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The
1st Chapter
And the Lord
spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of
witness, the first day of the second month, and in the second year
after they were come out of the land of Egypt saying: take ye the
sum of all the multitude of the children of Israel, in their
kindreds and households of their fathers and number them by name all
that are males, poll by poll, from twenty years and above: even all
that are able to go forth in to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall
number them in their armies, and with you shall be of every tribe a
head man in the house of his father.
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you:
in Ruben, Elizur the son of Sedeur: in Simeon, Selumiel the son of
Zuri Sadai: in the tribe of Juda, Nahesson the son of Aminadab: in
Isachar, Nathaneel the son of Zuar: of Zabulon, Eliab the son of
Helon. Among the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elisama the son of
Amihud: of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Pedazur: of BenJamin, Abidan
the son of Gedeoni: of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammi Sadai: of Aser,
Pagiel the son of Ochran: of Gad, Elisaph the son of Deguel: of
Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
These were counsellors of the congregation and lords in the
tribes of their fathers and captains over thousands in Israel. And
Moses and Aaron took these men above named and gathered all the
congregation together, the first day of the second month, and
reckoned them after their birth and kindreds and houses of their
fathers by name from twenty years and above head by head, as the
Lord commanded Moses, even so he numbered them in the wilderness of
Sinai.
And the children of Ruben Israels eldest son in their
generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers, when they were
numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years
and above, as many as were able to go forth in war: were numbered in
the tribe of Ruben, forty six thousand and five hundred.
Among the children of Simeon: their generation in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when every mans name was told)
of all the males from twenty years and above, whatsoever was meet
for the war: were numbered in the tribe of Simeon forty nine
thousand and three hundred.
Among the children of Gad: their generation in their kindreds
and households of their fathers, when they were told by name, from
twenty years and above, all that were meet for the war: were
numbered in the tribe of Gad forty five thousand, six hundred and
fifty.
Among the children of Juda: their generation in their kindreds
and houses of their fathers (by the number of names) from twenty
years and above, all that were able to war, were told in the tribe
of Juda seventy four thousand and six hundred.
Among the children of Isachar: their generation, in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when their names were counted)
from twenty years and above, whatsoever was apt for war, were
numbered in the tribe of Isachar fifty four thousand and four
hundred.
Among the children of Zabulon: their generation, in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (after the number of names)
from twenty years and above, whosoever was meet for the war: were
counted in the tribe of Zabulon fifty seven thousand and four
hundred.
Among the children of Joseph: first among the children of
Ephraim: their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their
fathers (when the names of all that were apt to the war were told)
from twenty years and above: were in number in the tribe of Ephraim,
forty thousand, and six hundred.
Among the children of Manasse: their generation, in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when the names of all that
were apt to war were told) from twenty and above were numbered in
the tribe of Manasse thirty two thousand and two hundred.
Among the children of BenJamin: their generation, in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (by the tale of names) from
twenty years and above of all that were meet for war, were numbered
in the tribe of BenJamin thirty five thousand and four hundred.
Among the children of Dan: their generation in their kindreds
and houses of their fathers (in the sum of names) of all that was
apt to war from twenty years and above, were numbered in the tribe
of Dan fifty seven thousand and seven hundred.
Among the children of Asser: their generation, in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when they were summed by name)
from twenty years and above, all that were apt to war were numbered
in the tribe of Asser forty one thousand and five hundred.
Among the children of Naphtali: their generation in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when their names were told)
from twenty years and above, whatsoever was meet to war: were
numbered in the tribe of Naphtali three and fifty thousand and four
hundred.
These are the numbers which Moses and Aaron numbered with the
twelve princes of Israel: of every house of their fathers a man. And
all the numbers of the children of Israel, in the houses of their
fathers, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was meet for the
war in Israel, drew unto the sum of six hundred and three thousand,
five hundred and fifty. But the Levites in the tribe of their
fathers were not numbered among them.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: only see that thou
number not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the
children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the
habitation of witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all
that longeth thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the
ordinance thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their
tents round about it. And when the tabernacle goeth forth the
Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they
shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die. And
the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man in his own
company and every man by his own standard throughout all their
hosts. But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of
witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the
children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation
of witness. And the children of Israel did according to all that the
Lord commanded Moses.
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The
2nd Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron saying: The children of Israel shall pitch: every man by
his own standard with the armies of their fathers houses, a way from
the presence of the tabernacle of witness
On the eastside toward the rising of the *son, shall they of
the standard of the host of Juda pitch with their armies: And
Nahesson the son of Aminadab shall be captain over the sons of Juda.
And his host and the number of them seventy four thousand and six
hundred. And next unto him shall the tribe of Isachar pitch and
Nathaneel the son of Zuar captain over the children of Isachar, his
host and the number of them fifty four thousand and four hundred.
And then the tribe of Zabulon: with Eliab the son of Helon,
captain over the children of Zabulon, and his host in the number of
them: fifty seven thousand and four hundred. So that all they that
pertain unto the host of Juda, are an hundred thousand eighty six
thousand and four hundred in their companies: and these shall go in
the forefront, when they journey.
And on the south side, the standard of the host of Ruben shall
lie with their companies and the captain over the sons of Ruben,
Elizur the son of Sedeur, and his host and the number of them forty
six thousand, and five hundred. And fast by him shall the tribe of
Simeon pitch, and the captain over the sons of Simeon. Salumiel the
son of Zuri Sadai, and his host and the number of them forty nine
thousand and three hundred. And the tribe of Cad also: And the
captain over the sons of Cad, Eliasaph the son of Deguel and his
host and the number of them forty five thousand six hundred and
fifty. So that all the number that pertain unto the host of Ruben,
are an hundred thousand, fifty one thousand, four hundred and fifty,
with their companies, and they shall be the second in the journey.
And the tabernacle of witness with the host of the Levites,
shall go in the midst of the hosts: as they lie in their tents, even
so shall they proceed in the journey, every man in his quarter about
their standards.
On the west side, the standard and the host of Ephraim shall
lie with their companies. And the captain over the sons of Ephraim,
Elisama the son of Amihud: and his host and the number of them forty
thousand and five hundred.
And fast by him, the tribe of Manasse, and the captain over
the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Peda Zur and his host and
the number of them thirty two thousand and two hundred. And the
tribe of BenJamin also: and the captain over the sons of BenJamin,
Abidan the son of Gedeoni, and his host and the number of them
thirty five thousand and four hundred. All the number that pertained
unto the host of Ephraim, were an hundred thousand eight thousand
and an hundred in their hosts: and they shall be the third in the
journey.
And the standard and the host of Dan shall lie on the north
side with their companies: and the captain over the children of Dan,
Ahiezer the son of Ammi Sadai: and his host and the number of them
sixty two thousand and seven hundred. And fast by him shall the
tribe of Asser pitch: and the captain over the sons of Asser, Pagiel
the son of Ochran: and his host and the number of them forty one
thousand and five hundred. And the tribe of Naphtali also, and the
captain over the children of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan: and
his host and the number of them fifty three thousand and four
hundred. So that the whole number of all that pertained unto the
host of Dan, was an hundred thousand fifty seven thousand and six
hundred. And they shall be the last in the journey with their
standards.
These are the sums of the children of Israel in the houses of
their fathers: even all the numbers of the hosts with their
companies six hundred thousand three thousand five hundred and
fifty. And yet the Levites were not numbered among the children of
Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the children of Israel did
according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, and so they pitched
with their standards, and so they journeyed: every man in his
kindred, and in the household of his father.
* sonne for son; exact spelling
elsewhere in the text "sun" is spelled "sunne".
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The
3rd Chapter
These are the
generations of Aaron and Moses, when the Lord spake unto Moses in
Mount Sinai, and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the
eldest son, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. These are the names of
the sons of Aaron which were Priests anointed and their hands filled
to minister, but Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, as they
brought strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and
had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of
Aaron their father.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: bring the tribe of Levi,
and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve him and
wait upon him, and upon all the multitude, before the tabernacle of
witness, to do the service of the habitation. And they shall wait
upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon the
children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation. And thou
shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given
unto him of the children of Israel. And thou shalt appoint Aaron and
his sons to wait on their Priests office: and the stranger that
cometh nigh, shall die for it.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: behold, I have taken the
Levites from among the children of Israel, for all the first born
that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, so that the
Levites shall be mine: because all the first born are mine: for the
same day that I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, I
hallowed unto me all the first born in Israel, both man and beast,
and mine they shall be: for I am the Lord.
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai
saying: Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers
and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above. And
Moses numbered them at the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gerson, Cahath, and
Merari. And these are the names of the children of Gerson in their
kindreds: Libni and Semei. And the sons of Cahath in their kindred
were Amram, Jezehar, Hebron and Osiel. And the sons of Merari in
their kindreds were Maheli and Musi. These are the kindreds of Levi
in the houses of their fathers.
And of Gerson came the kindred of the Libnites and the
Semeites, which are the kindreds of the Gersonites. And the sum of
them (when all the males were told) from a month old and above, were
seven thousand and five hundred. And the kindreds of the Gersonites
pitched behind the habitation westward. And the captain of the most
ancient house among the Gersonites, was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
And the office of the children of Gerson in the tabernacle of
witness was to keep the habitation and the tent with the covering
thereof and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the door of the
court: which court went round about the dwelling, and the altar, and
the cords that pertained unto all the service thereof. And of Cahath
came the kindred of the Amramites and the kindred of the Jezeharites
and of the Hebronites and of the Osielites: And these are the
kindreds of the Cahathites. And the number of all the males from a
month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which
waited on the holy place. And the kindred of the children of Cahath,
pitched on the south side of the dwelling. And the captain in the
most ancient house of the kindreds of the Cahathites, was Elizaphan
the son of Osiel, and their office was to keep the ark, the table,
the candlestick, and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister
with and the veil with all that served thereto. And Eleazar the son
of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the
Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy
things.
And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahelites and of the
Musites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites. And the number
of them (when all the males from a month old and above was told)
drew unto six thousand and two hundred. And the captain of the most
ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the
son of Abihail which pitched on the north side of the dwelling. And
the office of the sons of Merari was: the boards of the dwelling and
the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments
thereof and all that served thereto: and the pillars of the court
round about and their sockets, with their pins and cords. But on the
forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness
eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the
sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger
that cometh nigh, shall die for it. And the whole sum of the Levites
which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the Lord
throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and
above, was twenty-two thousand.
And the Lord said unto Moses: Number all the first born that
are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above,
and take the number of their names. And thou shalt appoint the
Levites to me the Lord, for all the first born among the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the first born of the
children of Israel. And Moses numbered as the Lord commanded him,
all the first born of the children of Israel. And all the first born
males, in the sum of names, from a month old and above, were
numbered twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: take the Levites for all
the first born of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the
Levites for their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine which am the
Lord. And for the redeeming of the two hundred and seventy three
which are more than the Levites in the first born of the children of
Israel, take five sickles of every piece, after the sickles of the
holy place, twenty geras the sickles. And give the money wherewith
the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons. And
Moses took the redemption money of the overplus that were more than
the Levites, among the first born of the children of Israel: and it
came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sickles, of the holy
sickle. And he gave that redemption money unto Aaron and his sons at
the word of the Lord, even as the Lord commanded Moses.
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The
4th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron, and bade them take the sum of the children of Cahath from
among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds and houses of their
fathers from thirty years and above until fifty, all that were able
to war, for to do the work in the tabernacle of witness. This shall
be the office of the Kahath in the tabernacle of witness which is
most holy. And when the host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come
and take down the veil, and cover the ark of witness therewith, and
shall put theron a covering of taxus skins, and shall spread a cloth
that is altogether of jacinth above all, and put the staves thereof
in. And upon the shew table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth,
and put theron the dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour
with, and the daily bread shall be theron: and they shall spread
upon them a covering of purple, and cover the same with a covering
of taxus skins, and put the staves thereof in.
And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the
candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans,
and all her oil vessels which they occupy about it, and shall put
upon her and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus skins, and
put it upon staves. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a
cloth of Jacinth, and put on her staves. And they shall take all the
things which they occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put
a cloth of Jacinth upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus
skins and put them on staves. And they shall take away the ashes out
of the altar, and spread a scarlet cloth theron: and put about it,
the firepans, the fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins and all that
belongeth unto the altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering
of taxus skins, and put on the staves of it. And when Aaron and his
sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all things of
the sanctuary, against that the host remove, then the sons of Cahath
shall come in for to bear, and so let them not touch the sanctuary
lest they die. And this is the charge of the sons of Cahath in the
tabernacle of witness. And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
shall have the charge to prepare oil for the lights and sweet cense,
and the daily meatoffering and the anointing oil, and the oversight
of all the dwelling and of all that therein is, both over the
sanctuary and over all that pertaineth thereto.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: destroy not
the tribe of the kindreds of the Cahathites, from among the Levites.
But thus do unto them that they may live and not die, when they go
unto the most holy place. Aaron and his sons shall go in and put
them, every man unto his service and unto his burden. But let them
not go in to see when they cover the sanctuary, lest they die.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: Take the sum of the
children of Gerson, in the houses of their fathers and in their
kindreds: from thirty years and above, until fifty, all that are
able to go forth in war, for to do service in the tabernacle of
witness. And this is the service of the kindred of the Gersonites,
to serve and to bear. They shall bear the curtains of the dwelling
and the roof of the tabernacle of witness and his covering and the
covering of taxus skins that is on high above upon it, and the
hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness: and the hanging of
the court and the hanging of the gate of the court that is round
about the dwelling and the altar, and the cords of them, and all the
instruments that serve unto them and all that is made for them. And
at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the service of the
children of the Gersonites be done, in all their charges and in all
their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their charges that
they shall wait upon. And this is the service of the kindred of the
children of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of witness, and their
wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and
in the houses of their fathers, from thirty years and above unto
fifty. All that is able to go forth in war, to do the service of the
tabernacle of witness. And this is the charge that they must wait
upon in all that they must serve in the tabernacle of witness: The
boards of the dwelling, and the bars, pillars, and sockets thereof,
and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, pins
and cords with all that pertaineth and serveth unto them. And by
name ye shall reckon the things that they must wait upon to bear.
This is the service of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all
their service in the tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar
the son of Aaron the priest.
And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbered
the sons of the Cahathites in their kindreds and houses of their
fathers, from thirty years and above unto fifty, and that were able
to go forth in the host and to do service in the tabernacle of
witness. And the number of them in their kindreds were two thousand,
seven hundred and fifty. These are the numbers of the kindreds of
the Cahathites, of all that did service in the tabernacle of
witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the
Lord of by the hand of Moses. And the sons of Gerson were numbered
in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, from thirty
years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth in the host for
to do service in the tabernacle of witness. And the number of them
in their kindreds, and in the houses of their fathers, was two
thousand, six hundred and thirty. This is the number of the kindreds
of the sons of Gerson, of all that did service in the tabernacle of
witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the
Lord.
And the kindreds of the sons of Merari were numbered in their
kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, from thirty years up
unto fifty. All that were able to go forth with the host, to do
service in the tabernacle of witness. And the number of them was in
their kindreds, three thousand and two hundred. This is the number
of the kindreds of the sons of Merari, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the bidding of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
The whole sum which Moses, Aaron and the lords of Israel
numbered among the Levites in their kindreds and households of their
fathers, from thirty years up unto fifty every man to do his office
and service and to bear his burden in the tabernacle of witness: was
eight thousand, five hundred and eighty which they numbered at the
commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses every man unto his
service and burden: as the Lord commanded Moses.
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The
5th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
saying: command the children of Israel that they put out of the
host, all the lepers and all that have issues and all that are
defiled upon the dead, whether they be males or females ye shall put
them out of the host, that they defile not the tents among which ye
dwell. And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the
host even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of
Israel.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the children
of Israel: whether it be man or woman, when they have sinned any
manner of sin which a man doeth wherewith a man trespasseth against
the Lord, so that the soul hath done amiss: then they shall
knowledge their sins which they have done, and restore again the
hurt that they have done in the whole, and put the fifth part of it
more thereto, and give it unto him whom he hath trespassed against.
But and if he that maketh the amends have no man to do it to, then
the amends that is made shall be the Lords and the Priests, beside
the ram of the atonement offering wherewith he maketh an atonement
for himself. And all heave offerings of all the hallowed things
which the children of Israel bring unto the priest, shall be the
priests, and every mans hallowed things shall be his own, but
whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be the priests.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them. If any mans wife go aside and trespass
against him, so that another man lie with her fleshly and the thing
be hid from the eyes of her husband and is not come to light that
she is defiled (for there is no witness against her) in as much as
she was not taken with the manner, and the spirit of jealousy cometh
upon him and he is jealous over his wife and she defiled, or happily
the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he is jealous over his
wife and she yet undefiled. Then let her husband bring her unto the
priest and bring an offering for her: the tenth part of an Epha of
barley meal, but shall pour none oil thereunto, nor put frankincense
theron: for it is an offering of jealousy, and an offering that
maketh remembrance of sin.
And let the priest bring her and set her before the Lord, and
let him take holy water in an earthen vessel and of the dust that is
in the floor of the habitation, and put it into the water. And the
priest shall set the wife before the Lord and uncover her head, and
put the memorial of the offering in her hands which is the jealousy
offering, and the priest shall have bitter and cursing water in his
hand, and he shall conjure her and shall say unto her: If no man
have lien with thee neither hast gone aside, and defiled thyself
behind thy husband, then have thou no harm of this bitter cursing
water.
But and if thou hast gone aside behind thine husband and art
defiled and some other man hath lien with thee beside thine husband
(and let the priest conjure her with the conjuration of the curse
and say unto her) the Lord make thee a curse and a conjuration among
thy people: so that the Lord make thy thigh rot, and thy belly swell
and this bitter cursing water go into the bowels of thee, that thy
belly swell and thy thigh rot, and the wife shall say :Amen Amen.
And the priest shall write this curse in a bill and wash it
out in the bitter water. And when the cursing water is in her that
it is bitter, then let the priest take the jealousy offering out of
the wifes hand, and wave it before the Lord, and bring it unto the
altar: and he shall take an handful of the memorial offering and
burn it upon the altar, and then make her drink the water and when
he hath made her drink the water. If she be defiled and have
trespassed against her husband, then shall the cursing water go into
her and be so bitter, that her belly shall swell and her thigh shall
rot, and she shall be a curse among her people. And if she be not
defiled but is clean, then she shall have no harm, but that she may
conceive.
This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goeth aside behind
her husband and is defiled, or when the spirit of jealousy cometh
upon a man, so that he is jealous over his wife: then he shall bring
her before the Lord, and the priest shall minister all this law unto
her, and the man shall be guiltless, and the wife shall bear her
sin.
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