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LORD, therefore the LORD will not be 44 with you. But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain!: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed 45 not out of the camp. "Then the 'Amalekite' came down, and the 'Canaanite which dwelt in that mountain', and smote them and 'beat them 'down', even unto Hormah.

15 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habita3 tions, which I give unto you, and will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or las1 a freewill offering, or in your 'set' feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: 4 then shall he that offereth his loblation offer unto the LORD a meal!

offering of a tenth 'part of an ephah of 'fine flour mingled with the fourth (5) part of an' hin of oil: and wine for

the drink offering, the fourth part of lan hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, 6 for each lamb. Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a 'meal offering two tenth parts of an ephah' of 'fine flour mingled with the third part of 'an' hin 7 of oil and for the drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of lan hin of wine, 'of a sweet savour unto the 8 LORD. And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings unto the LORD: 9 then shall he offer with the bullock a meal offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of 'fine flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt 'offer' for 'the drink

offering half lan' hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet 11 savour unto the LORD. Thus shall

it be done for leach bullock, or for leach ram, or for each of the he12 lambs', or 'of the kids. According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according 13 to their number. All that are 'homeborn' shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made

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by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 14 LORD. And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you Ithroughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye (15) do, so he shall do. For the lassembly, there shall be one 'statutel for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, la statute! for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be 16 before the LORD. "One law and one lordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 18 saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring 19 you, then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up lan heave offering unto the 20) LORD. Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for 'an' heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye 21 heave it. Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering throughout your generations.

22 And when ye shall err', and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto 23 Moses, even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD Igave commandment', and 'onward through24 out your generations; then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with the meal offering 'thereof, and the drink offering thereof, according to the ordinance', and one 'he(25 goat for a sin offering. And the

priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error', and they have brought their loblation, an offering! made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, (26) for their 'error': and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that

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1 Or, in making a 'special' vow VERSION OF 1611. 44 unto.. hill; 45 Amalekites. . Canaanites.. hill. . discomfited. XV. 3 in performing . . in.. solemn; 4 offering.. bring.. meat. . deal.. a; 5 a.. (of). ..a.. one; 6 meat..deals ..a; 7 a..a..for; 8 in performing; 9 bring. . a . . meat, deals.. a; 10 bring. ..a.. a; 11 one.. one.. a lamb.. a kid; 13 born of the country; 14 in; 15 ordinance..(both)..of.. congregation..(also).. an ordinance.. in; 16 manner; 19 a; 20 a; 21 a.. in; 22 if.. have erred..observed; 23 commanded Moses.. henceforward among 24 ought.. committed by ignorance. . his meat.. his.. manner.. kid of the goats; 25 (an).. it.. them. . is ignorance.. shall bring.. offering, a sacrifice.. ignorance; 26 (it). = [91]

sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done 27 unwittingly. And if one person' sin Junwittingly', then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin (28 offering. And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that lerreth', when he sinneth unwittingly, before the LORD, to make atonement for him; 29 and 'he1 shall be forgiven. °1Ye1 shall have one law for him that 'doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is homeborn among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth 30 among them. But the soul that doeth aught with an high hand', whether he be homeborn' or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his 31 people. Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him.

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And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sab33 bath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the 34 congregation. And they put him in ward, because it had not been' declared what should be done to him. 35) And the LORD said unto Moses, The

man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with 36 stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 38 saying, Speak unto the children of

Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of leach border a cord of 39 blue: and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye 2go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use 40 to go a whoring: that ye may remem

ber and do all my commandments, and 41 be holy unto your God. I am the

1 Or, Itassels in the corners 2 Heb. spy not out.

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LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, 'with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons 2) of Reuben, took men: and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, 'called to the assembly, men of renown: 3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, "Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift 'ye! up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD? 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell 5 upon his face and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him even him whom he 'shall choose will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do; take you censers, Korah, 7 and all his company; and put fire therein, and put incense lupon them before the LORD to-morrow and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi: seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself; to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to min(10 ister unto them; and that he hath

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brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek 11) ye the priesthood also? Therefore! thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur 12 against him? "And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab and they said, We will not 13 come up: is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land 'flowing with milk and honey, to kill

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VERSION OF 1611.- seeing.. were in ignorance; 27 any soul.. through ignorance.. bring; 28 (an) sinneth ignorantly.. by ignorance.. (an).. it.. him; 29 You..sinneth through ignorance, both. . born amongst; 30 presumptuously.. born in the land. . reproacheth; 32 that gathered; 34 was; 38 the borders.. ribband; 39 seek. XVI. 1 and; 2 famous in; 3 gathered.. you.. congregation; 5 Even to morrow.. hath chosen; 7 in; 8 I pray you; 10 (to him); 11 For which cause both; 12 which; 13 that floweth. =[61]

us in the wilderness, 'but thou 'must needs make thyself also a prince 14 over us? °Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou 'put out the eyes of these men? 15 we will not come up. °And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou

and all thy 'congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to(17 morrow and take ye' every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each 18 his censer. And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the 'tent' of 'meet19 ing with Moses and Aaron. °And Korah lassembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent' of 'meeting: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

20 And the LORD spake unto Moses 21 and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a 22 moment. And they fell upon their

faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all 23 the congregation? "And the LORD 24 spake unto Moses, saying, Speak

unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of 25 Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. °And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel 26 followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their 27 sins.

So they gat 'them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood 'at' the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little 28 ones. And Moses said, Hereby ye

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shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the 30 LORD hath not sent me. °But if the LORD make a new thing, and the Iground' open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive' into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have despised the (31 LORD. And it came to pass, as he

made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder 32 that was under them: and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households', and all the men that appertained unto 33 Korah, and all their goods.

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they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly!. (34 And all Israel that were round about

them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35)°And fire came 'forth' from the LORD, and 'devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 37 saying, Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they 38 are holy; even the censers of "these sinners against their own

lives, and let them 'be made beaten' plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are 'holy': and they shall be a sign unto the children of 39 Israel. And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, "which they that were burnt had offered; and they 'beat them out for a covering of the 40 altar to be a memorial unto the chil

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dren of Israel, to the end that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD spake unto him by the hand of Moses.

But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel mur

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VERSION OF 1611. except. . altogether; 14 that floweth.. or; 16 company; 17 in.. (of you); 18 in.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 19 gathered.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 27 in.. children; 30 earth. . quick.. provoked; 31 (had); 32 houses; 33 congregation: 34 (also); 35 there.. out a.. consumed; 37 hallowed; 38 souls.. make them broad.. hallowed; 39 wherewith.. were made broad plates; 40 offer. . said to. = = [44]

mured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the 42 people of the LORD. And it came

to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the Itent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of 43 the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Itent of meeting. And the LORD (45 spake unto Moses, saying, °Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. (46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take Ithy! censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and 'lay' incense 'thereon', and 'carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. (47 And Aaron took as Moses 'spake', and ran into the midst of the lassembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement 48 for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and 49 the plague was stayed. Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the 50 matter of Korah. °And Aaron re

turned unto Moses unto the door of the 'tent' of 'meeting': and the plague was stayed.

171 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2) saying, "Speak unto the children of

Israel, and take of them 'rods', one 'for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their 'fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every 3) man's name upon his rod. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for 'there shall be one rod for leach' head of their fathers' (4 houses. And thou shalt lay them up in the tent' of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the Iman whom I shall choose, 'his' rod shall 'bud' and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the chil

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dren of Israel, which they murmur 6 against you. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 °And Moses laid up the rods before

the LORD in the 'tent of the testi8) mony. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the Itent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and 9 bare ripe almonds. °And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took 10 every man his rod. And the LORD said unto Moses, 'Put back the rod lof Aaron' before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the 'children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against' 11) me, that they die not. Thus did Moses as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

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And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all 13 undone. Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the LORD, dieth': shall we perish all of us!?

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And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the in(2 iquity of your priesthood. And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou 'near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall Ibel before the tent of the testi3) mony'. And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they' 4 die 'not', neither they, nor lyel. And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the Itent' of meet

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VERSION OF 1611.-42 gathered.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 43 before.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 45 (as); 46 a.. put on.. go.. (an); 47 commanded. . congregation . . (an); 49 in.. beside; 50 tabernacle. . the congregation. XVII. 2 every . . of.. a rod according to the.. of their fathers.. the house of..fathers; 3 the. . of the house. . fathers; 4 tabernacle.. the congregation. . (will); 5 man's .. blossom.. whereby; 6 every one of.. a rod apiece; 7 tabernacle.. Witness; 8 tabernacle.. Witness .. brought.. yielded; 10 Bring Aaron's.. again.. rebels; and.. shalt quite take away.. from; 11 And ..se; 12 die.. perish.. perish; 13 Whosoever.. any thing.. shall die.. be consumed with dying. — XVIII. 2 (of).. minister. . tabernacle. . Witness; 3 tabernacle. . you also; 4 tabernacle.. the congregation. [94]

ing, for all the service of the 'Tent': and a stranger shall not come nigh (5) unto you. And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be wrath no more upon the children of (6) Israel. And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto the LORD, to do the service of the 'tent of Imeet7 ing. And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your 'priesthood' for every thing of the altar, and 'for that! within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood' as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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And the LORD spake unto Aaron, 'And I', behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, 'even' all the hallowed things of the children of Israel, unto thee have I given them 1by reason of the anointing, and to 9 thy sons, as a duel for ever.

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shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even' every meal' offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 As the most holy 'things' shalt thou eat thereof every male shall eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine; the heave offering

of their gift, leven' all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, 'as' a due for ever: every one that is clean 12) in thy house shall eat 'thereof1. °All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the cornꞌ, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given (13 them. The firstripe fruits of all

that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in 'thy house 14 shall eat thereof. Every thing de15 voted in Israel shall be thine. Every

thing that openeth the womb, of1 aĺl flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast', shall

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be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt 16 thou redeem. And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). 17 But the firstling of 'an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine,

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as the wave breast and as the right 19 thigh, it shall be thine. All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, 'as a due for ever it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto 20 thee and to thy seed with thee. the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any Iportion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

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21) And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return' for their service which they serve, even the service of the 'tent' of 'meet22) ing. And henceforth the children of Israel 'shall not come nigh the Itent' of 'meeting!, lest they bear sin, 23 and die. But the Levites shall do the service of the 'tent' of 'meeting', and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have 24 no inheritance. For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as 'an' heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, (26 saying, Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them,

3 Or, And as to their redemption
money, from a month old shalt
thou redeem them

VERSION OF 1611.- tabernacle; 5 (any); 6 (as). . for. . tabernacle. . the congregation; 7 Therefore .. priest's office.. have given your priest's office unto; 8 also..of.. by an ordinance; 9 meat. . trespass; 10 In place.. it.. it; 11 with.. by.. statute.. of it; 12 wine.. wheat.. shall offer; 13 And whatsoever is.. the.. (shall). . thine.. of it; 15 matrix in.. bring.. whether it be.. men or beasts; 16 which; 17 a cow; 18 shoulder are; 19 by.. statute; 20 spake.. part.. part; 21 tenth.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 22 Neither must.. tabernacle.. the congregation; 23 tabernacle. . the congregation.. that; 24 But.. tithes. . a . . to inherit; 26 Thus. = [82]

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