unto you, and ye shall 1humble your souls, and offer b Exod. 25:30 41 So ye shall keep this feast unto the Lord seven

unto you, and ye shall 1humble your souls, and offer b Exod. 25:30 41 So ye shall keep this feast unto the Lord seven

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in the first day shall be a 1Sabbath: likewise in the eighth day shall be a Sabbath. 40 And ye shall take you in the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of 1thick trees, and willows of the brook, and shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 So ye shall keep this feast unto the Lord seven days in the year, by a perpetual ordinance through your generations: in the seventh month shall you keep it. 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days: all that are Israelites born, shall dwell in booths, 43 That your posterity may know that I have made the children of Israel to dwell in 1booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. 44 So Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord. 24 The oil for the lamps. 5 The showbread. 14 The blasphemer shall be stoned. 17 He that killeth shall be killed.

3blowing the trumpets, an holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein, but offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 26 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 27 The dtenth also of this seventh month, shall be a day of reconciliation: it shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall 1humble your souls, and offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 28 And ye shall do no work that same day: for it is a day of reconciliation, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For every person that humbleth not himself that same day, shall even be cut off from his people. 30 And every person that shall do any work that same day, the same person also will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner work therefore: this shall be a law forever in your generations, throughout all your dwellings. 32 This shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shall humble your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from 1even to even shall ye 2celebrate your Sabbath. 33 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say, eIn the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be for seven days the feast of Tabernacles unto the Lord. 35 In the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 36 Seven days ye shall offer fsacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and in the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall offer sacrifices made by fire unto the Lord: it is the 1solemn assembly, ye shall do no servile work therein. 37 These are the feasts of the Lord (which ye shall call holy convocations) to offer sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, as burnt offering, and meat offering, 1sacrifice, and drink offerings, every one upon his day, 38 Beside the Sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your free offerings, which ye shall give unto the Lord. 39 But in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep an holy feast unto the Lord seven days:

d Lev. 19:29,30

Num. 29:7

e Num. 29:12

John 7:2,37

f Exod. 29:18

chapter 24

a Exod. 31:8

b Exod. 25:30

c Exod. 29:48

Lev. 8:31 Matt. 12:1,5

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 1Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten, for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3 Without the veil 1of the Testimony, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, shall Aaron dress them, both even and morning before the Lord always: this shall be a law forever through your generations. 4 He shall dress the lamps upon the apure Candlestick before the Lord perpetually. 5 ¶ Also thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve bcakes thereof: two 1tenth deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row upon the pure table before the Lord. 7 Thou shalt also put pure incense upon the rows, that 1instead of the bread it may be for a remembrance, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 8 Every Sabbath he shall put them in rows before the Lord evermore, receiving them of the children of Israel for an everlasting Covenant. 9 cAnd the bread shall be Aaron's and his sons', and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by

3 Which blowing was to put them in remembrance of the mani­ fold feasts that were in that month, and of the Jubilee. 23:27 1 By fasting and prayer. 23:32 1 Which containeth a night and a day: yet they took it but for their natural day. 2 Hebrew, rest your Sabbath. 23:36 1 Or, a day wherein the people are stayed from all work. 23:37 1 Or, peace offering. 23:39 1 Or, a solemn feast.

23:40 1 Or, of boughs thick with leaves. 23:43 1 In the wilderness, forasmuch as they would not credit Joshua and Caleb, when they returned from spying the land of Canaan. 24:2 1 Read Exod. 27:20. 24:3 1 Which veil separated the holiest of all, where was the Ark of the Testimony from the Sanctuary. 24:5 1 That is, two Omers, read Exod. 16:16. 24:7 1 For it was burnt every Sabbath, when the bread was taken away.

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fire by a perpetual ordinance. 10 ¶ And there went 1out among the children of Israel the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian: and this son of the Israelitish woman, and a man of Israel strove together in the host. 11 So the Israelitish woman's son 1blasphemed the Name of the Lord, and cursed, and they brought him unto Moses (his mother's name also was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan) 12 And they dput him in ward, till he told them the mind of the Lord. 13 Then the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring the blasphemer without the host, and let all that heard him, eput their hands upon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God, shall 1bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, shall be put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land: when he blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, let him be slain. 17 ¶ fHe also that 1killeth any man, he shall be put to death. 18 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it, 1beast for beast. 19 Also if a man cause any blemish in his neighbor: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: 20 gBreach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: such a blemish as he hath made in any, such shall be repaid to him. 21 And he that killeth a beast, shall restore it: but he that killeth a man, shall be slain. 22 Ye shall have one hlaw: it shall be as well for the stranger as for one born in the country, for I am the Lord your God. 23 ¶ Then 1Moses told the children of Israel, and they brought the blasphemer out of the host, and stoned him with stones: so the children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded Moses. 25 2 The Sabbath of the seventh year. 8 The Jubilee in the fiftieth year. 14 Not to oppress their

brethren. 23 The sale and redeeming of lands, houses and persons.

d Num. 25:34

e Deut. 13:9

Deut. 17:7

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye shall come into the land which I give you, the aland shall 1keep Sabbath unto the Lord. 3 1Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt cut thy vineyard, and gather the fruit thereof. 4 But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land: it shall be the Lord's Sabbath: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor cut thy vineyard. 5 That which groweth of its 1own accord of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left 2unlabored: for it shall be a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the 1rest of the land shall be meat for you, even for thee and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for the stranger that sojourneth with thee: 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 ¶ Also thou shalt number seven 1Sabbaths of years unto thee, even seven times seven years: and the space of the seven Sabbaths of years will be unto thee nine and forty years. 9 1Then thou shalt cause to blow the trumpet of the Jubilee in the tenth day of the seventh month: even in the day of the reconciliation shall ye make the trumpet blow throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow that year, even the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all the 1inhabitants thereof: it shall be the Jubilee unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his 2possession, and every man shall return unto his family. 11 This fiftieth year shall be a year of Jubilee unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself, neither gather the grapes thereof that are left unlabored. 12 For it is the Jubilee, it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat of the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this Jubilee, ye shall return every man unto his possession.

f Exod. 21:12 Deut. 19:4,11

g Exod. 21:24

Deut. 19:21

Matt. 5:38

h Exod. 12:49

chapter 25

a Exod. 23:10

24:10 1 Meaning, out of his tent. 24:11 1 By swearing or despiting God. 24:15 1 Shall be punished. 24:17 1 Hebrew, smiteth the soul of any man. 24:18 1 Hebrew, soul for soul. 24:23 1 Because the punishment was not yet appointed by the law for the blasphemer, Moses consulted with the Lord, and told the people what God commanded. 25:2 1 Hebrew, shall rest a rest. 25:3 1 The Jews began the count of this year in September: for then all the fruits were gathered.

25:5 1 By reason of the corn that fell out of the ears the year past. 2 Or, which thou hast separated from thyself, and consecrated to God for the poor. 25:6 1 That which the land bringeth forth in her rest. 25:8 1 Or, weeks. 25:9 1 In the beginning of the 50th year was the Jubilee, so called, because the joyful tidings of liberty [were] publicly proclaimed by the sound of a cornet. 25:10 1 Which were in bondage. 2 Because the tribes should neither have their possessions or fami­ lies diminished nor confounded.

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14 And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbor, or buyest at thy neighbor's hand, ye shall 1not oppress one another. 15 But according to the number of 1years after the Jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbor: also according to the number of the years of the revenues, he shall sell unto thee. 16 According to the multitude of years, thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt abate the price of it: for the number of 1fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17 Oppress not ye therefore any man his neighbor, but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God. 18 ¶ Wherefore ye shall obey mine ordinances, and keep my laws, and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land 1in safety. 19 And the land shall give her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year, for we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase? 21 I will 1send my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the old fruit until the ninth year: until the fruit thereof come ye shall eat the old. 23 ¶ Also the land shall not be sold to be 1cut off from the family: for the land is mine, and ye be but strangers and sojourners with me. 24 Therefore in all the land of your possession ye shall 1grant a redemption of the land. 25 ¶ If thy brother be impoverished, and sell his possession, then his redeemer shall come, even his near kinsman, and buy out that, which his 1brother sold. 26 And if he have no redeemer, but 1hath gotten and found to buy it out, 27 Then shall he 1count the years of his sale, and restore the overplus to the man, to whom he sold it: so shall he return to his possession. 28 But if he cannot get sufficient to restore to him, then that which is sold, shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it, until the year of the Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall come 1out, and he shall return unto his possession.

29 Likewise if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, he may buy it out again within a whole year after it is sold: within a year may he buy it out. 30 But if it be not bought out within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city, shall be stablished, 1as cut off from the family, to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the Jubilee. 31 But the houses of villages which have no walls round about them, shall be esteemed as the field of the country: they may be bought out again, and shall 1go out in the Jubilee. 32 Notwithstanding, the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem 1at all seasons. 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, the house that was sold, and the city of their possession shall go out in the Jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the 1suburbs of their cities shall not be sold: for it is their perpetual possession. 35 ¶ Moreover, if thy brother be impoverished, and 1fallen in decay with thee, thou shalt relieve him, and as a stranger and sojourner, so shall he live with thee. 36 bThou shalt take no usury of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money to usury, nor lend him thy vittles for increase. 38 I am the Lord your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39 ¶ cIf thy brother also that dwelleth by thee be impoverished, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant, 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner he shall be with thee: he shall serve thee unto the year of Jubilee. 41 Then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return: 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought

b Exod. 22:25

Deut. 23:19

Prov. 28:8 Ezek. 18:8 Ezek. 22:12

c Exod. 21:2

Deut. 15:12

Jer. 34:14

25:14 1 By deceit, or otherwise. 25:15 1 If the Jubilee to come be near, thou shalt sell better cheap: if it be far off, dearer. 25:16 1 And not the full possession of the land. 25:18 1 Or, boldly without fear. 25:21 1 Hebrew, I will command. 25:23 1 It could not be sold forever, but must return to the family in the Jubilee. 25:24 1 Ye shall sell it on condition that it may be redeemed. 25:25 1 Or, kinsman.

25:26 1 Hebrew, his hand hath gotten. 25:27 1 Abating the money of the years past, and paying for the rest of the years to come. 25:28 1 From his hand that bought it. 25:30 1 That is, forever, read verse 23. 25:31 1 Or, return. 25:32 1 Hebrew, forever. 25:34 1 Where the Levites kept their cattle. 25:35 1 In Hebrew it is, if his hand shake: meaning, if he stretch forth his hand for help as one in misery.

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26 1 Idolatry forbidden. 3 A blessing to them that keep the commandments. 14 The curse to them that break them. 42 God promiseth to remember his covenant.

out of the land of Egypt: they shall not 1be sold as bondmen are sold. 43 dThou shalt not rule over him cruelly, but shalt fear thy God. 44 Thy bond servant also, and thy bondmaid, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you: of them shall ye buy servants and maids. 45 And moreover, of the children of the strangers that are sojourners among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you which they begat in your land: these shall be your 1possession. 46 So ye shall take them, as inheritance for your children after you to possess them by inheritance, ye shall use their labors forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule one over another with cruelty. 47 ¶ If a sojourner or a stranger dwelling by thee 1get riches, and thy brother by him be impoverished, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner dwelling by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family, 48 After that he is sold, he may be bought out: one of his brethren may buy him out. 49 Or his uncle, or his uncle's son may buy him out, or any of the kindred of his flesh among his family, may redeem him: either if he can 1get so much, he may buy himself out. 50 Then he shall reckon with his buyer from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of Jubilee: and the money of his sale shall be according to the number of 1years: according to the time of an hired servant shall he be with him. 51 If there be many years behind, according to them shall he give again for his deliverance, of the money that he was bought for. 52 If there remain but few years unto the year of Jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according to his years give again for his redemption. 53 He shall be with him year by year as an hired servant: he shall not rule cruelly over him in thy 1sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed thus, he shall go out in the year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants, they are my servants whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

d Eph. 6:9

Col. 4:1

chapter 26

1 Ye shall make you none idols nor graven image, neither rear you up any apillar, neither shall ye set 1any image of stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the Lord your God. 2 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and breverence my Sanctuary: I am the Lord. 3 ¶ cIf ye walk in mine ordinances, and keep my commandments, and do them, 4 I will then send you 1rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall give their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto sowing time, and you shall eat your bread in plenteousness, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will send peace in the land, and ye shall sleep, and none dshall make you afraid: also I 1will rid evil beasts out of the land, and the 2sword shall not go through your land. 7 Also ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you upon the sword. 8 eAnd five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight, and your enemies shall fall before you upon the sword. 9 For 1I will have respect unto you, and make you increase, and multiply you, and 2stablish my covenant with you. 10 Ye shall eat also old store, and carry out old because of the new. 11 fAnd I will set my 1Tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not loathe you. 12 Also I will walk among you, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen, and I have broken the 1bonds of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 ¶ gBut if ye will not obey me, nor do all these commandments, 15 And if ye shall despise mine ordinances, either if your soul abhor my laws, so that ye will not do all my Commandments, but break my 1Covenant, 16 Then will I also do this unto you, I will appoint

a Exod. 20:4

Deut. 5:8

Ps. 97:7

b Lev. 19:30

c Deut. 28:1

d Job 11:19

e Josh. 23:19

f Ezek. 37:16

2 Cor. 6:16

g Deut. 28:15

Lam. 2:17

Mal. 2:2

25:42 1 Unto perpetual servitude. 25:45 1 For they shall not be bought out at the Jubilee. 25:47 1 Hebrew, his hand take hold. 25:49 1 If he be able. 25:50 1 Which remain yet to the Jubilee. 25:53 1 Thou shalt not suffer him to entreat him rigorously, if thou know it. 26:1 1 Or, stone having any imagery. 26:4 1 By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirreth the

mind to consider the rich treasures of the spiritual blessings. 26:6 1 Hebrew, will cause the evil beast to cease. 2 Ye shall have no war. 26:9 1 Hebrew, I will turn unto you. 2 Perform that which I have promised. 26:11 1 I will be daily present with you. 26:13 1 I have set you at full liberty, whereas before ye were as beasts tied in bands. 26:15 1 Which I made with you in choosing you to be my people.

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over you 1fearfulness, a consumption, and the burning ague to consume the eyes, and make the heart heavy, and you shall sow your seed in vain: for your enemies shall eat it: 17 And I will set 1my face against you, and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you, shall reign over you, hand ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not for these things obey me, then will I punish you 1seven times more, according to your sins, 19 And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heaven as 1iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your 1strength shall be spent in vain: neither shall your land give her increase, neither shall the trees of the land give their fruit. 21 ¶ And if ye walk 1stubbornly against me, and will not obey me, I will then bring seven times more plagues upon you, according to your sins. 22 I will also send wild beasts upon you, which shall 1spoil you, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number: so your 2highways shall be desolate. 23 Yet if by these ye will not be reformed by me, but walk stubbornly against me, 24 Then will I also walk istubbornly against you, and I will smite you yet seven times for your sins: 25 And I will send a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my Covenant: and when ye are gathered in your cities, I will send the pestilence among you, and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 When I shall break the 1staff of your bread, then ten women shall bake your bread in one 2oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight, and ye shall eat, but not be satisfied. 27 Yet if ye will not for this obey me, but walk against me stubbornly, 28 Then will I walk stubbornly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastise you seven times more according to your sins. 29 jAnd ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye devour. 30 I will also destroy your high places, and kcut away your images, and cast your carcasses upon the

1bodies of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities desolate, and bring your Sanctuary unto naught, and 1will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. 32 I will also bring the land unto a wilderness, and your enemies which dwell therein, shall be astonished thereat. 33 Also I will scatter you among the heathen, and 1will draw out a sword after you, and your land shall be waste, and your cities shall be desolate. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her lSabbaths, as long as it lieth void, and ye shall be in your enemies' land: then shall the land rest, and enjoy her Sabbaths. 35 All the days that it lieth void, it shall rest, because it did not rest in your 1Sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left of you, I will send even a 1faintness into their hearts in the land of your enemies, and the sound of a leaf shaken shall chase them, and they shall 2flee as fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall, no man pursuing them. 37 They shall fall also one upon another, as before a sword, though none pursue them, and ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies: 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you, shall pine away for their iniquity, in your enemies' lands, and for the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with 1them also. 40 Then they shall confess their iniquity, and the wickedness of their fathers for their trespass, which they have trespassed against me, and also because they have walked stubbornly against me. 41 Therefore I will walk stubbornly against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so then their uncircumcised hearts shall be humbled, and then they shall 1willingly bear the punishment of their iniquity. 42 Then I will remember my Covenant with Jacob, and my Covenant also with Isaac, and also my Covenant with Abraham will I remember, and will remember the land. 43 1The land also in the mean season shall be left

h Prov. 28:1

i 2 Sam. 22:37

Ps. 8:16

j Deut. 28:35

k 2 Chron. 34:7

l Lev. 25:2

26:16 1 Or, an hasty plague. 26:17 1 Read Lev.17:10. 26:18 1 That is, more extremely. 26:19 1 Ye shall have drought and barrenness, Hag. 1:10. 26:20 1 Or, labor. 26:21 1 Or as some read, by fortune, imputing my plagues to chance and fortune. 26:22 1 Of your children, 2 Kings 17:25. 2 Because none dare pass thereby for fear of beasts. 26:26 1 That is, the strength, whereby the life is sustained, Ezek. 4:16 and 5:16.

2 One oven shall be sufficient for ten families. 26:30 1 Or, carrions. 26:31 1 I will not accept your sacrifices. 26:33 1 Signifying that no enemy can come without God's sending. 26:35 1 Which I commanded you to keep. 26:36 1 Or, cowardness. 2 As if their enemies did chase them. 26:39 1 Forasmuch as they are culpable of their fathers' faults, they shall be punished as well as their fathers. 26:41 1 Or, pray for their sin. 26:43 1 While they are captives, and without repentance.

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of them, and shall enjoy her Sabbaths while she lieth waste without them, but they shall willingly suffer the punishment of their iniquity, because they despised my Laws, and because their soul abhorred mine ordinances. 44 Yet notwithstanding this, when they shall be in the land of their enemies, mI will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, nor to break my Covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God: 45 But I will remember for them the 1Covenant of old, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. 46 These are the Ordinances, and the Judgments, and the Laws, which the Lord made between him, and the children of Israel, in mount 1Sinai by the hand of Moses. 27 2 Of divers vows, and the redemption of the same. 28 A thing separate from the use of man, cannot be sold nor redeemed, but remained to the Lord.

offering unto the Lord, all that one giveth of such unto the Lord, shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it nor change it, a good for a bad, nor a bad for a good: and if he change beast for beast, then both this and that, which was changed for it, shall be 1holy. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which men do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, he shall then present the beast before the Priest. 12 And the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: and as thou valuest it, which art the Priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will buy it again, then he shall give the fifth part of it more above thy valuation. 14 ¶ Also when a man shall dedicate his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad, and as the Priest shall price it, 1so shall the value be. 15 But if he that sanctified it, will redeem his house, then he shall give thereto the fifth part of money more than thy estimation, and it shall be his. 16 If also a man dedicate to the Lord any ground of his inheritance, then shalt thou esteem it according to the 1seed thereof, an 2Homer of barley seed shall be at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he dedicate his field immediately from the year of Jubilee, it shall be worth as thou dost esteem it. 18 But if he dedicate his field after the Jubilee, then the Priest shall reckon him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of Jubilee, and it shall be abated by thy estimation. 19 And if he that dedicateth it, will redeem the field, then he shall put the fifth part of the price, that thou esteemedst it at, thereunto, and it shall remain his. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, but the Priest 1sell the field to another man, it shall be redeemed no more. 21 But the field shall be holy to the Lord, when it goeth out in the Jubilee, as a field 1separate from common uses: the possession thereof shall be the Priest's. 22 If a man also dedicate unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the ground of his inheritance, 23 Then the Priest shall set the price to him, as athou esteemest it, unto the year of Jubilee, and he shall give 1thy price the same day, as a thing holy unto

m Deut. 4:31

Rom. 11:26

chapter 27

a Lev. 27:11

1 Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man shall make a vow of 1a person unto the Lord, by 2thy estimation, 3 Then thy estimation shall be thus: a male from twenty years old unto sixty years old shall be by thy estimation even fifty 1shekels of silver, after the shekel of the Sanctuary. 4 But if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And from five years old to twenty years old, thy valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 But from a 1month old unto five years old, thy price of the male shall be five shekels of silver, and thy price of the female, three shekels of silver. 7 And from sixty years old and above, if he be a male, then thy price shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer 1than thou hast esteemed him, then shall he present himself before the Priest, and the Priest shall value him, according to the ability of him that vowed, so shall the Priest value him. 9 And if it be a 1beast, whereof men bring an

26:45 1 Made to their forefathers. 26:46 1 Fifty days after they came out of Egypt. 27:2 1 As of his son or his daughter. 2 Which art the Priest. 27:3 1 Read the value of the Shekel, Exod. 30:13. 27:6 1 He speaketh of those vows whereby the fathers dedicated their children to God which were not of such force; but they might be redeemed from them. 27:8 1 If he be not able to pay after thy valuation. 27:9 1 Which is clean, Lev. 11:2.

27:10 1 That is, consecrated to the Lord. 27:14 1 Hebrew, so shall it stand. 27:16 1 Valuing the price thereof according to the seed that is sown, or by the seed that it doth yield. 2 Homer is a measure containing ten Ephahs, read of Ephah, Exod. 16:16, 36. 27:20 1 For their own necessity or godly uses. 27:21 1 That is, which dedicate to the Lord with a curse to him that doth turn it to his private use, Num. 21:2; Deut. 13:15; Josh. 9:17. 27:23 1 The Priest's valuation.

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the Lord. 24 But in the year of Jubilee, the field shall return unto him, of whom it was bought: to him I say, whose inheritance the land was. 25 And all the valuation shall be according to the shekel of bthe Sanctuary: a shekel containeth twenty gerahs. 26 ¶ cNotwithstanding the firstborn of the beasts, because it is the Lord's firstborn, none shall dedicate such, be it bullock, or sheep: For it is the 1Lord's. 27 But if it be an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it by thy valuation, and give the fifth part more thereto: and if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold, according to thy estimation. 28 dNotwithstanding, nothing separate from the common use that a man doth separate unto the Lord of all that he hath (whether it be man or beast, or land of his inheritance) may be sold nor redeemed: for everything separate from the common use is most

holy unto the Lord. 29 Nothing separate from the common use, which shall be separate from man, shall be redeemed, but 1die the death. 30 Also all the tithe of the land both of the seed of the ground, and of the fruit of the trees is the Lord's: it is holy to the Lord. 31 But if a man will redeem any of his tithe, he shall add the 1fifth part thereto. 32 And every tithe of bullock, and of sheep, and of all that goeth under the 1rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 33 He shall not look if it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: else if he change it, both it, and that it was changed withal, shall be holy, and it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the Commandments which the Lord commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.

b Exod. 30:13

Num. 3:47 Ezek. 45:12

c Exod. 13:2

Exod. 22:19

Num. 3:23

d Josh. 6:19

27:26 1 It was the Lord's already. 27:29 1 It shall remain without redemption. 27:31 1 Besides the value of the thing itself. 27:32 1 All that which is numbered: that is, every tenth as he falleth by tally without exception or respect.

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1N u m b e r s

1 2 Moses and Aaron with the twelve princes of the tribes are commanded of the Lord to number them that are able to go to war. 49 The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord.

18 And they called all the Congregation together in the first day of the second month, who declared 1their kindred by their families, and by the houses of their fathers according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, man by man. 19 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 So were the sons of 1Reuben Israel's eldest son by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers according to the number of their names, man by man, every male from twenty years old and above, as many as 2went forth to war: 21 The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Reuben, was six and forty thousand, and five hundred. 22 Of the sons of Simeon by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, the sum thereof by the number of their names, man by man, every male from twenty years old, and above, all that went forth to war: 23 The sum of them, I say, of the tribe of Simeon was nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. 24 ¶ Of the sons of Gad by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 25 The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Gad was five and forty thousand, and six hundred and fifty. 26 ¶ Of the sons of Judah by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 27 The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Judah, was three score and fourteen thousand, and six hundred. 28 ¶ Of the sons of Issachar by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty

chapter 1

a Exod. 30:12

1 The Lord spake again unto Moses in the wilderness of 1Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, in the first day of the 2second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 aTake ye the sum of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families and households of their fathers, with the number of their names: to wit, all the males, 1man by man: 3 From twenty years old and above, all that go forth to the war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies. 4 And with you shall be 1men of every tribe, such as are the heads of the house of their fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men that shall 1stand with you, of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur: 6 Of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai: 7 Of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab: 8 Of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar: 9 Of Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon: 10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur: 11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni: 12 Of Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai: 13 Of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran: 14 Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel: 15 Of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These were famous in the Congregation, 1princes of the tribes of their fathers, and heads over thousands in Israel. 17 ¶ Then Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names.

Title 1 So called because of the diversity and multitude of number­ ings which are here chiefly contained, both of men's names and places. 1:1 1 In that place of the wilderness that was near to mount Sinai. 2 Which contained part of April, and part of May. 1:2 1 Hebrew, by their heads.

1:4 1 That is, the chiefest man of every tribe. 1:5 1 And assist you when ye number the people. 1:16 1 Or captains, and governors. 1:18 1 In showing every man his tribe, and his ancestors. 1:20 1 These are the names of the twelve tribes, as first of Reuben. 2 Or, as were able to bear weapons.

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years old and above, all that went forth to war: 29 The number of them also of the tribe of Issachar was four and fifty thousand, and four hundred. 30 ¶ Of the sons of Zebulun by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above: all that went forth to war: 31 The number of them also of the tribe of Zebulun was seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. 32 ¶ Of the sons of Joseph, namely of the sons of Ephraim by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 33 The number of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand and five hundred. 34 ¶ Of the sons of Manasseh by their generations, by their families and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 35 The number of them also of the tribe of Manasseh was two and thirty thousand and two hundred. 36 Of the sons of Benjamin by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 37 The number of them also of the tribe of Benjamin was five and thirty thousand and four hundred. 38 Of the sons of Dan by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 39 The number of them also of the tribe of Dan was three score and two thousand, and seven hundred. 40 ¶ Of the sons of Asher by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war: 41 The number of them also of the tribe of Asher was one and forty thousand and five hundred. 42 ¶ Of the children of Naphtali, by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went to the war: 43 The number of them also of the tribe of Naphtali was three and fifty thousand, and four hundred. 44 These are the 1sums which Moses, and Aaron

numbered, and the Princes of Israel, the twelve men which were every one for the house of their fathers. 45 So this was all the sum of the sons of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty years old and above, all that went to the war in Israel. 46 And all they were in number six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 47 But the Levites, after the tribes of their fathers were not numbered among 1them. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and said, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel. 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all the instruments thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, and shall minister in it, and shall 1dwell round about the Tabernacle. 51 And when the Tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: for the 1stranger that cometh near, shall be slain. 52 Also the children of Israel shall pitch their tents every man in his camp, and every man under his standard throughout their armies. 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of the Testimony, lest vengeance 1come upon the Congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall take the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. 54 So the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses: so did they. 2 2 The order of the tents, and the names of the Captains of the Israelites.

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, 2 1Every man of the children of Israel shall camp by his standard, and under the ensign of their father's house: far off, about the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall they pitch. 3 On the East side toward the rising of the sun, shall they of the standard of the host of Judah pitch according to their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be 1captain of the sons of Judah. 4 And his host and the number of them were seventy and four thousand and six hundred.

1:44 1 Or, full count. 1:47 1 Which were warriors, but were appointed to the use of the Tabernacle. 1:50 1 Hebrew, camp. 1:51 1 Whosoever is not of the tribe of Levi.

1:53 1 By not having due regard to the Tabernacle of the Lord. 2:2 1 In the twelve tribes were four principle standards, so that every three tribes had their standard. 2:3 1 Or, prince.

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5 Next unto him shall they of the tribe 1of Issachar pitch, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the captain of the sons of Issachar: 6 And his host and the number thereof were four and fifty thousand, and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon captain over the sons of Zebulun: 8 And his host and the number thereof seven and fifty thousand and four hundred: 9 The whole number of the 1host of Judah are an hundred fourscore and six thousand, and four hundred according to their armies: they shall first set forth. 10 ¶ On the South side shall be the standard of the host 1of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain over the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host and the number thereof, six and forty thousand and five hundred. 12 And by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captain over the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai: 13 And his host, and the number of them, nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. 14 And the tribe of Gad, and the captain over the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of 1Deuel: 15 And his host and the number of them were five and forty thousand, six hundred and fifty. 16 All the number of the camp of Reuben were an hundred and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty according to their armies, and they shall set forth in the second place. 17 ¶ Then the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall go with the host of the Levites, in the 1midst of the camp as they have pitched, so shall they go forward, every man in his order, according to their standards. 18 ¶ 1The standard of the camp of Ephraim shall be toward the West according to their armies: and the captain over the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud: 19 And his host and the number of them were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh and the captain over the sons of Manasseh, shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur: 21 And his host and the number of them were two and thirty thousand and two hundred.

22 And the tribe of Benjamin, and the captain over the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan, the son of Gideoni: 23 And his host, and the number of them were five and thirty thousand and four hundred. 24 All the number of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred and eight thousand and one hundred according to their armies, and they shall go in the third place. 25 ¶ The standard of the host of 1Dan shall be toward the North according to their armies: and the captain over the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai: 26 And his host and the number of them were two and threescore thousand and seven hundred. 27 And by him shall the tribe of Asher pitch, and the captain over the sons of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 28 And his host and the number of them were one and forty thousand, and five hundred. 29 ¶ Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captain over the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan: 30 And his host and the number of them were three and fifty thousand and four hundred. 31 All the number of the host of Dan was an hundred and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred: they shall go hindmost with their standards. 32 ¶ These are the 1sums of the children of Israel by the houses of their fathers, all the number of the host, according to their armies, six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses: so they pitched according to their 1standards, and so they journeyed every one with his families, according to the houses of their fathers. 3 6 The charge and office of the Levites. 12, 35 Why the Lord separated the Levites for himself. 16 Their number, families, and captains. 40 The firstborn of Israel is redeemed by the Levites. 47 The overplus is redeemed by money.

1 These also were the 1generations of Aaron and

2:5 1 Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun the sons of Leah were of the first standard. 2:9 1 Of them which were contained under that name. 2:10 1 Reuben and Simeon, the sons of Leah, and Gad the son of Zilpah her maid, were of the second standard. 2:14 1 Or, Reuel. 2:17 1 Because it might be in equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse thereunto. 2:18 1 Because Ephraim and Manasseh supplied the place of Joseph

their father, they are taken to be Rachel's children, so they and Benja­ min make the third standard. 2:25 1 Dan and Naphtali the sons of Bilhah Rachel's maid with Asher the son of Zilpah make the fourth standard. 2:32 1 Which were of twenty years and above. 2:34 1 For under every one of the four principal standards were div­ ers signs to keep every band. 3:1 1 Or, families and kindreds.

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Moses, in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 So these are the names of the sons of Aaron, aNadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron the anointed Priests, whom Moses did bconsecrate to minister in the Priest's office. 4 cAnd Nadab and Abihu died 1before the Lord, when they offered dstrange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children: but Eleazar and Ithamar served in the Priest's office in the 2sight of Aaron their father. 5 Then the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and 1set them before Aaron the Priest that they may serve him, 7 And take the charge with him, even the charge of the whole Congregation, 1before the Tabernacle of the Congregation to do the service of the Tabernacle. 8 They shall also keep all the instruments of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and have 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 1sons: for they are given him freely from among the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to execute their Priest's office: and the 1stranger that cometh near, shall be slain. 11 ¶ Also the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Behold, I have even taken the Levites from among the children of Israel: for all the firstborn that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine, 13 Because all the firstborn are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, eI sanctified unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shall be: I am the Lord. 14 ¶ Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the houses of their fathers, in their families: every male from a month old and above shalt thou number. 16 Then Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names,

fGershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 Also these were the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 The sons also of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi, according to the houses of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 The sum whereof (1after the number of all the males from a month old and above) was counted seven thousand and five hundred. 23 ¶ The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward. 24 The captain and 1ancient of the house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, shall be the 1Tabernacle, and the pavilion, the covering thereof, and the veil of the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, 26 And the hanging of the court, and the veil of the door of the court which is near the Tabernacle, and near the Altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 And of Kohath came 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 Kohathites. 28 The number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred, having the 1charge of the Sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the South side of the Tabernacle. 30 The captain and ancient of the house and families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel: 31 And their charge shall be the 1Ark, and the Table, and the Candlestick, and the altars, and the instruments of the Sanctuary that they minister with, and the veil, and all that serveth thereto. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest shall be 1chief captain of the Levites, having the oversight of them that have the charge of the Sanctuary. 33 ¶ Of Merari came the family of the Mahlites,

chapter 3

a Exod. 6:23

b Exod. 28:3

c Lev. 10:1,2

Num. 26:61 1 Chron. 24:2

d Lev. 10:1,2

e Exod. 13:1

Exod. 34:19

Lev. 27:26 Num. 8:16

Luke 2:23

f Gen. 46:11

Exod. 6:66 Num. 26:57 1 Chron. 6:1 1 Chron. 23:6

3:4 1 Or, before the Altar. 2 Whiles their father lived. 3:6 1 Offer them unto Aaron for the use of the Tabernacle. 3:7 1 Which appertained to the executing of the high Priest's com­ mandment, to the oversight of the people, and the service of the Tabernacle. 3:9 1 Aaron's sons the Priests served in the Sanctuary in praying for the people and offering sacrifice: the Levites served for the inferior uses of the same.

3:10 1 Any that would minister not being a Levite. 3:22 1 Only numbering the male children. 3:24 1 Or, father. 3:25 1 Their charge was to carry the covering and hangings of the Tabernacle. 3:28 1 Doing every one his duty in the Sanctuary. 3:31 1 The chief things within the Sanctuary were committed to the Kohathites. 3:32 1 Or, prince of princes.

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and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34 And the sum of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and above was six thousand and two hundred. 35 The captain and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shall be Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall pitch on the Northside of the Tabernacle. 36 And in the charge and custody of the sons of Merari shall be 1the boards of the Tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets, and all the instruments thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins and their cords. 38 ¶ Also on the forefront of the Tabernacle toward the East, before the Tabernacle I say, of the Congregation Eastward shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch, having the charge of the Sanctuary, 1and the charge of the children of Israel: but the stranger that cometh near shall be slain. 39 The whole sum of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord throughout their families, even all the males from a month old and above, was two and twenty 1thousand. 40 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites to me 1for all the firstborn of the children of Israel (I am the Lord) and the cattle of the Levites for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn of the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males rehearsed by name (from a month old and above) according to their number were two and twenty thousand, two hundred seventy and three. 44 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine, (I am the Lord.) 46 And for the redeeming of the two hundred seventy and three, (which are more than the Levites) of the firstborn of the children of Israel,

47 Thou shalt also take five shekels for every person: after the weight of the Sanctuary shalt thou take it: gthe shekel containeth twenty gerahs. 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 49 Thus Moses took the redemption of them that were redeemed, being more than the Levites: 50 Of the 1firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money: even a thousand three hundred three score and five shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary. 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 4 5 The offices of the Levites, when the host removed. 6 The number of the three families of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari.

g Exod. 30:13

Lev. 27:25 Num. 18:16 Ezek. 45:12

chapter 4

a Exod. 25:15

Exod. 25:30

b Exod. 25:31

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, and houses of their fathers, 3 From 1thirty years old and above, even until fifty years old all that enter into the assembly to do the work in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 4 This shall be the office of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregation about the holiest of all. 5 ¶ When the host removeth, then Aaron and his sons shall come and take down1 the covering veil, and shall cover the Ark of the Testimony therewith. 6 And they shall put thereon a covering of badger's skins, and shall spread upon it a cloth altogether of blue silk, and put to 1the bars thereof: 7 And upon the atable of show bread, they shall spread a cloth of blue silk, and put thereon the dishes, and the incense cups and goblets, and coverings to cover it 1with, and the bread shall be thereon continually. 8 And they shall spread upon them a covering of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badger's skins, and put to the bars thereof. 9 Then they shall take a cloth of blue silk, and cover the bcandlestick of light with his lamps, and his

3:36 1 The woodwork and the rest of the instruments were commit­ ted to their charge. 3:38 1 That none should enter into the Tabernacle contrary to God's appointment. 3:39 1 So that the firstborn of the children of Israel were more by 273, as verse 43. 3:41 1 So that now the Levites should satisfy unto the Lord for the firstborn of Israel, save for the 273 which were more than the Levites, for whom they paid money. 3:50 1 Or the two hundred seventy and three, which were more

than the Levites. 4:3 1 The Levites were numbered after three sorts, first at a month old when they were consecrated to the Lord, next at 25 years old when they were appointed to serve in the Tabernacle, and 30 years old to bear the burdens of the Tabernacle. 4:5 1 Which divided the Sanctuary from the holiest of all. 4:6 1 That is, put them upon their shoulders to carry it: for the bars of the Ark could never be removed. 4:7 1 Meaning, to cover the bread.

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snuffers, cand his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, which they occupy about it. 10 So they shall put it, and all the instruments thereof in a covering of badger's skins, and put it upon the 1bars. 11 Also upon the golden 1altar they shall spread a cloth of blue silk, and cover it with a covering of badger's skins, and put to the bars thereof. 12 And they shall take all the instruments of the ministry, wherewith they minister in the Sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue silk, and cover them with a covering of badger's skins, and put them on the bars. 13 Also they shall take away the ashes from the 1altar, and spread a purple cloth upon it, 14 And shall put upon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupy about it, the censers, the fleshhooks, and the besoms, and the basins, even all the instruments of the altar: and they shall spread upon it a covering of badger's skins, and put to the bars of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the 1Sanctuary, and all the instruments of the Sanctuary, at the removing of the host, afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not 2touch any holy thing lest they die. This is the charge of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 16 ¶ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the dsweet incense, and the 1daily meat offering, and the eanointing oil with the oversight of all the Tabernacle, and of all that therein is, both in the Sanctuary, and in all the instruments thereof. 17 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 Ye shall not 1cut 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 come near to the most holy things: let Aaron and his sons come and appoint 1them, every one to his office, and to his charge. 20 But let them not go in, to see when the Sanctuary is folden up, lest they die. 21 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, every one by the houses of their fathers, throughout their

families: 23 From thirty years old and above until fifty years old shalt thou number them, all that 1enter into the assembly for to do service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 24 This shall be the service of the families of the Gershonites to serve and to bear. 25 They shall bear the curtains of the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, his covering, and the covering of badger's skins, that is on high upon it, and the veil of the 1door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 26 The curtains also of the court, and the veil of the entering in of the gate of the court, 1which is near the Tabernacle and near the altar round about, with their cords: and all the instruments for their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. 27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall all the service of the sons of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them to keep all their charges. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and their watch shall be under the 1hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the Priest. 29 ¶ Thou shalt number the sons of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers. 30 From thirty years old and above, even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, all that enter into the assembly, to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 31 And this is their office and charge according to all their service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: the f boards of the Tabernacle with the bars thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets, 32 And the pillars round about the court, with their sockets and their pins, and their cords with all their instruments, even for all their service: and by 1name ye shall reckon the instruments of their office and charge. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the Priest. 34 ¶ Then Moses and Aaron and the princes of the Congregation numbered the sons of the Ko­ hath­ites, by their families and by the houses of their

c Exod. 25:38

d Exod. 30:34,35

e Exod. 30:23,25

f Exod. 26:25

4:10 1 The Hebrew word signifieth an instrument made of two staves or bars. 4:11 1 Which was to burn incense, read Exod. 30:1. 4:13 1 Of the burnt offering. 4:15 1 That is, in folding up the things of the Sanctuary, as the Ark, etc. 2 Before it be covered. 4:16 1 Which was offered at morning and evening. 4:18 1 Committing by your negligence that the holy things be not well wrapped, and so they by touching thereof perish.

4:19 1 Showing what part every man shall bear. 4:23 1 Which were received into the company of them that minis­ tered in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 4:25 1 Which veil hanged between the Sanctuary and the court. 4:26 1 Which court compassed both the Tabernacle of the Congre­ gation and the altar of burnt offering. 4:28 1 Under the charge and oversight. 4:32 1 Ye shall make an inventory of all the things, which ye commit to their charge.

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fathers, 35 From thirty years old and above, even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the assembly for the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 36 So the 1numbers of them throughout their families were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty. 37 These are the numbers of the families of the Kohathites, all that serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the 1hand of Moses. 38 Also the numbers of the sons of Gershon throughout their families and houses of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old: all that enter into the assembly for the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 40 So the numbers of them by their families, and by the houses of their fathers were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 These are the numbers of the families of the sons of Gershon: of all that 1did service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord. 42 ¶ The numbers also of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old: all that enter into the assembly for the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 44 So the numbers of them by their families were three thousand, and two hundred. 45 These are the sums 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 So all the numbers of the Levites, which Moses, and Aaron, and the princes of Israel numbered by their families and by the houses of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and upward, even to fifty years old, every one that came to do 1his duty, office, service and charge in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 48 So the number of them were eight thousand

five hundred and four score. 49 According to the 1commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses did Aaron number them, every one according to his service, and according to his charge. Thus were they of that tribe numbered, as the Lord commanded 2Moses. 5 2 The leprous and the polluted shall be cast forth. 6 The purging of sin. 15 The trial of the suspect wife.

chapter 5

a Lev. 13:3

b Lev. 15:2

c Lev. 21:1

d Lev. 6:3

e Lev. 6:5

f Lev. 10:12

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel that they aput out of the host every leper, and every one that hath ban issue, and whosoever is defiled by cthe dead. 3 Both male and female shall ye put out: 1out of the host shall ye put them, that they defile not their 2tents among whom I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the host, even as the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, dWhen a man or woman shall commit any sin 1that men commit, and transgress against the Lord, when that person shall trespass, 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done, and shall restore the damage thereof ewith his principal, and put the fifth part of it more thereto, and shall give it unto him, against whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the 1man have no kinsman, to whom he should restore the damage, the damage shall be restored to the Lord for the Priest's use, besides the ram of the atonement, whereby he shall make atonement for him. 9 And every offering of all the 1holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the Priest, shallbe f his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: that is, whatsoever any man giveth the Priest, it shall be his. 11 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife 1turn to evil, and commit a trespass against him, 13 So that another man lie with her fleshly, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and kept

4:36 1 Hebrew, the numbered of them. 4:37 1 God appointing Moses to be the minister and executor thereof. 4:41 1 Which were of competent age to serve therein, that is between 30 and 50. 4:47 1 Whosoever of the Levites that had any manner of charge in the Tabernacle. 4:49 1 Hebrew, according to the mouth, or word. 2 So that Moses neither added, nor diminished, from that which

the Lord commanded him. 5:3 1 Or, in a place out of the host. 2 There were three manner of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites. 5:6 1 Commit any fault willingly. 5:8 1 If he be dead to whom the wrong is done, and also have no kinsman. 5:9 1 Or, things offered to the Lord, as firstfruits, etc. 5:12 1 By breaking the band of marriage, and playing the harlot.

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close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she taken with the manner, 14 1If he be moved with a jealous mind, so that he is jealous over his wife, which is defiled, or if he have a jealous mind, so that he is jealous over his wife, which is not defiled, 15 Then shall the man bring his wife to the Priest, and bring her offering with her, the tenth part of an Ephah of barley meal, but he shall not pour 1oil upon it, nor put incense thereon: for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering for a remembrance, calling the sin to 2mind. 16 And the Priest shall bring her, and set her before the Lord. 17 Then the Priest shall take 1the holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust that is in the floor of the Tabernacle, even the Priest shall take it and put it into the water. 18 After the Priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of the memorial in her hands: it is the jealousy offering, and the Priest shall have bitter and 1cursed water in his hand, 19 And the Priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, neither thou hast turned to uncleanness from thine husband, be free from this bitter and cursed water. 20 But if thou hast turned from thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lain with thee besides thine husband, 21 (Then the Priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the Priest shall say unto the woman:) The Lord make thee to be 1accursed, and detestable for the oath among the people, and the Lord cause thy thigh to 2rot, and thy belly to swell: 22 And that this cursed water may go into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Then the woman shall answer, 1Amen, Amen. 23 After, the Priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall 1blot them out with the bitter water, 24 And shall cause the woman to drink the bitter and cursed water, and the cursed water turned into bitterness shall enter into her.

25 Then the Priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall shake the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar. 26 And the Priest shall take an handful of the offering for a 1memorial thereof, and burn it upon the 2altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water. 27 When he hath made her drink the water, if she be defiled and have trespassed against her husband, then shall the cursed water, turned into bitterness, enter into her, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be accursed among her people. 28 But if the woman be not defiled, but be 1clean, she shall be free, and shall conceive and bear. 29 This is the law of jealousy, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled, 30 Or, when a man is moved with a jealous mind, being jealous over his wife, then shall he bring the woman before the Lord, and the Priest shall do to her according to all this law, 31 And the man shall be 1free from sin, but this woman shall bear her iniquity. 6 2 The law of the consecration of the Nazirites. 24 The manner to bless the people.

chapter 6

a Judg. 13:5

1 Sam. 1:11

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man or a woman doth separate themselves to vow a vow of a 1Nazirite, to separate himself unto the Lord, 3 He shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no sour wine nor sour drink, nor shall drink any liquor of grapes, neither shall eat fresh grapes nor dried. 4 As long as his abstinence endureth, shall he eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels nor the husk. 5 While he is separated by his vow, the arazor shall not come upon his head, until the days be out, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 During the time that he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall come at no 1dead body:

5:14 1 Hebrew, If the spirit of jealousy come upon him. 5:15 1 Only in the sin offering, and so this offering of jealousy were neither oil nor incense offered. 2 Or, making the sin known, and not purging it. 5:17 1 Which also is called the water of purification or sprinkling, read Num. 19:9. 5:18 1 It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction. 5:21 1 Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and for­ sware herself in denying the same. 2 Hebrew, to fall.

5:22 1 That is, be it so, as thou wishest, as Ps. 41:23; Deut. 27:15. 5:23 1 Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel. 5:26 1 Or, perfume. 2 Where the incense was offered. 5:28 1 Or, innocent. 5:31 1 The man might accuse his wife upon suspicion, and not be reproved. 6:2 1 Which separated themselves from the world, and dedicated themselves to God: which figure was accomplished in Christ. 6:6 1 As at burials, or mournings.

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7 He shall not make himself unclean at the death of his father or mother, brother, or sister: for the consecration of his God is upon 1his head. 8 All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord. 9 And if any die suddenly by him, or he beware, then the 1head of his consecration shall be defiled, and he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing: in the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 And in the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons to the Priest, at the door of the tabernacle of the Congregation. 11 Then the Priest shall prepare the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and shall make an atonement for him, because he sinned by 1the dead: so shall he hallow his head the same day. 12 And he shall 1consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass offering, and the first 2days shall be void: for his consecration was defiled. 13 ¶ This then is the law of the Nazirite: when the time of his consecration is out, he shall come to the door of the tabernacle of the Congregation, 14 And he shall bring his offering unto the Lord, an he lamb of a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, and a she lamb of a year old without blemish, for a sin offering, and a ram without blemish, for peace offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, of bCakes of fine flour, mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings: 16 The which the Priest shall bring before the Lord, and make his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17 He shall prepare also the ram for a peace offering unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread, and the Priest shall make his meat offering, and his drink offering. 18 And cthe Nazirite shall shave the head 1of his consecration at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his consecration, and 2put it in the fire which is under the peace offering. 19 Then the Priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and an unleavened cake out of the

basket, and a wafer unleavened, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven his consecration. 20 And the Priest shall dshake them to and fro before the Lord: this is an holy thing for the Priest 1besides the shaken breast, and besides the heave shoulder: so afterward the Nazirite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Nazirite, which he hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his consecration, 1besides that that he is able to bring: according to the vow which he vowed, so shall he do after the law of his consecration. 22 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus shall ye 1bless the children of Israel, and say unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee, 25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be merciful unto thee, 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 So they shall put my 1Name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. 7 2 The heads or princes of Israel offer at the setting up of the Tabernacle. 10 And at the dedication of the Altar. 19 God speaketh to Moses from the Mercy seat.

b Lev. 2:15

c Acts 21:24

d Exod. 29:27

chapter 7

a Exod. 40:18

1 Now when Moses had finished the setting up of the Tabernacle, and aanointed it and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, and the altar with all the 1instruments thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them, 2 Then the 1princes of Israel, heads over the houses of their fathers, (they were the princes of the tribes, who were over them that were numbered) offered, 3 And brought their offering before the Lord, six 1covered chariots, and twelve oxen: one chariot for two princes, and for every one an ox, and they offered them before the Tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take these of them, that they may be to do the 1service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according unto his office. 6 So Moses took the chariots and the oxen, and

6:7 1 In that he suffered his hair to grow, he signified that he was consecrated to God. 6:9 1 Which long hair is a sign that he is dedicated to God. 6:11 1 By being present where the dead was. 6:12 1 Beginning at the eighth day, when he is purified. 2 So that he shall begin his vow anew. 6:18 1 In token that his vow is ended. 2 For the hair which was consecrated to the Lord, might not be cast into any profane place.

6:20 1 Or, with the breast. 6:21 1 At the least he shall do this, if he be able to offer no more. 6:23 1 That is, pray for them. 6:27 1 They shall pray in my Name for them. 7:1 1 Or, vessels. 7:2 1 Or, captains. 7:3 1 Like horse litters, to keep the things that were carried in them from weather. 7:5 1 That is, to carry things and stuff in.

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gave them unto the Levites: 7 Two chariots and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according unto their 1office. 8 And four chariots and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according unto their office, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the Priest. 9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, 1because the charge of the Sanctuary belonged to them, which they did bear upon their shoulders. 10 ¶ The princes also offered in the 1dedication for the altar in the day that it was anointed: then the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, One prince one day, and another prince another day, shall offer their offering, for the dedication of the altar. 12 ¶ So then on the first day did Nahshon the son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah offer his offering. 13 And his offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a bmeat offering, 14 An incense cup of gold of ten shekels, full of incense, 15 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 16 An he goat for a sin offering, 17 And for peace offerings, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, and five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 18 ¶ The second day Nethanel, the son of Zuar, prince of the tribe of Issachar did offer. 19 Who offered for his offering a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 20 An incense cup of gold of ten shekels, full of incense, 21 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 22 An he goat for a sin offering, 23 And for peace offerings two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar. 24 ¶ The third day Eliab the son of Helon prince of the children of Zebulun offered. 25 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering,

26 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 27 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 28 An he goat for a sin offering, 29 And for peace offerings, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 ¶ The fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur prince of the children of Reuben offered. 31 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 32 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 33 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 34 An he goat for a sin offering, 35 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, and five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 ¶ The fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon offered. 37 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels: after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 38 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 39 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 40 An he goat for a sin offering, 41 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 42 ¶ The sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel prince of the children of Gad offered. 43 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 44 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 45 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 46 An he goat for a sin offering, 47 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 ¶ The seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud prince of the children of Ephraim offered.

b Lev. 2:1

7:7 1 For their use to carry with. 7:9 1 The holy thing of the Sanctuary must be carried upon their shoulders and not drawn with oxen, Num. 4:15.

7:10 1 That is, when the first sacrifice was offered thereupon by Aaron, Lev. 9:1.

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49 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 50 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 51 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 52 An he goat for a sin offering, 53 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 ¶ The eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh. 55 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 56 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 57 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 58 An he goat for a sin offering, 59 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 ¶ The ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni prince of the children of Benjamin offered. 61 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 62 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 63 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 64 An he goat for a sin offering, 65 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 66 ¶ The tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan offered. 67 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 68 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 69 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 70 An he goat for a sin offering, 71 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five

rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 72 ¶ The eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher offered. 73 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 74 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 75 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 76 An he goat for a sin offering, 77 And for a peace offering, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 78 ¶ The twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali offered. 79 His offering was a silver charger of an hundred and thirty shekels weight, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat offering, 80 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, 81 A young bullock, a ram, a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, 82 An he goat for a sin offering, 83 And for peace offerings, two bullocks, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old, this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was the 1dedication of the Altar by the princes of Israel, when it was anointed, twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls: twelve incense cups of gold, 85 Every charger containing an hundred and thirty shekels of silver, and every bowl seventy: all the silver vessel contained two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary. 86 Twelve incense cups of gold full of incense, containing ten shekels every cup, after the shekel of the Sanctuary: and the gold of the incense cups was an hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the bullocks for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of a year old twelve, with their meat offerings, and twelve he goats for a sin offering. 88 And all the bullocks for the peace offerings were four and twenty bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of a year old sixty: this was the dedication of the Altar, after that it was 1anointed. 89 And when Moses went into the 1tabernacle of the Congregation to speak with God, he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from the Mercy seat,

7:84 1 This was the offering of the princes, when Aaron did dedicate the Altar.

7:88 1 By Aaron. 7:89 1 That is, the Sanctuary.

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be bmine. 15 And afterward shall the Levites go in, to serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt purify them, and offer them as a shake offering. 16 For they are freely given cunto me from among the children of Israel, for 1such as open any womb: for all the firstborn of the children of Israel have I taken them unto me. 17 dFor all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast: since the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, 19 And have given the Levites as a gift unto Aaron, and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the 1children of Israel in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near unto the 2Sanctuary. 20 ¶ Then Moses and Aaron and all the Congregation of the children of Israel did with the Levites, according unto all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites: so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 So the Levites were purified, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a shake offering before the Lord, and Aaron made an atonement for them, to purify them. 22 And after that, went the Levites in to do their service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, 1before Aaron and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did unto them. 23 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 This also belongeth to the Levites: from five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in, to execute their office in the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 25 And after the age of fifty years, they shall cease from executing the 1office, and shall serve no more. 26 But they shall minister 1with their brethren in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to keep things committed to their charge, but they shall do no service: thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

that was upon the Ark of the Testimony 2between the two Cherubims, and he spake unto him. 8 2 The order of the lamps. 6 The purifying and offering of the Levites. 24 The age of the Levites when they are received to service, and when they are dismissed.

chapter 8

a Exod. 25:18

b Num. 3:45

c Num. 3:9

d Exod. 13:2

Luke 2:23

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light toward the 1forefront of the Candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so, lighting the lamps thereof toward the forefront of the Candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 4 And this was the work of the Candlestick, even of gold beaten out with the hammer, both the shaft, and the flower thereof awas beaten out with the hammer: 1according to the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so made he the Candlestick. 5 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and purify them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, when thou purifiest them, Sprinkle 1water of purification upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and wash their clothes: so they shall be clean. 8 Then they shall take a young bullock with his meat offering of fine flour, mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 Then thou shalt bring the Levites before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and assemble 1all the Congregation of the children of Israel. 10 Thou shalt bring the Levites also before the Lord, and the 1children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites. 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord, as a shake offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the Lord. 12 And the Levites shall put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and make thou the one a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering unto the Lord, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Levites. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a shake offering to the Lord. 14 Thus thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall

7:89 2 According as he had promised, Exod. 25:22. 8:2 1 To that part which is over against the Candlestick, Exod. 25:37. 8:4 1 And not set together of divers pieces. 8:7 1 In Hebrew it is called the water of sin, because it is made to purge sin, as Num. 19:9. 8:9 1 That thou mayest do this in presence of them all. 8:10 1 Meaning, certain of them in the name of the whole.

8:16 1 That is, they that are the firstborn. 8:19 1 Which service the Israelites should else do. 2 Because the Levites go into the Sanctuary in their name. 8:22 1 In their presence, to serve them. 8:25 1 Such office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like. 8:26 1 In singing Psalms, instructing, counseling and keeping the things in order.

151 numbers 10:1 9 2 The Passover is commanded again. 13 The punishment of him that keepeth not the Passover. 15 The cloud conducteth the Israelites through the wilderness.

14 And if a stranger dwell among you, and will keep the Passover unto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passover, and as the manner thereof is, so shall he do: dye shall have one law both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the same land. 15 ¶ eAnd when the Tabernacle was reared up, a cloud covered the Tabernacle, namely, the Tabernacle of the Testimony: and at even there was upon the Tabernacle, as the 1appearance of fire until morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle, then afterward the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 18 At the 1commandment of the 2Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the Tabernacle, fthey 3lay still. 19 And when the cloud tarried still upon the Tabernacle a long time, the children of Israel kept the 1watch of the Lord, and journeyed not. 20 So when the cloud abode 1a few days upon the Tabernacle, they abode in their tents according to the commandment of the Lord: for they journeyed at the commandment of the Lord. 21 And though the cloud abode upon the Tabernacle from even unto the morning, yet if the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether by day or by night the cloud was taken up, then they journeyed. 22 Or if the cloud tarried two days, or a month, or a year upon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel gabode still, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the Lord they pitched, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed, keeping the watch of the Lord at the commandment of the Lord by the 1hand of Moses. 10 2 The use of the silver trumpets. 11 The Israelites depart from Sinai. 14 The captains of the host are numbered. 30 Hobab refuseth to go with Moses his son-in-law.

chapter 9

a Exod. 12:1

Lev. 23:5 Num. 28:16

Deut. 16:2

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 The children of Israel shall also celebrate the aPassover at the time appointed thereunto. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month at beven, ye shall keep it in his due season: according to 1all the ordinances of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it. 4 Then Moses spake unto the children of Israel, to celebrate the Passover. 5 And they kept the Passover in the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 6 ¶ And certain men were defiled 1by a dead man, that they might not keep the Passover the same day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron the same day. 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by a dead man: wherefore are we kept back that we may not 1offer an offering unto the Lord in the time thereunto appointed among the children of Israel? 8 Then Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say, If any among you, or of your posterity shall be unclean by the reason of a corpse, or be in a long journey, 1he shall keep the Passover unto the Lord. 11 In the fourteenth day of the 1second month at even they shall keep it: with unleavened bread, and sour herbs shall they eat it. 12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, cnor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinance of the Passover shall they keep it. 13 But the man that is clean and is not in a 1journey, and is negligent to keep the Passover, the same person shall be cut off from his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his due season, that man shall bear his 2sin.

b Exod. 12:6

Deut. 16:6

c Exod. 12:46

John 19:36

d Exod. 12:49

e Exod. 40:34

f 1 Cor. 10:1

g Exod. 40:36,37

Num. 9:18

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

9:3 1 Even in all points as the Lord hath instituted it. 9:6 1 By touching a corpse, or being at the burial. 9:7 1 Or, celebrate the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month. 9:10 1 And cannot come where the Tabernacle is, when others keep it. 9:11 1 So that the unclean, and they that are not at home, have a month longer granted unto them. 9:13 1 When the Passover is celebrated. 2 Or, punishment of his sin.

9:15 1 Like a pillar, read Exod. 13:22. 9:18 1 Hebrew, mouth. 2 Who taught them what to do by the cloud. 3 Hebrew, camped. 9:19 1 They waited when the Lord would signify either their depar­ ture, or their abode by the cloud. 9:20 1 Hebrew, days of number. 9:23 1 Under the charge and government of Moses.

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of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 When the Tabernacle was taken down, then the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari went forward bearing 1the Tabernacle. 18 ¶ After, departed the standard of the host of Reuben, according to their armies, and over his band was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 The Kohathites also went forward and 1bare the cSanctuary, and the 2former did set up the Tabernacle against they came. 22 ¶ Then the standard of the host of the children of Ephraim went forward according to their armies, and over his band was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the band of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 ¶ Last, the standard of the host of the children of Dan marched, 1gathering all the hosts according to their armies: and over his band was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 1These were the removings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they marched. 29 After, Moses said unto 1Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We go into the place, of which the Lord said, I will give it you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath promised good unto Israel. 30 And he answered him, I will not go: but I will depart to mine own country, and to my kindred. 31 Then he said, I pray thee, leave us not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wilderness: therefore thou mayest be 1our guide. 32 And if thou go with us, what goodness the Lord shall show unto us, the same will we show unto thee. 33 ¶ So they departed from the 1mount of the Lord,

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver: of an 1whole piece shalt thou make them, that thou mayest use them for the assembling of the Congregation, and for the departure of the camp. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to thee, before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 4 But if they blow with one, then the Princes, or heads over the thousands of Israel shall come unto thee. 5 But if ye blow an alarm, then the camp of them that pitch on the 1East part, shall go forward. 6 If ye blow an alarm the second time, then the host of them that lie on the 1South side, shall march: for they shall blow an alarm when they remove. 7 But in the assembling the Congregation, ye shall blow without an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall 1blow the trumpets, and ye shall have them as a law forever in your generations. 9 And when ye go to war in your land against the enemy that vexeth you, ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets, and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your 1gladness, and in your feast days, and in the beginning of your months, ye shall also blow the trumpets 2over your burnt sacrifices, and over your peace offerings, that they may be a remembrance for you before your God: I am the Lord your God. 11 ¶ And in the second year, in the second month, and in the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle of the Testimony. 12 And the children of Israel departed on their 1journeys out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 So they 1first took their journey at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 ¶ aIn the first place went the standard of the host of the children of Judah according to their armies: and bNahshon the son of Amminadab was over his band. 15 And over the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the band of the tribe of the children

chapter 10

a Num. 2:3

b Num. 1:7

c Num. 4:4

10:2 1 Or, of work beaten out with the hammer. 10:5 1 That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign. 10:6 1 Meaning, the host of Reuben. 10:8 1 So that only the Priests must blow the trumpets, so long as the Priesthood lasted. 10:10 1 When ye rejoice that God hath removed any plague. 2 Or, when ye offer burnt offerings. 10:12 1 Or, in keeping this order in their journeys. 10:13 1 From Sinai to Paran, Num. 33:1. 10:17 1 With all the appertainances thereof.

10:21 1 Upon their shoulders. 2 The Merarites and Gershonites. 10:25 1 Leaving none behind, nor any of the former that fainted in the way. 10:28 1 This was the order of their host when they removed. 10:29 1 Some think that Reuel, Jethro, Hobab, and Keni were all one: Kimhi saith, that Reuel was Jethro's father: so Hobab was Moses' father-in-law, see Exod. 2:18, 3:1, 4:18, 18:1, and Judg. 4:11. 10:31 1 Hebrew, eyes unto us. 10:33 1 Mount Sinai, or Horeb.

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three days' journey: and the Ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And when the Ark went forward, Moses said, d,1Rise up Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, to the 1many thousands of Israel. 11 1 The people murmureth, and is punished with fire. 4 The people lusteth after flesh. 6 They loathe Manna. 11 The weak faith of Moses. 16 The Lord divided the burden of Moses to seventy of the Ancients. 31 The Lord sendeth quails. 33 Their lust is punished.

the wrath of the Lord was grievously kindled: also Moses was grieved. 11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou 1vexed thy servant? and why have I not found 2favor in thy sight, seeing thou hast put the charge of all this people upon me? 12 Have I 1conceived all this people? or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom (as a nurse beareth the sucking child) unto the 2land, for the which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Where should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me. 15 Therefore if thou deal thus with me, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy 1sight, kill me, that I behold not my misery. 16 ¶ Then the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the Elders of Israel, whom thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and governors over them, and bring them unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down, and talk with thee there, 1and take of the Spirit, which is upon thee, and put upon them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee: so thou shalt not bear it alone. 18 Furthermore thou shalt say unto the people, 1Be sanctified against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for you have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for we were better in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, 20 But a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and be loathsome unto you, because ye have 1contemned the Lord, which is 2among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we hither out of Egypt? 21 And Moses said, Six hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, 1among whom I am: and

d Ps. 68:1,2

chapter 11

a Ps. 78:21

b Exod. 16:31

Ps. 78:24 John 6:31

1 When the people became 1murmurers, 2it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and aconsumed the utmost part of the host. 2 Then the people cried unto Moses: and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place 1Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 ¶ And a number of 1people that was among them, fell a lusting, and 2turned away, and the children of Israel also wept, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt for 1nought, the cucumbers, and the pepons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. 6 But now our soul is 1dried away, we can see nothing but this Manna. 7 (The Manna also was as bcoriander seed, and his color like the color of 1bdellium. 8 The people went about and gathered, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like unto the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell down upon the host in night, the Manna fell with it.) 10 ¶ Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent, and

10:35 1 Declare thy might and power. 10:36 1 Hebrew, to the ten thousand thousands. 11:1 1 Hebrew, as unjust complainers. 2 Hebrew, it was evil in the ears of the Lord. 11:3 1 Or, burning. 11:4 1 Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, Exod. 12:38. 2 From God. 11:5 1 For a small price, or good cheap. 11:6 1 For the greedy lust of flesh. 11:7 1 Which is a white pearl, or precious stone. 11:11 1 Or, evil intreated.

2 Or, wherein have I displeased thee? 11:12 1 Am I their father, that none may have the charge of them but I? 2 Of Canaan promised by an oath to our fathers. 11:15 1 I had rather die than to see my grief and misery thus daily increase by their rebellion. 11:17 1 I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to thee. 11:18 1 Prepare yourselves that ye be not unclean. 11:20 1 Or, cast him off, because ye refused Manna, which he appointed as most meet for you. 2 Who leadeth and governeth you. 11:21 1 Of whom I have the charge.

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