Numbers 4 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; 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.

¹⁹ And these are the sons of Kaath according to their communities, Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel.

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

⁴⁶ Now Joseph was thirty years old, when he stood before Pharao king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao and went through all the land of Egypt.

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;

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.

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,

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;

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; ²⁵ but after fifty years of age, they are to be withdrawn from the service, and work no more. ²⁶ As brothers, they are to keep watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, but not to perform laborious work. In this manner thou shalt dispose of the Levites among their watches.

⁹ Is this a small thing to you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from among the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself, to perform the holy services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to attend before the tabernacle to perform them?

⁴ But in the seventh year Jodae sent for the centurions of the Chorrites and the Rasimites, and had them brought to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of the Lord with them; and having exacted an oath of them he shewed them the king's son. ⁵ Then he gave them a charge saying, This is the thing which you shall do. Let one third of you come in on the sabbath and keep guard, over the king's house at the gate; ⁶ another third at the gate of the high way, and the other third at the gate behind the guards. So you will guard the house. ⁷ And two companies among you even all who go out on the sabbath shall keep guard in the house of the Lord before the king. ⁸ And you shall encompass the king round about, every man with his weapon in his hand. And whoever cometh within the saderoth, let him be put to death. And they shall be with the king when he goeth out and when he cometh in. ⁹ Accordingly the centurions did all that the prudent Jodae commanded them. And they took every man his men, both those who came in on duty on the sabbath and those who were to go off on that day, and went to Jodae the priest. ¹⁰ And the priest gave the centurions the spears and the shields of king David, which were in the house of the Lord. ¹¹ And the guards stood every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right corner of the house to the corner of the house which is on the left of the altar, and of the house near the king round about. ¹² Then he sent for the king's son and put upon him the nezer and the testimony, and announcing him king, anointed him. Upon which they clapped with the hand, and said, Long live the king.

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.

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.

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.

¹² and the plan which he had in his mind of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about; those for store houses for the house of the Lord; and of the depositories for the holy things, and the lodging rooms; 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;

¹ But in the eighth year Jodae strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, namely, Azarias son of Joram, and Ismael son of Joanan, and Azarias son of Obed, and Maasias son of Adia, and Elisaphan son of Zacharias, with him into the house of the Lord. ² And when they had made a circuit round Juda, and had assembled the Levites out of all the cities of Juda and the chiefs of the patriarchal families of Israel; and they were come to Jerusalem, ³ the whole congregation of Juda, made a covenant with the king in the house of God. Now when he shewed them the king's son he said to them, Behold the king's son! Let him be king as the Lord hath spoken to the house of David. ⁴ Now this is what you must do, Let the third of you, the priests and Levites, come in on the sabbath, to guard the outer gates; ⁵ and a third of you be at the king's house, and the other third at the middle gate; and all the people in the courts of the house of the Lord; ⁶ and let none enter the house of the Lord, but the priests and the Levites. Such of the Levites as are on duty may come in for they are holy. But let all the people keep the watches of the Lord. ⁷ And let the Levites encompass the king round about, every man with his weapon in his hand; and whoever cometh into the house, let him be put to death. And they shall be with the king, when he cometh in and goeth out. ⁸ So the Levites and all the chiefs of Juda did according to all that Jodae the priest commanded them, and they took every man his men, who were to be on duty from the beginning to the end of the week; for Jodae the priest did not break the courses; ⁹ and Jodae gave them the swords, and shields, and arms which belonged to king David, and were in the house of God. ¹⁰ And when he had stationed all the people every one with his arms from the right corner of the house, to the left corner of the altar, and the house all around about the king, ¹¹ he brought out the king's son, and put upon him the ensign of royalty, and the testimonies. And Jodae the priest and his sons, proclaimed him king, and anointed him with oil and said, Live the king!

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,

²³ Now this very Jesus had been about thirty years under governance, being, as was supposed, a son of Joseph, son of Eli,

³ For walking in flesh, not after the flesh, we are carrying on a war ⁴ [the weapons of our warfare being indeed not carnal but mighty through God for the demolition of fortifications]

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. ¹¹ Put on the complete armour of God, that you may be able to withstand the wiles of the devil. ¹² Because our conflict is not barely with flesh and blood, but against the principalities and the powers; against the rulers of this dark age, against the spiritual [assaults] of the wickedness in the heavenly dispensation; ¹³ take up therefore the complete armour of God, that you may be able to make resistance in the evil day, and having put a stop to them all, to maintain your ground. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girded with truth, and having on the breast plate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and your feet shod with the preparation of the glad tidings of peace, ¹⁶ covering all with the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take also the helmet of salvation, and the sword o" the spirit, that is the word of God; ¹⁸ in every prayer and supplication, always praying with the spirit [being for this purpose in a continual state of watchfulness and prayer] for all the saints

¹⁸ This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the preceding gifts of prophesying conferred on thee, that by them thou mayst carry on this good warfare,

¹ This is a faithful word. If any one desireth the office of an overseer, he desireth a good work.

⁶ not one newly converted, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

³⁰ and the chief of the head family of the communities of the Kaathites was Elisaphan, son of Oziel; ³¹ and their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary which were used in the priest's office; and the veil, and all the works thereof.

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.

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:

²⁴ The service of the community of the Gersonites is the same, namely to serve and to carry.

³⁴ As when a man was going to travel, on leaving his family and assigning to his servants their charge, even to even' one his work, he commanded the porter to watch;

¹⁰ Thou shalt make the Ark of the testimony of incorruptible wood; two cubits and a half, the length, and a cubit and a half, the breadth, and a cubit and a half, the height. ¹¹ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold. Within and without thou shalt overlay it. And thou shalt make for it a rim of gold welked and waved around. ¹² And thou shalt beat out for it four rings of gold and fasten them to the four corners, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. ¹³ And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And thou shalt put the staves in the rings on the sides of the ark, that with them the ark may be carried. ¹⁵ The staves shall remain immoveably in the rings of the ark. ¹⁶ And thou shalt deposit in the ark the testimonies which I give thee. ¹⁷ And thou shalt make a propitiatory; a lid of pure gold, two cubits and a half, the length; and a cubit and a half, the breadth. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubs of turned gold, and place them at the two sides of the propitiatory. ¹⁹ They shall be made, one cherub at one side, and the other cherub at the other side of the propitiatory. Thou shalt make the two cherubs at the two sides; ²⁰ and the cherubs shall have their wings stretched forth above and shall overshadow the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be towards each other. The faces of the cherubs shall be towards the propitiatory. ²¹ And thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the ark; and into the ark thou shalt put the testimonies which I give thee. ²² And there I will make myself known to thee and speak to thee from above the propitiatory, from between the two cherubs which are on the ark of the testimony, touching all that I give thee in charge to the children of Israel.

³¹ Thou shalt also make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread. ³² This thou shalt make a work inwoven with cherubs: and thou shalt hang it on four pillars of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold, the capitals of which are to be of gold and their four bases of silver. ³³ And having hung up the veil upon the pillars, thou shalt bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony. And the veil shall make a division for you, between the Holy and the Holy of Holies.

³⁵ And they made cotton vestures, a woven work for Aaron and his sons

¹ They made also for the tabernacle ten curtains, ² the first eight and twenty cubits long and all the rest the same, and four cubits broad. ³ And they made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread, a work woven with cherubs ⁴ and they put this on four pillars of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold, the capitals of which were of gold, and their four bases of silver. ⁵ And they made the curtain of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread, a work woven with cherubs, ⁶ and their five pillars and hooks, the capitals and hooks of which they overlaid with gold, but their five bases were of brass. ⁷ And they made the court; on the south side the hangings of the court were of cotton, a hundred cubits long ⁸ with their twenty pillars, and the twenty bases thereof; ⁹ and on the north they were the same as on the south side, a hundred cubits with their twenty pillars and the twenty bases thereof;

³ and place therein the ark of the testimony and cover it with the veil.

¹⁶ All those of the camp of Reuben who have been reviewed, amounting to one hundred and fifty one thousand four hundred and fifty, with their army, shall march as the second division. ¹⁷ Then shall move the tabernacle of the testimony, and the camp of the Levites, as the centre division of the camps. As they encamp so they shall take up their march, every man in his rank, according to their companies.

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 ²⁸ according to the numeration; every male, from a month old and upwards, amounted to eight thousand six hundred. ²⁹ These communities of the Kaathites, having the charge of the holy things, are to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle; ³⁰ and the chief of the head family of the communities of the Kaathites was Elisaphan, son of Oziel; ³¹ and their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary which were used in the priest's office; and the veil, and all the works thereof. ³² And the chief over the chiefs of the Levites, was Eleazar, the son of Aaron, set over them to superintend the watches of the holy things.

¹⁴ the division of the camp of Judas, had marched, and at the head of it Naasson son of Aminadab,

² And David arose, and set out on his march, he and all the people with him, and some of the chiefs of Juda, to bring up thence the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts enthroned on the cherubims, which are on it. ³ And having put the ark of the Lord in a new car, they brought it from the house of Aminadab, who dwelt on the mount. And Oza, and his brothers the sons of Aminadab, led the car with the ark. ⁴ His brothers marched before the ark. ⁵ And David and the Israelites played on high toned instruments of music, accompanied with songs, and on kinyras and on nablas, and on tympanums, and on cymbals, and on harps. ⁶ But when they came to the threshing floor of Nachor, Oza stretched forth his hand upon the ark of God to stay it, and took hold of it, because the young bull shook it. ⁷ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Oza, and he smote him there, by the ark of the Lord, in the presence of God. ⁸ Now David was disheartened because the Lord had broke out upon Oza, and that place is to this day called Breach of Oza; ⁹ and David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

⁷ they shall drink wine and be anointed with myrrh on this mount. Hand down all these things to the nations for this counsel is for all the nations.

⁵¹ And lo! the veil of temple was rent in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent

³ And beyond the second veil is a compartment which is called, The Holy of Holies,

¹³ And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And thou shalt put the staves in the rings on the sides of the ark, that with them the ark may be carried. ¹⁵ The staves shall remain immoveably in the rings of the ark.

¹⁹ and the robes and the sacerdotal vestures for the sons of Aaron in which they are to minister and the anointing oil and the compound incense.

¹ All the gold which was Worked up for all the work of the holy things was of the gold of the offering twenty nine talents and seven hundred shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary.

⁴¹ [Omitted]

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.

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,

⁷ for the cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, and from above covered the ark and the hallowed things thereof, and were above these hallowed things. ⁸ Now the heads of these hallowed things were seen from the Holies in front of the dabir, but were not seen from without.

²³ Thou shalt also make a golden table of pure gold; two cubits long; and one cubit broad; and a cubit and a half high: ²⁴ And thou shalt make for it a rim of gold, welked and waved around: ²⁵ And thou shalt make for it a border of a hand breadth all around, and to the border thou shalt make a welked wave all around: ²⁶ And thou shalt make four rings of gold and fasten the four rings to the four sides of its feet under the border. ²⁷ And the rings shall be for places to hold the staves so that with them they may carry the table. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood and overlay them with pure gold, and with them the table shall be carried. ²⁹ And thou shalt make its plates and its incense vessels and its libation vessels and the cups with which thou shalt pour out libations, all of pure gold. ³⁰ And on this table thou shalt lay the loaves which are to be in my presence before me continually.

¹⁰ but on the end towards the sea [the west] the hangings were fifty cubits, and their pillars ten with their ten bases; ¹¹ and on the east end fifty cubits, the hangings on one side of the gateway were fifteen cubits, ¹² their pillars three and their bases three, ¹³ and on the other side of the gateway of the court, the hangings were fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their bases three. ¹⁴ All these hangings of the tabernacle were of cotton ¹⁵ and the bases of the pillars were of brass, but their hooks were of silver and their capitals were overlaid with silver. And the pillars; all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. ¹⁶ And the curtain of the gate of the court was a work of tapestry of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and cotton thread, twenty cubits long and the height and breadth, five cubits, answering the hangings of the court,

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;

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.

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;

³¹ Thou shalt make also a candlestick of pure gold. Thou shalt make it a turned work. Its shaft and its branches and the cups and the knobs and the lilly ornaments shall be of one piece. ³² And from its sides there shall issue six branches; three branches of the candlestick from one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side, ³³ with three cups beaten out in form of almonds, and a knob and an ornament like a lilly on each branch; and so on the six branches issuing from the candlestick: ³⁴ and on the shaft there shall be four cups beaten out in form of almonds, and for each branch, knobs and ornaments like lillies, of the same piece; ³⁵ the knob under the first pair of branches issuing from it; and a knob under the second pair of branches issuing from it, and so under the third pair of branches issuing from the shaft; and on the shaft four cups beaten out in form of almonds. ³⁶ Let the knobs and the branches be of one piece. The whole must be turned out of one piece of pure gold. ³⁷ And thou shalt make the seven lamps for it, and place the lamps so that they may give light in one row. ³⁸ And its snuffers and its snuff dishes thou shalt make of pure gold. ³⁹ All these utensils shall be a talent of pure gold.

¹⁷ and their pillars were four, the four bases of which were of brass but their hooks were of silver and their capitals were overlaid with silver, ¹⁸ and all the pins of the court round about were of brass but they were overlaid with silver. ¹⁹ This was the arrangement of the tabernacle of the testimony, as it was given in charge to Moses, that the service thereof should belong to the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁰ Now Beseleel the son of Ourius of the tribe of Judas performed the work as the Lord commanded Moses, he ²¹ and Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan, who was the head Workman in making the woven work and the embroidery and the tapestry of scarlet yarn and cotton thread. ²² [Omitted] ²³ [Omitted] ²⁴ [Omitted]

¹⁰⁵ NUN. Thy law is a lamp to my feet; and a light to my paths.

²⁰ With respect to the hidden meaning of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks; the seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven congregations.

⁶ and put thereon the covering of blue skins; and over it they shall spread a mantle, wholly blue, and put in the staves.

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.

¹ Thou shalt also make an Altar to burn incense thereon. Of incorruptible wood thou shalt make it ² a cubit long and a cubit broad. It shall be square and the height shall be two cubits. The horns shall be a component part of it. ³ And thou shalt overlay with pure gold its grate and its sides round about and the horns thereof. And thou shall make for it a wreathed border of gold round about. ⁴ And thou shalt make two rings of pure gold under its wreathed border for the two corners. Thou shalt make them on the two sides and there shall be clasps for the staves with which it is to be carried. ⁵ And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood and overlay them with gold. 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. ¹¹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses saying, ¹² When thou takest an account of the children of Israel, on being reviewed they shall give every man a ransom for his life to the Lord, so there shall be no destruction among them by the review made of them. ¹³ And this is what every one who passeth review shall give, the half of a didrachm, which is according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli making a didrachm. And this half of a didrachm shall be an offering to the Lord. ¹⁴ Every one who passeth the review from twenty years old and upwards shall give this offering to the Lord. ¹⁵ He who is rich shall add nothing to it, and he who is poor shall deduct nothing from the half of a didrachm when you give this offering to the Lord to make atonement for your lives. ¹⁶ And thou shalt take the money of this offering from the children of Israel and apply it to the service of the tabernacle of the testimony. And it shall be a memorial before the Lord to make atonement for your lives. ¹⁷ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses saying, ¹⁸ Make a laver of brass with its base of brass for the purpose of washing. And thou shalt place it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, and thou shalt pour water into it. ¹⁹ And out of it Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water.

²⁵ [Omitted] ²⁶ [Omitted] ²⁷ [Omitted] ²⁸ [Omitted]

³⁸ [Omitted]

⁵ and thou shalt set the golden altar, to burn incense, in its place before the ark; and thou shalt hang up the covering curtain at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

²⁶ He then placed the golden altar in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the veil ²⁷ and burned thereon compound incense as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁹ And thou shalt make every thing for me according to what I show thee on this mount; according to the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its utensils, so shalt thou make them.

¹⁰ and the sacerdotal robes of Aaron, and the robes of his sons to minister to me in the priest's office,

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;

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.

¹⁴ And the marshal took the kettles and the goblets, and the dishes and the censers, and all the utensils of brass with which the priests ministered, ¹⁵ together with the fire pans and the cups of gold and silver.

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.

¹¹ Then Chiram made the flesh forks, and the censers, and the grate of the altar, and all the utensils thereof. And when Chiram had finished all the work which he made for king Solomon for the house of God;

¹⁶ and the cauldrons with their pot hooks, and the kettles, and the flesh forks, and all the untensils belonging to them; when Chiram had made them he brought them to king Solomon to the house of the Lord.

¹⁹ But all the utensils for the house of the Lord, namely the golden altar and the tables upon which the presence loaves were to be laid,

²² And with regard to the inner doors of the house into the Holy of Holies; these doors of the house of the temple he covered with gold.

¹ Thou shalt make also an Altar of incorruptible wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The Altar shall be square and the height of it shall be three cubits. ² And thou shalt make the horns at the four corners. The horns shall be a component part of it and thou shalt overlay them with brass. ³ And thou shalt make a border for the Altar. And its cover and its pans and its flesh hooks and its fire hearth and all its utensils thou shalt make of brass. ⁴ And thou shalt make for it a brass grate of net-work; and for the grate thou shalt make four rings of brass under the four sides; ⁵ and thou shalt put them under the grate of the altar below [now the grate must be half way up the height of the altar.] ⁶ And thou shalt make for the altar poles of incorruptible wood and overlay them with brass, ⁷ and thou shalt put the poles into the rings; and let the poles be along the sides of the altar in carrying it. ⁸ Hollow, and of boards thou shalt make it. According to what is shewn thee on this mount so shalt thou make it.

¹² And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning from itself, and shall not be extinguished. And the priest shall kindle wood upon it every morning, and shall lay the whole burnt offering in order upon it; and upon it he shall lay the suet of the offerings of thanksgiving. ¹³ So the fire shall be kept burning continually, and shall not be extinguished.

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;

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.

¹ Beseleel also made the ark ² and overlaid it with pure gold within and without; ³ and he cast the four rings of gold, two on the one side and two on the other, ⁴ wide enough for the staves, with which it was to be carried: ⁵ and he made the propitiatory above the ark of pure gold, ⁶ and the two cherubs of gold, ⁷ one cherub at one end of the propitiatory and the other cherub at the other end of the propitiatory

¹² Therefore thou shalt remove the people to some distance round about and say, Take heed to yourselves not to go up to the mount nor touch any part of it. Whoever shall touch the mount shall surely die.

⁵¹ And when the tabernacle is to remove, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, they shall set it up. And if any of another family come near, let him be put to death.

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.

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

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

⁹ Now Moses had written the words of this law in a book; so he gave it to the priests, the children of Levi, who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the children of Israel.

¹⁰ Now the priests, who carried the ark of the covenant, stood in the Jordan, until Joshua had executed all that the Lord commanded him to declare to the people. And the people hasted and crossed over.

¹⁹ But among the men of Baithsamus, the sons of Jechonias did not receive it with joy; because they looked into the ark of the Lord, therefore he smote among them seventy men, including fifty of the men's chiliad. Thereupon the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted a very great blow on that community;

⁶ But when they came to the threshing floor of Nachor, Oza stretched forth his hand upon the ark of God to stay it, and took hold of it, because the young bull shook it. ⁷ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Oza, and he smote him there, by the ark of the Lord, in the presence of God.

¹³ Now there were with him seven choirs carrying the ark, and for a sacrifice a young bull and lambs.

⁹ But when they came to the threshing floor, Oza stretched forth his hand to take hold of the ark, because the bullock caused it to lean: ¹⁰ whereupon the anger of the Lord was kindled against Oza, and he smote him there, because he stretched forth his hand upon the ark, and he died there before God.

² then David said, None but the Levites ought to carry the ark of God; for the Lord hath chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.

¹⁵ the Levites took up the ark of God, as Moses had by the word of the Lord ordered in writing, with the staves on their shoulders.

¹⁸ For you are not come to a mountain which might be touched, and to blazing fire, and to gloom, and darkness, and a turbid tempest, ¹⁹ and to the sound of a trumpet, and a sound of words, the hearers of which entreated that the discourse might not be continued to them; ²⁰ for they could not bear this threat, "And if even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned or pierced through with a dart." ²¹ And so awful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am exceedingly terrified and tremble:" ²² but you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels ²³ to the general assembly and congregation of first born, enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel. ²⁵ See that you do not reject him who speaketh. For if they did not escape who rejected him who gave forth oracles on earth, how much less shall we who reject him who is from heaven, ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth, but he hath now announced, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth but the heaven also." ²⁷ Now this expression, "Yet once more" signifieth the removal of the things shaken, as having been made, that the things which are immoveable may remain. ²⁸ As we have therefore received a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have gratitude by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and holy awe: ²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

⁶ and oil for giving light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the compound incense,

²⁰ Moreover thou shalt give orders to the children of Israel; and let them provide for thee, clear, pure oil expressed from olives to burn for a light, that a lamp may be kept burning continually ²¹ in the tabernacle of the testimony. On the outside of the veil which is before the covenant Aaron and his sons shall keep it burning from evening till morning before the Lord. This shall be an everlasting ordinance for your generations among the children of Israel.

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

²³ Thou thyself shalt take spices; the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels: and sweet scented cinnamon half as much; two hundred and fifty shekels; and sweet scented calamus two hundred and fifty shekels; ²⁴ and of iris five hundred shekels, sanctuary weight; and olive oil a hin; ²⁵ and of these thou shalt make an holy ointment, an odoriferous perfume, compounded by the art of an apothecary. ²⁶ It shall be a holy anointing oil and with it thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony and the ark of the tabernacle of the testimony ²⁷ and all the utensils thereof, and the candlestick and all the utensils belonging to it; ²⁸ and the altar of incense; and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its utensils; and the table and all its utensils and the laver. ²⁹ And thou shalt hallow them, and they shall be holy of holies. Every one who toucheth them shall be hallowed. ³⁰ And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons and hallow them to minister to me as priests. ³¹ And thon shalt speak to the children of Israel and say, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations. ³² Upon the flesh of man it must not be poured; nor shall you make any for your selves according to this composition. It shall be holy, and held in veneration by you. ³³ Whoever shall make any like it or give any of it to a stranger, shall be rooted out from among his people. 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.

¹¹ and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary. According to all that I have commanded thee they will do.

²⁹ [Omitted]

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.

² Give orders to the children of Israel, and let them bring the oil, pure expressed oil for light, that a lamp may burn continually,

³² And the chief over the chiefs of the Levites, was Eleazar, the son of Aaron, set over them to superintend the watches of the holy things.

¹⁸ The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the business for which he anointed me. He hath sent me to publish glad tidings to the poor; to heal them who are broken hearted; to proclaim a deliverance to captives; and a recovery of sight, to the blind; to set at liberty the bruised;

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.

¹ In this manner let a man reckon us, as servants of Christ and stewards of divine mysteries.

⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

¹ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly invitation, consider attentively this apostle and chief priest of our profession, [namely] Christ Jesus

⁶ but Christ as a son over his own house, whose house we are, if we stedfastly maintain this confidence, and the boast of this hope, firm to the end.

²⁵ For you were like sheep going astray, but are now brought back to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

² Tend the flock of God which is among you, watching over it, not by constraint, but willingly; not with a view to sordid gain, but with a ready mind;

²¹ And God spoke to Moses saying, Go down and testify to the people; peradventure they may come nigh to God to observe, and a multitude of them may perish.

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.

³² and the earth opened; and it swallowed up them, and their households, and all the men who were with Kore, and all their cattle.

¹⁰ the Lord said to Moses, Lay up Aaron's staff again before the testimonies, to be kept as a sign for the children of these rebellious men; and let their murmuring cease from me that they may not die.

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.

²³ And thy wives and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans. And thou shalt not escape. For by the hand of the king of Babylon thou shalt be taken and this city shall be burned."

² upon which a fire darted forth from the Lord, and destroyed them, and they died before the Lord.

¹⁹ As we, therefore, brethren, have, by virtue of the blood of Jesus, free access to the holies 20 by a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, his flesh;

¹⁹ And the temple of God in heaven was opened; and the ark of his covenant in his temple was seen. And there were lightnings and noises and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.

¹⁸ And these are the sons of Gerson, according to their communities; Lobeni and Semei.

²¹ To the Gersonites belong the community of the Lobenites,

²⁴ and the chief of the head of the family of the community of the Gersonites, was Elisaph son of Dael.

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.

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.

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.

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

¹ [c] Who is this who is coming from Edom? What redness of mantles from Bosor! He so magnificent in apparel? He marcheth with majesty! [M] I proclaim righteousness and the judgment of salvation. ² [c] Why are thy garments red and thy clothing, as from a trodden wine vat? ³ [M] I am full of a country trodden down; and of the nations there is not a man with me. I have trodden them down in my wrath, and crumbled them like dust and shed their blood on the earth. ⁴ For the day of retribution came upon them and the year of redemption is at hand.

¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual, but as for me, I being carnal, am sold to sin. ¹⁵ For what I am doing I do not allow; for that which I approve, I do not perform; but what I hate, that I do. ¹⁶ Now if I do that which I do not approve, I assent to the law that it is good: ¹⁷ and it is now not I myself, who do this, but sin which dwelleth in me. ¹⁸ For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good doth not dwell. For to will is present with me, but the performance of what is good, I do not find. ¹⁹ For the good which I approve, I do not perform; but evil which I disapprove, this I do. ²⁰ Now if I do that which I myself disapprove; it is no more I myself who do it; but sin which dwelleth in me. ²¹ I find then this law for me, that when I would do good, evil is close to me. ²² For in the inner man I am delighted with the law of God; ²³ but I perceive another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and making me a captive to the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴ Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me from this deathful body?

⁷ Who goeth to war any time at his own expenses? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of that flock?

⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God, with the armour of righteousness on the right and left,

³ For walking in flesh, not after the flesh, we are carrying on a war ⁴ [the weapons of our warfare being indeed not carnal but mighty through God for the demolition of fortifications] ⁵ demolishing surmises and every mount raised against the knowledge of God, and bringing every sentiment captive to the obedience of the Christ;

¹⁷ For the inclinations of the flesh are contrary to the spirit; and the inclinations of the spirit are contrary to the flesh; they are opposed to one another; so that you do not, what you wish;

²⁴ Now they who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. ¹¹ Put on the complete armour of God, that you may be able to withstand the wiles of the devil. ¹² Because our conflict is not barely with flesh and blood, but against the principalities and the powers; against the rulers of this dark age, against the spiritual [assaults] of the wickedness in the heavenly dispensation; ¹³ take up therefore the complete armour of God, that you may be able to make resistance in the evil day, and having put a stop to them all, to maintain your ground. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girded with truth, and having on the breast plate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and your feet shod with the preparation of the glad tidings of peace, ¹⁶ covering all with the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take also the helmet of salvation, and the sword o" the spirit, that is the word of God; ¹⁸ in every prayer and supplication, always praying with the spirit [being for this purpose in a continual state of watchfulness and prayer] for all the saints ¹⁹ particularly for me, that to me a word may be given, that with the opening of my mouth, and with freedom am plainness of speech, I may make known the secret of the glad tidings,

³ Do thou therefore endure hardships as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No one going to war entangleth himself with worldly affairs, that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

⁷ I have maintained the good combat. I have finished the course; I have kept the faith.

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.

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.

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;

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.

¹⁴ And thou shalt make a counter covering for the tabernacle of rams' skins dyed red and an upper covering of skins dyed blue.

²⁵ And the charge of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the testimony, was the tabernacle and the covering; and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony; ²⁶ and the hangings of the court; and the curtain of the gate, of the court around the tabernacle; and the rest of the works thereof.

⁵ Receive them from them, and they shall be for the works of the service of the tabernacle of the testimony; and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each community according to their service. ⁶ So Moses, having taken the waggons and the oxen, gave them to the Levites; ⁷ he gave two waggons and four oxen to the Gersonites, according to their service;

⁹ Thou shalt also make a court for the tabernacle. For the south side, the hangings of the court shall be of cotton thread; the length for that side one hundred cubits

¹⁸ and the holy garments of Aaron the priest,

⁷⁰ [as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets of old]

² Now, I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and hold fast the doctrines as I delivered them to you;

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.

⁵ and there are diversities of offices, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are diversities of energies, but it is the same God who by his inward operation worketh all these effects in all.

³³ To the Merarites belonged the community of Mooli, and the community of Mousi. These are the communities of the Merarites. ³⁴ The muster of them, comprehending every male from one month old and upwards, was six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ And the chief of the head family of the community of the Merarites, was Suriel, the son of Abichail. They are to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle;

¹ A Psalm. By David. The Lord said to my Lord; sit at my right hand; till I make thine enemies thy footstool. ² Out of Sion the Lord will send thee a rod of power: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. ³ With thee shall be the government; in the day of thy power; in the splendours of thy holies from the womb: before the morning star I begot thee. ⁴ The Lord hath sworn and will not change; thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedek. ⁵ The Lord at thy right hand hath crushed kings in the day of his wrath. ⁶ He will judge among the nations: he will multiply slaughters: he will crush the heads of many on the earth. ⁷ He will drink of the brook in the way: therefore he will lift up the head.

¹¹ But thou, man of God, shun these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. ¹² Maintain the good combat of faith. Lay hold on the life everlasting to which thou hast been invited, and of which thou hast made a good profession before many witnesses.

⁴ No one going to war entangleth himself with worldly affairs, that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

⁷ I have maintained the good combat. I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. ⁸ As to what remaineth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, not only to me, but to all who have loved his glorious appearance.

¹⁵ Thou shalt also make pilasters for the tabernacle of incorruptible wood.

³⁶ and the review of the watch of the Merarites, had the charge of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the bases thereof, with all their appurtenances and works, ³⁷ and the pillars of the court round about, with their stakes and their cords .

⁸ and four waggons and eight oxen, he gave to the Merarites, according to their service, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ But to the Kaathites he gave none, because they having the sacred services of the sanctuary, are to carry on their shoulders.

¹⁷ and the seventh socket on the top of the shaft was solid, entirely of gold; and he made the seven lamps upon it of gold; and its snuffers of gold, and its oil vessels of gold.

²¹ He made the brass pins of the tabernacle and the brass pins of the court.

¹ Now on the day when Moses finished the rearing up of the tabernacle, he anointed it, and hallowed it, and all the implements thereof; and the altar, and all its utensils; and when he had anointed them, and hallowed 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.

⁶ And when Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and march before the people; and the priests had taken up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and were marching before the people,

⁶ Because a man will take hold of his brother, or the head of the house of his father, saying, "Thou hast clothing be thou our leader, and let me be supplied with food under thee."

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.

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;

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,

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;

³⁴ The muster of them, comprehending every male from one month old and upwards, was six thousand two hundred.

²⁵ His shoe shall be iron and brass. As thy days so shall be thy strength.

¹³ No trial hath come upon you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, and will not suffer you to be tried above your strength, but will with the trial make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

⁸ For to one is given, by the spirit, a word of wisdom; and to another, a word of knowledge according to the same spirit; ⁹ and to another, faith, by the same spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the same spirit; ¹⁰ and to another, mighty powers of working miracles; and to another, the gift of prophecy; and to another, that of discerning spirits; and to another, divers languages; and to another, the interpretation of languages. ¹¹ Now, it is one and the same spirit who effecteth all these, distributing his own as he pleaseth, to every one. ¹² For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also is the Christ.

⁹ Whereupon he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is perfected in weakness. Therefore I will with the greatest pleasure, rather boast of my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may shelter me. ¹⁰ I feel therefore a complacency in weaknesses, in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

²⁹ With regard to the Merarites, review them according to their communities, according to the houses of their families;

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.

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.

⁶ and employed in exercising free gifts, according to the favour conferred on us, different as they are, if prophesy, in conformity to that belief; ⁷ if a ministerial office, in that office; and if one is a teacher, in teaching; ⁸ and the exhorter in exhortation; let him who giveth [do it] with sincerity; him who superintendeth, with assiduity; him who sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

⁴ Now, there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit; ⁵ and there are diversities of offices, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are diversities of energies, but it is the same God who by his inward operation worketh all these effects in all. ⁷ Now, this manifestation of the spirit is given to every one for that which is profitable. ⁸ For to one is given, by the spirit, a word of wisdom; and to another, a word of knowledge according to the same spirit; ⁹ and to another, faith, by the same spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the same spirit; ¹⁰ and to another, mighty powers of working miracles; and to another, the gift of prophecy; and to another, that of discerning spirits; and to another, divers languages; and to another, the interpretation of languages. ¹¹ Now, it is one and the same spirit who effecteth all these, distributing his own as he pleaseth, to every one. ¹² For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also is the Christ. ¹³ For by one spirit we are all baptized to one body, whether we were Jews or Greeks, slaves, or freemen; and have all been made to drink to one spirit. ¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many. ¹⁵ If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?" ¹⁷ If the whole body were eye, where would, be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? ¹⁸ But now God hath placed the members, every one of them, in the body, as it hath pleased him. ¹⁹ But if they were all one member, where would be the body? ²⁰ Now they indeed are many members, yet one body: ²¹ and the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: nor can the head say to the feet, I have no need of you. ²² On the contrary, those members of the body which seem to be the weakest are more especially necessary; ²³ and on those which we think the more dishonourable parts of the body we bestow the more abundant honour: and the uncomely parts of us have more abundant finery, ²⁴ of which the comely parts have no need. God indeed hath formed the symmetry of the body, giving more abundant honour to the part which wanteth it, ²⁵ that there may be no schisms in the body, but that the members may have mutual concern for one another; ²⁶ so that if one member suffereth, all the rest suffer with it; and if one member is honoured, all the rest rejoice with it. ²⁷ Now with regard to you, ye are a body of Christ, even individual members, ²⁸ whom God hath placed in the congregation; first, apostles, secondly, prophets, thirdly, teachers, then miraculous powers, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, different languages. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Have all miraculous powers? ³⁰ Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak divers languages? Are all interpreters? ³¹ But you are ambitious of those gifts which are of superior excellence. Well, I am going to point out to you a way still more excellent.

³⁹ The whole muster of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron reviewed, by the command of the Lord, according to their communities; all the males, from a month old and upwards, were twenty two thousand.

¹⁴ because the gate is strait and the way narrow, which leadeth to life, therefore there are few who find it.

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last. For there are many called, but few chosen.

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went out and consulted how they might ensnare him by a discourse.

⁴⁷ But the Levites of the tribe of their father's house, were not reviewed among the Israelites:

⁵⁴ And when the Israelites had done according to all that the Lord commanded Moses,

³³ But the Levites were not reviewed among them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁵¹ and gave the redemption money for the overplus to Aaron and his sons, by the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²¹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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,

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.

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.

² and the spirit of God will rest upon him; a spirit of wisdom and understanding; a spirit of counsel and majesty; a spirit of knowledge and piety: ³ by this spirit he will be filled with the fear of God. He will not judge according to opinion, nor will he reprove according to report; ⁴ but he will administer justice to the lowly, and work conviction in the meek of the earth. And he will smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with a breath from his lips destroy the wicked.

¹ [J] JACOB is my servant, I will uphold him, Israel is my chosen one, my soul hath embraced him; I have put my spirit upon him; he will publish judgment to the nations. [[J] Jehovah, [p] the prophet] ² He will not scream, nor urge with vehemence: nor will his voice be heard abroad in the streets. ³ A bruised reed he will not break, nor extinguish a dimly burning taper; but will publish judgment to establish truth. ⁴ He will shine out, and shall not be broken until he hath established judgment on the earth. In his name therefore let the nations trust. ⁵ Thus saith the Lord, the God who made the heaven and fixed it; who established the earth and the things therein and who giveth vital air to the people on it, and breath to them who tread thereon; ⁶ I the Lord God have called thee for saving mercy, and I will take hold of thy hand and strengthen thee; for I have given thee for the covenant of a race; for the light of nations: ⁷ to open the eyes of the blind; to lead out from chains them who are bound, and out of prison, them who are sitting in darkness.

¹ [M] Hearken to me, isles; and ye nations attend! [After a long time one will stand up saith the Lord.] From my mother's womb he mentioned my name [[M] The Messiah] ² and made my mouth like a sharp sword and hid me under the cover of his hand. He made me like a chosen shaft, and in his quiver kept me concealed, ³ and said to me, "Thou Israel art my servant, and by thee I shall be glorified." ⁴ Whereupon I said, "I have laboured in vain; for vanity and for nought I have spent my strength; therefore my cause is with the Lord; and my labour is before my God." ⁵ And now thus saith the Lord who formed me from the womb. To be his servant to gather Jacob to him, and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord. And my God will be my strength. ⁶ Moreover he said to me, Is it a great thing for thee to be called my servant to reestablish the tribes of Jacob and bring back the dispersion of Israel? Behold I have given thee for the covenant of a race; for the light of nations; that thou mayst be for salvation to the farthest part of the earth. ⁷ Thus saith the Lord who delivered thee; the God of Israel, "Hallow him who despised his life, him who was abhorred by the nations, the slaves of the Arehons. Kings shall see him and chiefs shall rise up and they shall worship him for the sake of the Lord; because the Holy One of Israel is faithful, therefore I have chosen thee. ⁸ Thus saith the Lord, "In an acceptable time I have hearkened to thee, and in a day of salvation helped thee; and have formed thee and given thee for the covenant of nations that thou mayst reduce the earth to order and possess desolate heritages,

⁴ For as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office; ⁵ so we being many are one body in Christ, but individually members of one another,