p ch. 3. 10,

& 18. 22.

619

& 2 Sam.
66,7
1 Chr.
13. 10.

q ch. 2.9, 34.

reh. 8. 19
& 16.46
& IK A

1 Chr. 21.

2 Chr. 13.

11.

feb. 1. 2.

© eh. 10. 17, 51° And when the tabernacle set
teth forward, the Levites shall take
it down: and when the tabernacle
is to be pitched, the Levites shall
set it up: Pand the stranger that
cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Cp. 1 Sam. 52 And the children of Israel shall
pitch their tents, every man by his
own camp, and every man by his
own standard, according to their
hosts. 53 But the Levites shall pitch
round about the tabernacle of the
testimony, that there be no wrath
upon the congregation of the chil-
eh. 37,8, dren of Israel: and the Levites shall
keep the charge of the tabernacle of
the testimony. 54 Thus did the chil-
47. dren of Israel; according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses, so did
they.
I And the LORD spake unto
2 Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2'The children of Israel shall
pitch every man by his own stand-
ard, with the ensigns of their fa-
thers' houses: over against the tent
of meeting shall they pitch round
about. 3 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
See Ex. 6. of Judah shall be "Nahshon the son
of Amminadab. 4 And his host, and
those that were numbered of them,
were threescore and fourteen thou-
sand and six hundred. 5 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 thou-
sand and four hundred: 7 and the
tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of
the children of Zebulun shall be
Eliab the son of Helon: 8 and his
host, and those that were numbered
thereof, were fifty and seven thou-
sand and four hundred. 9 All that
were numbered of the camp of Ju-
dah were an hundred thousand and
fourscore thousand and six thousand
and four hundred, according to their
hosts. They shall set forth first.

numbered thereof, were forty and
six thousand and five hundred.
12 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 Zurishaddai: 13 and his host, and
those that were numbered of them,
were fifty and nine thousand and
three hundred: 14 and the tribe of
Gad: and the prince of the children
of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of
1 Reuel: 15 and his host, and those w Cp. ch.
that were numbered of them, were
forty and five thousand and six hun-
dred 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.

17 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 Elishama the son of Ammi-
hud. 19 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And next unto him shall be the
tribe of Manasseh: and the prince
of the children of Manasseh shall
be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur :
21 and his host, and those that were
numbered of them, were thirty and
two thousand and two hundred :
22 and the tribe of Benjamin: and
the prince of the children of Benja-
min shall be Abidan the son of Gid-
eoni: 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 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 accord
ing to their hosts: and the prince of
the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer
the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And
his host, and those that were num-
bered of them, were threescore and
two thousand and seven hundred.
1 In ch. 1. 14, Deuel.

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
him shall be the tribe of Asher: and
the prince of the children of Asher
shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran:
28 and his host, and those that were
numbered of them, were forty and
one thousand and five hundred:
29 and the tribe of Naphtali: and
the prince of the children of Naph-
tali shall be Ahira the son of Enan:
30 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 thou
sand and fifty and seven thousand
and six hundred. They shall set
forth hindmost by their standards.

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-
ing, and the charge of the children
of Israel, to do the service of the
tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give
the Levites unto Aaron and to his
sons they are 17 wholly given unto 7 ch. 8. 16.
him on the behalf of the children
of Israel. 10 And thou shalt ap-
point Aaron and his sons, and they m ch. 18. 7.
shall keep their priesthood: and Cp. Rom.
"the stranger that cometh nigh
shall be put to death.

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.
Ex. 6. 16.

1 Chr. 6. 1,
16

& 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-
hath, and Merari. 18 And these are
the names of the sons of Gershon
by their families; Libni and Shi-
mei. 19 And the sons of Kohath
by their families; "Amram, and
Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And
the sons of Merari by their families:
"Mahli and Mushi. These are the Ex. 6. 19
families of the Levites according to
their fathers' houses.

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,
18
& 23. 12.

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

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.
Ex. 25. 23,

29.30
& 37. 16,
Lev. 24.
6, 8.

tuary: 51 and Moses gave the
redemption-money unto Aaron and
to his sons, according to the word
of the LORD, as the LORD com-
manded Moses.

And the LORD spake unto
4 Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Take the sum of the sons of
Kohath from among the sons of
Levi, by their families, by their fa-
e ver. 23, 30, thers' houses, 3 from thirty years
old and upward even until fifty
years old, all that enter upon the
1 Chr. 23. 2 service, to do the work in the tent
of meeting. 4 This is the service
of the sons of Kohath in the tent
of meeting, about the most holy
things: 5 when the camp setteth
forward, Aaron shall go in, and his
sons, and they shall take down the
h Ex. 25.10, veil of the screen, and cover the
ark of the testimony with it: 6 and
shall put thereon a covering of seal-
skin, and shall spread over it a cloth
all of blue, and shall put in the
staves thereof. 7 And upon the ita-
ble 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
k2 Chr. 2.4. Withal: and the continual bread
shall be thereon: 8 and they shall
spread upon them a cloth of scarlet,
and cover the same with a covering
Cp. Ex. 25. of sealskin, and shall put in the
staves thereof. 9 And they shall
take a cloth of blue, and cover the
candlestick of the light, and its
lamps, and its tongs, and its snuff-
dishes, and all the oil vessels there-
of, wherewith they minister unto
it: 10 and they shall put it and all
the vessels thereof within a cover-
ing of sealskin, and shall put it
upon the frame. 11 And upon
"the golden altar they shall spread
a cloth of blue, and cover it with a
covering of sealskin, and shall put
in the staves thereof: 12 and they
o Cp. 1 Chr. shall take all the vessels of minis-
try, wherewith they minister in the
sanctuary, and put them in a cloth
of blue, and cover them with a cov-
ering of sealskin, and shall put them
on the frame. 13 And they shall
take away the ashes from the altar,
and spread a purple cloth thereon:
14 and they shall put upon it all
the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, the firepans, the

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
basons, all the vessels of the altar;
and they shall spread upon it a
covering of sealskin, and put in the
staves thereof. 15 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,
P the sons of Kohath shall come to p ch. 7.9
bear it: but they shall not touch
the sanctuary, lest they die. These 2 Sam. 6.
things are the burden of the sons
of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
16 And the charge of Eleazar the
son of Aaron the priest shall be
the oil for the light, and the sweet
incense, and the continual meal of-
fering, and "the anointing oil, the
charge of all the tabernacle, and of
all that therein is, the sanctuary,
and the furniture thereof.

r

6, 7.
1 Chr. 13.
9, 10.

Ex. 25. 6

& 27. 20. Lev. 24. 2.

Ex. 25.6
Ex. 29. 40,

& 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-
ses, saying, 22 Take the sum of
the sons of Gershon also, by their
fathers' houses, by their families;
23" from thirty years old and up- x ver. 3.
ward 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 fami-
lies of the Gershonites, in serving
and in bearing burdens: 25* they
shall bear "the curtains of the tab-
ernacle, and the tent of meeting,
its covering, and the covering of
sealskin that is above upon it, and
the screen for the door of the tent
of meeting; 26 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
them, therein shall they serve. 27 At

1 Or, the money of them that were redeemed
2 Heb. warfare, or, host (and so in vv. 35, 39, 43).
3 Or, work 4 Or, a bar 5 Or, holy things 6 Heb. war the warfare.

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
meeting, 40 even those that were
numbered of them, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, were two
41 These are they that hver. 23.
thousand and six hundred and
thirty.
were numbered of the families of
the sons of Gershon, all that did
serve in the tent of meeting, whom
Moses and Aaron numbered accord-
ing 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'
houses, 43 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, 44 even those that were
numbered of them by their families,
were three thousand and two hun-
dred. 45 These are they that were iver. 29
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.

46 All those that were numbered
of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the princes of Israel
numbered, by their families, and
by their fathers' houses, 47* 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 meeting, 48 even those
that were numbered of them, were
49 According to the
eight thousand and five hundred
and fourscore.
commandment of the LORD they
were numbered by the hand of
Moses, every one according to his ver. 15, 24
service, and according to his bur-
den: thus were they numbered of
him, as the LORD commanded k ver. 1, 21,
Moses.

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.
rael did so, and put them out with-
out the camp: as the LORD spake

2 Or, according to his burden and his duty, as &c.
133

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.