p ch. 3. 10, & 18. 22. 619 & 2 Sam. q ch. 2.9, 34. reh. 8. 19 1 Chr. 21. 2 Chr. 13. 11. feb. 1. 2. © eh. 10. 17, 51° And when the tabernacle set numbered thereof, were forty and 17 Then the tent of meeting shall 18 On the west side shall be the 25 On the north side shall be the 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 7. 42, 47 & 10. 20. a ch. 10. 18-20. y ch. 10. 17 21. z ch. 10. 22-24 Cp. Pa 80.2. a ch. 10. 25-27. 46. c See ch. 1. 47. 27 And those that pitch next unto a 32 These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses: all that were numbered of the camps according See ch. 1. to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 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 Mod Cp. ch. 24. ses, so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses. 2, 3, 6. I Now these are the genera ch. 8. 19 & 18. 6. all the furniture of the tent of meet- m 12. 7. n ver. 38. See ch. 1. 31. o ver. 41. ch. 8. 16 & 15. 6. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: 13 for Pall the firstborn are mine; on the See Ex. day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shall be; I am the LORD. 18. 2. 9 ch. 8. 17. Ex. 13. 12, 15. Gen. 46. 11. 1 Chr. 6. 1, & 23.6. Ex. 6. 17. 1 Chr. 6. 17 & 23. 7. Ex. 6. 18. 3 tions of Aaron and Moses in the by their names; Gershon, and Ko- day that the 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. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 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. 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 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 the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep 1 Heb. given, giren. 1 Chr. 6. 2, 1 Chr. 6. 19 & 23. 21. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of 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. 23 The families of the Gershonites w ch. 1. 38. shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the ch. 4. 24-26 27 And of Kohath was the family 71 Chr. 26. 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 Kohathites. 28 Accord ing to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hun dred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall Cp. Ex. 6. be 9 Elizaphan the son of Uzziel, & Lev. À Ex. 25.10. 1 2.1 & 3.1. / Ex. 28. 38. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the canEdlestick, and the altars, and the Ex vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and 'the screen, and all the service thereof. 32 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. 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 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 northward. 36 " And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall Ex. 5. 15. be the boards of the tabernacle, Ex. and the bars thereof, and the pilEx, lars thereof, and the sockets thereEz. 19. of, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof; 37 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 And those that pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting Ex. 2.10. 1 ver. 28. 1 Heb. the office of the charge. 2 Or, even 2 u See ch. 1. 59. See ch. 1. 51. 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 ver. 10. nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thou-w Cp. ver. sand. w 22, 28, 34. See ver. 46-49. 40 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 their names. 41 And thou a ver. 12, 45. 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 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. 2 16. Ex. 13. 13. ach. 18. 16. Lev. 27. 6. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45"Take the Levites y ver. 12, 41. 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 ≈ ch. 18. 15, the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first born of the children of Israel, which are over and above the number of the Levites, 47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanc-b tuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): 48 and thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemptionmoney from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: 50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three over. 46, 47. hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanc 3 Or, those that are to be redeemed, the &c. see Ex. 30. 18. d ver. 48. 35, 39, 43, 47. Cp. ch. 8. 24 3, 24, 27. ƒ ver. 19. 9 See Ex. 26.31. 16. Ex. 25. 13. 29.30 tuary: 51 and Moses gave the And the LORD spake unto 15, 28. m See Ex. 25. 31-39. » Ex. 30. 1, 3. 9. 28, 29. & 10. 21. Deut. 31.9. fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the r 6, 7. Ex. 25. 6 & 27. 20. Lev. 24. 2. Ex. 25.6 & 31. 11. 41. u Ex. 31. 11. See Ex. 30. 29-33. 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 ver. 4. holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: 20" but they shall not go in Cp. Ex. to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. 21 And the LORD spake unto Mo- 1 Or, the money of them that were redeemed CHAP. 4, V. 27.] ever. 33. z ver. 3. 37. NUMBERS. 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 all their burden. 28 This is the service 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. : 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses; 30" 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 deh... the tent of meeting. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof; 32 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 Ex. 8. 21. name ye shall 1e appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, funder the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. jver. 28. 34 And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 35 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting: 36 and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 39 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon 1 Or, number the service, for work in the tent of 42 And those that were numbered 46 All those that were numbered 1 And the LORD spake unto children of Israel, that they 'put 5 Moses, saying, 2 Command the out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath "an issue, and whosoever is "unclean by the dead: 3 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 I dwell. 4 And the children of Is. 2 Or, according to his burden and his duty, as &c. 31. 29. ch. 12. 14. Lev. 13. 46. m Lev. 15. 2. ch. 9. 6, 10 & 31. 19. Cp. Hag. 213 & 19. 11, 13 Lev. 21. 1. & Tobit 2.9. 26. 11. 12. See Lev. |