave offering unto the LORD. ²⁵ Then take it from off their hands and burn it upon the altar: even upon the burnt offering, to be a savour of sweetness before the LORD. For it is a sacrifice unto the LORD. ²⁶ Then take the breast of the ram that is Aaron's full offering and wave it, a wave offering before the LORD, and let that be thy part. ²⁷ And sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering which is waved and heaved up of the ram which is the full offering of Aaron and of his sons. ²⁸ And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' duty forever, of the children of Israel, for it is a heave offering. And the heave offering shall be the LORD's duty of the children of Israel: even of the sacrifice of their peace offerings which they heave unto the LORD. ²⁹ "And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to anoint them therein, and to fill their hands therein. ³⁰ And that son that is priest in his stead after him, shall put them on seven days: that he go into the tabernacle of witness, to minister in the holy place. ³¹ Then take the ram that is the full offering and seethe his flesh in a holy place. ³² And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of him, and the bread that is in the basket: even in the door of the tabernacle of witness. ³³ And they shall eat them, because the atonement was made therewith to fill their hands and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. ³⁴ "If ought of the flesh of the full offerings, or of the bread remain unto the morning, thou shalt burn it with fire: for it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. ³⁵ And see thou do unto Aaron and his sons, even so in all things as I have commanded thee: that thou fill their hands seven days ³⁶ and offer every day an ox for a sin offering for to reconcile with all. And thou shalt hallow the altar when thou reconcilest it, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. ³⁷ Seven days thou shalt reconcile the altar and sanctify it, that it may be an altar most holy: so that no man may touch it but they that be consecrate.

¹³ And put upon Aaron the holy vestments.

¹⁵ that their anointing may be an everlasting priesthood unto them throughout their generations."

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the vestures and the anointing oil, and an ox for a sin offering and two rams and a basket of sweet bread: ³ and gather all the community together unto the door of the tabernacle of witness." ⁴ And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the people gathered themselves together unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁵ And Moses said unto the people, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded to do." ⁶ And Moses brought Aaron, and his sons, and washed them with water, ⁷ and put upon him the alb and gird him with a girdle, and put upon him the tunicle, and put the ephod thereon, and girded him with the broidered girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. ⁸ And he put the breastlap thereon, and put in the breastlap light and perfectness. ⁹ And he put the mitre upon his head, and put upon the mitre, even upon the forefront of it, the golden plate of the holy crown, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

³⁰ And Moses took of the anointing oil and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron and upon his vestments and upon his sons and on their vestments with him, and sanctified Aaron and his vestures and his sons and his sons' vestures also.

²⁸ For the law maketh men priests, which have infirmity: but the word of the oath that came since the law, maketh the son priest, which is perfect for evermore.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put cense upon; and brought strange fire before the LORD: which he commanded them not. ² And there went a fire out from the LORD, and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died, as they offered strange fire before the LORD.

²⁶ he went and stood in the gate of the host and said, "If any man pertain unto the LORD, let him come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together and came unto him. ²⁷ And he said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD of Israel, 'Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the host: and slay every man his brother, every man his friend and every man his neighbor." ²⁸ And the children of Levi did as Moses had said. And there were slain of the people the same day, about three thousand men. ²⁹ Then Moses said, "Fill your hands unto the LORD this day, every man upon his son and upon his brother: to bring upon you a blessing this day."

⁴⁹ "Only see that thou number not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel. ⁵⁰ But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round about it. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die. ⁵² And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his own standard throughout all their hosts. ⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation of witness."

¹⁷ "And the tabernacle of witness, with the host of the Levites, shall go in the midst of the hosts: as they lie in their tents, even so shall they proceed in the journey, every man in his quarter about their standards.

³³ And yet the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

⁶ "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. ⁷ And this do unto them when thou cleansest them: sprinkle water of purifying upon them and make a razor to run along upon all the flesh of them, and let them wash their clothes, and then they shall be clean. ⁸ And let them take a bullock and his meat offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and another bullock shalt thou take to be a sin offering. ⁹ Then bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness and gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together. ¹⁰ And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the children of Israel put their hands upon the Levites. ¹¹ And let Aaron heave the Levites before the LORD, for a heave offering given of the children of Israel, and then let them be appointed to wait upon the service of the LORD. ¹² And let the Levites put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and then offer them: the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. ¹³ And make the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and have them to be a heave offering unto the LORD. ¹⁴ And thou shalt separate the Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine: ¹⁵ and after that, let them go and do the service of the tabernacle of witness. Cleanse them and wave them, ¹⁶ for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel. ¹⁷ "For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself: ¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, ¹⁹ and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary." ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did unto the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses. ²¹ And the Levites purified themselves, and washed their clothes. And Aaron waved them before the LORD, and made an atonement for them to cleanse them. ²² And after that, they went in to do their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron and his sons. And according as the LORD had commanded Moses as concerning the Levites, even so they did unto them. ²³ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ "This shall be the manner of the Levites: from twenty five years upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the tabernacle of witness, ²⁵ and at fifty they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall labour no more: ²⁶ but shall minister unto their brethren in the tabernacle of witness, and there wait, but shall do no more service. And see that thou do after this manner unto the Levites in their waiting times."

⁹ Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel to bring you to him, to do the service of the dwelling place of the LORD, and to stand before the people to minister unto them? ¹⁰ He hath taken thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the office of the priest also. ¹¹ For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: for what is Aaron, that ye should murmur against him?"

¹ And the LORD said unto Aaron, "Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in the holy place. And thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in your priesthood. ² And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father take with thee, and let them be joined unto thee and minister unto thee. And thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. ³ And let them wait upon thee and upon all the tabernacle: only let them not come nigh the holy vessels and the altar, that both they and ye also die not. ⁴ And let them be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nigh unto you. ⁵ Wait therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel: ⁶ behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among children of Israel, to be yours, as gifts given unto the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of witness. ⁷ And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and within the veil. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests' office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh nigh, shall die."

⁸ And the same season the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD and to stand before the LORD, and to minister unto him and to bless in his name unto this day.

⁸ And unto Levi he said, "Thy perfectness and thy light be according unto the man of thy mercy, who thou hast tempted at Massah, when ye strove by the waters of strife. ⁹ He that sayeth unto his father and mother, 'I saw him not,' and unto his brethren, 'I knew not,' and to his son, 'I know not': for they have observed thy words and kept thy covenant.

⁴ And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you: that my covenant which I made with Levi, might stand, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

⁵⁰ But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round about it.

³² And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things.

¹¹ And let Aaron heave the Levites before the LORD, for a heave offering given of the children of Israel, and then let them be appointed to wait upon the service of the LORD.

¹⁵ and after that, let them go and do the service of the tabernacle of witness. Cleanse them and wave them,

³⁰ And of the half of the children of Israel, take one of fifty of the women, of the oxen, of the asses and of the sheep, and of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites which wait upon the habitation of the LORD."

²⁸ "To wait at the hands of the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, and to have the oversight of the courts and of the store houses, and of the purifying of all holy things, and of the work of the things that served for the house of God, ²⁹ as the shewbread, the fine flour, the meat offerings, the flawnes of sweet bread, and of the things baken in the frying pan, or broiled on the gridiron, and on all manner measures and size ³⁰ and to wait every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening. ³¹ And to wait on every offering of burnt sacrifices unto the LORD, the Sabbaths and first days of the months, and other feastful days by number and custom, was their office ever before the LORD. ³² And that they should wait on the tabernacle of witness and on the holy place, and on the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah had the oversight of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicated things.

²² The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

²⁶ which Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which David the king, and the ancient heads, of the captains over thousands and hundreds,

¹⁵ "And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that the host remove, then the sons of Kohath shall come in for to bear, and so let them not touch the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the charge of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness.

²⁸ And this is the service of the kindred of the children of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of witness, and their wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³³ This is the service of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all their service in the tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."

¹⁷ And the habitation was taken down: and the sons of Gershon and Merari went forth bearing the habitation.

²¹ Then the Kohathites went forward and bare the holy things, and the other did set up the habitation against they came.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah had the oversight of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicated things. ²¹ As concerning the sons of Ladan which were Gershonites: Ladan had ancient fathers. Ladan the Gershonite had Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. ²³ Among the Amramites, Izrahites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites, ²⁴ was Shebuel the son of Gershon the son of Moses a ruler over the treasure. ²⁵ And of his brethren the sons of Eliezer, was Rehabiah, whose son was Jeshaiah, and his son was Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son was Shelomoth, ²⁶ which Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which David the king, and the ancient heads, of the captains over thousands and hundreds, ²⁷ and the captains of the host had dedicated of the spoil won in battle, to maintain the house of the LORD: ²⁸ and over all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated. All that was dedicated, was under the hand of Shelomoth and of his brethren.

²⁴ And I took out twelve of the chief priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, ²⁵ and weighed them there the silver and gold and vessels for the heave offering unto the house of our God, which the king and his lords of his counsel and princes, and all Israel that were at hand, had given to the heave offering: ²⁶ And there weighed I them, under their hand, six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and in silver vessel a hundred talents, and in gold a hundred talents, ²⁷ twenty cups of gold of a thousand drams, and two costly ornaments of good brass, as clear as gold, ²⁸ and said unto them, "Ye are holy unto the LORD, therefore are these vessels holy also, and so is the silver and the gold that is given of a good will unto the LORD God of your fathers: ²⁹ Watch ye therefore and keep it, till ye weigh it down before the chief priests and Levites, and ancient fathers of Israel at Jerusalem in the chests of the house of the LORD." ³⁰ Then took the priests and the Levites that weighed silver and gold and vessel, to bring it to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

¹¹ Away, away, get you out from thence and touch no unclean thing. Go out from among such. And be clean ye that bear the vessel of the LORD.

¹⁹ and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary."

⁸ Wherefore he saith, "He is gone up on high, and hath led captivity captive, and hath given gifts unto men."

¹¹ And the very same, made some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Shepherds, some Teachers:

⁹ and girth them with girdles: as well Aaron as his sons. And put the bonnets on them that the priest's office may be theirs for a perpetual law. And fill the hands of Aaron and of his sons,

⁵¹ And when the tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die.

³⁸ "But on the forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

³⁵ And there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered cense.

⁴⁰ to be a remembrance unto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto Korah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.

³ And let them wait upon thee and upon all the tabernacle: only let them not come nigh the holy vessels and the altar, that both they and ye also die not.

⁷ And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and within the veil. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests' office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh nigh, shall die."

¹⁹ And he plagued the men of Bethshemesh, because they had seen the ark of the LORD. And he slew of the people fifty thousand and three score and ten persons. And the people lamented, because the LORD had slain so great a slaughter of them.

⁷ And the LORD was wrath with Uzzah; and God smote him in the same place for his fault, and there he died by the ark of God.

³² And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of witness with singing, until Solomon had built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. And then they waited on their offices, according to the order of them.

¹⁶ And in his greatness his heart arose, that he was marred: and transgressed against the LORD his God. For he went into the temple of the LORD to burn cense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ But Azariah the priest went in after him with four score priests of the LORD that were bold men. ¹⁸ And they stepped to Uzziah the king and said to him, "It pertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn cense unto the LORD; but to the priests the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to burn incense. Come out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and it shall be no worship to thee before the LORD God." ¹⁹ And Uzziah was wroth and had cense in his hand to offer, and in his indignation against the priest, the leprosy sprang in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, even beside the incense altar. ²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest with all the other priests looked upon him: and behold he was a leper in his forehead, and they vexed him thence. And thereto he was fain to go out, because the LORD had plagued him. ²¹ And Uzziah the king continued a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a house at liberty: howbeit, he was cast out of the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son had the governance of the king's house and judged the people of the land.

⁸ and not kept the holy ordinances of my Sanctuary, but set keepers of my Sanctuary, even after your own mind.

³ Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business: ⁴ but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministration of the word."

⁷ Let him that hath an office, wait on his office;

¹⁹ Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners: but citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

¹⁵ These things exercise, and give thyself unto them, that it may be seen how thou profitest in all things. ¹⁶ Take heed unto thyself and unto learning, and continue therein. For if thou shalt so do, thou shalt save thyself, and them that hear thee.

⁴ For he were not a priest, if he were on the earth where are priests that according to the law offer gifts,

¹⁹ Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place, ²⁰ by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh. ²¹ And seeing also that we have a high priest which is ruler over the house of God, ²² let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full faith sprinkled in our hearts, from an evil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water,

² "Sanctify unto me all the firstborn that open all manner matrices among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are mine."

⁴¹ And thou shalt appoint the Levites to me, the LORD, for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel."

⁴⁵ "Take the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine, which am the LORD.

¹⁶ for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel.

¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel,

⁶ behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among children of Israel, to be yours, as gifts given unto the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of witness.

²⁹ And at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his seat, unto the firstborn of the captive that was in prison, and all firstborn of the cattle. ³⁰ Then Pharaoh arose the same night and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great crying throughout Egypt, for there was no house where there was not one dead.

¹² then thou shalt appoint unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and all the firstborn among the beasts which thou hast if they be males.

¹⁵ And when Pharaoh was loath to let us go, the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: as well the firstborn of men as of beasts. And therefore I sacrifice unto the LORD all the males that open the matrix, but all the firstborn of my children I must redeem.'

²⁹ Thy fruits, whether they be dry or moist, see thou keep not back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me:

¹⁹ All that breaketh up the matrix shall be mine, and all that breaketh the matrix among thy cattle, if it be male: whether it be ox or sheep.

²⁶ "'But the firstborn of the beasts that pertain unto the LORD, may no man sanctify: whether it be ox or sheep, for they are the LORD's already.

¹⁶ for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel. ¹⁷ "For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself:

¹⁵ All that breaketh the matrix of all flesh that men bring unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine. Neverthelater, the firstborn of man shall be redeemed, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shall be redeemed.

³⁰ The firstlings of all the first fruits, and all free will offerings shall be the priest's. Ye shall give unto the priest also the firstlings of your dough, that God may prosper the residue.

²³ As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every man child that first openeth the matrix, shall be called holy to the Lord":

²³ and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

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

²² And the sum of them — when all the males were told, from a month old and above — were seven thousand and five hundred.

²⁸ And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place.

³⁴ And the number of them — when all the males from a month old and above was told — drew unto six thousand and two hundred.

³⁹ And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD — throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above — was twenty two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

⁴³ And all the firstborn males, in the sum of names, from a month old and above, were numbered twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three.

¹⁵ All that breaketh the matrix of all flesh that men bring unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine. Neverthelater, the firstborn of man shall be redeemed, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shall be redeemed. ¹⁶ And their redemptions shall be at a month old, valued at five sicles of silver, of the holy sicle." A sicle maketh twenty Geras.

⁶² And the number of them was twenty three thousand, of all the males from a month old and above. For they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

¹⁷ I am loving unto those that love me, and they that seek me early, shall find me.

² "Go thy way, cry in the ears of Jerusalem, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: I remember thee for the kindness of thy youth, and because of thy steadfast love: in that thou followedst me through the wilderness, in an untilled land.

³ Even so shall the LORD now also appear unto me from far, and say, 'I love thee with an everlasting love, therefore do I spread my mercy before thee.'

¹⁴ When Jesus saw that, he was displeased, and said to them, "Suffer the children to come unto me and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ And forasmuch also as thou hast known holy scripture of a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

²¹ And the children of Israel did even so. And Joseph gave them chariots at the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them victuals also to spend by the way.

³⁹ And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD — throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above — was twenty two thousand.

⁵¹ And he gave that redemption money unto Aaron and his sons at the word of the LORD, even as the LORD commanded Moses.

²⁷ And at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the service of the children of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their charges that they shall wait upon.

³⁷ These are the numbers of the kindreds of the Kohathites, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD of by the hand of Moses.

⁴¹ This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Gershon, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD.

⁴⁵ This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Merari, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the bidding of the LORD, by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁹ which they numbered at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses; every man unto his service and burden as the LORD commanded Moses.

⁵ Then let the priests the sons of Levi come forth — for the LORD thy God hath chosen them to minister and to bless in the name of the LORD and therefore at their mouth shall all strife and plague be tried.

¹¹ The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁶ These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei in their kindreds. ¹⁸ The children of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And Kohath lived a hundred and thirty three years. ¹⁹ The children of Merari are these: Mahli and Mushi: these are the kindreds of Levi in their generations.

⁵ and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering, and offer with the burnt offering or any other offering when it is a lamb. ⁶ And unto a ram thou shalt offer a meat offering of two tenth deals of flour, mingled with the third part of a hin of oil, ⁷ and to a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, to be a sweet savour unto the LORD. ⁸ When thou offerest an ox to a burnt offering or in any special vow or peace offering unto the LORD, ⁹ then thou shalt bring unto an ox, a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half a hin of oil. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, that is an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD. ¹¹ This is the manner that shall be done unto one ox, one ram, a lamb or a kid. ¹² And according to the number of such offerings, thou shalt increase the meat offerings and the drink offerings. ¹³ "'All that are of yourselves shall do these things after this manner, when he offereth an offering of sweet savour unto the LORD. ¹⁴ And if there be a stranger with you or be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD: even as ye do, so he shall do. ¹⁵ One ordinance shall serve both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger. And it shall be an ordinance forever among your children after you, that the stranger and ye shall be like before the LORD. ¹⁶ One law and one manner shall serve, both for you and for the stranger that dwelleth with you.'" ¹⁷ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹⁸ "Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'When ye be come in to the land whither I will bring you, ¹⁹ then when ye will eat of the bread of the land, ye shall give a heave offering unto the LORD. ²⁰ Ye shall give a cake of the first of your dough unto a heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the barn, even so ye shall heave it. ²¹ Of the first of your dough ye must give unto the LORD a heave offering, throughout your generations. ²² If ye oversee yourselves and observe not all these commandments which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, ²³ and all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day forward that the LORD commanded among your generation:

⁶ And he went again unto him and lo, he stood by his sacrifice: both he and all the lords of Moab. ⁷ And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.' ⁸ How shall I curse whom God curseth not? And how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not? ⁹ From the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall dwell by himself and shall not be reckoned among other nations. ¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!" ¹¹ And Balak said unto Balaam, "What hast thou done unto me? I fetched thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou blessest them!" ¹² And he answered, and said, "Must I not keep that and speak it, which the LORD hath put in my mouth?" ¹³ And Balak said unto him, "Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place: whence thou shalt see them, and shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all and curse me them there." ¹⁴ And he brought him into a plain field where men might see far, even to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered an ox and a ram on every altar. ¹⁵ And he said unto Balak, "Stand here, by thy sacrifice, while I go yonder." ¹⁶ And the LORD met Balaam and put words in his mouth, and said, "Go again unto Balak and thus say." ¹⁷ And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his sacrifice: and the lords of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, "What sayeth the LORD?" ¹⁸ And he took up his parable and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! And hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor! ¹⁹ The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good? ²⁰ Behold: I have begun to bless, and have blessed; and cannot go back therefrom. ²¹ He beheld no wickedness in Jacob, nor saw Idolatry in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, and the tromp of a king among them. ²² God, that brought them out of Egypt, is as the strength of an unicorn unto them! ²³ For there is no sorcerer in Jacob, nor soothsayer in Israel. When the time cometh, it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'What God hath wrought!'

¹ When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD that he should bless Israel, he went not as he did twice before to fetch soothsaying, but set his face toward the wilderness, ² and lift up his eyes and looked upon Israel as he lay with his tribes, and the spirit of God came upon him. ³ And he took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said; ⁴ and the man whose eye is open hath said; he hath said, which heareth the words of God and seeth the visions of the almighty, which falleth down and his eyes are opened: ⁵ How goodly are the tents of Jacob, and thine habitations Israel; ⁶ even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water. ⁷ The water shall flow out of his bucket and his seed shall be many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag; and his kingdom shall be exalted. ⁸ God that brought him out of Egypt is as the strength of an unicorn unto him, and he shall eat the nations that are his enemies and break their bones and pierce them through with his arrows. ⁹ He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee." ¹⁰ And Balak was wroth with Balaam, and smote his hands together, and said unto him, "I sent for thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou hast blessed them this three times, ¹¹ and now get thee quickly unto thy place. I thought that I would promote thee unto honour, but the LORD hath kept thee back from worship." ¹² And Balaam said unto Balak, "Told I not thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, ¹³ 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot pass the mouth of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind. What the LORD sayeth, that must I speak.' ¹⁴ And now behold, I go unto my people: come let me show thee, what this people shall do to thy folk in the latter days." ¹⁵ And he began his parable and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said; and the man that hath his eye open hath said; ¹⁶ and he hath said, that heareth the words of God and hath the knowledge of the most high and beholdeth the vision of the almighty, and when he falleth down hath his eyes opened: ¹⁷ I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth. ¹⁸ And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully. ¹⁹ And out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroy the remnant of the cities." ²⁰ And he looked on Amalek and began his parable, and said, "Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly." ²¹ And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock. ²² Neverthelater, thou shalt be a burning to Kain, until Assyria take thee prisoner." ²³ And he took his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God doeth this? ²⁴ The ships shall come out of the coast of Kittim and subdue Assyria and subdue Eber, and he himself shall perish at the last." ²⁵ And Balaam rose up and went and dwelt in his place: and Balak also went his way.

⁵⁷ These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahlites, the kindred of the Mushites, the kindred of the Korahites. Kohath begat Amram,

¹ And then came the principal heads of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, ² and spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying, "The LORD commanded by Moses, to give us cities to dwell in and the fields about them, for our cattle." ³ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritances, at the bidding of the LORD, these cities following with their suburbs. ⁴ And the lot came out unto the kindreds of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had given them by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵ And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the kindreds of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶ And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the kindreds of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the other half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁷ And the children of Merari by their kindreds, had out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by Moses. ⁹ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities by name: ¹⁰ which the children of Aaron, being of the kindreds of the Kohathites, and of the children of Levi, obtained — for theirs was the first lot. ¹¹ And they gave them Kiriatharba of the father of Anak, which is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs of the same round about it. ¹² But the country that pertained to the city and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, to be his possession. ¹³ And thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the franchised cities of the slayer, Hebron with her suburbs, and Libnah with her suburbs; ¹⁴ and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, ¹⁵ and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, ¹⁶ and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: Nine cities out of those two tribes. ¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon with her suburbs; Geba with her suburbs; ¹⁸ Anathoth with her suburbs; Almon with her suburbs: Four cities. ¹⁹ All these cities of the children of Aaron priests were thirteen cities with their Suburbs. ²⁰ And the kindreds of the children of Kohath that were Levities — that is to say the other children of Kohath — had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave them the free city of the slayer: Shechem with her suburbs, in mount Ephraim; and Gezer with her suburbs; ²² and Kibzaim with her suburbs; Bethhoron with her suburbs: Four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh with her suburbs; Gibbethon with her suburbs; ²⁴ Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her Suburbs: Four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs; Gathrimmon with her suburbs: Two cities. ²⁶ So that all the cities which were given unto the kindreds of the other children of Kohath, were ten with their suburbs. ²⁷ And unto the children of Gershon which were of the kindreds of the Levites, they gave out of the other half tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs; Beeshterah with her suburbs: Two cities. ²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs; Daberath with her suburbs; ²⁹ Jarmuth with her suburbs; Engannim with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs; Abdon with her suburbs; ³¹ Helkath with her suburbs; Rehob with her suburbs: Four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kadesh in Galilee, with her suburbs; Hammothdor, with her suburbs; Kartan with her suburbs: Three cities. ³³ So that all the cities of the Gershonites in their kindreds were thirteen with their Suburbs. ³⁴ And unto the kindreds of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulon: Jokneam with her suburbs; Kartah with her suburbs; ³⁵ Dimnah with her suburbs; and Nahalal with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with her suburbs; Jahaz with her suburbs; ³⁷ Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, they gave the franchised city of the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs; Mahanaim with her suburbs; ³⁹ Heshbon with her suburbs; and Jazer with her suburbs: Four cities in all, ⁴⁰ so that all the cities of the children of Merari in their kindreds, which were the rest of the kindreds of the Levites, were by their lot, twelve cities. ⁴¹ And all the cities that the Levites had in the possession of the children of Israel were forty eight with their suburbs. ⁴² And these cities had each their suburbs round about her throughout all the said cities. ⁴³ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers. And they conquered it, and dwelt therein. ⁴⁴ And the LORD gave the rest round about according to all that he sware unto their fathers. So that there stood not a man of all their enemies before them. But the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hands. ⁴⁵ There escaped nothing of all the good things which the LORD had said unto the house of Israel. But all came to pass.

¹ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ¹⁷ And these be the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers.

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem. But the other people cast lots therefore, so that among ten one part went to Jerusalem into the holy city to dwell, and nine parts in the cities. ² And the people thanked all the men that were willingly to dwell at Jerusalem. ³ These are the heads of the land that dwelt at Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah; And every one dwelt in his possession, and in their cities of Israel, the priests, Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. ⁴ And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; ⁵ And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. ⁶ All the children of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and eight and threescore valiant men. ⁷ These are the children of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. ⁸ And after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and eight and twenty. ⁹ And Joel the son of Zichri had the oversight of them: and Judah the son of Senuah over the second part of the city. ¹⁰ Of the priests there dwelt: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Seraiah the son of Hilkiah the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was prince in the house of God: ¹² and his brethren that performed the work in the house, of whom there were eight hundred twenty two. And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

²¹ And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites.

¹⁷ And these be the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

²⁰ The son of Gershom was Libni, and his son Jahath, and his son Zimmah, ²¹ and his son Joah, and his son Iddo, and his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

⁷ Of the Gershonites was Ladan and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Ladan: the chief was Jehiel and then Zetham and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the ancient heads of Ladan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shimei were also Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah: these four were the sons of Shimei. ¹¹ And Jahath was the chief, Zina the second. But Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, and therefore they were reckoned for one ancient household.

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

¹ The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph. ² And the sons of Meshelemiah were these: Zachariah the eldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elihoenai the seventh. ⁴ And Obededom had sons: Shemaiah the eldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullathai the eighth — for God had blessed him. ⁶ And unto Shemaiah his son were sons born that ruled in the house of their father, for they were men of might. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Raphael, Obed, and Elzabad and his brethren, men of activity, Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸ All these were of the children of Obededom, which, with their brethren and their children, active men of strength to do service, were forty two of Obededom. ⁹ And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, active men, eighteen. ¹⁰ And Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, yet he was not the eldest, but his father made him the chiefest. ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third and Zachariah the fourth: so that all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. ¹² Unto these was divided the office of the portership as unto heads over the men that waited with their brethren and ministered in the house of the LORD. ¹³ And they cast lots: the small as well as the great in the households of their fathers, from gate to gate. ¹⁴ And the East lot fell to Shelemiah. And for Zachariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots, and his lot came out toward the North. ¹⁵ And Obededom's lot fell to the South. And to his sons fell the counsel houses. ¹⁶ And to Shuppim and Hosah fell the west with the gate Shallecheth, where the way ascendeth upward, the one way being fast by the other. ¹⁷ In the East kept six Levites: in the North four a day, and in the South four a day, and in every counsel house, two, ¹⁸ and in the watchhouses, on the way westward, four: two in a house. ¹⁹ These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore and the sons of Merari. ²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah had the oversight of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicated things. ²¹ As concerning the sons of Ladan which were Gershonites: Ladan had ancient fathers. Ladan the Gershonite had Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. ²³ Among the Amramites, Izrahites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites, ²⁴ was Shebuel the son of Gershon the son of Moses a ruler over the treasure. ²⁵ And of his brethren the sons of Eliezer, was Rehabiah, whose son was Jeshaiah, and his son was Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son was Shelomoth, ²⁶ which Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which David the king, and the ancient heads, of the captains over thousands and hundreds, ²⁷ and the captains of the host had dedicated of the spoil won in battle, to maintain the house of the LORD: ²⁸ and over all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated. All that was dedicated, was under the hand of Shelomoth and of his brethren. ²⁹ Among the Izrahites was Chenaniah, with his sons, for the work without over Israel, officers and judges. ³⁰ And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of activity a thousand and seven hundred, were officers in Israel on this side Jordan westward, in all businesses of the LORD and service of the king. ³¹ And Jerijah was the chiefest among the kindreds and fathers of the Hebronites. And in the fortieth year of the kingdom of David they were sought for. And there were found of them men of activity at Jazer in Gilead. ³² And his brethren were in men of activity, two thousand and seven hundred ancient heads, which king David made rulers over the Reubenites, Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh in all matters pertaining to God and businesses of the king.

¹ These are the priests and Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ² Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³ Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴ Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, ⁵ Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, ⁶ Shemaiah, and Joiarib and Jedaiah, ⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads among the priests and their brethren in the time of Jeshua. ⁸ The Levites were these: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, over the office of thanksgiving, they and their brethren: ⁹ Bakbukiah and Unni, and their brethren, were about them in the watches. ¹⁰ Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim begat Eliashib, Eliashib begat Joiada. ¹¹ Joiada begat Jonathan, Jonathan begat Jaddua. ¹² And in the time of Joiakim were these the chief fathers among the priests: under Seraiah was Meraiah; under Jeremiah was Hananiah; ¹³ under Ezra, Meshullam; under Amariah, Jehohanan; ¹⁴ under Malluchi, Jonathan; under Shebaniah, Joseph; ¹⁵ under Harim, Adna; under Meraioth, Helkai; ¹⁶ under Iddo, Zechariah; under Ginnethon, Meshullam; ¹⁷ under Abijah, Zichri; under Miniamin and Moadiah Piltai; ¹⁸ under Bilgah, Shammua; under Shemaiah, Jehonathan; ¹⁹ under Joiarib, Mattenai; under Jedaiah, Uzzi; ²⁰ under Sallai, Kallai; under Amok, Eber; ²¹ under Hilkiah, Hashabiah; under Jedaiah, Nethanel. ²² And in the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, were the chief fathers among the Levites and the priests written under the reign of Darius the Persian. ²³ The children of Levi the principal fathers were written in the Chronicles, until the time of Jonathan the son of Eliashib. ²⁴ And these were the chief among the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brethren over against them, to give praise and thanks, according as David the man of God had ordained it, one watch over against another. ²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were porters in the watch at the thresholds of the gates. ²⁶ These were in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the time of Nehemiah the captain and of the priest Ezra the scribe.

¹⁸ The children of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And Kohath lived a hundred and thirty three years.

²⁷ And of Kohath came the kindred of the Amramites and the kindred of the Izharites and of the Hebronites and of the Uzzielites: And these are the kindreds of the Kohathites.

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

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

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

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

¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah. ¹⁸ And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zachariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Uri, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah; Obededom and Jeiel, porters. ¹⁹ Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound. ²⁰ And Zachariah, Uzziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah sang with psalteries on an Alamoth. ²¹ And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obededom, Jeiel, and Azaziah sang with harps an eight above to courage with all.

¹² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was appointed to consecrate in the place most holy, with his sons forever: and to burn the offerings before the LORD, and to minister, and to bless in his name forever.

¹⁸ And of the sons of Izhar: Shelomith, the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

¹⁹ The children of Merari are these: Mahli and Mushi: these are the kindreds of Levi in their generations.

³³ And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers.

²⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli, and his son Libni, and his son Shimei, and his son Uzzah,

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

⁶ And of the children of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and of his brethren two hundred and twenty.

²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²² And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, which their brethren, the sons of Kish, took. ²³ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

²⁷ The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah. Beno, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri. ²⁸ Mahli had Eleazar which had no sons. ²⁹ The sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. ³⁰ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These are of the children of Levi in the households of their fathers.

³ The sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah-Shimei, six, at the hands of their fathers Jeduthun, with harps: which Jeduthun prophesied for to thank and praise the LORD.

³⁸ And the sons of Gershon were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, ³⁹ from thirty years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth in the host for to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁰ And the number of them in their kindreds, and in the houses of their fathers, was two thousand, six hundred and thirty.

⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation of witness."

⁹ And I shall show thee the fashion of the habitation and of all the ornaments thereof; even so, see that ye make it in all things.

¹ And thou shalt make a habitation with ten curtains of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple, and shalt make them with cherubims of broidered work. ² The length of a curtain shall be twenty eight cubits, and the breadth four and they shall be all of one measure: ³ five curtains shall be coupled together one to another: and the other five likewise shall be coupled together one to another. ⁴ "Then shalt thou make loops of jacinth colour, along by the edge of the one curtain even in the selvedge of the coupling curtain. And likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the utmost curtain that is coupled therewith on the other side. ⁵ Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty in the edge of the other that is coupled therewith on the other side: so that the loops be one over against another. ⁶ And thou shalt make fifty buttons of gold, and couple the curtain together with the buttons: that it may be a habitation. ⁷ And thou shalt make eleven curtains of goat's hair, to be a tent to cover the habitation. ⁸ The length of a curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth four, and they shall be all eleven of one measure. ⁹ And thou shalt couple five by themselves, and the other six by themselves, and shalt double the sixth in the forefront of the tabernacle. ¹⁰ And thou shalt make fifty loops in the edge of the utmost curtain on the one side: even in the coupling curtain, and as many in the edge of the coupling curtain on the other side. ¹¹ And thou shalt make fifty buttons of brass and put them on the loops, and couple the tent together withal: that there may be one tabernacle. ¹² "And the remnant that resteth in the curtains of the tent: even the breadth of half a curtain that resteth, shall be left on the back sides of the habitation: ¹³ a cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side, of that, that remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tabernacle, which shall remain of either side of the habitation to cover it withal. ¹⁴ And thou shalt make another covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red: and yet another above all of taxus skins.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tabernacle: of jacinth, of scarlet, of purple and of twined bysse, wrought with needle work. ³⁷ And thou shalt make for the hanging, five pillars of sethim-wood, and cover both them and their knops with gold, and shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

⁸ And all the wise hearted men among them, that wrought in the work of the habitation, made: even ten curtains of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple, and made them full of cherubims with broidered work. ⁹ The length of one curtain was twenty eight cubits, and the breadth four, and were all of one size. ¹⁰ And they coupled five curtains by themselves, and other five by themselves. ¹¹ And they made fifty loops of jacinth along by the edge of the utmost curtain, even in the selvedge of the coupling curtain: and likewise they made on the side of the utmost coupling curtain, on the other side; ¹² fifty loops they made in the one curtain, and fifty in the edge of the coupling curtain on the other side: so that the loops were one over against another. ¹³ And they made fifty rings of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the rings: and so was it made a dwelling place. ¹⁴ And they made eleven curtains of goats' hair to be a tent ¹⁵ over the tabernacle thirty cubits long apiece and four cubits broad, and they, all eleven, of one size; ¹⁶ and they coupled five by themselves, and six by themselves, ¹⁷ and they made fifty loops along by the border of the utmost coupling courtain on the one side, and fifty in the edge of the coupling curtain on the other side. ¹⁸ And they made fifty rings of brass to couple the tent together that it might be one. ¹⁹ And they made a covering unto the tent of rams' skins red, and yet another of taxus' skins above all.

³⁷ And they made a hanging for the tabernacle door: of jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse of needle work, ³⁸ and the pillars of it were five with their knops, and overlaid the heads of them and the hoops with gold, with their five sockets of brass.

¹⁹ and spread abroad the tent over the habitation and put the covering of the tent on high above it: as the LORD commanded Moses.

²⁸ And set up the hanging in the door of the habitation,

⁷ and upon all the multitude — before the tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation.

²⁴ And this is the service of the kindred of the Gershonites, to serve and to bear. ²⁵ They shall bear the curtains of the dwelling and the roof of the tabernacle of witness and his covering and the covering of taxus' skins that is on high above upon it, and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness: ²⁶ and the hanging of the court and the hanging of the gate of the court that is round about the dwelling and the altar, and the cords of them, and all the instruments that serve unto them and all that is made for them. ²⁷ And at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the service of the children of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their charges that they shall wait upon. ²⁸ And this is the service of the kindred of the children of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of witness, and their wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁷ two chariots and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon according unto their office.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah of the sons of Merari. ¹⁵ And Bakbakkar the carpenter and Galal. And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri the son of Asaph. ¹⁶ Obadiah the son of Shemaiah the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun. And Berechiah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ The porters were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon and Ahiman with their brethren — Shallum being the chief. ¹⁸ For unto the time they had watched at the king's gate eastward in the tents of the children of Levi by companies. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore the son of Ebiasaph the son of Korah with his brethren the Korahites in the house of their fathers had their business and office to keep the door of the tabernacle: for their fathers in the Host of the LORD kept the entering. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them before the LORD, which was with him. ²¹ And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah kept the door of the tabernacle of witness. ²² All these were chosen fellows to keep the thresholds, two hundred and twelve, and were numbered in their villages. And them did David and Samuel the seer institute in their fidelity. ²³ And their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD and of the house of the tabernacle, to keep them. ²⁴ In four quarters were the keepers: toward the east, west, north and south. ²⁵ And their brethren that were in the country came in their weeks as their course came about with them. ²⁶ For the Levites were committed to be principal porters of fidelity. And they had the oversight of the vestries and treasures of the house of God, ²⁷ and lay all night round about the house of God: because the keeping thereof pertained to them and to open it every morning. ²⁸ And certain of them had the rule of the ministering vessels and brought them in and out by tale. ²⁹ And of them were certain appointed to oversee the vessels and all holy ornaments, and of the flour, wine, oil, frankincense and sweet odours. ³⁰ But certain of the sons of the priests were set to make sweet savours. ³¹ And Matiithiah, one of the Levites, the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, had the oversight of the things that were baken in the frying pan. ³² And other of their brethren, the sons of Kohath, had the oversight of the shewbread, to prepare against all Sabbaths. ³³ These are the singers — ancient heads among the Levites divided by chambers, for they had to do both day and night.

³² And that they should wait on the tabernacle of witness and on the holy place, and on the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

²¹ As concerning the sons of Ladan which were Gershonites: Ladan had ancient fathers. Ladan the Gershonite had Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

² And Hezekiah set the priests and the Levites in their order to wait by course, every man according to his office whether priest or Levite, for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to minister and to thank and to pray in the gates of the lodge of the LORD.

¹¹ And Hezekiah bade dress up the store houses about the house of the LORD. And so they did, ¹² and carried in the heave offerings and the tithes and the dedicated gifts; even of fidelity. Over which Conaniah the Levite had the rule with Shimei his brother next to him. ¹³ And Jehiel, Azariah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath and Benaiah were overseers ordained by Conaniah and Shimei his brother, at the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. ¹⁴ And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, porter of the East door, had the oversight of the freewill offerings of God, to give heave offerings unto the LORD, and was over things most holy. ¹⁵ And under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests of their fidelity, to give to their brethren their portions, as well to the small as to the great. ¹⁶ And to the males also that were reckoned from three years and above, among all that went into the house of the LORD day by day, to do service and to wait by course. ¹⁷ And to the priests that were reckoned in the households of their fathers from twenty years and above, to wait when their courses came. ¹⁸ And to them that were reckoned throughout all their babes, wives, sons and daughters throughout all the congregation.

³⁴ As a man which is gone into a strange country and hath left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

⁶ Seeing that we have divers gifts according to the grace that is given unto us: if any man have the gift of prophecy, let him have it that it be agreeing unto the faith; ⁷ Let him that hath an office, wait on his office; ⁸ Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine; Let him that exhorteth give attendance to his exhortation; If any man give, let him do it with singleness; Let him that ruleth do it with diligence; If any man show mercy let him do it with cheerfulness.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the office that thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it."

¹⁸ This commandment commit I unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which in time past were prophesied of thee, that thou in them shouldest fight a good fight,

⁹ "And thou shalt make a court unto the habitation, which shall have in the south side hangings of twined bysse, being a hundred cubits long, ¹⁰ and twenty pillars thereof with their twenty sockets of brass: but the knops of the pillars and their hoops shall be silver. ¹¹ In likewise on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long and twenty pillars with their sockets of brass, and the knops and the hoops of silver. ¹² And in the breadth of the court westward, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets. ¹³ And in the breadth of the court eastward toward the rising of the sun, shall be hangings of fifty cubits. ¹⁴ Hangings of fifteen cubits in the one side of it with three pillars, and three sockets: ¹⁵ and likewise on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets. ¹⁶ And in the gate of the court shall be a veil of twenty cubits: of jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse wrought with needle work, and four pillars with their four sockets.

¹⁸ the pins of the habitation and the pins of the court with their boards;

⁹ And he made the court with hangings of twined bysse of a hundred cubits long upon the south side, ¹⁰ and twenty pillars with twenty sockets of brass: but the knops of the pillars, and the hoops were silver. ¹¹ And on the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits long with twenty pillars and twenty sockets of brass, but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were of silver. ¹² And on the west side, were hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets, and the knops and the hoops of the pillars were silver. ¹³ And on the east side toward the sun rising, were hangings of fifty cubits: ¹⁴ the hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with their three sockets. ¹⁵ And of the other side of the court gate, were hangings also of fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with three sockets. ¹⁶ Now all the hangings of the court round about, were of twined bysse,

¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

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

²³ Among the Amramites, Izrahites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites,

³¹ and their office was to keep the ark, the table, the candlestick and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister with, and the veil with all that served thereto.

³⁵ from thirty years and above unto fifty, and that were able to go forth in the host and to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ³⁶ And the number of them in their kindreds were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

¹⁰ "And on the south side, the standard of the host of Reuben shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur:

²³ And the kindreds of the Gershonites pitched behind the habitation westward.

¹⁰ And they shall make an ark of sethim-wood; two cubits and a half long, a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high. ¹¹ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold: both within and without, and shalt make on high upon it, a crown of gold round about. ¹² And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof; two rings on the one side of it, and two on the other. ¹³ And thou shalt make staves of sethim-wood and cover them with gold, ¹⁴ and put the staves in the rings along by the sides of the ark, to bear it withal. ¹⁵ And the staves shall abide in the rings of the ark, and shall not be taken away. ¹⁶ And thou shalt put in the ark, the witness which I shall give thee. ¹⁷ "And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half broad. ¹⁸ And make two cherubims of thick gold on the two ends of the mercy seat; ¹⁹ and set the one cherub on the one end and the other on the other end of the mercy seat: so see that thou make them on the two ends thereof. ²⁰ And the cherubims shall stretch their wings abroad over on high, and cover the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, shall the faces of the cherubims be. ²¹ And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the witness which I will give thee. ²² "There I will meet thee and will commune with thee from upon the mercy seat from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of witness, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. ²³ Thou shalt also make a table of sethim-wood, of two cubits long and one cubit broad and a cubit and a half high. ²⁴ And cover it with pure gold and make thereto a crown of gold round about. ²⁵ And make unto that a hoop of four fingers broad, round about. And make a golden crown also to the hoop round about. ²⁶ And make for it four rings of gold and put them in the corners that are on the four feet thereof: ²⁷ even hard under the hoop shall the rings be, to put in staves to bear the table withal. ²⁸ And thou shalt make staves of sethim-wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make his dishes, spoons, pots and flatpieces to pour out withal, of fine gold. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table, shewbread before me always. ³¹ "And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure thick gold with his shaft, branches, bowls, knops and flowers proceeding thereout. ³² Six branches shall proceed out of the sides of the candlestick, three out of the one side and three out of the other. ³³ And there shall be three cups like unto almonds with knops and flowers upon every one of the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick; ³⁴ and in the candlestick self, four cups like unto almonds with their knops and flowers: ³⁵ that there be a knop under every two branches of the six that proceed out of the candlestick. ³⁶ And the knops and the branches shall be, altogether, one piece of pure thick gold. ³⁷ And thou shalt make seven lamps and put them on high thereon, to give light unto the other side that is over against it: ³⁸ with snuffers and firepans of pure gold. ³⁹ An hundred pound weight of fine gold shall make it with all the apparel. ⁴⁰ And see that thou make them after the fashion that was showed thee in the mount."

³¹ And thou shalt make a veil of jacinth, of scarlet, purple and twined bysse, and shalt make it of broidered work and full of cherubims. ³² And hang it upon four pillars of sethim-wood covered with gold and that their knops be covered with gold also, and stand upon four sockets of silver. ³³ And thou shalt hang up the veil with rings, and shall bring in within the veil, the ark of witness. And the veil shall divide the holy from the most holy.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar of sethim-wood: five cubits long and five cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high. ² And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass. ³ And make his ashpans, shovels, basins, fleshhooks, firepans and all the apparel thereof, of brass; ⁴ after the fashion of a net, and put upon the net four rings: even in the four corners of it, ⁵ and put it beneath under the compass of the altar, and let the net reach unto the one half of the altar. ⁶ And make staves for the altar of sethim-wood, and cover them with brass, ⁷ and let them be put in rings along by the sides of the altar, to bear it withal. ⁸ And make the altar hollow with boards: even as it was showed thee in the mount, so let them make it.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar to burn cense therein, of sethim-wood: ² a cubit long, and a cubit broad, even foursquare shall it be and two cubits, high: with horns proceeding out of it, ³ and thou shalt overlay it with fine gold both the roof and the walls round about, and his horns also, and shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about, ⁴ and two golden rings on either side, even under the crown, to put staves therein for to bear it withal. ⁵ And thou shalt make the staves of sethim-wood and cover them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt put it before the veil that hangeth before the ark of witness, and before the mercy seat that is before the witness, where I will meet thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet cense every morning when he dresseth the lamps: ⁸ and likewise at even when he setteth up the lamps he shall burn cense perpetually before the LORD throughout your generations. ⁹ Ye shall put no strange cense thereon, neither burnt sacrifice nor meat offering, neither pour any drink offering thereon. ¹⁰ And Aaron shall reconcile his horns once in a year, with the blood of the sin offering of reconciling: even once in the year shall he reconcile it through your generations. And so is it most holy unto the LORD."

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Behold, I have called by name, Bezalel the son of Uri son to Hur of the tribe of Judah. ³ And I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom, understanding and knowledge: even in all manner work, ⁴ to find out subtle feats, to work in gold, silver and brass ⁵ and with the craft to grave stones, to set and to carve in timber, and to work in all manner workmanship. ⁶ And behold, I have given him, to be his companion, Ohaliab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom to make all that I have commanded thee: ⁷ the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of witness, and the mercy seat that is there upon, all the ornaments of the tabernacle, ⁸ and the table with his ordinance, and the pure candlestick with all his apparel, and the altar of cense, ⁹ and the altar of burnt offerings with all his vessels, and the laver with his foot, ¹⁰ and the vestments to minister in, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister in, ¹¹ and the anointing oil and the sweet cense for the sanctuary: according to all as I have commanded thee shall they do." ¹² And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹³ "Speak unto the children of Israel and say, 'In any wise see that ye keep my Sabbath, for it shall be a sign between me and you in your generations for to know, that I the LORD do sanctify you. ¹⁴ Keep my Sabbath therefore, that it be a holy thing unto you. He that defileth it, shall be slain therefore. For whosoever worketh therein, the same soul shall be rooted out from among his people. ¹⁵ Six days shall men work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the holy rest of the LORD: so that whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, shall die for it. ¹⁶ Wherefore let the children of Israel keep the Sabbath, that they observe it throughout their generations, that it be an covenant forever. ¹⁷ For it shall be a sign between me, and the children of Israel for ever. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'" ¹⁸ And when the LORD had made an end of communing with Moses upon the mount Sinai, he gave him two tables of witness: which were of stone and written with the finger of God.

³⁵ And they made a hanging of jacinth, of scarlet, purple and twined bysse with cherubims of broidered work. ³⁶ And made thereunto four pillars of sethim-wood and overlaid them with gold. Their knops were also of gold, and they cast for them four sockets of silver.

¹ And Bezalel made the ark of sethim-wood two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half broad, and a cubit and a half high: ² and overlaid it with fine gold both within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about, ³ and cast for it four rings of gold for the four corners of it: two rings for the one side and two for the other, ⁴ and made staves of sethim-wood, and covered them with gold, ⁵ and put the staves in the rings along by the side of the ark to bear it withal. ⁶ And he made the mercy seat of pure gold two cubits and a half long and one cubit and a half broad, ⁷ and made two cherubims of thick gold upon the two ends of the mercy seat:

¹ And he made the burnt offering altar of sethim-wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad: even four square, and three cubits high. ² And he made horns in the four corners of it proceeding out of it, and overlaid it with brass. ³ And he made all the vessels of the altar: the cauldrons, shovels, basins, fleshhooks and coalpans all of brass. ⁴ And he made a brazen gridiron of network unto the altar round about alow beneath, under the compass of the altar: ⁵ so that it reached unto half the altar, and cast four rings of brass for the four ends of the gridiron to put staves in. ⁶ And he made staves of sethim-wood and covered them with brass, ⁷ and put the staves in the rings along by the altar side to bear it withal, and made the altar hollow with boards.

³³ And they brought the habitation unto Moses: the tent and all his apparel thereof; the buttons, boards, bars, pillars and sockets, ³⁴ and the covering of rams' skins red, and the covering of taxus' skins, and the hanging veil, ³⁵ and the ark of witness with the staves thereof, and the mercy seat: ³⁶ the table and all the ordinance thereof, and the shewbread, ³⁷ and the pure candlestick, and the lamps prepared thereunto with all the vessels thereof, and the oil for lights, ³⁸ and the golden altar, and the anointing oil and the sweet cense, and the hanging of the tabernacle door, ³⁹ and the brazen altar, and the gridiron of brass longing thereunto with his bars and all his vessels, and the laver with his foot, ⁴⁰ and the hangings of the court with his pillars and sockets, and the hanging to the court gate, his boards and pins, and all the ordinance that serveth to the habitation of the tabernacle of witness, ⁴¹ and the ministering vestments to serve in the holy place, and the holy vestments of Aaron the priest and his sons' raiments to minister in. ⁴² According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, even so the children of Israel made all the work.

² "In the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the habitation of the tabernacle of witness, ³ and put therein the ark of witness, and cover the ark with the veil, ⁴ and bring in the table and apparel it, and bring in the candlestick and put on his lamps, ⁵ and set the cense altar of gold before the ark of witness, and put the hanging of the door unto the habitation. ⁶ And set the burnt offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness, ⁷ and set the laver between the tabernacle of witness, and the altar, and put water therein, ⁸ and make the court round about, and set up the hanging of the court gate. ⁹ And take the anointing oil and anoint the habitation and all that is therein, and hallow it and all that belong thereto: that it may be holy. ¹⁰ And anoint the altar of the burnt offerings and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar that it may be most holy. ¹¹ And anoint also the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. ¹² "Then bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and wash them with water. ¹³ And put upon Aaron the holy vestments. ¹⁴ And anoint him and sanctify him that he may minister unto me, ¹⁵ that their anointing may be an everlasting priesthood unto them throughout their generations." ¹⁶ And Moses did according to all that the LORD commanded him.

³⁰ And he set the laver between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and poured water therein to wash with all.

⁴ even in the most holy place. ⁵ And when the host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the veil, and cover the ark of witness therewith, ⁶ and shall put thereon a covering of taxus' skins and shall spread a cloth that is altogether of jacinth, above all, and put the staves thereof in. ⁷ And upon the shew-table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon the dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread shall be thereon: ⁸ and they shall spread upon them a covering of purple, and cover the same with a covering of taxus' skins, and put the staves thereof in. ⁹ And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans, and all her oil vessels which they occupy about it, ¹⁰ and shall put upon her and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus' skins, and put it upon staves. ¹¹ And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put on her staves. ¹² And they shall take all the things which they occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put a cloth of jacinth upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus' skins and put them on staves. ¹³ And they shall take away the ashes out of the altar, and spread a scarlet cloth thereon: ¹⁴ and put about it, the firepans, the fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins, and all that belongeth unto the altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering of taxus' skins, and put on the staves of it. ¹⁵ "And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that the host remove, then the sons of Kohath shall come in for to bear, and so let them not touch the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the charge of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness. ¹⁶ And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meat offering and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth thereto."

¹⁶ And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meat offering and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth thereto."

²⁵ Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up into mount Hor, ²⁶ and strip Aaron out of his vestments and put them upon Eleazar his son, and let Aaron be put unto his people and die there." ²⁷ And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the multitude. ²⁸ And Moses took off Aaron's clothes and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there in the top of the mount.

¹⁸ And the chief Marshal took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the highest priest save one, and three keepers of the door.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah of the sons of Merari. ¹⁵ And Bakbakkar the carpenter and Galal. And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri the son of Asaph. ¹⁶ Obadiah the son of Shemaiah the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun. And Berechiah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷ The porters were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon and Ahiman with their brethren — Shallum being the chief. ¹⁸ For unto the time they had watched at the king's gate eastward in the tents of the children of Levi by companies. ¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore the son of Ebiasaph the son of Korah with his brethren the Korahites in the house of their fathers had their business and office to keep the door of the tabernacle: for their fathers in the Host of the LORD kept the entering. ²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them before the LORD, which was with him.

²⁰ And of the Levites, Ahijah had the oversight of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicated things. ²¹ As concerning the sons of Ladan which were Gershonites: Ladan had ancient fathers. Ladan the Gershonite had Jehieli. ²² The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. ²³ Among the Amramites, Izrahites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites, ²⁴ was Shebuel the son of Gershon the son of Moses a ruler over the treasure.

²⁰ And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers.

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

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

⁹ So that all they that pertain unto the host of Judah, are a hundred thousand eighty six thousand and four hundred in their companies: and these shall go in the forefront, when they journey.

¹¹ and his host, and the number of them, forty six thousand, and five hundred.

²⁵ "And the standard and the host of Dan shall lie on the north side with their companies; and the captain over the children of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai:

²⁸ And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place. ²⁹ And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling.

¹⁵ And thou shalt make boards for the habitation of sethim-wood to stand upright: ¹⁶ ten cubits long shall every board be, and a cubit and a half broad. ¹⁷ Two feet shall one board have to couple them together withal, and so thou shalt make unto all the boards of the habitation. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make twenty boards for the habitation on the south side, ¹⁹ and thou shalt make forty sockets of silver and put them under the twenty boards: two sockets under every board, for their two feet. ²⁰ In like manner in the north side of the habitation there shall be twenty boards ²¹ and forty sockets of silver: two sockets under every board. ²² And for the west end of the habitation, shalt thou make six boards, ²³ and two boards more for the two west corners of the habitation: ²⁴ so that these two boards be coupled together beneath and likewise above with clamps. And so shall it be in both the corners. ²⁵ And so there shall be eight boards in all, and sixteen sockets of silver: two sockets under every board. ²⁶ "And thou shalt make bars of sethim-wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷ and five for the other side, and five for the boards of the west end. ²⁸ And the middle bar shall go along through the midst of the boards and bar them together from the one end unto the other. ²⁹ And thou shalt cover the boards with gold and make golden rings for them to put the bars through, and shalt cover the bars with gold also.

³² And hang it upon four pillars of sethim-wood covered with gold and that their knops be covered with gold also, and stand upon four sockets of silver.

³⁷ And thou shalt make for the hanging, five pillars of sethim-wood, and cover both them and their knops with gold, and shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

⁹ "And thou shalt make a court unto the habitation, which shall have in the south side hangings of twined bysse, being a hundred cubits long, ¹⁰ and twenty pillars thereof with their twenty sockets of brass: but the knops of the pillars and their hoops shall be silver. ¹¹ In likewise on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long and twenty pillars with their sockets of brass, and the knops and the hoops of silver. ¹² And in the breadth of the court westward, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets. ¹³ And in the breadth of the court eastward toward the rising of the sun, shall be hangings of fifty cubits. ¹⁴ Hangings of fifteen cubits in the one side of it with three pillars, and three sockets: ¹⁵ and likewise on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets. ¹⁶ And in the gate of the court shall be a veil of twenty cubits: of jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse wrought with needle work, and four pillars with their four sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars round about the court shall be hooped with silver, and their knops of silver, and their sockets of brass. ¹⁸ The length of the court, shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty, and the height five, and the hangings shall be of twined bysse and the sockets of brass. ¹⁹ And all the vessels of the habitation to all manner service and the pins thereof; yea and the pins also of the court; shall be brass.

¹¹ the habitation and the tent thereof with his covering and his rings, boards, bars, pillars and sockets;

²⁰ And they made boards for the dwelling place of sethim-wood that stood upright, ²¹ every board ten cubits long and a cubit and a half broad. ²² And they made two feet to every board of the dwelling place joining one to another. ²³ And they made twenty boards for the south side of the habitation, ²⁴ and forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under every board, even for the two feet of them. ²⁵ And for the other side of the dwelling toward the north, ²⁶ they made other twenty boards with forty sockets of silver, two sockets under every board. ²⁷ And behind in the end of the tabernacle toward the west, they made six boards, ²⁸ and two other boards for the corners of the habitation behind, ²⁹ and they were joined close both beneath and also above with clamps, and thus they did to both the corners: ³⁰ so they were in all eight boards and sixteen sockets, under every board two sockets. ³¹ And they made bars of sethim-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the habitation, ³² and five for the other, and five for the boards of the west end of the habitation. ³³ And they made the middle bar to shoot through the boards: even from the one end to the other, ³⁴ and overlaid the boards with gold, and made them rings of gold to thrust the bars through, and covered the bars with gold.

³⁶ And made thereunto four pillars of sethim-wood and overlaid them with gold. Their knops were also of gold, and they cast for them four sockets of silver.

¹⁷ and the sockets of the pillars were brass: but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were silver, and the heads were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with silver. ¹⁸ And the hanging of the gate of the court was needlework: of jacinth, scarlet, purple, and twined bysse twenty cubits long and five in the breadth, according to the hangings of the court. ¹⁹ And the pillars were four with four sockets of brass, and the knops of silver, and the heads overlaid with silver and hooped about with silver, ²⁰ and all the pins of the tabernacle and of the court round about were brass.

³³ And they brought the habitation unto Moses: the tent and all his apparel thereof; the buttons, boards, bars, pillars and sockets,

²⁹ "And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers - ³⁰ from thirty years and above unto fifty, all that is able to go forth in war — to do the service of the tabernacle of witness. ³¹ And this is the charge, that they must wait upon in all that they must serve in the tabernacle of witness: The boards of the dwelling, and the bars, pillars, and sockets thereof, ³² and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, pins and cords with all that pertaineth and serveth unto them. And by name ye shall reckon the things that they must wait upon to bear. ³³ This is the service of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all their service in the tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."

⁸ And four chariots and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari according unto their offices, under the hands of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³ On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, shall they of the standard of the host of Judah pitch with their arms; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain over the sons of Judah:

⁷ and upon all the multitude — before the tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation. ⁸ And they shall wait upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon the children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation.

¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

²⁹ And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling.

³⁵ And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling.

¹ And the LORD said unto Aaron, "Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in the holy place. And thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in your priesthood. ² And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father take with thee, and let them be joined unto thee and minister unto thee. And thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. ³ And let them wait upon thee and upon all the tabernacle: only let them not come nigh the holy vessels and the altar, that both they and ye also die not. ⁴ And let them be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nigh unto you. ⁵ Wait therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel:

⁴⁸ Their brethren the Levites were appointed unto all manner service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons burnt upon the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of cense, and were appointed unto all that was to do in the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel in all points according as Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁴⁷ from thirty years up unto fifty, every man to do his office and service and to bear his burden in the tabernacle of witness - ⁴⁸ was eight thousand, five hundred and eighty,

¹⁴ But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

¹² "Behold, I have taken the Levites, from among the children of Israel, for all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: so that the Levites shall be mine.

¹⁵ "Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above."

⁶ The LORD shall cause it to be preached and written among the people, that he was born there. Selah.

³ Then shall the remnant in Zion and the remnant at Jerusalem be called holy - namely, all such as are written among the living at Jerusalem -

²⁰ Nevertheless, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are under your power: But rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

³ Yea, and I beseech thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospel, and with Clement also, and with others, my labour fellows, whose names are in the book of life.

¹⁹ But the sure ground of God remaineth, and hath this seal: the Lord knoweth them that are his, and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.

⁵ He that overcometh shall be clothed in white array, and I will not put out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels.

⁴ These are they, which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from men being the first fruits unto God and to the lamb,

⁵ and sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. ⁶ And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.

²⁸ Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."

⁶ which gave himself a ransom for all men, that it should be testified at his time;

⁴⁰ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt appoint the Levites to me, the LORD, for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel."

¹³ And all the firstborn of the asses, thou shalt redeem with a sheep: if thou redeem him not, then break his neck. But all the firstborn among thy children shalt thou buy out.

¹³ And thus much shall every man give that goeth in the number: half a sicle, after the holy sicle: a sicle is twenty geras: and a half sicle shall be the heave offering unto the LORD.

⁶ And from a month unto five years, the male shall be set at five sicles of silver, and the female at three.

²⁵ "'And all setting shall be according to the holy sicle. One sicle maketh twenty geras.

⁵⁰ among the firstborn of the children of Israel: and it came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sicles, of the holy sicle.

¹⁶ And their redemptions shall be at a month old, valued at five sicles of silver, of the holy sicle." A sicle maketh twenty Geras.

¹² One Sicle maketh twenty Gerahs. So twenty Sicles, and twenty five and fifteen Sicles make a Mina.

⁴⁶ And for the redeeming of the two hundred and seventy three which are more than the Levites in the firstborn of the children of Israel, ⁴⁷ take five sicles of every piece, after the sicles of the holy place; twenty geras; the sicles.

⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, which is the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ which gave himself a ransom for all men, that it should be testified at his time;

¹⁴ which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

¹² neither by the blood of goats, and calves: but by his own blood, we entered once for all into the holy place, and found eternal redemption.

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers,

¹⁸ Forasmuch as Christ hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, for to bring us to God, and was killed, as pertaining to the flesh: but was quickened in the spirit.

⁴⁸ And give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons."

¹⁵ And Moses waxed very angry and said unto the LORD, "Turn not unto their offerings. I have not taken so much as an ass from them, neither have vexed any of them."

³ Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again." ⁴ And they said, "Thou hast done us no wrong, nor oppressed us; neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand."

⁴ Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I committed unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and ordinances.

³³ I have desired no man's silver, gold, or vesture.

¹² If others be partakers of this power over you, wherefore are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power: but suffer all things lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

² see that ye feed Christ's flock, which is among you, taking the oversight of them: not as though ye were compelled thereto, but willingly; Not for the desire of filthy lucre, but of a good mind.