pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the taber54) nacle of the testimony. Thus1 did the children of Israel; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 21 And the LORD spake unto Moses (2) and unto Aaron, saying, "The children

of Israel shall pitch every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: over against the tent of 'meeting' shall they pitch 3) 'round about. And those that pitch on the east side toward the 'sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, 'according to their hosts: and the prince' of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon 4 the son of Amminadab. And his

host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen (5) thousand and six hundred. ° And those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel' the son of Zuar: 6 and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four 7) thousand and four hundred: 'and the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince' of the children of Zebulun shall be 8 Eliab the son of Helon and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand 9) and four hundred. All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourScore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their 'hosts. They shall set forth first. 10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six 12 thousand and five hundred. And those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon and the 'prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zuri13 shaddai: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three

14 hundred: land' the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the 'children' of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of 1Reuel: 15 and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. (16 All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, 'according to their 'hosts'. And they shall set forth second.

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Then the 'tent' of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the 'camps': as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.

18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the 'prince' of the 'children' of Ephraim shall be 19 Elishama the son of Ammihud. And

his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand 20 and five hundred. And next unto' him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son 21 of Pedahzur: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hun22 dred: land the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the 'children' of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of 23 Gideoni and his host, and those

that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four 24 hundred. All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, according to their 'hosts'. And they shall set forth third.

25) On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the 'prince' of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer 26 the son of Ammishaddai. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two 27 thousand and seven hundred. And those that 'pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the 'prince! of the children of Asher shall be 28 Pagiel the son of Ochran and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand

29 and five hundred: "land" the tribe of Naphtali: and the 'prince' of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son 30 of Enan: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (31 All that were numbered 'of the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth' hindmost 'by their standards.

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These are they that' were numbered of the children of Israel by their Ifathers' houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred 33 and fifty. But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. 34) Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses'. 31 Now these are the generations of

Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount 2 Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Itha3 mar. "These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to 4 minister in the priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the 'presence' of Aaron their father.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 6 saying, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and 'set' 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 tent of meeting, to do 8 the service of the tabernacle. And

they shall keep all the 'furniture of the tent of meeting', and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the 9 service of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the chil

1 Heb. given, given.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi 'by their fathers' houses', by their families: 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 17 was commanded. 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 19 and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and 'Izhar', 20 Hebron, and Uzziel. And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their 'fathers' houses!.

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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the 'Shimeites: these are the families of the 22 Gershonites. 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 23 thousand and five hundred. °The

families of the Gershonites shall pitch 24 behind the tabernacle westward. And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the 25 son of Lael. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of 'meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the Iscreen for the door of the tent of 26 meeting, and the hangings of the court, and the 'screen' for the door of

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the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the 'Izharites', and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the 23 Kohathites. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping 29 the charge of the sanctuary. "The

families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle 30 southward. And the princel of the Ifathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son 31 of Uzziel. And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the 'screen', and all the ser32 vice thereof. And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be 'prince of the 'princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

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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 hun35 dred. And the 'prince' of the 'fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: 'they' shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle 3 northward'. And the appointed' 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 'instruments' thereof, and all the ser37 vice thereof; and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, 38 and their pins, and their cords. Andi

those that pitch' before the tabernacle leastward', before the 'tent' of 'meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh 39 shall be put to death. All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the command

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ment of the LORD, 'by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of 41 their names. And 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 42 of Israel. And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males according to 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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 45 saying, Take 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. 46 And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are lover and above the (41 number of the Levites, thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty (48 gerahs): and thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and to 49 his sons. And Moses took the re

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demption-money 'from' them that were over and above them that were re50 deemed by the Levites: Ifrom the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 and Moses gave the redemption1money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And the LORD spake unto Moses 2 and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses", 3 °from thirty years old and upward

the &c.

4 Or, the money of them that were redeemed

even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service', to do the 4 work in the 'tent' of 'meeting. This

is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the (5 most holy things: when the camp

setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen', and cover the 6 ark of the testimony with it: and shall put thereon 'a' covering of 'sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth 'all' of blue, and shall put in the staves 7 thereof. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and 'the cups to pour out withal: and the 8 continual bread shall be thereon: and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of Isealskin', and shall put 9 in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and 'its tongs, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, 10 wherewith they minister unto it: and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of 'sealskin', and shall put it upon the frame1. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of 'sealskin', and shall 12 put in the staves thereof: and they shall take all the 'vessels' of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of 'sealskin', and shall put them on the 13 frame. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread (14 a purple cloth thereon: and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the 'firepans", the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and 15 put in the staves thereof. And

when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the 'furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that,

1 Heb. warfare, or, host (and so in vv. 35, 39, 43).

the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch 'the 'sanctuary!, lest they die. These things

are the burden of the sons of Kohath (16 in the tent of meeting. And the Icharge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal' offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the 'furniture' thereof.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 22) saying, Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' 23 houses, by their families; °from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of 'meeting'. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving' and 'in (25 bearing burdens: they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Itent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of 'sealskin' that is above upon it, and the 'screen' for the door 26 of the tent of meeting; and the hangings of the court, and the 'screen' for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with! 27 them, 'therein shall they serve. At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their 'burden', and in all their service and ye shall appoint unto them in charge 28 all their 'burden'. This is the service

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of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the 'tent' of 'meeting': and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them 'by their families, 30 by their 'fathers' houses'; °from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of 31 meeting. And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the 'tent' of Imeeting'; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and 32 the sockets thereof; and the pillars

of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint' the instruments of 33 the charge of their burden. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent' of meeting', under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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And Moses and Aaron and the !princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites 'by' their families, and by their 'fathers' (houses', °from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that lentered upon the service, for work in the tent' of 'meeting': and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that Idid serve in the tent of 'meeting, whom Moses and Aaron 'numbered' according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their 'fathers' houses', from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for 40 work in the 'tent' of 'meeting, even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their 'fathers'

1 Or, Inumber

houses', were two thousand and six 41 hundred and thirty. These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that 'did serve in the 'tent' of 'meeting', whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD.

42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their 'fathers' (43 houses, from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of 44 meeting', even those that were numbered of them 'by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These are they! that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the 'commandment' of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes' of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their 47) 'fathers' houses', from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the 'work' of service, and the 'work' of bearing burdens in the tent' of 48 meeting, even those that were num

bered of them, were eight thousand 49 and five hundred and fourscore. °According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded

Moses.

51 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean' 3 by the dead: both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp', in the midst whereof 4 I dwell. 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.