The Kohathites. NUMBERS, III. families; Mahli, and Mushi: these B. C. 1490. are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. o ch.1.53. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of p ch.4.24-26. the tabernacle northward. the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred. s Ex.27.9,&c. 23 The families of the Gershoniteso shall pitch behind the tabernaclet Ex.35.18. westward. 24 And the chief of the house of u 1Ch.26.23. the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. v ch.1.53. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon pin the tabernacle of the congregation, shall be the taber-w ch.4. 15. nacle, q and the tent, r the covering thereof, and the hanging for x Ex.25.10. the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, y 26 And the hangings s of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, z Ex.27.1. and the cords t of it, for all the service thereof. 30.1. 29 The families of the sons of v Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 9 Ex.25.9. Ex.26.1,&c. 27 And of Kohath u was the fa-a Ex.26.32. mily of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the b 1Chr.6.19. family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old Ex.25.23, 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, c ch.1.53. keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 3 the office of d ch.4.31,32. h ver. 15. i ver. 12,45. k ver.41. The Merarites. and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these c shall pitch on the side of 7 ch. 18. 15. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the ever.7,8. son of Uzziel. 31 And their w charge shall be the f ver.10. ark, x and the table, y and the candlestick, and the altars, z and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, a and all the service thereof. g ch.26.62. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari b was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first 34 And those that were numbered m ver.39-43. born of the children of Israel, which are more m than the Levites; 36 And 3 under the custody and d charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 T But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping e the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger ƒ that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All g that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Number h all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And i thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males, by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take k the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. The Levites' service. NUMBERS, IV. 47 Thou shalt even take five n B. C. 1490. shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel o is twenty gerahs :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. n ch.18.16. o Ex.30.13. p ver.46,47. 9 ver.48. r Mal.4.4. 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: (CHAP. 4.) 50 Of the firstborn of the children 1Chr.23.3, 51 And Moses gave a the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as r the LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER IV. 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar. 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels m thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks and the shovels, and the 2 basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath n shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch o any holy thing, lest they die. p These q ~~things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. b ver. 15. c ver. 19. d Ex.26.31. Is.25.7. 1 The age and time of the Levites' service. 17 The office of the priests. e Ex.25.10-16. A 8 Ex.25.23 ND the LORD spake unto Moses f 1Ki.8.7,8. and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 30. h Lev.24.5-8. 1 or, pour 3 From a thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, all i Ex.25.31-38. that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. k Ex.30.1-5. 4 This b shall be the service of the 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, d and cover the ark e of testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put it in the staves f thereof m Ex.38.3. n ch.7.9. Deut.31.9. Jos 4.10. 15. o 2Sam.6.6.7. 7 And upon the table g of h shew- The charge of Eleazar. 10 And they shall put it and all vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar k they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: on: 8 And they shall spread upon them v ver.4. 9 And they shall take a cloth of w Ex.19.21. 16 And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, pertaineth the oil r for the light, and the sweet s incense, and the daily meat offering, t and the anointing oil, u and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most v holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: Number of Gershomtes. NUMBERS, IV. thou number them; all that enter B. C. 1490. in to 2 perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for 4 burdens. 25 Andy they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins z that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings a of the court, and the hanging for the door z Ex.26.14. of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, b and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: sob Ex.35.18. shall they serve. a Ex.27.9. 3 war the 36 And those that were numbered of them, by their families, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do sery ch.3.25,26. vice in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 4 or, car- 6 warfare, 5 mouth. c ver.33. 27 At the 5 appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the service of the fa- d ver.3. milies of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar, c the son of Aaron the priest. 29 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, Owere two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These k are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might As for the sons of Merari, e ch.3.36,37. do service in the tabernacle of the thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; ƒ Ex.26.15. congregation, whom Moses and 30 From thirty d years old and up- g Ex.25.9. Jos.3.6. 43 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this e is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards ƒ of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, i ver.47. 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all k ver.22. their instruments, g and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of ver.29. the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, accord-| ing to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation, under! the hand h of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 1Cor.12.4 31 And Moses and Aaron, and n Ro. 12.6-8. the chief of the congregation, numbered the sons of the Kohathites, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, m ver.3.23, 30. 1Chr.23.3, 27. Number of Merarites. 35 From thirty i years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 31. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them, after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From m thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every n one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the I service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand The unclean removed. NUMBERS, V. and five hundred and fourscore. B. C. 1490. p ver. 1,21, (CHAP. 5.) a ch.12.14. 5 Restitution is to be made in trespasses. 11 The trial of jealousy. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every a leper, and every one that hath an issue, b and whosoever is defiled by the dead.c 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without d the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof Ie dwell. 9 And every 1 offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall i be his. Le. 13.3,46, 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering m for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an of19.11-13. fering of memorial, bringing n ini b Lev. 15.2. c ch.9.6,10, 31.19. Lev.21.1. quity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, o and uncover the and the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. d 2Ki.7.3. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 26.40. Jos.7.19. Job 33.27. Ps.32.5. Pr.28.13. 1Jno.1.9. 5 T And the LORD spake unto h Lev.6.5-7. Moses, saying, 7.7. 1 or, heave offering. ich. 18.8,9,19. f Lev.6.2. g Lev.5.5. 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When ƒ a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 7 Then they shall confess g their sin which they have done and he shall recompense h his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman Cant.8.6. The trial of jealousy. 14 And the spirit of jealousy l come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: Ex.29.28. 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, p and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness 2 with another instead 7.6-14. of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: De.18.3.4. Eze.44.29, 20 But if thou hast gone aside to Mal.3.8-10. another instead of thy husband, and 1Cor.9.13. if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thine husband: k Lev.18.20. Heb. 10.3. o Heb. 13.4. Re.2.19-23. p Mat.26.63. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 under, or, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 1Sa. 14.24. Ne.10.29. r Jer.29.22. 13 And a man k lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of 3 fall. s Ps. 109.18. her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be not Deut.27.15. witness against her, neither she be u Lev.8.27. taken with the manner; 21 Then the priest shall charge q the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse r and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to 3 rot, and thy belly to swell: 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, s to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the t woman shall say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave u the offering before the LORD and offer it upon the altar: The law of the Nazarites. NUMBERS, VI. 26 And the priest shall take an B. C. 1490. handful of the offering, even the v memorial thereof, and burn itv upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse w among her people. 28 And if the woman be not de-1 filed, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive x seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside y to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; b 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the wo-2 man before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all| this law. 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear 2 her iniquity. CHAPTER VI. Lev.2.2.9. Deut.28.37 Is.65.15. Jer.24.9. Ps. 113.9. y ver. 19. z Le.20.17-20 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto a Ju. 13.5. the LORD the days of his separaAc.21.23,24. tion, and shall bring a lamb of the Jer.35.6-8.first year for a trespass offering: h but the days that were before shall 5 be lost, because his separation was defiled. 13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled, i he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish k for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes m of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread n anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their o drink offerings. (CHAP. 6.) Am.2.12. Luke 1.15. or, Naza- 3 vine of the wine. c Ju.16. 17,19. 1Sam. 1.11. d ch.9.6. 2 The law of the Nazarite. 24 The A saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is-separation. rael, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall 1 separate themselves to vow a vow of e 2Co.6.17,18. à Nazarite, a to separate themselves unto the LORD; f Acts 18.18. 14.22. 3 He shall separate himself from g Lev.5.7. b wine, and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 15.14,29. h Lev.5.6. 4 All the days of his 2 separation shall he eat nothing that is made' of the 3 vine tree, from the kernelsk 5 fall. even to the husk. Mal.1.13, 5 All the days of the vow of his 14. separation there shall no razor c 1Pet. 1.19. come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he Lev.3.6. separateth himself unto the LORD, m Lev.2.4. he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. n Ex.29.2. 6 All the days that he separateth o ch.15.5,7, himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.d 10. 7 He shall not make himself un-p Acts clean for his father, or for his mo-q 18am.2.15. ther, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because the 4 con-r Ex.29.23secration of his God is upon his head. 28. 19.11,16. Lev.21.1.2, 11. The law of the Nazantes. 8 All the days of his separation e he is holy unto the LORD. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave f his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two g turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: w 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. 18 And the Nazarite shall shave p the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the sodden g shoulder of the ram, and oner unleavened cake out of the 21.24.basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven : 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the |