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atk of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

vering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, 20 And he took and put the testiand set in order the things that are to mony into the ark, and set the staves be set in order upon it; and thou on the ark, and put the mercy-seat shalt bring in the candlestick, and above upon the ark: light the lamps thereof.

21 And he brought the ark into the 5 And thou shalt set the altar of tabernacle, and set up the vail of the gold for the incense before the ark of covering, and covered the ark of the the testimony, and put the hanging of testimony; as the LORD commanded the door to the tabernacle. Moses.

6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congrega

tion.

22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the

vail.

7 And thou shalt set the laver be- 23 And he set the bread in order tween the tent of the congregation and upon it before the LORD; as the LORD the altar, and shalt put water therein. had commanded Moses.

8 And thou shalt set up the court 24 And he put the candlestick in round about, and hang up the hanging the tent of the congregation, over at the court-gate. against the table, on the side of the

9 And thou shalt take the anoint- tabernacle southward. ing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and 25 And he lighted the lamps before all that is therein, and shalt hallow the LORD; as the LORD commanded it, and all the vessels thereof: and it Moses.

shall be holy. 26 And he put the golden altar in 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar the tent of the congregation, before of the burnt-offering, and all his ves-the vail : sels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

11 And thou shall anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

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12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.

28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offer13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron ed upon it the burnt-offering, and the the holy garments, and anoint him, meat-offering; as the LORD comand sanctify him; that he may minis-manded Moses. ter unto me in the priest's office.

30 And he set the laver between the

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, tent of the congregation and the altar, and clothe them with coats: and put water there, to wash withal.

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as 31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his thou didst anoint their father, that they sons, washed their hands and their may minister unto me in the priest's feet thereat:

office for their anointing shall surely 32 When they went into the tent of be an everlasting priesthood through-the congregation, and when they came out their generations. near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

16 Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the al17 And it came to pass in the first tar, and set up the hanging of the month, in the second year, on the first court-gate: so Moses unished the day of the month, that the tabernacle work. was reared up.

34 Then a cloud covered the

18 And Moses reared up the taber-tent of the congregation, and the glory nacle, and fastened his sockets, and of the LORD filled the tabernacle. set up the boards thereof, and put in 35 And Moses was not able to enter the bars thereof, and reared up his into the tent of the congregation, bepillars. cause the cloud abode thereon, and 19 And he spread abroad the tent the glory of the Lord filled the taberover the tabernacle, and put the co-nacle.

36 And when the cloud was taken 38 For the cloud of the LORD was up from over the tabernacle, the chil- upon the tabernacle by day, and fire dren of Israel went onward in all their was on it by night, in the sight of all journeys:

the house of Israel, throughout all their

37 But if the cloud were not taken journeys. up, then they journeyed not till the

day that it was taken up.

1 The Third Book of Moses, called LEVITICUS.

CHAP. I.

with his head and his fat: and the

1 The burnt-offerings, 3 of the herd, 10 of priest shall lay them in order on the the flocks, 14 of the forls. wood that is on the fire which is upon

AND the LORD called unto Moses, the altar

and spake unto him out of the 13 But he shall wash the inwards tabernacle of the congregation, say-and the legs with water: and the priest ing, shall bring it all, and burn it upon the Speak unto the children of Israel, altar: it is a burnt-sacrifice, an offerand say unto them, If any man of you ing made by fire, of a sweet savour bring an offering unto the LORD, ye unto the LORD. shall bring your offering of the cattle, 14 And if the burnt-sacrifice for his eren of the herd, and of the flock. offering to the LORD be of fowls, then 31 If his offering be a burnt-sacri- he shall bring his offering of turtle fice of the herd, let him offer a male doves, or of young pigeons. without blemish: he shall offer it of 15 And the priest shall bring it unto his own voluntary will at the door of the altar, and wring off his head, and the tabernacle of the congregation be- burn it on the altar: and the blood fore the LORD. thereof shall be wrung out at the side

4 And he shall put his hand upon of the altar: the head of the burnt-offering; and it 16 And he shall pluck away his shall be accepted for him, to make crop with his feathers, and cast it beatonement for him. side the altar on the east part, by the

5 And he shall kill the bullock be-place of the ashes: fore the LORD and the priests, 17 And he shall cleave it with the Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and wings thereof, but shall not divide it sprinkle the blood round about upon asunder: and the priest shall burn it the altar that is by the door of the ta- upon the altar, upon the wood that is bernacle of the congregation.

6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into his pieces;

And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire.

8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar.

upon the fire: it is a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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The meat-offering of flour with oil and incense, 12 and of the first-fruits in the ear. 13 The salt of the meat-offering.

AND when any will offer a meat

offering unto the LORD, his of fering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by sons the priests: and he shall take fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. thereout his handful of the flour there10 And if his offering be of the of, and of the oil thereof, with all the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the frankincense thereof; and the priest goats, for a burnt-sacrifice; he shall shall burn the memorial of it upon the bring it a male without blemish. altar, to be an offering made by fire, 11 And he shall kill it on the side of of a sweet savour unto the LORD: the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar:

12 And he shall cut it into his pieces,

3 And the remnant of the meat-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

4 T And if thon bring an oblation of

a meat-offering baken in the oven, it the herd, whether it be a male or feshall be unleavened cakes of fine flour male; he shall offer it without blemish mingled with oil, or unleavened wa- before the LORD.

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11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.

12 T And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.

13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

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13 1 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done some2 Speak unto the children of Israel, what against any of the commandsaying, If a soul shall sin through. ig-ments of the LORD concerning things norance against any of the command-which should not be done, and are ments of the LORD concerning things guilty;

which ought not to be done, and shall 14 When the sin which they have do against any of them: sinned against it is known, then the 3 If the priest that is anointed do congregation shall offer a young bulsin according to the sin of the people; lock for the sin, and bring him before then let him bring for his sin which he the tabernacle of the congregation. hath sinned, a young bullock without 15 And the elders of the congregablemish unto the LORD for a sin-of-tion shall lay their hands upon the fering. head of the bullock before the LORD:

4 And he shall bring the bullock and the bullock shall be killed before unto the door of the tabernacle of the LORD.

the congregation before the LORD; 16 And the priest that is anointed and shall lay his hand upon the bul- shall bring of the bullock's blood to lock's head, and kill the bullock be- the tabernacle of the congregation: fore the LORD. 17 And the priest shall dip his fin

5 And the priest that is anointed ger in some of the blood, and sprinkle shall take of the bullock's blood, and it seven times before the LORD, even bring it to the tabernacle of the con- before the vail. gregation:

18 And he shall put some of the 6 And the priest shall dip his finger blood upon the horns of the altar which in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood is before the LORD, that is in the taseven times before the LORD, before bernacle of the congregation, and the vail of the sanctuary. shall pour out all the blood at the bot

7 And the priest shall put some of tom of the altar of the burnt-offering, the blood upon the horns of the altar which is at the door of the tabernacle of sweet incense before the LORD, of the congregation. which is in the tabernacle of the con- 19 And he shall take all his fat from gregation; and shall pour all the blood him, and burn it upon the altar. of the bullock at the bottom of the al- 20 And he shall do with the bullock tar of the burnt-offering, which is at as he did with the bullock for a sinthe door of the tabernacle of the con-offering, so shall he do with this: and gregation. the priest shall make an atonement for

8 And he shall take off from it all them, and it shall be forgiven them. the fat of the bullock for the sin-offer- 21 And he shall carry forth the buling; the fat that covereth the inwards, lock without the camp, and burn him and all the fat that is upon the in- as he burned the first bullock: it is a wards, sin-offering for the congregation. 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat 22 1 When a ruler hath sinned, and

done somewhat through ignorance] 34 And the priest shall take of the against any of the commandments of blood of the sin-offering with his finger, the LORD his God concerning things and put it upon the horns of the altar which should not be done, and is of burnt-offering, and shall pour out guilty; all the blood thereof at the bottom of 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath the altar: sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish :

35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the 24 And he shall lay his hand upon peace-offerings; and the priest shall the head of the goat, and kill it in the burn them upon the altar, according place where they kill the burnt-offer- to the offerings made by fire unto the ing before the LORD: it is a sin-offer- LORD: and the priest shall make an ing. atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour

out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering.

26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

CHAP. V.

of him that concealeth his knowledge in

touching of an unclean thing, 4 or in making an oath. 14 The trespass-offering in sacrilege, 17 and in sins of ignorance.

AND if a soul sin, and hear the

voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

27 And if any one of the common 21 Or if a soul touch any unclear people sin through ignorance, while thing, whether it be a carcase of au he doeth somewhat against any of the unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean commandments of the LORD concern-cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things which ought not to be done, ing things, and if it be hidden from and be guilty; him; he also shall be unclean, and

28 Orif his sin which he hath sinned guilty. come to his knowledge; then he shall 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of bring his offering, a kid of the goats, man, whatsoever uncleanness it be a female without blemish, for his sin that a man shall be defiled withal, and which he hath sinned. it be hid from him; when he knoweth

29 And he shall lay his hand upon of it, then he shall be guilty. the head of the sin-offering, and slay 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing the sin-offering in the place of the with his lips to do evil, or to do good, burnt-offering.

30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burntoffering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in 31 And he shall take away all the that thing: fat thereof, as the fat is taken away 6 And he shall bring his trespassfrom off the sacrifice of peace-offer-offering unto the LORD for his sin ings; and the priest shall burn it upon which he hath sinned, a female from the altar for a sweet savour unto the the flock, a lamb,or a kid of the goats, LORD; and the priest shall make an for a sin-offering; and the priest shall atonement for him, and it shall be for- make an atonement for him concerngiven him. ing his sin.

32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin-7 And if he be not able to bring offering, he shall bring it a female a lamb, then he shall bring for his treswithout blemish. pass which he hath committed, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.

33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.

8 And he shall bring them unto the

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