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number the men of war.

NUMBERS.

The Levites are exempted even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore 42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughand fourteen thousand and six hundred. out their generations, after their families, 28 Of the children of Issachar, by their by the house of their fathers, according to generations, after their families, by the the number of the names, from twenty house of their fathers, according to the years old and upward, all that were able number of the names, from twenty years to go forth to war; old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, 30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their and the princes of Israel, being twelve generations, after their families, by the men: each one was for the house of his house of their fathers, according to the fathers.

number of the names, from twenty years 45 So were all those that were numberold and upward, all that were able to go ed of the children of Israel, by the house forth to war; of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth

31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and to war in Israel; seven thousand and four hundred.

46 Even all they that were numbered, 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, were six hundred thousand and three thouof the children of Ephraim, by their ge- sand and five hundred and fifty. nerations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

47 ¶ But the Levites, after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

33 Those that were numbered of them, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty of Levi, neither take the sum of them thousand and five hundred. among the children of Israel:

34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites generations, after their families, by the over the tabernacle of testimony, and over house of their fathers, according to the all the vessels thereof, and over all things number of the names, from twenty years that belong to it: they shall bear the taold and upward, all that were able to go bernacle, and all the vessels thereof, and forth to war; they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and 36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the generations, after their families, by the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger house of their fathers, according to the that cometh nigh shall be put to death. number of the names, from twenty years 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch old and upward, all that were able to go their tents every man by his own camp, forth to war; and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able togo forth to war; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony; that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. CHAP. II.

Aunto Aaron, saying,

ND the LORD spake unto Moses and

of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the 2 Every man of the children of Israel number of the names, from twenty years shall pitch by his own standard, with the old and upward, all that were able to go ensign of their father's house: far off about forth to war; the tabernacle of the congregation shall

41 Those that were numbered of them, they pitch. even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

3 And on the east side toward the risling of the sun shall they of the standard

The order of the tribes

CHAP. III.

in their tents. of the camp of Judah pitch throughout nasseh: and the captain of the children of their armies: and Nahshon the son of Am-Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Peminadab shall be captain of the children dahzur.

21 And his host, and those that were of Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them were thirty and two numbered of them, were threescore and thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall him, shall be the tribe of Issachar: and be Abidan the son of Gideoni. Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, throughout their armies: and they shall go forward in the third rank.

25 The standard of the camp of Dan

8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And his host, and those that were of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and numbered of them, were threescore and four hundred throughout their armies: two thousand and seven hundred. these shall first set forth.

27 And those that encamp by him shall

10 On the south side shall be the stand-be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of ard of the camp of Reuben according to the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the their armies: and the captain of the chil- son of Ocran. dren of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall 12 And those which pitch by him shall be Ahira the son of Enan. be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain

30 And his host, and those that were of the children of Simeon shall be She-numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. lumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

31 All they that were numbered in the 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hunthousand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the dred: they shall go hindmost with their captain of the sons of Gad shall be Elia- standards. saph the son of Reuel.

32 These are those which were num15 And his host, and those that were bered of the children of Israel by the house All those that were numnumbered of them, were forty and five of their fathers. bered of the camps throughout their hosts, thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp were six hundred thousand and three thouof Reuben were a hundred thousand and sand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not numbered fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies: and among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. they shall set forth in the second rank.

CHAP. III.

34 And the children of Israel did ac17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of cording to all that the LORD commanded the Levites, in the midst of the camp: as Moses: so they pitched by their standthey encamp, so shall they set forward, ards, and so they set forward, every one every man in his place by their standards. after their families, according to the house 18 On the west side shall be the stand-of their fathers. ard of the camp of Ephraim, according to their armies: and the captain of the sons Aaron and Moses, in the day that the of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of THESE also are the generations of LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Ma- 3 These are the names of the sons of

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Service of the Levites:

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Their number and charge. Aaron, the priests which were anointed, Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: whom he consecrated to minister in the these are the families of the Gershonites. priest's office. 22 Those that were numbered of them,

4 And Nadab and Abihu died before according to the number of all the males, the LORD, when they offered strange fire from a month old and upward, even those before the LORD, in the wilderness of that were numbered of them, were seven Sinai, and they had no children: and Ele- thousand and five hundred. azar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. 5¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

8 And they shall keep all the instru- 26 And the hangings of the court, and ments of the tabernacle of the congrega- the curtain for the door of the court, which tion, and the charge of the children of Is-is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round rael, to do the service of the tabernacle. about, and the cords of it, for all the ser9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto vice thereof.

Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly 27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of given unto him out of the children of Israel. the Amramites, and the family of the Ize

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and harites, and the family of the Hebronites, his sons, and they shall wait on their and the family of the Uzzielites: these priest's office and the stranger that are the families of the Kohathites. cometh nigh shall be put to death.

28 In the number of all the males from

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, a month old and upward, were eight thousaying, sand and six hundred, keeping the charge 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Le-of the sanctuary. vites from among the children of Israel, 29 The families of the sons of Kohath instead of all the first-born that openeth shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle the matrix among the children of Israel: southward. therefore the Levites shall be mine;

30 And the chief of the house of the 13 Because all the first-born are mine; father of the families of the Kohathites for on the day that I smote all the first- shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed 31 And their charge shall be the ark, unto me all the first-born in Israel, both and the table, and the candlestick, and the man and beast: mine they shall be: I am altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary the LORD. wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the 15 Number the children of Levi after priest shall be chief over the chief of the the house of their fathers, by their fami- Levites, and have the oversight of them lies every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

17 And these were the sons of Levi, by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the

that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old 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 shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

36 And under the custody and 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 villars of the court round

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Services of the Levites. CHAP. IV.

38 T But those that encamp before the AND the LORD spake unto Moses and

unto Aaron, saying,

tabernacle toward the east, even before 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath the tabernacle of the congregation east- from among the sons of Levi, after their ward shall be Moses, and Aaron and his families, by the house of their fathers; sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, 3 From thirty years old and upward, for the charge of the children of Israel; even until fifty years old, all that enter and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be into the host, to do the work in the taberput to death. nacle of the congregation.

39 All that were numbered of the Le- 4 T This shall be the service of the sons vites, which Moses and Aaron numbered of Kohath in the tabernacle of the conat the commandment of the LORD, through-gregation, about the most holy things. out their families, all the males from a 5 And when the camp setteth forward, month old and upward, were twenty and Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they two thousand. shall take down the covering vail, and

40 T And the LORD said unto Moses, cover the ark of testimony with it: Number all the first-born of the males of 6 And shall put thereon the covering of the children of Israel, from a month old badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a and upward, and take the number of their cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

names.

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for

7 And upon the table of shew-bread me (I am the LORD) instead of all the first- they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put born among the children of Israel; and thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the firstlings among the cattle of the chil- the continual bread shall be thereon: dren of Israel.

42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

43 And all the first-born males by the 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, number of names, from a month old and and cover the candlestick of the light, and upward, of those that were numbered of his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffthem, were twenty and two thousand two dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, hundred and threescore and thirteen. wherewith they minister unto it : 44 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born 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.

10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

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46 And for those that are to be redeem- 12 And they shall take all the instrued of the two hundred and threescore and ments of ministry, wherewith they ministhirteen, of the first-born of the children ter in the sanctuary, and put them in a of Israel, which are more than the Levites: cloth of blue, and cover them with a 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels covering of badgers' skins, and shall put apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the them on a bar. sanctuary shalt thou take them: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to 14 And they shall put upon it all the be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks,

sons.

49 And Moses took the redemption- and the shovels, and the basons, all the money of them that were over and above vessels of the altar; and they shall spread them that were redeemed by the Levites: upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and 50 Of the first-born of the children of put to the staves of it.

Israel took he the money; a thousand three 15 And when Aaron and his sons have hundred and threescore and five shekels, made an end of covering the sanctuary, after the shekel of the sanctuary: and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the

51 And Moses gave the money of them camp is to set forward; after that, the that were redeemed unto Aaron, and to his sons of Kohath shall come to bear it but sons, according to the word of the LORD, they shall not touch any holy thing, lest as the LORD commanded Moses. they die. These things are the burden of

The Levites offices,

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and their number. the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and congregation. the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 16 T And to the office of Eleazar the 32 And the pillars of the court round son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil about, and their sockets, and their pins, for the light, and the sweet incense, and and their cords, with all their instruments, the daily meat-offering, and the anointing and with all their service: and by name oil, and the oversight of all the taberna- ye shall reckon the instruments of the cle, and of all that therein is, in the sanc-charge of their burden. tuary, and in the vessels thereof.

33 This is the service of the families of

17 And the LORD spake unto Moses the sons of Merari, according to all their and unto Aaron, saying, service, in the tabernacle of the congrega18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families tion, under the hand of Ithamar the son of of the Kohathites from among the Levites: Aaron the priest.

19 But thus do unto them, that they may 34 And Moses and Aaron and the live, and not die, when they approach chief of the congregation numbered the unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons of the Kohathites after their families, sons shall go in, and appoint them every and after the house of their fathers, one to his service and to his burden:

35 From thirty years old and upward

20 But they shall not go in to see when even unto fifty years old, every one that the holy things are covered, lest they die. entereth into the service, for the work in 21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, the tabernacle of the congregation: saying, 36 And those that were numbered of 22 Take also the sum of the sons of them by their families were two thousand Gershon, throughout the houses of their seven hundred and fifty. fathers, by their families; 37 These were they that were number23 From thirty years old and upward ed of the families of the Kohathites, all until fifty years old shalt thou number that might do service in the tabernacle of them; all that enter in to perform the ser- the congregation, which Moses and Aaron vice, to do the work in the tabernacle of did number according to the commandthe congregation. ment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

24 This is the service of the families of 38 And those that were numbered of the the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: sons of Gershon, throughout their families, 25 And they shall bear the curtains of and by the house of their fathers, the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the 39 From thirty years old and upward congregation, his covering, and the cover- even unto fifty years old, every one that ing of the badgers' skins that is above upon entereth into the service, for the work in it, and the hanging for the door of the the tabernacle of the congregation, tabernacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were numbered of 26 And the hangings of the court, and them, throughout their families, by the the hanging for the door of the gate of the house of their fathers, were two thousand court, which is by the tabernacle and by and six hundred and thirty. the altar round about, and their cords, and 41 These are they that were numbered all the instruments of their service, and all of the families of the sons of Gershon, of that is made for them: so shall they serve. all that might do service in the tabernacle 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his of the congregation, whom Moses and sons shall be all the service of the sons of Aaron did number according to the comthe Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in mandment of the LORD. all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

42 ¶ And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, through28 This is the service of the families of out their families, by the house of their the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of fathers,

the congregation: and their charge shall 43 From thirty years old and upward be under the hand of Ithamar the son of even unto fifty years old, every one that Aaron the priest. entereth into the service, for the work in

29 As for the sons of Merari, thou the tabernacle of the congregation, shalt number them after their families, by 44 Even those that were numbered of the house of their fathers; them after their families, were three thou

30 From thirty years old and upward sand and two hundred. even unto fifty years old shalt thou number 45 These be those that were numbered them, every one that entereth into the ser- of the families of the sons of Merari, whom vice, to do the work of the tabernacle of Moses and Aaron numbered according to the congregation. the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

31 And this is the charge of their bur- 46 All those that were numbered of the den, according to all their service in the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards chief of Israel numbered, after their fami

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