Numbers 8 Cross References - Thomson

¹ and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, When thou hast put on the side lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in a range with the front of the candlestick. ³ And Aaron did so. On each side, on a range with the front of the candlestick, he lighted the lamps thereof as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴ Now the workmanship of the candlestick was of solid gold; both its stem, and its lillies, were of one solid piece. He had made the candlestick according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses. ⁵ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and purify them. ⁷ And in this manner thou shalt perform their purification. Thou shalt sprinkle them with the water of purification, and a razor shall pass over their whole body, and they shall wash their clothes, and they will be clean. ⁸ Then they shall take a young bull from the herd, with his sacrifice, to wit, fine flour mixed up with oil; and thou shalt take a yearling bull from the herd for a sin offering, ⁹ and bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the testimony, and assemble all the congregation of Israel's sons, ¹⁰ and present the Levites before the Lord. And the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites; ¹¹ and Aaron shall set the Levites apart before the Lord, as a gift from the sons of Israel; and they shall be set apart to perform the works of the Lord. ¹² Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the young bulls. And thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering, to make atonement for them. ¹³ Then thou shalt place the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron and before his sons, and give them as a gift before the Lord. ¹⁴ thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and they shall belong to me. ¹⁵ And after this, the Levites shall go in to do the works of the tabernacle of the testimony, when thou hast purified them, and given them up before the Lord. ¹⁶ Because they are solemnly given up to me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for myself from among the children of Israel, instead of all the males who are the first born of their mothers. ¹⁷ Because every first born among the children of Israel, whether of man or beast, belongeth to me [on the day when I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them for myself] ¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first born among the children of Israel, ¹⁹ and have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons, from among the children of Israel, to do the works of the children of Israel at the tabernacle of the testimony, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; therefore none among the children of Israel shall come near the Holies. ²⁰ So Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses in respect to them. ²¹ Now when the children of Israel had done so to them, and the Levites were purified, and had washed their clothes, and Aaron had solemnly given them up in the presence of the Lord, and had made atonement for them to purify them; ²² and, after this, the Levites had gone in to perform their service in the tabernacle of the testimony, in the presence of Aaron and his sons; when they had done thus for the Levites, as the Lord had commanded Moses in respect to them; ²³ then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 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.

³⁷ And thou shalt make the seven lamps for it, and place the lamps so that they may give light in one row.

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.

²³ [Omitted]

²⁵ and put the lamps thereon before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹ the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 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,

⁴ You shall keep the lamps burning on the pure candlestick before the Lord, until the morning.

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

¹³⁰ The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and make the simple wise.

²⁰ For he hath given a law for assistance; that they may not speak like such an oracle as this, which is not worth the giving of gifts for it.

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city situate on a mountain cannot be hid.

⁹ The light [the true light which enlighteneth every man] coming into the world

¹⁹ Therefore we have a more complete confirmation of the prophetic word, to which you do well in giving attention, as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the bringer of light rise in your hearts;

¹² Whereupon I turned to look towards the voice which spake to me; and upon turning about, I saw seven golden candlesticks,

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.

⁵ And from the throne proceed lightnings and thunders and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire blazing before the throne: these are the seven spirits of God.

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.

¹⁸ And thou shalt make two cherubs of turned gold, and place them at the two sides of the propitiatory.

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. ⁴⁰ See that thou make them according to the pattern shewn thee on this mount.

⁷ And they made the court; on the south side the hangings of the court were of cotton, a hundred cubits long

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]

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon the model of the temple, and its houses and its treasuries, and of the upper chambers and the inner depositories, and of the house for the propitiation; 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; ¹⁴ and the exact weight of these vessels, whether made of gold or of silver. ¹⁵ He gave him the weight of the candle sticks and of the lamps. ¹⁶ He gave him likewise the weight of the tables for the shew bread; of every table made of gold, and likewise of those to be made of silver; ¹⁷ and of the flesh forks and the libation cups, and of the cups of gold; the weight both of those to be made of gold and of those to be made of silver; and of the censers, of each its several weight; ¹⁸ and pointed out to him the weight of the utensils of the altar of incense, which was to be of pure gold; and the model of the chariot of the cherubims with expanded wings, which over shadow the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ¹⁹ All these David gave to Solomon in a drawing of the hand of the Lord, according to the knowledge given him of the workmanship of the model.

⁵ These perform divine service for a sample and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely admonished, when he was about to make the tabernacle, for it is said, "see that thou make all things according to the model shewn thee on this mountain."

²³ There was therefore a necessity that the things which were symbols of those in heaven, should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves, with sacrifices better than these.

¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready, for three days you must not approach a wife.

¹¹ [J] Depart, depart; come out thence, and touch no polluted thing. Come out from the midst of her; be clean, ye who carry the vessels of the Lord.

¹ Having therefore, beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

⁸ Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

² Thereupon Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, Put away the strange gods which are with you and purify yourselves and change your garments;

¹⁰ When Moses told the Lord the words of the people the Lord said to Moses, Go down and testify to the people and purify them to-day and to-morrow and let them wash their garments

⁶ Then Moses brought forward Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

⁷ and sprinkle some of it seven times on him who is cleansed from the leprosy, and he shall be clean. Then he shall let the live bird go into the field. ⁸ And he who is cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself with water; and he shall be clean; and after this he may come into the camp; but he must tarry abroad, out of his own house, seven days. ⁹ And on the seventh day he shall shave off all the hair on his head, and beard, and his eye brows; and having shaved off all his hair, he shall wash his clothes, and wash his body with water, and he shall be clean.

⁶ And whoever sitteth on the seat whereon he sat, shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until the evening.

¹⁰ And whoever toucheth any things which were under him, shall be unclean until evening. And whoever carrieth them shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening. ¹¹ And every one whom he who hath the gonorrhea toucheth, without washing his hands, shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.

²⁷ Every one who toucheth her shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and wash his body with water, and be unclean until evening.

²⁸ And he who burneth them shall wash his clothes and wash his body with water, and after that he shall come into the camp.

⁷ Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and wash his whole body with water, and, after that, he shall come into ⁸ the camp. And the priest shall be unclean until the evening. And he who burned her shall wash his clothes, and wash his body with water, and be unclean until evening. ⁹ And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them without the camp, in a clean place, and water of sprinkling shall be kept in store for the congregation of Israel. It is a purification. ¹⁰ And he who gathereth up the ashes of the heifer, shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And it shall be for the children of Israel, and for the proselytes who have joined them, an everlasting ordinance,

¹³ If any person, who hath touched the dead, die, without being purified, he hath defiled the tabernacle of the Lord; that soul shall be blotted out from among Israel. Because the water of sprinkling bath not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean. His impurity is still in him.

¹⁷ Now, for one who is unclean, they shall take some of the burnt ashes of the purification, and pour spring water thereon, in a vessel; ¹⁸ and a man who is clean shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the house, and on the vessels, and on the persons who may be in the house, and on him who hath touched a human bone, or a man who hath been slain, or one dead, or a grave. ¹⁹ The clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify himself^ and shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.

²⁰ And you must purify every covering, and every vessel made of skin, and every hair cloth, and every utensil of wood.

² wash me thoroughly from this iniquity of mine; and purify me from this my sin.

⁷ Sprinkle me with hyssop and I shall be purified; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

¹⁵ so many nations will express admiration at him; and kings will shut their mouths, because they, to whom no publication was made concerning him, shall see; and they, who had not heard, will understand.

¹⁴ Jerusalem! wash thy heart from wickedness that thou mayst be saved. How long do ill grounded reasonings for thy troubles remain in thee?

²⁵ then I will sprinkle upon you pure water, and you shall be cleansed from all your impurities and from all your idols; and when I have cleansed you,

²⁵ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but on the inside they are full of rapine, and intemperance. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee, cleanse first what is within the cup, and the plate; so the outside will be clean.

¹⁰ they being things imposed barely for meats, and drinks, and divers baptisms, and rules of conduct respecting flesh, until the time of reformation:

¹³ For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean sanctify, to the cleansing of the flesh;

²¹ an antitype to which, namely baptism, [not a removal of the filth of the flesh, but an earnest conscientious application to God] doth now save us also, by means of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, thou knowest" Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of great affliction and have washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the Lamb.

¹ Now these are the things which thou shalt do for them. Thou shalt consecrate them that they may minister to me in the priest's office. For this purpose thou shalt take one young bull of the herd and two rams without blemish

³ and put them in one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the young bull and the two rams.

³ If his gift be a whole burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring a male without blemish to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. He shall bring it before the Lord for acceptance;

¹ And when any person shall bring a sacrificial gift to the Lord, his gift shall be fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and lay frankincense on it.

³ if for instance the chief priest who hath been anointed, sin; on the account of his causing the people to sin, he shall, for the sin which he hath committed, bring a young bull without blemish from the herd before the Lord for his sin offering;

¹⁴ when the sin which they have thereby committed is made known to them, the congregation shall bring a young bull from the herd without blemish for their sin offering; and when they have brought him to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony,

² Take Aaron and his sons, and his robes and the anointing oil, and the young bull for the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened cakes;

³ In this manner Aaron shall come into that holy place. With a young bull from the herd for a sin offering [he shall bring] a ram for a whole burnt offering.

⁸ And if you make your offering from the herds, for a whole burnt offering, or for a sacrifice to magnify a vow, or for an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord; ⁹ he who offereth must bring, with the young bull, three tenths of fine flour mixed up with the half of an hin of oil, for a sacrifice; ¹⁰ and the half of an hin of wine for a libation, as an offering of homage, a smell of fragrance for the Lord.

¹⁰ and the Lord determined to purify him from this stroke: when his soul shall be given up for a sin offering; of you he shall see a seed which shall prolong their days.

³ for as it was out of the power of the law to do this, inasmuch as it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his own son in a likeness of sinful flesh, and to be a sin offering, hath condemned this sin in the flesh,

²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin, a sin offering for us, that by him we may be made the righteousness of God;

⁴ Then thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water. ⁵ Then taking the robes thou shalt put on Aaron thy brother the robe reaching down to the feet, and the ephod, and the oracle; and thou shalt fasten for him the oracle to the ephod. ⁶ Then thou shalt put the mitre on his head and fasten the plate Holiness to the mitre. ⁷ And thou shalt take some of the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. ⁸ Then thou shalt bring his sons near, and clothe them with vestures ⁹ and gird them with girdles and put the tiaras on them. And the office of serving me as priests shall be theirs for ever. Then thou shalt consecrate the bands of Aaron, and the bands of his sons; ¹⁰ for this purpose thou shalt bring the young bull to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and Aaron and his sons shall lay their bands on the head of the young bull before the Lord at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹¹ Then thou shalt slay the bull before the Lord at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, ¹² and thou shalt take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger; and all the rest of the blood thou shalt pour out at the base of the altar. ¹³ And thou shalt take the whole caul which covereth the belly and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the suet on them; and lay them on the altar: ¹⁴ but the flesh of the bull and the hide and the excrements thou shalt burn with fire without the camp: for it is a sin offering. ¹⁵ Then thou shalt take one ram and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram; ¹⁶ and thou shalt slay it; and taking the blood thou shalt pour it around the altar. ¹⁷ Then thou shalt cut the ram in pieces according to its members and thou shalt wash the entrails and the feet with water and lay them on the pieces with the head, ¹⁸ and thou shalt carry up this whole ram on the altar for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, for a sweet savour. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. ¹⁹ Then thou shalt take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of this ram; ²⁰ and thou shalt kill it; and thou shalt take some of its blood and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; and on the tip of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet: ²¹ and thou shalt take some of the blood from the altar, and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his raiment, and upon his sons and their raiment. So shall he and his raiment be hallowed; and his sons and their raiment with him. But the blood of this ram thou shalt pour against the altar round about. ²² And thou shalt take from this ram the fat tail, and the caul which covereth the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the suet on them, and the right shoulder [for this is a consecration offering] ²³ and one loaf of oil bread, and one cake out of the basket of unleavened cakes which were laid before the Lord; ²⁴ and thou shalt lay all these upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and set them apart as a dedication before the Lord. ²⁵ Then thou shalt take them out of their hands and carry them up, upon the altar of burnt offerings for a smell of fragrance before the Lord. It is an homage offering to the Lord. ²⁶ And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration and set it apart as a dedication before the Lord, and thou shalt have it for a portion. ²⁷ And thou shalt hallow this breast dedication and the shoulder dedication which was set apart and taken from the ram of consecration on account of Aaron and his sons; ²⁸ and they shall belong to Aaron and his sons by an everlasting statute from the Israelites. For this is a dedication and it shall be a portion taken from the Israelites, from the burnt offerings of thanksgiving of the children of Israel; a portion set apart for the Lord. ²⁹ Now the sanctuary robes which are appropriate to Aaron shall be for his sons after him to be anointed in them and to consecrate their hands. ³⁰ The priest; that one of his sons who is to succeed him and come into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the Holies shall put them on seven days. ³¹ And thou shalt take the flesh of the ram of consecration and boil this flesh in a holy place; ³² and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of this ram and the bread which is in the basket. At the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony 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.

¹² Then thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water.

³ and assemble all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁴ and he shall lay his hand on the head of the homage offering to be accepted for him; to make atonement for him.

⁴⁵ Take the Levites, instead of all the first born of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, for the firstlings of their cattle; and the Levites shall belong to me; I the Lord.

⁶ whom they set before the apostles, who having prayed, laid their hands on them.

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. ³ So having fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they dismissed them.

¹⁴ Neglect not the gift which is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy with the laying on of the hands of the assembled elders.

²² Lay hands upon no one hastily, nor be a partaker in the sins of others. Keep thyself pure.

²⁴ and thou shalt lay all these upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and set them apart as a dedication before the Lord.

³⁰ his own hands shall present, as his offerings of homage to the Lord, the suet, with the breast, and the lobe of the liver. These he shall present that they may be laid before the Lord as a gift.

²⁷ and put them all on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and caused them to be lifted up as a dedication before the Lord.

²⁹ Then having taken the breast, Moses set this, which had been laid on hands before the Lord, apart from the ram of the consecration offering. And it was Moses' portion, as the Lord commanded Moses.

⁴⁹ See that thou review not the tribe of Levi, nor take an account of them among the children of Israel. ⁵⁰ But thou shalt set the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the utensils thereof, and over all the things which are in it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its utensils, and they shall minister therein, and encamp about the tabernacle. 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. ⁵² And when the Israelites encamp, every man in his station, and every man according to his command, with their army, 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.

⁵ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 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. ¹⁰ And thou shalt set Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of the testimony, and they shall keep watch over their priesthood, and all that appertain to the altar, and that are within the veil; and if any one of another family touch these, he shall be put to death. ¹¹ Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses saying, ¹² Behold I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the first born males among the children of Israel. The Levites shall be the price of their redemption, and shall be mine; ¹³ for every first born belongeth to me. On the day when I smote every first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed for myself all the firstlings in Israel. The firstlings both of man and beast shall belong to me. I am the Lord. ¹⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying, 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. ¹⁶ Accordingly Moses and Aaron reviewed them, at the command of the Lord, in the manner the Lord commanded them. ¹⁷ Now these were the sons of Levi by their names, Gerson, Kaath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the sons of Gerson, according to their communities; Lobeni and Semei. ¹⁹ And these are the sons of Kaath according to their communities, Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel. 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. ²¹ To the Gersonites belong the community of the Lobenites, ²² and the community of the Semeites. These are the communities of the Gersonites; and the review of them according to the number of every male, from a month old and upwards; on a review of them the number was seven thousand two hundred. ²³ Now the Gersonites are to encamp behind the tabernacle, towards the west, ²⁴ and the chief of the head of the family of the community of the Gersonites, was Elisaph son of Dael. 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. 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. 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; 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 . 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. 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. ⁴⁰ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Review all the male first born of the children of Israel, from one month old and upwards, and take the number by name. ⁴¹ And thou shalt take the Levites for me; I the Lord; instead of all the first born sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings of the cattle belonging to the children of Israel. ⁴² So Moses reviewed, in the manner the Lord commanded, all the male first born among the Israelites; ⁴³ and all the first born males, numbered by name, from one month old and upwards, were twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three.

²⁰ and the priest shall offer these as a dedication laid on hands before the Lord. It shall be consecrated for the priest, over and above the breast, which was dedicated by being laid on hands, and the shoulder which was dedicated by setting it apart. And after these things, he who made the vow may drink wine.

¹⁰ for this purpose thou shalt bring the young bull to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and Aaron and his sons shall lay their bands on the head of the young bull before the Lord at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony.

²⁰ and shall do with this bull in the same manner as was done with the bull for the sin offering. This being done the priest shall make atonement for them, and the sin shall be forgiven them.

³⁵ and he shall strip off all its suet in the same manner as the suet is stripped from the sheep for a sacrifice of thanksgiving; and the priest shall lay it on the altar on the whole burnt offering of the Lord. So shall the priest make atonement for him and he shall be forgiven.

⁷ And if he is not able to furnish a lamb, he shall bring for the trespass which he hath committed two turtle doves or two young pigeons to the Lord, one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering:

⁹ and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of that which is for a sin offering on the side of the altar and squeeze out the rest of the blood on the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. ¹⁰ Then he shall offer the other as an offering of homage in the usual manner. So shall the priest make atonement for him for the sin which he hath committed and it shall be forgiven him.

¹⁴ Then Moses brought forward the young bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the young bull for the sin offering;

¹⁸ Then Moses brought forward the ram which was for a whole burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;

³⁴ as he hath done this very day, in which the Lord hath commanded me to do this in order to make an atonement for you.

⁷ Then Moses said to Aaron, Go near to the altar, and offer thy own sin offering, and thy own burnt offering, and make atonement for thyself and thy house, then offer the gifts of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹⁹ Then the priest shall prepare the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is cleansed, with his sin offering, and after that the priest shall kill the whole burnt offering. ²⁰ And the priest shall offer up the whole burnt offering, and the sacrifice of flour, on the altar. So shall the priest make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed.

²² and two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, which ever he can find most readily, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering.

⁶ And Aaron shall offer the young bull for his own sin offering, and make atonement for himself and his household.

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;

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.

²¹ and Aaron shall lay his hands on the head of the live goat, and over it make confession of all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and of all their transgressions, and all their sins, and lay them on the head of the live goat, and send him away by the hand of a man ready for the purpose, into the wilderness.

¹⁴ and present as his gift to the Lord, a lamb of the first year without blemish for a whole burnt offering, and a ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, for a sin offering, and a ram without blemish for an offering of thanksgiving,

¹⁶ and the priest shall offer them before the Lord. When he hath offered the sin offering and the whole burnt offering,

⁸ Then they shall take a young bull from the herd, with his sacrifice, to wit, fine flour mixed up with oil; and thou shalt take a yearling bull from the herd for a sin offering,

²² And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood. Indeed without a shedding of blood there was no remission.

⁴ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ⁵ Therefore when coming into the world he saith, "Sacrifices and offering? thou didst not desire, but preparedst for me a body. ⁶ In whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou hadst no pleasure; ⁷ then I said, Behold I come [in the volume of a book it is written of me] to perform, O God, thy will." ⁸ Having first said, "Sacrifice and offering and whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins thou didst not desire, nor take pleasure in them," [These were offered according to the law] ⁹ He then said, "Behold I come to perform, O God, thy will" [he taketh away the first that he may establish the second]. ¹⁰ by which will we are sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once only.

¹¹ and Aaron shall set the Levites apart before the Lord, as a gift from the sons of Israel; and they shall be set apart to perform the works of the Lord.

²¹ Now when the children of Israel had done so to them, and the Levites were purified, and had washed their clothes, and Aaron had solemnly given them up in the presence of the Lord, and had made atonement for them to purify them;

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;

¹ therefore I exhort you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living, holy, acceptable sacrifice to God as your rational, religious service;

¹⁶ that I should be a ministering servant of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, and employed in the holy service of dispensing the glad tidings of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be accepted, being hallowed by a holy spirit.

¹² Behold I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the first born males among the children of Israel. The Levites shall be the price of their redemption, and shall be mine;

² Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When a man or a woman shall make a solemn vow to preserve the strictest purity for the Lord,

¹⁷ Because every first born among the children of Israel, whether of man or beast, belongeth to me [on the day when I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them for myself]

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? ¹⁰ He hath indeed brought thee near, and all thy brethren the children of Levi with thee. And do you seek in this manner to officiate also as priests;

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,

¹⁷ And they shall be, saith the Lord Almighty, an acquisition for me, on the day which I make; and I will make choice of them, as a man maketh choice of a son who serveth him.

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,

²⁶ For it suited us to have such a chief priest"one holy, innocent, undefined, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens,

²³ Now the Gersonites are to encamp behind the tabernacle, towards the west, ²⁴ and the chief of the head of the family of the community of the Gersonites, was Elisaph son of Dael. 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. 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. 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; 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 .

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.

¹³ Then thou shalt place the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron and before his sons, and give them as a gift before the Lord.

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.

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. ⁸ And they cast lots for their daily courses, as well the younger as the senior, both teachers and scholars. ⁹ And the lot which came out the first of his sons and his brethren for Asaph was that of Joseph, namely Godolias; the second Henia, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁰ the third Zakchur his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹¹ the fourth Jesri, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹² the fifth, Nathan, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹³ the sixth Bukias, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁴ the seventh Iseriel, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁵ the eighth Josia, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁶ the ninth Matthanias, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁷ the tenth Semeia, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁸ the eleventh Asriel, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁹ the twelfth Asabia, his sons and brethren, twelve; the ²⁰ thirteenth Subael, his sons and brethren twelve; ²¹ the fourteenth Matthathias his sons and brethren, twelve; ²² the fifteenth Jerimoth. his sons and brethren, twelve; ²³ the sixteenth Anania, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁴ the seventeenth Jesbasaka, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁵ the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁶ the nineteenth Mellithi, his sons and brethren, twelve;

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.

²⁹ And when they had so done, it came to pass that at midnight the Lord smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, from the first born of Pharao, who sat on the throne to the first born of the captive in the dungeon, and even the first born of all the cattle.

² Consecrate to me every first born. Every first born among the children of Israel, whether man or beast, is mine.

¹² thou shalt set apart every first born; all the males for the Lord. Every firstling of the kine or among the cattle which thou mayst have, even all the males thou shalt consecrate to the Lord. ¹³ Every firstling of an ass thou shalt exchange for a sheep, and if thou wilt not exchange it thou must redeem it. And every male first born of thy children thou shalt redeem. ¹⁴ And if at any time hereafter, thy son should ask thee saying, What is the meaning of this? thou shalt say to him, Because with a strong hand the Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt; from the house of bondage; ¹⁵ and, when Pharao hardened himself against sending us away, the Lord slew every first born in the land of Egypt, both the first born of men and the first born of cattle, therefore I sacrifice all firstlings; all the males to the Lord: and every male first born of my children I must redeem.

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;

¹⁴ And if a man make a dedication of his house to the Lord, the priest shall value it at a medium between a good and a bad house. And according as the priest shall value it so it shall stand; ¹⁵ and if he who dedicated it chuse to redeem it, he shall add thereto a fifth of the money at which it was rated, and it shall be his.

²⁶ And with regard to every firstling if it be among the cattle, it shall be for the Lord, and none shall dedicate it. Whether it be of the herds or flocks it is the Lord's.

¹³ for every first born belongeth to me. On the day when I smote every first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed for myself all the firstlings in Israel. The firstlings both of man and beast shall belong to me. I am the Lord.

⁵¹ and smote every first born in the land of Egypt; the first fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham;

³⁶ Then he smote every first born of their land; the first fruits of all their labour;

⁸ who smote the first born of Egypt: the first born both of man and beast.

¹² I gave them also my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them; that they might know that I the Lord am their sanctifier.

²³ as it is written in the law of the Lord, that every male, who is the first born of his mother, is to be accounted consecrate to the Lord;

³⁶ do you say of me, whom the father hath consecrated and sent into the world, "Thou blasphemest," because I said, I am the son of God?

¹⁹ And for them I consecrate myself, that they may be consecrated for truth.

²⁹ Of how much greater punishment, think ye, will he be thought worthy, who hath trampled upon the Son of God, and accounted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, a common thing, and treated contemptuously the spirit of grace?

²⁸ By faith he celebrated the passover, and the pouring out of the blood, that the destroyer of the first born might not touch them.

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.

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.

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.

² take therefore to thyself thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the community of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and perform holy service for thee. While thou, and thy sons with thee, are before the tabernacle of the testimony, 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;

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;

¹⁶ But when he became strong his heart was elated to his destruction; for he trespassed against the Lord his God and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And Azarias the priest went in after him and with him eighty priests of the Lord, valiant men. 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.

¹¹ and be ministering servants in my sanctuary. They shall be porters at the gates of the house and ministering servants for the house. They shall kill the sacrifices and the whole burnt offerings for the people and they shall stand before the people to wait upon them. ¹² Because they waited on them before their idols, and this brought on Israel the punishment of rebellion; therefore I have lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord God, ¹³ that they shall not come near me to minister to me as priests, nor approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor to my Holy of Holies; but shall bear their dishonour for the error of which they have been guilty. ¹⁴ And they shall be compelled to keep the watches of the house, to perform all the services of the house and all the services required of them

⁷ And in this manner thou shalt perform their purification. Thou shalt sprinkle them with the water of purification, and a razor shall pass over their whole body, and they shall wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

¹¹ and Aaron shall set the Levites apart before the Lord, as a gift from the sons of Israel; and they shall be set apart to perform the works of the Lord. ¹² Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the young bulls. And thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering, to make atonement for them. ¹³ Then thou shalt place the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron and before his sons, and give them as a gift before the Lord.

¹⁵ And after this, the Levites shall go in to do the works of the tabernacle of the testimony, when thou hast purified them, and given them up before the Lord.

¹² He shall be purified on the third, and on the seventh day, then he shall be clean: but if he be not purified on the third, and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.

¹⁹ The clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify himself^ and shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.

¹⁵ they killed the paschal lamb on the fourteenth of the second month. And as the priests and the Levites were humbled, and had purified themselves, they offered whole burnt offerings in the house of the Lord, ¹⁶ and stood in their station according to the disposition made of them by the command of Moses, the man of God; and the priests received the blood from the hands of the Levites. ¹⁷ Because there were many of the congregation who were not purified, therefore the Levites had it in charge to kill the paschal lamb, for every one who had not been able to purify himself to the Lord.

²⁷ Then the priests, the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer reached his holy was heard, and their prayer reached his holy habitation, even heaven.

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.

⁸ His chiefs also made dedications for the people, and for the priests, and for the Levites. And Chelkias and Zacharias, and Jeiel, the chiefs, gave for the priests of the house of God; they gave for the passover two thousand six hundred sheep, lambs and kids, and three hundred beeves, ⁹ and Chonenias and Banaias, and Samaias and Nathaniel, his brother, and Asabias, and Jeiel and Jozabad, chiefs of the Levites, dedicated for the Levites five thousand sheep and five hundred beeves for the passover. 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. 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. 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.

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.

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.

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. 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,

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;

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?

⁴ [the weapons of our warfare being indeed not carnal but mighty through God for the demolition of fortifications]

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,

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.

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. ⁵ And if a man combateth in the public games, he is not crowned, unless he combat according' to the rules prescribed.

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

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.

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.

³⁰ And from the children of Israel's half thou shalt take one in fifty of the captives, and of the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses; of all these beasts. And these thou shalt give to the Levites, who keep the watch at the tabernacle of 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. ²⁸ They had the charge also of all the dedications made to God by Samuel the prophet, and by Saul son of Kis, and by Abenner son of Ner, and Joab son of Saruia. All that they dedicated was under the care of Salomoth and his brethren. ²⁹ Of the Issaarites, Chonenia and sons had the charge of the business abroad over Israel, to act as scribes and judges.

⁸ You indeed broke my covenant by all your iniquities and you appointed them to keep the watches in my holy places.

¹¹ and be ministering servants in my sanctuary. They shall be porters at the gates of the house and ministering servants for the house. They shall kill the sacrifices and the whole burnt offerings for the people and they shall stand before the people to wait upon them.

¹⁵ Meditate on these things; be intent upon them. That thy improvement in all things may be manifest,