1 Chronicles 23 Cross References - Thomson

¹ When David was old and full of days, and had made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead, ² then he assembled all the chiefs of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, ³ and the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards; and the number of them by their poll, amounted to thirty eight thousand men. ⁴ Of these, twenty four thousand were for the works for the house of the Lord; and six thousand were scribes and judges; ⁵ and four thousand were guards of the gates, and four thousand were to praise the Lord with musical instruments, which he had made for praising the Lord. ⁶ And David distributed them into daily classes, under the heads of Gerson, Kaath and Merari, the sons of Levi. ⁷ Now to Gerson belonged Edan and Semei; ⁸ the sons of Edan, were chief Jeiel, and Zethan and Joel, three: ⁹ the sons of Semei, were Salomith, Jeiel and Dan, three. Those were the chiefs of the families of the Edantes; ¹⁰ but the Semeites, had also Jeth and Ziza, and Joas and Beria; these four were sons of Semei, ¹¹ and Jeth was the chief and Ziza the second, and Joas and Beria not having many children were comprehended in one muster, for a house of a family. ¹² And the sons of Kaath were Ambram, Issaar, Chebron, Oziel; four. ¹³ The sons of Ambram were Aaron and Moses. Now Aaron was set apart for the sanctification of the most holy things, he and his sons, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister in the priest's office, and to bless in his name forever ¹⁴ But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were classed in the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵ The sons of Moses, were Gersam and Eliezer. ¹⁶ Of the Gersamites, Subael was chief, ¹⁷ and of the Eliezerites, Rabia was chief. Now Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were increased to a multitude. ¹⁸ The sons of Issaar, were Salomith the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Chebron, were Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth ²⁰ The sons of Oziel, were Micha the chief and Isia the second. ²¹ The sons of Merari were Mooli and Mousi. The sons of Mooli were Eleazar and Kis. ²² Now Eleazar died, and left no sons, but only daughters. So the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them. ²³ The sons of Mousi were Mouli and Eder and Jerimoth, three. ²⁴ These are the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their patriarchal families. The chiefs of these families, according to the review of them, according to the number of their names was polled to perform the works of the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upwards. ²⁵ For David said, The Lord Cod of Israel hath given his people rest and fixed his abode in Jerusalem forever. ²⁶ So the Levites not having to carry the tabernacle and all the utensils thereof for its service; ²⁷ for this cause by these last orders of David, the Levites are numbered from twenty years old and upwards, ²⁸ for he set them under the superintendance of Aaron to serve in the house of the Lord, over the courts and over the store houses and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the work of the service of the house of God, ²⁹ and for the shew bread, and for the fine flour of the sacrifice and for the unleavened cakes, and for the frying pan, and the mixed sacrifice, and for all kinds of measuring, ³⁰ and to stand every morning to sing praises, and give thanks to the Lord, and the same every evening: ³¹ and to have charge of all the offerings of homage made to the Lord, on the sabbaths and at the new moons, and at the festivals according to the number, and according to the rule prescribed for them, continually for the Lord. ³² And they are to keep the watch of the tabernacle of the testimony, and to guard the sanctuary, and to guard the sons of Aaron, their brethren, that they may minister as priests, in the house of the Lord.

⁸ And Abraham declining died in a good old age, an old man and full of days and he was added to his people.

²⁹ And Isaak fainting away died and was added to his race being an old man and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

¹ When king David was old; far advanced in years, they covered him with clothes, but he was not warmed;

³⁰ as I have sworn to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead, even so will I do this very day.

³³ he said to them, Take the servants of your lord the king with you, and mount my son Solomon on my mule, and conduct him down to Gion, ³⁴ and let Sadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, anoint him to be king over Israel. Then sound the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. ³⁵ And let him sit on my throne, and reign in my stead, as I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Juda. ³⁶ Thereupon Banaias, son of Jodae, answered the king and said, Be it so! May the Lord the God of my lord the king confirm it! ³⁷ As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon, and magnify his throne above the throne of my lord king David! ³⁸ Then Sadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaias, son of Jodae, went down with the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and having mounted Solomon on king David's mule, they conducted him to Gion. ³⁹ And Sadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and having anointed Solomon, he blew the trumpet, and all the people shouted, Live king Solomon!

⁵ so in preference to all my sons, for the Lord hath given me many sons, he hath made choice of my son Solomon, to set him on the throne of the Lord's kingdom, over Israel.

²² And having eaten and drunk that day with gladness before the Lord, they proclaimed Solomon son of David king a second time, and anointed him to be king for the Lord, and Sadok to be priest. ²³ So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him ²⁴ The chiefs, and the men in authority, and all the sons of king David his father were subject to him, ²⁵ and the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as no king had before him.

²⁸ he died at a good old age, full of days, riches and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe grain cut in due season; or like a heap from a threshing floor, carried home in time.

² convoked all the sons of Israel, their senate, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their under officers, and said to them, I am grown old, and am far advanced in years.

¹ Again Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Se lo, and having convened their elders, and their under officers, and their judges, and placed them before God,

¹ When David had consulted with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, under every leader,

¹ When David had assembled all the chiefs of Israel, the chiefs of the judges, and all the chiefs of the divisions which attended the king's person in courses, and the chiefs over the thousands, and the chiefs over the hundreds, and the treasurers, and them who were entrusted with the care of the king's substance, and of all his possessions, and of his children, with the chamberlains and the worthies and the soldiers of the army at Jerusalem,

²⁹ the king sent and assembled the elders of Juda and Jerusalem; ³⁰ and went up to the house of the Lord, with all the chiefs of Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and with the priests and the Levites, and all the people small and great, and read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant found in the house of the Lord.

² Take the sum of the Kaathites, apart from the Levites, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, ³ from twenty five years and upwards, to fifty years, every one who goeth in to minister; to do all the services of the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁴ Now these are the services of the Kaathites in the tabernacle of the testimony, a most sacred service. ⁵ When the camp is about to remove, Aaron shall go in with his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and with it cover the ark of the testimony, ⁶ and put thereon the covering of blue skins; and over it they shall spread a mantle, wholly blue, and put in the staves. ⁷ Then over the presence table they shall spread a mantle, all of purple; upon it, and upon the platters, and the censers, and the goblets, and the libation cups, with which he maketh libations; and the loaves which are continually thereon shall be upon it. ⁸ And they shall throw over it a scarlet mantle, and cover it, with a blue skin covering, and put in the staves to carry it. ⁹ Then they shall take a blue mantle, and cover the candlestick which giveth light with its lamps, and its snuffers, and its tweezers, and all the oil vessels, which they use in that service; ¹⁰ and they shall put it, and all the utensils thereof, into a blue skin covering, and lay it on the staves to carry it. ¹¹ They shall then cover the golden altar with a blue mantle, and spread over it a skin covering of blue, and put in the staves thereof to carry it. ¹² And they shall take all the utensils used in the service, all with which they minister in the holies, and put them into a blue mantle, and cover them with a skin covering of blue, and lay them on staves to carry them. ¹³ Then they shall put the cover on the altar, and cover it with a mantle, entirely of purple, ¹⁴ and they shall lay thereon all the utensils with which they minister at it, namely the censers, and the flesh forks, and the cups, and the cover, and the vials, and all the utensils of the altar; and they shall throw over it a skin covering of blue, and put in the staves to carry it. Then they shall take a purple mantle, and cover the laver and its base; and put it in a skin covering of blue, and put it on the staves. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things, and all the utensils, while the camp is removing, after this the sons of Kaath shall come in to carry them; but they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These things the sons of Kaath shall take up in the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹⁶ The overseer, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge of the oil for light, and of the compound incense, and the daily sacrifice, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all that are in it, in the sanctuary, in all the works thereof. ¹⁷ And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ¹⁸ That you may not destroy this community of the tribe, namely the Kaathites, from among the Levites, ¹⁹ you must do this for them, that they may live and not die; When they go into the holy of holies, let Aaron and his sons go in before them; and they shall station them, every one according to what he is to carry: ²⁰ And let them not go in abruptly, to view the holy things, so they shall not die. ²¹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²² Take the sum of the Gersonites; of them also according to the houses of their families, according to their communities. ²³ Review them, from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, every one who goeth in to minister; to do his work in the tabernacle of the testimony. ²⁴ The service of the community of the Gersonites is the same, namely to serve and to carry. ²⁵ They shall carry the skin coverings of the tabernacle of the testimony with its covering, the upper covering of blue which is upon it, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, both all that are for the tabernacle of the testimony, and those about it, and all the sacred implements which are used in the holy service. ²⁷ They shall act under the direction of Aaron and his sons, whatever may be the service of the Gersonites, in all their services, and in all their works. So thou shalt review them by name, having respect to all the burdens to be carried by them. ²⁸ This is the service of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the testimony, and the superintendance of them shall be by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ With regard to the Merarites, review them according to their communities, according to the houses of their families; ³⁰ review them from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age; every one who goeth in to do the works of the tabernacle of the testimony, ³¹ to take charge of those things to be carried by them, according to all their works for the tabernacle of the testimony, namely the capitals of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the pillars thereof, the bases thereof, and the bases and pillars for the veil, and for the curtain of the door of the tabernacle, ³² and the pillars of the court round about, with their bases, and the pillars for the curtain of the gate of the court, with their bases, and their pins, and their cords, and all the implements thereof, and all their services; review them by name, and all the implements which are to be under their charge, and to be carried by them. ³³ This service of the community of the Merarites, in all their works, for the tabernacle of the testimony, shall be under the superintendance of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. ³⁴ Accordingly Moses and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel, reviewed the Kaathites according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, ³⁵ from twenty five years old, and upwards, to fifty years of age, every one who went in to minister, and do service for the tabernacle of the testimony; ³⁶ and the number of them, according to their communities, was two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ This was the muster of the community of the Kaathites, comprehending every one who performed service for the tabernacle of the testimony, as Moses and Aaron reviewed them, at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. ³⁸ Then the Gersonites were reviewed according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, ³⁹ from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, comprehending every one who went in to serve, and perform works for the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁴⁰ And the muster of them, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, was two thousand six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ This was the review of the community of the Gersonites, comprehending every one who performed service for the tabernacle of the testimony, whom Moses and Aaron reviewed, at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. ⁴² Then was reviewed the community of the Merarites, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, ⁴³ from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, comprehending every one who went in to perform the holy works of the tabernacle of the testimony; ⁴⁴ And the muster of them according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, was three thousand two hundred. ⁴⁵ This was the muster of the community of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron reviewed, at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. ⁴⁶ All the Levites who were reviewed, whom Moses with Aaron and the chiefs of Israel reviewed by communities, by the houses of their families, ⁴⁷ from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, comprehending every one who went in for the performance of works and for the business of carrying for the tabernacle of the testimony; ⁴⁸ even all who were reviewed, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. ⁴⁹ At the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses, he reviewed them, man by man, for their works, and for the things which they were to carry. They were reviewed in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁴ These are the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their patriarchal families. The chiefs of these families, according to the review of them, according to the number of their names was polled to perform the works of the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upwards.

¹⁸ Thou shalt appoint for thyself judges, and promulgators of the law, in the cities which the Lord thy God giveth thee, in every tribe. And they shall administer just judgment to the people.

⁸ And if any cause which requireth judicial decision; an action of murder, an action of appeal, a case of leprosy, an action of plaint and denial; any causes which require decision in any of your cities, be too difficult for thee, thou shalt arise, and go up to the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen, ⁹ and there come to the priests, the Levites, or to the judge, who 10 ever he may be in those days, and they shall inquire, and declare to thee the sentence of judgment, ¹⁰ and thou shalt act according to what they declare to thee from the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen: and thou shalt be careful to do according to what is expounded to thee for law.

⁴⁸ Now their brethren the Levites according to the houses of their families, were appointed to all the work of the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

²⁸ Now some of the Levites were over the implements of the service, for they were to be brought in and carried out by tale. ²⁹ So some were over the implements, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine and the oil, the frankincense and the spices. ³⁰ And of the sons of the priests, some were confectioners and prepared the spices. ³¹ And of the Levites, Matthathias, who was the first born of Salom the Korite, he had the charge of the works of the sacrifice prepared in the pan of the high priest, ³² and Banaias the Kaathite, who was of their brethren, was over the shew bread, to set it in order every sabbath;

²⁸ for he set them under the superintendance of Aaron to serve in the house of the Lord, over the courts and over the store houses and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the work of the service of the house of God, ²⁹ and for the shew bread, and for the fine flour of the sacrifice and for the unleavened cakes, and for the frying pan, and the mixed sacrifice, and for all kinds of measuring, ³⁰ and to stand every morning to sing praises, and give thanks to the Lord, and the same every evening: ³¹ and to have charge of all the offerings of homage made to the Lord, on the sabbaths and at the new moons, and at the festivals according to the number, and according to the rule prescribed for them, continually for the Lord. ³² And they are to keep the watch of the tabernacle of the testimony, and to guard the sanctuary, and to guard the sons of Aaron, their brethren, that they may minister as priests, in the house of the Lord.

²⁰ And with regard to the Levites their brethren, who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord and over the treasures of dedicated things, ²¹ these were Ladanites, the sons of Ladan the Gersonite; the heads of families belonging to Ladan. To Ladan the Gersonite belonged Jeiel, ²² the sons of Jeiel; Zethom .and Joel. These brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. ²³ With respect to the Ambramites and Isaarites. Chebronites and Ozielites; ²⁴ Subael son of Gersam, son of Moses, was over the treasures. ²⁵ And to his brother Eliezer belonged Rabias a son, and Josias and Joram, and Zechri and Salomoth. ²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over the treasures of the dedicated things, which were dedicated by David the king and by the chiefs of families, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and generals of the army, ²⁷ which they had taken from the cities and from the spoils won in battle, and of which they had dedicated a part, that the building of the house of God might not be delayed.

²⁹ Of the Issaarites, Chonenia and sons had the charge of the business abroad over Israel, to act as scribes and judges. ³⁰ And of the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, heads of subordinate families, amounting to seventeen hundred, had the oversight of Israel on the western bank of the Jordan, for every service of the Lord and every work of the king. ³¹ With regard to the Ozielites, Ourias was the chief of the Ozielites, according to their genealogies by families. In the fortieth year of the king's reign they were reviewed, and the head man among them was found at Jazer of Galaaditis.

⁸ In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed some of the priests and Levites and patriarchs of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁸ And in the second year of their corning to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedek with the rest of their brethren, the priests, and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, made a beginning. Now they had appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upwards over them, who did the works in the house of the Lord, so there were over the Workmen employed at the house of the Lord, ⁹ Jesus with his sons and brethren, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Juda, the sons Enadad, their sons and their brethren the Levites.

⁹ and Joel son of Zechri was overseer over them, and Juda son of Asana for the city was second.

²² And the overseer of the Levites son Bani, son Ozi, son Asabia, son Micha of the sons of Asaph the musicians attended over against the work of the house of God,

⁷ Because the lips of a priest were to keep knowledge therefore law was to be sought from his mouth; since he is a messenger of the Lord Almighty:

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves and to the whole flock among which the holy spirit hath made you overseers to tend the congregation of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.

¹² And of the hewn timber the king made the wainscottings of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and nablas and kinyras for the musicians. There never had come such hewn timber into the country nor hath any such been any where seen to this day.

³¹ Now these are they whom David set over the bands of singers in the house of the Lord, when the ark was at rest. ³² And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony with musical instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they attended their service according to their order, ³³ and these are they who attended with their sons; Of the sons of Kaath, Aiman, who sung to the psaltery, the son of Joel, son of Samuel, ³⁴ son of Elkana, son of Jeroboam, son of Eliel, son of Thou, ³⁵ son of Suph, son of Elkana, son of Maath, son of Amathi, ³⁶ son of Elkana, son of Joel, son of Azarias, son of Saphanias, ³⁷ son of Thaath, son of Aser, son of Abiasaph, son of Kore, ³⁸ son of Issaar, son of Kaath, son of Levi, son of Israel; ³⁹ and his brother Asaph who stood on his right; Asaph was the son of Barachias son of Samaa, ⁴⁰ son of Michael, son of Baasia, son of Melchia, ⁴¹ son of Athani, son of Zaaras, ⁴² son of Adai, son of Aitham, son of Zammam, son of Semei, ⁴³ son of Jeth, son of Gersom, son of Levi. ⁴⁴ And the sons of Merari, their brethren who were on their left, were Aitham son of Kisa, son of Abai, son of Maloch, ⁴⁵ son of Asebi, ⁴⁶ son of Amessia, son of Bani, son of Semer, ⁴⁷ son of Mooli, son of Musi, son of Merari, son of Levi. ⁴⁸ Now their brethren the Levites according to the houses of their families, were appointed to all the work of the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

¹⁷ the keepers of the gates, Salom, Akum, Telmon and Diman and their brethren, Salom being at this time, the chief ¹⁸ at the king's gate, namely the eastern gate, of the camp of the Levites; ¹⁹ and Sellum son of Kore, son of Abiasaph, son of Kore. Now his brethren, for the house of his father, namely the Korites, were over the works of the service keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers were over the camp of the Lord guarding the entrance. ²⁰ And Phineas son of Eleazar was the ruler over them, and these were his assistants; ²¹ Zacharias son of Mosollomi, keeper of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, ²² all the chosen keepers of the gates, were two hundred and twelve. With respect to the distribution of these in their respective courts, David and Samuel the seer appointed them to their office, ²³ and they and their sons had the charge of the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch. ²⁴ The gates were according to the four winds, east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brethren in the villages were to relieve them, every seven days from time to time. ²⁶ Because the four chiefs had the charge of the gates, and the Levites who were over the store houses, and over the treasures of the house of God ²⁷ encamp near; because the watch rested on them, therefore they had the charge of the keys to open every morning, the doors of the sanctuary.

³³ and the singers, the chiefs of those families of the Levites, who were distributed into daily classes; because the chiefs of these families of the Levites were employed in this service day and night,

¹⁶ Now David had said to the chiefs of the Levites, Appoint your brethren, such as play on musical instruments, on nablas and kinyras, and cymbals, that they may make a loud sound with the voice of joy. ¹⁷ And the Levites had appointed Aiman son of Joel and of his brethren, Asaph son of Barachia, and of the sons of Merari his brethren, Aithan the son of Kisias ¹⁸ and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zacharias and Oziel, and Semiramoth and Jeiel, and Elioel and Eliab, and Banaia and Maasaia, and Matthathia and Eliphena, and Makellia and Abdedom, and Jeiel and Ozias, the keepers of the gates; ¹⁹ and the musicians Aiman, Asaph and Aithan, sung and played on brass cymbals in the highest key; ²⁰ and Zacharias and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel; Oni, Eliab, Maasias, Banias, on nablas in alaimoth; ²¹ and Mattathias and Eliphalu, and Makenia and Abdedom, and Jeiel and Ozias, on kinyras in Amasenith to give a strong sound. ²² And Chononias, a chief of the Levites, was master of the odes, for he was skilled therein. ²³ And Barachia and Elkana were door keepers of the ark. ²⁴ And Somnia and Josaphat, and Nathaniel and Amasai, and Zacharia and Banaia, and Eliezer the priests, sounded the trumpets before the ark of God. And Abdedom and Jeia were door keepers of the ark of God.

³⁸ And with regard to Abdedom and his brethren who were sixty eight, Abdedom son of Idithun and Osa were to be door keepers.

⁴¹ and with him were Aiman and Idithun, and the rest who were chosen by name to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth forever. ⁴² And they had with them trumpets and high sounding cymbals, and musical instruments, for the songs of God. And the sons of Idithun were to be keepers of the gate.

¹ Then David the king with the chiefs of this host, appointed to their services the sons of Asaph and Aiman and Idithun, who chanted with kinyras and with nablas and with cymbals, and an account was taken by poll of those employed in these services. ² The sons of Asaph were Zakchur and Joseph, and Nathanias and Erael. The sons of Asaph were near the king. ³ With Idithun were the sons of Idithun, Godolias and Suri, and Iseas and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithim, chanting on kinyras thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. ⁴ When Aiman were the sons of Aiman, Bukias and Matthanias, and Oziel and Subael, and Jerimoth and Ananias, and Anan and Eliatha, and Godollathi and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaka and Melithi, and Otheri and Meazoth. ⁵ All these sons Aiman had with him when he commenced a psalm for the king in the words of God. To exalt the horn God indeed had given Aiman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these with their father, sung in the house of God to cymbals and nablas and kinyras, for the service of the house of God near the king, with Asaph and Idithun and Aiman. ⁷ And the number of them, including younger brethren, who were instructed to sing to the Lord, even all who were skilled, was two hundred and eighty eight.

¹ And for the guards of the gates were the Korites, Mosellamia, of the sons of Asaph; ² and for Mosellamia were Son Zacharias the first born, Jadiel the second, Zabadia the third, Jenuel the fourth, ³ Jolam the fifth, Jonathan the sixth, Elionai the seventh, ⁴ Abdedom the eighth; and the sons of Abdedom were, Samaias the first born, Jozabath the second, Joath the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathaniel the fifth, ⁵ Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Philathi the eighth; because God had blessed him, ⁶ therefore for Samia his son, there were born, sons of his first born, Rosai, to make his a patriarchal house, ⁷ because the Samaites had heads of families, namely Othni and Raphael, and Obed and Elzabeth, and Achiud, mighty sons, Eliu and Sabachia, and Isbakom, ⁸ all descendants of the sons of Abdedom, they and their sons and their brethren, acting as heads of families in the service. All the sons of Abdedom were sixty two. ⁹ And the sons of Mosellamia with their brethren, were eighteen heads of families. ¹⁰ Osa, also of the children of Merari, had sons who kept up his chieftancy. Because he was not first born, therefore his father made him chief of the second branch. ¹¹ Chelkias was the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth. All the sons and brethren of Osa were thirteen. ¹² Among these the gates were distributed, the heads of families having daily courses like their brethren, to do service in the house of the Lord.

¹⁴ And according to the regulation of his father David, he appointed the courses of the priests according to their services; and the Levites were set to their charges to sing praises and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the keepers of the gates were distributed into their classes for every gate. For so David, the man of God had commanded.

¹⁹ the Levites of the sons of Kaath, and of the sons of Kore, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel, in the loudest strains. ²⁰ And they arose early in the morning, and went out to the wilderness of Thekoe. And as they were marching out, Josaphat stood and cried with a loud voice, and said, Hear me, Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem. Trust in the Lord our God, and you shall be confirmed in your confidence. Confide in his prophet, and you shall prosper. ²¹ Then he consulted with the people, and appointed the musicians, and them who sing praises, to give thanks and to sing the holy songs of praise. So marching at the head of the army, they sung the hymn, praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth forever.

²⁵ Now he had stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals and with nablas and kinyras, according to the command of David the king, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the institution was ordained at the command of the Lord, by the ministry of prophets. ²⁶ So the Levites stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

¹⁵ And with regard to the musicians, the sons of Asaph, who were in their station, according to the commands of David, both Asaph and Aiman and Idithun the king's prophets; and the chiefs and the keepers of the gates, they were not at liberty to move from their holy services, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

⁷ there came up to Jerusalem some of the children of Israel, and some of the priests, and some of the Levites, namely, the musicians and the keepers of the gates and the Nathinims in the seventh year of Arthasastha, the king;

⁷³ Now the priests and the Levites, and the keepers of the gates and the musicians, and some of the people, and the Nathinims, and all Israel, had taken up their abode in their cities;

⁷ How delighted must all be; whose habitation is in thee!

⁵ some are dwelling: on the sound of musical instruments; as if they thought it fixed and not fleeting.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the children of Levi according to their families, Gerson, Kaath and Merari. Now the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty seven. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Gerson, Lobeni and Semei. These were houses of their patriarchal family. ¹⁸ And the sons of Kaath were Ambram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel. Now the years of the life of Kaath were a hundred and thirty three. ¹⁹ And the sons of Merari were Mooli and Mousi. These were the houses of the patriarchal family of Levi according to their families. ²⁰ Now Ambram had taken to wife Jochabed a daughter of his father's brother and she bore to him Aaron and Moses and Mariam their sister. And the years of the life of Ambram were a hundred and thirty two. ²¹ And the sons of Issaar were Kore and Naphek and Zechri. ²² And the sons of Oziel were Misael and Elisaphan and Segri. ²³ And Aaron had taken to wife Elizabeth the daughter of Aminadab and the sister of Naason, and she bore to him Nadab and Abiud and Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴ And the sons of Kore were Asir and Elkana and Abiasar. These were the families of Kore.

⁵⁷ Now these were the children of Levi, according to their communities; of Gerson, the community of the Gersonites; of Kaath, the community of the Kaathites; of Merari, the community of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are also communities of the children of Levi; the community of the Lobenites, the community of the Chebronites, the community of the Korites, the community of the Musites.

¹ The sons of Levi were Gerson, Kaath and Merari.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi were Gerson, Kaath and Merari.

¹ Now with regard to the sons of Aaron in the line of Nadab and of Abiud, and of Eleazar and of Ithamar.

¹ And for the guards of the gates were the Korites, Mosellamia, of the sons of Asaph;

²⁵ Now he had stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals and with nablas and kinyras, according to the command of David the king, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the institution was ordained at the command of the Lord, by the ministry of prophets.

² And Ezekias re-established the courses of the priests, and of the Levites and the courses of each individual among the priests and the Levites, "according to his particular service for the burnt offerings, and for the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and to praise and give thanks, and to attend at the gates in the courts of the house of the Lord.

¹⁰ So the service commenced, and the priests stood in their station, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king.

¹⁸ And they set the priests in their courses, and the Levites in their divisions over the service of God at Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.

¹⁷ And these were the sons of Gerson, Lobeni and Semei. These were houses of their patriarchal family.

¹⁷ Now these are the names of the sons of Gerson, Lobeni and Semei. ¹⁸ The sons of Kaath were Ambram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari were Mooli and Musi. And these were the families of the Levites according to their families, ²⁰ To Gerson by Lobeni belonged Jeth his son, Zammath his son,

⁷ of the Gersonites, Joel the chief and his brethren, a hundred and thirty;

²¹ these were Ladanites, the sons of Ladan the Gersonite; the heads of families belonging to Ladan. To Ladan the Gersonite belonged Jeiel,

³³ and these are they who attended with their sons; Of the sons of Kaath, Aiman, who sung to the psaltery, the son of Joel, son of Samuel, ³⁴ son of Elkana, son of Jeroboam, son of Eliel, son of Thou,

¹¹ And David sent for Sadok, and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaia and Joel, and Semaia and Eliel, and Aminadab,

¹⁷ And the Levites had appointed Aiman son of Joel and of his brethren, Asaph son of Barachia, and of the sons of Merari his brethren, Aithan the son of Kisias ¹⁸ and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zacharias and Oziel, and Semiramoth and Jeiel, and Elioel and Eliab, and Banaia and Maasaia, and Matthathia and Eliphena, and Makellia and Abdedom, and Jeiel and Ozias, the keepers of the gates;

²⁰ and Zacharias and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel; Oni, Eliab, Maasias, Banias, on nablas in alaimoth; ²¹ and Mattathias and Eliphalu, and Makenia and Abdedom, and Jeiel and Ozias, on kinyras in Amasenith to give a strong sound.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kaath were Ambram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel. Now the years of the life of Kaath were a hundred and thirty three.

²⁷ To the Kaathites belonged the community of the Amramites, and the community of the Issaarites, and the community of the Chebronites, and the community of the Ozielites. These are the communities of the Kaathites

⁵⁸ These are also communities of the children of Levi; the community of the Lobenites, the community of the Chebronites, the community of the Korites, the community of the Musites.

² And the sons of Kaath, Ambram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel.

²⁰ Now Ambram had taken to wife Jochabed a daughter of his father's brother and she bore to him Aaron and Moses and Mariam their sister. And the years of the life of Ambram were a hundred and thirty two.

¹ Therefore associate thou with thyself thy brother Aaron and his sons, that from among the children of Israel, Aaron and Nadab and Abiud and Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron may minister to me in the priest's office. ² And thou shalt make for thy brother Aaron holy raiment for dignity and glory. ³ For this purpose speak to all those who are wise in heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom and understanding and let them make the holy raiment of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which he shall minister to me. ⁴ Now these are the robes which they shall make, The breast plate, and the ephod, and a long robe reaching down to the feet, and a broidered vesture, and a mitre, and a girdle. And that they may make holy robes for Aaron and his sons to minister to me, ⁵ they shall take the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet yarn and the cotton thread, ⁶ and they shall make the ephod of cotton thread, a woven work of an embroiderer. ⁷ It shall have two shoulder pieces connected with it and to one another, being joined at the two sides. ⁸ And the texture of the two shoulder pieces which are over it shall be of the same fabrick and materials as it is; of pure gold and of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread. ⁹ And thou shalt take the two stones, smaragdine stones, and engrave upon them the names of the sons of Israel, ¹⁰ six names on one stone and the other six names on the other stone; according to their births. ¹¹ With the workmanship of a skilful engraver, like the engraving of a seal, thou shalt engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. ¹² And thou shalt fix these two stones on the shoulders of the ephod. They are stones of remembrance for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall carry the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial concerning them. ¹³ Thou shalt also make little shields of pure gold; ¹⁴ and thou shalt make two pieces of net work of pure gold intermixed with flowers, the work of a curious plaiter, and thou shalt put the plaited net works upon the little shields in the fore front of the shoulder pieces.

³³ they shall eat those meats, with which they were hallowed to consecrate their hands with them, to hallow themselves. None of another family shall eat of them, for they are holy. ³⁴ And if any of the flesh of the consecration sacrifice or of the bread be left till the morning, thou shalt burn what remaineth with fire. It shall not be eaten; for it is a dedication. ³⁵ Having done thus for Aaron and his sons according to all that I have commanded thee, and consecrated their hands seven days, ³⁶ thou shalt offer on the day of the purification a young bull for a sin offering, and thou shalt purify the altar, when thou consecratest upon it, and anoint it so as to hallow it. ³⁷ Seven days thou shalt purify the altar and hallow it, so shall the altar be most holy. Whoever toucheth it shall be hallowed.

⁴⁴ And I will hallow the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar; and I will hallow Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest's office;

⁶ And thou shalt place this before the veil, which is over the ark of the testimonies, from which I will make myself known to thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon every morning compound incense beaten fine. When he replenisheth the lamps he shall burn incense thereon. ⁸ And when Aaron lighteth the lamps in the evening he shall burn incense thereon every day continually before the Lord throughout their generations. ⁹ And upon it thou shalt not offer any other incense offering, homage offering, nor cake offering; nor shalt thou pour a libation thereon. ¹⁰ But Aaron shall make an atonement on it; on the horns thereof, once a year. With the blood of the purifying sacrifice he shall purify it throughout their generations. It is a Holy of Holies to the Lord.

³⁴ Moreover the Lord said to Moses, Take thee spices; stacte, onycha and sweet scented chalbanum and pellucid frankincense, of each an equal quantity. ³⁵ And of these they shall make compound incense mixed up by the art of an apothecary, a pure holy composition. ³⁶ And thou shalt beat some of it fine, and lay it over against the testimonies in the tabernacle of the testimony, where I shall make myself known to thee. It shall be to you a most holy incense. ³⁷ According to the composition thereof you shall not make any for yourselves. You shall consider it as a holy thing appropriate to the Lord. ³⁸ Whoever shall make any like it to yield a fragrance for himself shall be rooted out from among his people.

⁹ For this purpose thou shalt take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all the things in it and hallow it and all its utensils 10 and they shall be holy. ¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of homage offerings and all its utensils and hallow the altar, and this altar shall be a holy of holies. ¹¹ [Omitted] ¹² Then thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water. ¹³ And thou shalt put the holy robes on Aaron and anoint him and hallow him that he may minister to me in the priest's office. ¹⁴ Thou shalt then bring forward his sons and clothe them with vestures ¹⁵ and anoint them as thou didst their father and they shall serve me as priests. And this unction of the priesthood shall belong to them forever throughout their generations.

²² Then Aaron, lifting up his hands over the people, blessed them; When he came down from offering the sin offering, and the whole burnt offerings, and the offerings of thanksgiving, ²³ and Moses and Aaron had gone into the tabernacle of the testimony, and come out and blessed all the people, then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people,

¹ and the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, having taken each his censer, laid fire on it, and threw incense thereon, and presented before the Lord strange fire, which the Lord had not ordered them; ² upon which a fire darted forth from the Lord, and destroyed them, and they died before the Lord.

¹⁰ to distinguish between holy things and things unholy, and between clean and unclean things,

¹⁷ Why did you not eat the sin offering in a holy place? for because it is most holy, he hath given this to you to eat, that you may take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord; ¹⁸ for none of its blood was carried into the sanctuary. You should have eaten it publicly in the court, in a holy place, as the Lord commanded me.

¹¹ Then Aaron shall bring forward the young bull for his own sin offering, to make atonement for himself and his household, and shall slay the young bull for his sin offering; ¹² and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar, which is before the Lord, and he shall fill his hands with the compound incense, beaten fine, and carry it within the veil; ¹³ and he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord; and the smoke of this incense shall cover the propitiatory which is on the testimonies, and he shall not die. ¹⁴ Then he shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the propitiatory, on the east side. In front of the propitiatory he shall sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. ¹⁵ Then he shall kill the goat for a sin offering; that for the people, before the Lord, and he shall carry some of its blood within the veil, and do with the blood thereof as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle the blood thereof on the propitiatory, in front of the propitiatory, ¹⁶ and make atonement for the holy place on account of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and on account of their transgressions, for all their sins. While he shall be doing this in the tabernacle of the testimony, which is built among them in the midst of their uncleanness, ¹⁷ there shall be no other man in the tabernacle of the testimony, from the time of his going in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out. And when he shall have made atonement for himself, and his household, and for all the congregation of the children of Israel, ¹⁸ he shall come out to the altar which is before the Lord, and make atonement on it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about, ¹⁹ and sprinkle some of the blood against it seven times with his finger, and purify it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

³² That priest shall make the atonement, who shall be anointed, and whose hands shall be consecrated to officiate as priest after his father. And he shall put on the linen raiment; the holy raiment, ³³ and shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and for the tabernacle of the testimony, and he shall make atonement for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests, and for all the congregation.

² Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, ³ Be the man who he may of the children of Israel, or of the proselytes who dwell among you, who shall kill a young bull, or a sheep, or a goat, in the camp, or who shall kill any of them out of the camp, ⁴ and not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered for a whole burnt offering, or for a thank offering to the Lord, to be accepted for a smell of fragrance; even though he kill it without the camp, if he bring it not to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered as a gift to the Lord, before the tabernacle of the Lord, blood shall be imputed to that man. He hath shed blood; that person shall be cut off from among his people. ⁵ In order that the children of Israel may offer up their sacrifices, whatever they kill in the fields they shall carry for the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, to the priest, and offer them as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord; ⁶ and the priest shall pour the blood against the altar round about, before the Lord, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony; and offer up the suet for a smell of fragrance for the Lord.

²³ Speak to Aaron and his sons and say, In this manner you shall bless the children of Israel, saying, ²⁴ The Lord bless thee and keep thee; ²⁵ The Lord make his countenance to shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee; ²⁶ The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. ²⁷ So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I the Lord will bless them.

¹⁶ Then Moses said to Kore, Hallow thy company and be ready before the Lord, thou and Aaron and they, to morrow. ¹⁷ And take every one his censer, and put incense thereon, and present before the Lord, every one, his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also and Aaron, each his censer. ¹⁸ And when every one had taken his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense on it, and Moses and Aaron stood at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony;

³⁵ And there went forth a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who were offering incense! ³⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, ³⁷ and to Eleazar the priest, the son of Aaron, Gather up the brasen censers from among them who were burned; but as for the strange fire, scatter it there ³⁸ Because they have hallowed the censers of these sinful men with their lives, therefore make them up into thin plates, as a cover for the altar. Because they were presented before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed, and made a sign for the children of Israel. ³⁹ So Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, took the brasen censers which they who were burned up had presented; and of them made a cover for the altar, ⁴⁰ a memorial to the children of Israel, that none of another family, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to present incense before the Lord, lest he be like Kore, and his confederacy, as the Lord spoke to him by the ministry of Moses.

⁴⁶ Whereupon they fell on their face. And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put therein fire from the altar, and throw incense on it, and carry it with all haste to the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, and hath begun to slay the people. ⁴⁷ So Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran into the congregation; [Now the destruction among the people had already begun] and he threw on the incense, and made atonement for the people,

¹ whereupon the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father, shall bear the sins of the holy things; and thou, and thy sons, shall bear the sins of your priesthood;

³ they shall keep guard for thee, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony: but let them not approach to the holy utensils, nor to the altar, lest they die, and you with them. ⁴ They shall be joined with thee, and shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony, according to all the holy services of the tabernacle, and none of another family shall come to thee. ⁵ And you shall keep the charge of the holy things, and of the altar, so that there shall not be wrath among the children of Israel. ⁶ I have indeed taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel, as a gift presented to the Lord to perform the services of the tabernacle of the testimony; ⁷ therefore thou, and thy sons with thee, shall keep your priesthood, as far as the altar is concerned, and what is within the veil; and you shall perform these services as a privilege of your priesthood; and any one of another family who approacheth shall be put to death. ⁸ Moreover the Lord said to Aaron, Behold I have given you the charge of the separated portions taken from all the dedications made to me by the children of Israel. To thee I have given them for a reward; and to thy sons after thee.

⁵⁹ And Kaath begot Ambram, whose wife's name was Jochabed, a daughter of Levi and she bore these for Levi in Egypt; She bore by Ambram, Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam their sister.

⁵ Then the priests, the Levites, shall come near: because the Lord God hath chosen them to wait upon him, and to bless in his name, therefore by their mouth every cause of plaint and denial, as well as all cases of leprosy, are to be decided;

²⁸ And I chose the house of thy father out of all the sceptres of Israel, to serve me in the priest's office, to go up to my altar, and to burn incense, and wear an ephod; and I gave the house of thy father all the burnt offerings of the children of Israel for meat.

³ And the children of Ambram were Aaron and Moses and Mariam. And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹⁸ And they withstood king Ozias and said to him, it doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord; but only to the priests the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast revolted from the Lord, and this will not be for honour to thee from the Lord God. ¹⁹ At this Ozias was inflamed with wrath, and had in his hand the censer to burn incense in the temple. But when his anger kindled against the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests, in the house of the Lord, at the altar of incense. ²⁰ And when Azarias the chief priest, with the other priests, turned towards him, behold he was leprous on the forehead, so they hurried him out thence. He indeed himself hasted to go out, because the Lord had convicted him. ²¹ So Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and as a leper, dwelt in the house of Apphusoth; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord, and Joatham, his son, was over the kingdom, administering justice to the people of the land.

⁶ Moses and Aaron among his priests; and Samuel among them, who invoke his name; called on the Lord, and he hearkened to them.

¹⁶ yet they provoked Moses in the camp and Aaron the consecrated of the Lord.

⁹ it fell to his lot, according to the order of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord, to burn incense,

² And whilst they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the holy spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

¹⁵ but when it pleased God, who had set me apart from my birth, and by his special favour called me,

⁴ Now no one assumeth to himself this honour, but he who is called of God as Aaron was.

³ And another angel came and stood by the altar, having a golden censer: and to him much incense was given, that he might offer it, for the prayers of all the saints, upon the golden altar which is before the throne.

¹ Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God blessed the children of Israel, before his death;

²³ With respect to the Ambramites and Isaarites. Chebronites and Ozielites; ²⁴ Subael son of Gersam, son of Moses, was over the treasures. ²⁵ And to his brother Eliezer belonged Rabias a son, and Josias and Joram, and Zechri and Salomoth.

¹ A prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been a refuge for us, from one generation to another.

²² And his wife conceived and bore him a son; And Moses called his name Gersam, saying, Because I am a sojourner in a strange land.

²⁰ Moses took his wife and children and mounted them on asses to return to Egypt. And he took in his hand the staff which he had from God.

³ with her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gersam; for he said, I was a stranger in a strange land; ⁴ and the name of the other Eliezar; for the God of my fathers, said he, hath been my help, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao]

²⁰ And for the rest of the Levites; for the Ambramites, Sobael; for the sons of Sobael, Jedia;

²⁰ thirteenth Subael, his sons and brethren twelve;

²⁴ Subael son of Gersam, son of Moses, was over the treasures. ²⁵ And to his brother Eliezer belonged Rabias a son, and Josias and Joram, and Zechri and Salomoth.

²² For the Isaarites Salomoth, for the sons of Salomoth, Jath;

²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over the treasures of the dedicated things, which were dedicated by David the king and by the chiefs of families, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and generals of the army,

⁹ of the sons of Chebron, Eliel the chief and his brethren, eighty;

¹² And the sons of Kaath were Ambram, Issaar, Chebron, Oziel; four.

²³ the sons of Ekdiu; Amadia the second; Jaziel the third; Jekmoam the fourth.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari were Mooli and Mousi. These were the houses of the patriarchal family of Levi according to their families. ²⁰ To Gerson by Lobeni belonged Jeth his son, Zammath his son,

³⁰ Samaa his son, Aggia his son, Asaias his son.

⁶ And David distributed them into daily classes, under the heads of Gerson, Kaath and Merari, the sons of Levi.

²⁶ the Merarites Mooli and Mousi; ²⁷ the sons of Ozia, to whom belonged the title Merarite; his sons Isoam; and Sakckur, and Abai; ²⁸ for Mooli, Eleazar and Ithamar, now Eleazar died and had no sons, ²⁹ for him Kis; the sons of Kis, Jerameel; ³⁰ the sons of Mousi, Mooli and Eder and Jerimoth, these sons of the Levites according to the houses of their families;

⁶ This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them marry whom they please, but they must marry men of the community of their father, ⁷ so there shall be no transferring of inheritance among the children of Israel, from one tribe to another. Because the children of Israel must be kept together, every one in the inheritance of the patriarchal family of his tribe, ⁸ therefore every daughter, who by being next of kin, inheriteth a possession among the tribes of Israel, must marry one of the community of her father, that the children of Israel may inherit by nearness of kin, every one the inheritance of his father's family:

²⁸ for Mooli, Eleazar and Ithamar, now Eleazar died and had no sons,

³⁰ the sons of Mousi, Mooli and Eder and Jerimoth, these sons of the Levites according to the houses of their families;

² Take ye the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, according to pedigrees, and according to the houses of their patriarchal families, and according to the number of their names, according to their poll, every male ³ from twenty years old and upwards, every one who goeth out in the army of Israel; review them with their army. Thou and Aaron shall review them, ⁴ and with you there shall be of the chiefs, one from each tribe. They shall be the chiefs of the patriarchal houses;

¹⁸ and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and marshalled them according to their pedigrees, according to their families, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male by their poll,

²² And of the Symeonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army,

³² This is the review of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families; the whole muster of the camps, comprehending their armies, being six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

¹⁵ Review the children of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their communities. Review them every male, from a month old and upwards.

²⁰ And the sons of Merari, according to their communities, were Mooli and Mousi. These are the communities of the Levites, according to the houses of their families.

⁴⁷ thou shalt take from the first born of the children of Israel, five shekels a poll. According to the holy didrachm, thou shall receive twenty oboli for a shekel.

³ from twenty five years and upwards, to fifty years, every one who goeth in to minister; to do all the services of the tabernacle of the testimony.

²⁴ There is this further in respect to the Levites; from twenty five years and upwards, they shall go in to perform service at the tabernacle of the testimony;

¹⁷ having taken down the tabernacle, to move on; carrying the tabernacle.

²¹ then were the Kaathites to move on, carrying the holy things, so that the tabernacle might be set up when they arrived.

³ and the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards; and the number of them by their poll, amounted to thirty eight thousand men.

²⁷ for this cause by these last orders of David, the Levites are numbered from twenty years old and upwards,

⁸ And in the second year of their corning to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedek with the rest of their brethren, the priests, and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, made a beginning. Now they had appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upwards over them, who did the works in the house of the Lord, so there were over the Workmen employed at the house of the Lord,

¹ Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side, from all his enemies round about,

¹¹ from the days I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies, and the Lord will tell thee that thou art to build a house for him.

¹³ [Omitted]

²⁷ Will God indeed dwell with men on the earth! If the heaven and the heaven of heaven will not suffice thee, far less indeed this house which I have built for thy name.

¹⁸ Hath not the Lord been with you, and given you rest all around? For he hath delivered into your hands the inhabitants of this land, and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

¹¹ Sing to the Lord who dwelleth in Sion; among the nations proclaim his designs,

¹⁶ But why do you suppose curdled mountains? This is the mount on which God is pleased to dwell, for the Lord will at length dwell there.

¹⁸ In this holy place having ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive; and received gifts in the manner of man in token [for some were incredulous] of thy dwelling there.

¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Sion, and made choice of it for his habitation. ¹⁴ This shall be my rest forever. Here I will dwell, for I have chosen it.

²¹ Blessed be the Lord in Sion; he who inhabiteth Jerusalem.

¹⁸ Here am I and the children whom God hath given me." Now when there shall be signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth on Mount Sion;

²¹ and I will make inquisition for their blood, and will not pass it over unrevenged: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

³ But thus saith the Lord, I will return to Sion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord Almighty, a holy mountain.

¹⁶ And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God hath said, "Because I will dwell among them and walk about among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people;

⁹ Because all the plenitude of the deity resideth substantially in him, 10 therefore you are complete in him who is the head of all principality and power;

⁵ When the camp is about to remove, Aaron shall go in with his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and with it cover the ark of the testimony,

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things, and all the utensils, while the camp is removing, after this the sons of Kaath shall come in to carry them; but they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These things the sons of Kaath shall take up in the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁴⁹ At the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses, he reviewed them, man by man, for their works, and for the things which they were to carry. They were reviewed in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.

⁹ But to the Kaathites he gave none, because they having the sacred services of the sanctuary, are to carry on their shoulders.

⁸ Now the Lord, having at that time set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord, and to serve, and bless in his name, as they do at this day,

¹ Now these were the last words of David. Faithful is David the son of Jessai, And faithful the man whom the Lord hath set Over the anointed of the God of Jacob. And sweet are the psalms of Israel.

²⁰ An intermission of the Hymns of David son of Jessai.

⁶ Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt present them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him, ⁷ and keep his watches, and the watches of the children of Israel before the tabernacle of the testimony, to do the works of the tabernacle. ⁸ Now that they may keep all the utensils of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the watches of the children of Israel, as far as they respect all the works of the tabernacle; ⁹ and that thou mayst give the Levites, to Aaron and his sons the priests; they are to be given to me as a gift from among the children of Israel.

⁵ and placed against the wall of the house, galleries all around the temple and the dabir.

²⁸ Now some of the Levites were over the implements of the service, for they were to be brought in and carried out by tale. ²⁹ So some were over the implements, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine and the oil, the frankincense and the spices.

¹⁷ and Banaias son of Jodae was over the Cherethites and the Phelethites, and David's sons were next in rank to the king.

⁴ Of these, twenty four thousand were for the works for the house of the Lord; and six thousand were scribes and judges;

¹³ and of the daily courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and of the depositories for the vessels used in the service of the house of the Lord;

⁵ he said to them, Hearken, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and hallow the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and remove the uncleanness out of the Holies.

¹⁸ they went to king Ezekias, and said, We have purified all that are in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole burnt offerings, with the utensils thereof, and the table for the presence loaves, with its utensils, and have prepared and hallowed ¹⁹ all the utensils which king Achaz polluted in his reign, during his apostasy. Behold they are before the altar of the Lord:

¹¹ Thereupon Ezekias ordered them to prepare store houses for the house of the Lord. And when they had prepared them,

³ he ordered all the Levites who were heads of families throughout all Israel to hallow themselves to the Lord. And as they had placed the holy ark in the house which Solomon son of David king of Israel had built, the king said, You have nothing to carry on your shoulders; now therefore attend to the service of the Lord your God, and of his people Israel; ⁴ and be ready according to the houses of your families, and according to your courses, as prescribed by David, king of Israel, and by his son Solomon; ⁵ and attend in the house, according to the divisions of the houses of your families, on your brethren the people; and a portion of a patriarchal house, on the Levites; ⁶ and kill ye the paschal lambs and prepare them for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the ministry of Moses.

¹¹ And when these killed the paschal lambs, the priests received the blood at their hands and poured it out, and the Levites flayed them, ¹² and prepared the whole burnt offering, to be delivered according to the division by houses of families to the heads of the people, that they might offer it to the Lord as it is written in the book of Moses, and so till the morning. ¹³ Then they roasted the paschal lambs with fire, according to the ordinance, and boiled the holy meats in the brasen cauldrons and kettles. And when all was ready, they ran with them to all the heads of the people. ¹⁴ And after this preparation for them, they prepared also for the priests. Because the priests were employed in offering up the whole burnt offerings and the suet, continually till night, therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for their brethren, the sons of Aaron.

²⁹ Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the families in Jerusalem, into the tabernacles of the house of the Lord.

²⁴ And Phathaia son of Baseza was the king's minister for all matters with the people.

⁴ Now before this, Eliasib the priest, made his dwelling in a store house of the house of our God. Having an affinity with Tobias, ⁵ he had fitted up for himself a large store house in which they formerly stored up the sacrifice and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tythe of the corn, and the wine and the oil, the allotment of the Levites and the musicians, and the keepers of the gates, and the oblations which belonged to the priest.

⁹ And when by my orders they had purified the rooms, I caused to be brought there again the utensils of the house of God, and the sacrifice and the incense.

⁴ and took them into the house of the Lord, to the chamber of the sons of Jonan son of Ananias son of Godolias, a man of God, which is near the house of the chiefs who are above the house of Maasias son of Selom, the keeper of the court.

⁶ And the galleries were three times thirty; one gallery over another twice. And there was a ledge in the wall of the house for the galleries all around to rest on, so as not to be fastened into the walls of the house, ⁷ and consequently this ledge of the house being added to the upper gallery, all around the width of the upper gallery was enlarged, by an additional breadth equal to this ledge as one ascended from the lowermost to the second story, and from the second to the third story. ⁸ And the thrael of the house; the top of the galleries around, including the ledges, was a platform equal to the reed of six cubits. ⁹ And the breadth of the wall on the out side of the gallery, was five cubits. And the vacancies between the galleries of the house, ¹⁰ and the chambers were in breadth twenty cubits, including the circumambient wall around the house. ¹¹ And the doors of the chambers were on the vacancy on the one side of the house facing the north, and on the other side of the house facing the south. Now the vacancy for lighting the house was five cubits all around.

²⁶ And there were large beams on the front of the outer ailam, and windows narrow without and wide inwards.

³ sculptured in the same manner as the gates of the inner court and set off in the same manner as the peristyles of the outer court with a triple range of piazzas in front of the house.

¹³ And he said to me, these chambers on the north and those on the south which are in front of the vacancies, are the chambers of the sanctuary, in which the priests the sons of Sadduk, who come near to the Lord, are to eat the holy meats and where they are to lay up the most holy things, the sacrifice and the sin offerings and the trespass offerings. Because this is a holy place,

³⁰ And on this table thou shalt lay the loaves which are to be in my presence before me continually.

⁴ And if he bring a gift, a baked sacrifice from the oven, his gift to the Lord shall be of fine flour; he shall bring unleavened loaves tempered with oil or unleavened cakes anointed with oil. ⁵ And if thy gift be a sacrifice from the pan, it must be of fine flour tempered with oil, without leaven. ⁶ And having broken it to pieces thou shalt crumble the fragments and pour oil thereon. It is a sacrifice to the Lord. ⁷ And if thy gift be a sacrifice from the hearth, the fine flour must be made up with oil.

²⁰ This is the gift of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord, on the day when thou shalt anoint him, the tenth of the ephah of fine flour for a continual sacrifice; the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening. ²¹ It shall be prepared in a pan with oil. Being mixed up, he shall offer it in rolls, as a sacrifice of fragments, for a smell of fragrance for the Lord. ²² The priest who is anointed, that one of his sons who is to succeed him shall prepare it. This is an everlasting ordinance, Let it be all consumed. ²³ Indeed every sacrifice of a priest must be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.

⁹ And every sacrifice of flour which shall be prepared in the oven, and every one which shall be baked on the hearth, or in a pan, shall be the priest's who offereth it:

³⁵ you shall not do injustice in the exercise of judgment, nor in measures, nor in weights, nor in balances. ³⁶ You shall have among you just balances, just weights and a just measure. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

⁵ And you shall take fine flour, and make it into twelve loaves, every loaf shall consist of two tenths; ⁶ and you shall lay them in two piles, six loaves in each pile, on the pure table before the Lord. ⁷ And on each pile you shall lay pure frankincense, and salt. They shall be set before the Lord for loaves of remembrance. ⁸ On the day of the sabbaths they shall be set continually before the Lord, in the sight of the children of Israel, as an everlasting covenant; ⁹ and they shall be for Aaron and his sons. And they shall eat them in a holy place; for they are most holy. This shall be their peculiar due, for ever, from those things sacrificed to the Lord.

⁵⁰ From the first born of the children of Israel he took the money, amounting to one thousand three hundred and sixty five shekels according to the holy shekel,

⁴⁸ And Solomon the king took the utensils which he made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the table of gold on which was to be laid the shew bread

²⁹ So some were over the implements, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine and the oil, the frankincense and the spices. ³⁰ And of the sons of the priests, some were confectioners and prepared the spices. ³¹ And of the Levites, Matthathias, who was the first born of Salom the Korite, he had the charge of the works of the sacrifice prepared in the pan of the high priest, ³² and Banaias the Kaathite, who was of their brethren, was over the shew bread, to set it in order every sabbath; ³³ and the singers, the chiefs of those families of the Levites, who were distributed into daily classes; because the chiefs of these families of the Levites were employed in this service day and night, ³⁴ therefore they dwelt in Jerusalem.

¹¹ They burn to the Lord, every morning and evening, the whole burnt offering with the sacrifice of compound incense. We have the presence loaves set in order on the pure table, and the golden candlestick with the lamps for light, to be lighted every evening; for we keep the watches of the Lord, the God of our fathers, though you have forsaken him.

¹⁸ they went to king Ezekias, and said, We have purified all that are in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole burnt offerings, with the utensils thereof, and the table for the presence loaves, with its utensils, and have prepared and hallowed

³³ for the presence loaves and the sacrifice of the daily oblation and for the whole burnt offering of every day, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the festivals and for the holy things, namely, the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for the works of the house of our God:

⁴ How he went to the house of God and ate the presence loaves, which it was not lawful for him or his company to eat, but only for the priests?

² for a tabernacle was prepared; the first compartment, in which are the candlestick, and the table, and the presentment of the loaves; this is called the Holy.

³⁹ an offering of homage without intermission; ⁴⁰ the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning with a tenth of fine flour tempered with a quarter of a hin of expressed oil; and for a libation a quarter of a hin of wine for the first lamb: ⁴¹ and the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening with the same cake offering and the same libation as in the morning. For a smell of fragrance; as an offering of homage to the Lord ⁴² thou shalt offer this continual sacrifice throughout your generations, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord in the places where I shall make myself known to thee so as to speak to thee.

³¹ Now these are they whom David set over the bands of singers in the house of the Lord, when the ark was at rest. ³² And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony with musical instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they attended their service according to their order, ³³ and these are they who attended with their sons; Of the sons of Kaath, Aiman, who sung to the psaltery, the son of Joel, son of Samuel,

³⁷ And when they had praised the Lord, they left there, before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren, that they might minister before the ark continually as each day's service required. ³⁸ And with regard to Abdedom and his brethren who were sixty eight, Abdedom son of Idithun and Osa were to be door keepers. ³⁹ And they left Sadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place at Gabaon, ⁴⁰ that they might offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, on the altar of whole burnt offerings continually every morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he enjoined on the children of Israel by the ministry of Moses the servant of God:

²⁵ Now he had stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals and with nablas and kinyras, according to the command of David the king, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the institution was ordained at the command of the Lord, by the ministry of prophets. ²⁶ So the Levites stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. ²⁷ And when Ezekias gave orders to carry up the whole burnt offering on the altar, and they began to carry it up, the musicians began the song of praise to the Lord, and the trumpets sounded in concert with the musical instruments of David king of Israel, ²⁸ and all the congregation worshipped. And the musicians continued singing, and the trumpets sounding until the whole burnt offering was finished.

¹⁰ And while they were laying the foundations of the house of the Lord, the priests attended in their robes, with trumpets, and the Levites, the Asaphites, with cymbals, to praise the Lord in the manner prescribed by David king of Israel, ¹¹ and they raised their responsive strains, in the song of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord For it is good; for to everlasting his mercy endureth for Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, to praise the Lord, at laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.

¹ A Psalm of an Ode for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the Lord; and with instrumental musick sing to thy name, Most High; ² to proclaim thy loving kindness every morning; and thy faithfulness every night: ³ with a ten stringed psaltery; with an ode on the kithara.

¹ A Song of the steps. Attend! bless the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord; in the courts of the house of our God. ² At night, lift up your hands to the holies and bless the Lord.

¹ An Alleluia. Praise the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, ye his servants, ² who wait in the house of the Lord; in the courts of the house of our God. ³ Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good; with instruments of musick praise his name; for it is good.

¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless ye the Lord: bless the Lord ye of the house of Aaron. ²⁰ O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord; bless him, ye who fear the Lord.

² Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps; ³ for there they who had captivated us, asked of us the words of a song: and they who had led us away, asked for a hymn, saying, Sing for us some of the odes of Sion. ⁴ How can we sing the song of the Lord in a strange country?

⁸ And when he took the book, the four animate beings and the four and twenty elders fell down before the lamb, having, every of them, kitharas and golden cups full of incense which is the prayers of the saints. ⁹ And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou hast been slain and hast purchased us for God with thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation; ¹⁰ and hast made us kings and priests for our God, and we shall reign on the earth." ¹¹ And I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the animate beings and the elders and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing."

¹³ And I heard every created being which is in the heaven and on the earth and underneath the earth and those which are in the sea, even all in them, saying, "to him who is sitting on the throne and to the lamb, be the blessing and the honour and the glory and the dominion for the ages of the ages." ¹⁴ And the four animate beings said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him who liveth for the ages of the ages.

³ and singing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four animate beings, and the elders; and no one could learn the song, but the hundred and forty four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

¹ Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, With respect to the festivals of the Lord, which you shall proclaim holy, set days; these are my festivals. ³ Six days thou shalt perform works, but on the seventh day are sabbaths, a solemn rest dedicated to the Lord, thou shalt not do any work. Sabbaths are for the Lord in all your dwellings. ⁴ These are the festivals for the Lord; holy, set days, which you shall proclaim in their set times. ⁵ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the two evenings, is the passover for the Lord. ⁶ And on the fifteenth day of this month beginneth the festival of unleavened bread for the Lord. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. ⁷ Now the first day shall be a holy, set day for you. You shall do no sacrificial service, ⁸ but offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord seven days, and the seventh day shall be a holy set day for you. You shall do no sacrificial service. ⁹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰ Speak to the 10 children of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, When you are come into the land which I give you, and are about to reap the harvest thereof, you shall bring a sheaf, as the first fruits of your harvest, to the priest, ¹¹ and he shall offer up the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you; On the morrow after the first day, the priest shall offer this up. ¹² And on the day when you bring the sheaf, you shall prepare a lamb without blemish of the first year, for a whole burnt offering for the Lord, ¹³ and for the sacrifice thereof, two tenths of fine flour, made up with oil for the Lord, a smell of fragrance for the Lord; and for the libation thereof, the fourth of an hin of wine. ¹⁴ You shall not eat bread, nor parched grains, of the new corn, till this day; until you have offered these gifts to your God. It is an everlasting statute for your generations, in all your dwellings, ¹⁵ That from the morrow of these sabbaths; from the day on which you offer up the dedicated sheaf, you shall reckon for yourselves seven whole weeks, ¹⁶ even till the morrow after the last week, you shall reckon fifty days, and then offer a sacrifice of new corn to the Lord. ¹⁷ You shall bring from your dwelling two loaves, as loaves of dedication. They shall consist of two tenths of fine flour. Being of the first fruits for the Lord,

²⁴ Speak to the children of Israel, and say, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a rest for yon; a memorial of trumpets.

³⁹ Now on the fifteenth day of this seventh month, when you have finished the ingathering of the products of the land, you shall begin this festival of seven days for the Lord. On the first day there shall be a rest; and on the eighth day, a rest.

¹⁰ In the days of your rejoicings also, and at your festivals, and at your new moons, you shall blow the trumpets, at your whole burnt offerings, and at your sacrifices of thanksgivings; and it shall be a calling of you into remembrance before the Lord; I the Lord your God.

¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Give a charge to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, You shall observe to bring me my gifts, my oblations, my homage offerings for a smell of fragrance at my festivals. ³ Moreover thou shalt say to them, These are the homage offerings which you shall present to the Lord; two lambs, of the first year, with 4 out blemish, every day, for a continual whole burnt offering; ⁴ the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other in the evening; ⁵ and for a sacrifice of flour, thou shalt offer the tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed up with the quarter of an hin of oil. ⁶ It is the continual whole burnt offering, which was instituted at mount Sina, for a smell of fragrance for the Lord: ⁷ and for the libation thereof, thou shalt offer, with the first lamb, a quarter of an hin of wine. In the holy place thou shalt pour out as a libation the choicest wine to the Lord. ⁸ And towards evening thou shalt offer the other lamb, with the like sacrifice, and the like libation; for a smell of fragrance for the Lord. ⁹ And on the day of the sabbaths, you shall bring two lambs of the first year, without blemish, and two tenths of fine flour mixed up with oil, for a sacrifice, together with a libation, ¹⁰ as the sabbath whole burnt offering, for every sabbath, over and above the continual whole burnt offering with its libation. ¹¹ And at the new moons you shall offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven lambs, of the first year, without blemish, ¹² three tenths of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for each bull, and two tenths of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for the ram, ¹³ and a tenth of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for every lamb, as a sacrifice for a smell of fragrance; an homage offering for the Lord: ¹⁴ and their libation shall be, the half of an hin of wine for each bull; and the third of an hin for the ram; and the fourth of an hin for every lamb. This shall be the whole burnt offering, month after month, for all the months of the year; ¹⁵ Also a kid of the goats, for a sin offering. This, with its libation, shall be offered to the Lord, over and above the continual whole burnt offering. ¹⁶ And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, shall be the passover to the Lord, ¹⁷ and on the fifteenth day of the month shall commence the festival thereof. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. ¹⁸ Now, this first day shall be solemnly set apart for you. You shall not do any kind of sacrificial service; ¹⁹ but you shall bring for whole burnt offerings; for an offering of homage to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven lambs of the first year. You must see that they are without blemish. ²⁰ And their sacrifice shall be fine flour, mixed up with oil, three tenths for each bull, and two tent! is for the ram, ²¹ and thou shalt prepare a tenth for every one of the seven lambs; ²² and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; ²³ over and above the whole burnt offering which is to be made every morning, and which is a continual whole burnt offering. ²⁴ After this manner you shall make daily offerings, during the seven days, as a gift; an offering of homage, for a smell of fragrance, to the Lord: Over and above the continual whole burnt offering, thou shalt offer it with its libation. ²⁵ And the seventh of these days shall be solemnly set apart for you. On it you shall do no sacrificial work. ²⁶ And on the day of new things when you bring for the Lord the new sacrifice of the weeks, there shall be a solemn festival for you. You shall not do any kind of sacrificial service; ²⁷ but you shall bring, as whole burnt offerings, for a smell of fragrance to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven lambs, of the first year, without blemish, ²⁸ with their sacrifice of fine flour mixed up with oil; three tenths for each bull, and two tenths for the ram, ²⁹ and one tenth for every of the seven lambs;

¹ For the conclusion. On the wine presses. A Psalm by Asaph. Exult with joy for God our helper! Shout triumphantly for the God of Jacob! ² Take a psalm and bring a tympanum; the sweet sounding psaltery with a kithara. ³ Sound the trumpet at the new moon; at the set day of your festival. ⁴ For it is a statute for Israel; a rite established by the God of Jacob;

¹³ Though you bring fine flour; it is a vain incense: it is an abomination to me. Your new moons and sabbaths and great day I cannot endure: ¹⁴ your fasting and cessation from labour; and your new moons and your festivals my soul hateth. You are become loathsome to me; I will no longer remit your sins.

⁵³ let the Levites encamp before them, around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no lapse committed by the children of Israel; and that the Levites themselves may guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

³⁸ They who encamp in front of the tabernacle of the testimony, towards the east, were Moses and Aaron, and their sons, who have the superintendance of the watches of the sanctuary, for the purpose of guarding the things committed to the charge of the Israelites, and if any of another family touch them, he is to be put to death.

⁴ and the tabernacle of the testimony and the holy utensils, which were in the tabernacle of the testimony.

²⁷ encamp near; because the watch rested on them, therefore they had the charge of the keys to open every morning, the doors of the sanctuary.