NUMBERS 4
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 Take a census of the Kohathites separate from the other Levites,
by their clans and their ancestral houses,
3 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who qualify to do
work relating to the tent of meeting.
4 The service of the Kohathites relating to the tent of meeting
concerns the most holy things.
5 When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and
take down the screening curtain, and cover the Ark of the Covenant with it;
6 then they shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread
over that a cloth all of blue, and shall put its poles in place.
7 Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a
blue cloth, and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and
the flagons for the drink offering; the regular bread also shall be on
it;
8 then they shall spread over them a crimson cloth, and cover it
with a covering of fine leather, and shall put its poles in place.
9 They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand for the
light, with its lamps, its snuffers, its trays, and all the vessels for oil
with which it is supplied;
10 and they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine
leather, and put it on the carrying frame.
11 Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it
with a covering of fine leather, and shall put its poles in place;
12 and they shall take all the utensils of the service that are used
in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering
of fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.
13 They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple
cloth over it;
14 and they shall put on it all the utensils of the altar, which are
used for the service there, the fire pans, the forks, the shovels, and the
basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering
of fine leather, and shall put its poles in place.
15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and
all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the
Kohathites shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things,
or they will die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the
Kohathites are to carry.
16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for
the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing
oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, in the
sanctuary and in its utensils.
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
18 You must not let the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be
destroyed from among the Levites.
19 This is how you must deal with them in order that they may live
and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons
shall go in and assign each to a particular task or burden.
20 But the Kohathites must not go in to look on the holy things even
for a moment; otherwise they will die.
21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
22 Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral houses
and by their clans;
23 from thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall enrol them,
all who qualify to do work in the tent of meeting.
24 This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving
and bearing burdens:
25 They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of
meeting with its covering, and the outer covering of fine leather that is on
top of it, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of
the gate of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their
cords, and all the equipment for their service; and they shall do all that
needs to be done with regard to them.
27 All the service of the Gershonites shall be at the command of
Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry, and in all that they have to
do; and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.
28 This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites relating to
the tent of meeting, and their responsibilities are to be under the oversight
of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
29 As for the Merarites, you shall enrol them by their clans and
their ancestral houses;
30 from thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall enrol them,
everyone who qualifies to do the work of the tent of meeting.
31 This is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their
service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars,
pillars, and bases,
32 and the pillars of the court all around with their bases, pegs,
and cords, with all their equipment and all their related service; and you
shall assign by name the objects that they are required to carry.
33 This is the service of the clans of the Merarites, the whole of
their service relating to the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar son of
Aaron the priest.
34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation enrolled
the Kohathites, by their clans and their ancestral houses,
35 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who
qualified for work relating to the tent of meeting;
36and their enrolment by clans was two thousand seven hundred fifty.
37 This was the enrolment of the clans of the Kohathites, all who
served at the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron enrolled according to the
commandment of the Lord by Moses.
38 The enrolment of the Gershonites, by their clans and their
ancestral houses,
39 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who
qualified for work relating to the tent of meeting—
40 their enrolment by their clans and their ancestral houses was two
thousand six hundred thirty.
41This was the enrolment of the clans of the Gershonites, all who served
at the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron enrolled according to the
commandment of the Lord.
42 The enrolment of the clans of the Merarites, by their clans and
their ancestral houses,
43 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who
qualified for work relating to the tent of meeting—
44 their enrolment by their clans was three thousand two
hundred.
45 This is the enrolment of the clans of the Merarites, whom Moses
and Aaron enrolled according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.
46 All those who were enrolled of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron
and the leaders of Israel enrolled, by their clans and their ancestral
houses,
47 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who
qualified to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens relating to
the tent of meeting,
48 their enrolment was eight thousand five hundred eighty.
49 According to the commandment of the Lord through Moses they were
appointed to their several tasks of serving or carrying; thus they were enrolled
by him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
NUMBERS 5
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who is
leprous, or has a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through contact with a
corpse;
3 you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the
camp; they must not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.
4 The Israelites did so, putting them outside the camp; as the Lord
had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Speak to the Israelites: When a man or a woman wrongs another,
breaking faith with the Lord, that person incurs guilt
7 and shall confess the sin that has been committed. The person
shall make full restitution for the wrong, adding one-fifth to it, and giving
it to the one who was wronged.
8 If the injured party has no next of kin to whom restitution may be
made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the Lord for the
priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for
the guilty party.
9 Among all the sacred donations of the Israelites, every gift that
they bring to the priest shall be his.
10 The sacred donations of all are their own; whatever anyone gives
to the priest shall be his.
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any man's wife goes
astray and is unfaithful to him,
13 if a man has had intercourse with her but it is hidden from her
husband, so that she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is
no witness against her since she was not caught in the act;
14 if a spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his
wife who has defiled herself; or if a spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he
is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself;
15 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. And he shall
bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He
shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain
offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to
remembrance.
16 Then the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the
Lord;
17 the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take
some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the
water.
18 The priest shall set the woman before the Lord, dishevel the
woman's hair, and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which
is the grain offering of jealousy. In his own hand the priest shall have the
water of bitterness that brings the curse.
19 Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, "If no
man has lain with you, if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while under
your husband's authority, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings the
curse.
20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority,
if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had
intercourse with you,"
21 —let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse and say
to the woman—"the Lord make you an execration and an oath among your
people, when the Lord makes your uterus drop, your womb discharge;
22 now may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels and
make your womb discharge, your uterus drop!" And the woman shall say,
"Amen. Amen."
23 Then the priest shall put these curses in writing, and wash them
off into the water of bitterness.
24 He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings
the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her and cause bitter
pain.
25 The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy out of the
woman's hand, and shall elevate the grain offering before the Lord and bring it
to the altar;
26 and the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering, as its
memorial portion, and turn it into smoke on the altar, and afterward shall make
the woman drink the water.
27 When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled
herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings the curse
shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall discharge, her
uterus drop, and the woman shall become an execration among her people.
28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she
shall be immune and be able to conceive children.
29 This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her
husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself,
30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he is jealous of
his wife; then he shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall
apply this entire law to her.
31 The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her
iniquity.
NUMBERS 6
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When either men or women
make a special vow, the vow of a nazirite, to separate themselves to the
Lord,
3 they shall separate themselves from wine and strong drink; they
shall drink no wine vinegar or other vinegar, and shall not drink any grape
juice or eat grapes, fresh or dried.
4 All their days as nazirites they shall eat nothing that is
produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
5 All the days of their nazirite vow no razor shall come upon the
head; until the time is completed for which they separate themselves to the
Lord, they shall be holy; they shall let the locks of the head grow long.
6 All the days that they separate themselves to the Lord they shall
not go near a corpse.
7 Even if their father or mother, brother or sister, should die,
they may not defile themselves; because their consecration to God is upon the
head.
8 All their days as nazirites they are holy to the Lord.
9 If someone dies very suddenly nearby, defiling the consecrated
head, then they shall shave the head on the day of their cleansing; on the
seventh day they shall shave it.
10 On the eighth day they shall bring two turtledoves or two young
pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting,
11 and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as
a burnt offering, and make atonement for them, because they incurred guilt by
reason of the corpse. They shall sanctify the head that same day,
12 and separate themselves to the Lord for their days as nazirites,
and bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering. The former time shall be
void, because the consecrated head was defiled.
13 This is the law for the nazirites when the time of their
consecration has been completed: they shall be brought to the entrance of the
tent of meeting,
14 and they shall offer their gift to the Lord, one male lamb a year
old without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb a year old without
blemish as a sin offering, one ram without blemish as an offering of
well-being,
15 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of choice flour mixed with
oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, with their grain offering and their
drink offerings.
16 The priest shall present them before the Lord and offer their sin
offering and burnt offering,
17 and shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord,
with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest also shall make the
accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
18 Then the nazirites shall shave the consecrated head at the
entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair from the consecrated
head and put it on the fire under the sacrifice of well-being.
19 The priest shall take the shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and
one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put
them in the palms of the nazirites, after they have shaved the consecrated
head.
20 Then the priest shall elevate them as an elevation offering before
the Lord; they are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that
is elevated and the thigh that is offered. After that the nazirites may drink
wine.
21 This is the law for the nazirites who take a vow. Their offering
to the Lord must be in accordance with the nazirite vow, apart from what else
they can afford. In accordance with whatever vow they take, so they shall do,
following the law for their consecration.
22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, thus you shall bless the
Israelites: You shall say to them,
24 The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to
you;
26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you
peace.
27 So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless
them.
NUMBERS 7
1 On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and
had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and had anointed and
consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
2 the leaders of Israel, heads of their ancestral houses, the
leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were enrolled, made
offerings.
3 They brought their offerings before the Lord, six covered wagons
and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox;
they presented them before the tabernacle.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses:
5 Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service
of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each according to his
service.
6 So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the
Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, according to
their service;
8 and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites, according
to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
9 But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with
the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.
10 The leaders also presented offerings for the dedication of the altar
at the time when it was anointed; the leaders presented their offering before
the altar.
11 The Lord said to Moses: They shall present their offerings, one
leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.
12 The one who presented his offering the first day was Nahshon son
of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
13 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
14 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
15 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
16 one male goat for a sin offering;
17and for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five male
goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of
Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar,
presented an offering;
19 he presented for his offering one silver plate weighing one
hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to
the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil
for a grain offering;
20 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
21 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, as a burnt
offering;
22 one male goat as a sin offering;
23 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel
son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the
Zebulunites:
25 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
26 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
27 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
28 one male goat for a sin offering;
29 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son
of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the
Reubenites:
31 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
32 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
33 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
34 one male goat for a sin offering;
35 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son
of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the
Simeonites:
37 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
38 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
39 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
40 one male goat for a sin offering;
41 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel
son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the
Gadites:
43 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
44 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
45 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
46 one male goat for a sin offering;
47 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph
son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the
Ephraimites:
49 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
50 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
51 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
52 one male goat for a sin offering;
53 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama
son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the
Manassites:
55 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
56 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
57 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
58 one male goat for a sin offering;
59 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel
son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the
Benjaminites:
61 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
62 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
63 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
64 one male goat for a sin offering;
65 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son
of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the
Danites:
67 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
68 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
69 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
70 one male goat for a sin offering;
71 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer
son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ochran, the leader of the
Asherites:
73 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
74 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
75 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
76 one male goat for a sin offering;
77 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son
of Ochran.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the
Naphtalites:
79 his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty
shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain
offering;
80 one golden dish weighing ten shekels, full of incense;
81 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering;
82 one male goat for a sin offering;
83 And for the sacrifice of well-being, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son
of Enan.
84 This was the dedication offering for the altar, at the time when
it was anointed, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve
silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
85 each silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels and each
basin seventy, all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels
according to the shekel of the sanctuary,
86 the twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing ten shekels
apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes
being one hundred twenty shekels;
87 all the livestock for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve
rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offering; and twelve male
goats for a sin offering;
88 and all the livestock for the sacrifice of well-being twenty-four
bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty.
This was the dedication offering for the altar, after it was anointed.
89 When Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord,
he would hear the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on
the ark of the covenant from between the two cherubim; thus it spoke to him.
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