God commands Moses

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to number the people. 24 In the year of the jubilee the field] 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted shall return unto him of whom it was bought, of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely even to him to whom the possession of the be put to death. land did belong.

25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.

31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

32 And concerning the tithe of the 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever he shall redeem it according to thine esti- passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be mation, and shall add a fifth part of it there- holy unto the LORD.

to: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall 33 He shall not search whether it be be sold according to thy estimation.

28 ¶ Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.

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good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

¶ The Fourth Book of MOSES, called NUMBERS.

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gregation, princes of the tribes of their faND the LORD spake unto Moses in the thers, heads of thousands in Israel. wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 17 ¶ And Moses and Aaron took these of the congregation, on the first day of the men which are expressed by their names : second month, in the second year after they 18 And they assembled all the congrewere come out of the land of Egypt, say-gation together on the first day of the seing, cond month, and they declared their pedi

2 Take ye the sum of all the congrega- grees after their families, by the house of tion of the children of Israel, after their their fathers, according to the number of families, by the house of their fathers, with the names, from twenty years old and upthe number of their names, every male by ward, by their polls. their poll:

3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand 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; Nethaneel 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.

19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 ¶ And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

22 ¶ Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war:

23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

24 ¶ Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. house of their fathers, according to the 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. number of the names, from twenty years 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. old and upward, all that were able to go 16 These were the renowned of the con- forth to war;

The number of every tribe.

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The Levites are exempted. 25 Those that were numbered of them, 40 ¶ Of the children of Asher, by their even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five generations, after their families, by the thousand six hundred and fifty. house of their fathers, according to the

26 ¶ Of the children of Judah, by their number of the names, from twenty years generations, after their families, by the old and upward, all that were able to go house of their fathers, according to the forth to war; number of the names, from twenty years 41 Those that were numbered of them, old and upward, all that were able to go even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and forth to war; one thousand and five hundred.

27 Those that were numbered of them, 42 ¶ Of the children of Naphtali, througheven of the tribe of Judah, were threescore out their generations, after their families, by and fourteen thousand and six hundred. the house of their fathers, according to the 28 ¶ Of the children of Issachar, by number of the names, from twenty years their generations, after their families, by the old and upward, all that were able to go house of their fathers, according to the forth to war;

number of the names, from twenty years 43 Those that were numbered of them, old and upward, all that were able to go even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty forth to war; and three thousand and four hundred.

29 Those that were numbered of them, 44 These are those that were numbereven of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and ed, which Moses and Aaron numbered, four thousand and four hundred. and the princes of Israel, being twelve 30 Of the children of Zebulun, by men: each one was for the house of his their generations, after their families, by the fathers.

house of their fathers, according to the 45 So were all those that were numbernumber of the names, from twenty years ed of the children of Israel, by the house of old and upward, all that were able to go their fathers, from twenty years old and forth to war; upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their ge

46 Even all they that were numbered, were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

47 ¶ But the Levites, after the tribe of nerations, after their families, by the house their fathers, were not numbered among of their fathers, according to the number them. of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe 33 Those that were numbered of them, of Levi, neither take the sum of them even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty among the children of Israel: thousand and five hundred.

50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites 34 ¶ Of the children of Manasseh, by over the tabernacle of testimony, and over their generations, after their families, by the all the vessels thereof, and over all things house of their fathers, ccording to the that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernumber of the names, from twenty years nacle, and all the vessels thereof, and they old and upward, all that were able to go shall minister unto it, and shall encamp forth to war;

35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

round about the tabernacle.

51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony; that there be no wrath upon the congregation of 38 Of the children of Dan, by their ge- the children of Israel: and the Levites shall nerations, after their families, by the house keep the charge of the tabernacle of testiof their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to

war;

39 Those that were numbered of them,

mony.

54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore AN

and two thousand and seven hundred.

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ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

The order of the tribes

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in their tents. 2 Every man of the children of Israel of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of shall pitch by his own standard, with the Ammihud.

ensign of their father's house: far off about 19 And his host, and those that were the tabernacle of the congregation shall numbered of them, were forty thousand they pitch. and five hundred.

3¶ And on the east side, toward the ris- 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Maing of the sun shall they of the standard nasseh: and the captain of the children of of the camp of Judah pitch throughout Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Petheir armies: and Nahshon the son of Am-dahzur.

minadab shall be captain of the children of 21 And his host, and those that were Judah. numbered of them were thirty and two 4 And his host, and those that were num- thousand and two hundred. bered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

5 And those that do pitch next unto him, shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab their armies: and they shall go forward in the son of Helon shall be captain of the the third rank. children of Zebulun.

8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

25 ¶ The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of 26 And his host, and those that were Judah were an hundred thousand and four-numbered of them, were threescore and two score thousand and six thousand and four thousand and seven hundred. hundred throughout their armies: these 27 And those that encamp by him shall shall first set forth. be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

31 All they that were numbered in the 13 And his host, and those that were camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and numbered of them, were fifty and nine fifty and seven thousand and six hundred : thousand and three hundred. they shall go hindmost with their stand

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the cap-ards. tain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph 32 These are those which were numthe son of Reuel. bered of the children of Israel by the house 15 And his host, and those that were of their fathers. All those that were numnumbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

bered of the camps throughout their hosts, were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD

16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies: and commanded Moses. they shall set forth in the second rank.

34 And the children of Israel did accord17¶ Then the tabernacle of the congre- ing to all that the LORD commanded Mogation shall set forward with the camp of ses so they pitched by their standards, the Levites, in the midst of the camp: as and so they set forward, every one after they encamp, so shall they set forward, their families, according to the house of every man in his place by their stand- their fathers. ards.

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18On the west side shall be the stand-HE HESE also are the generations of ard of the camp of Ephraim, according to Aaron and Moses, in the day that the their armies: and the captain of the sons LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

The sons of Aaron.

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The Levites are numbered. 2 And these are the names of the sons of 21 ¶ Of Gershon was the family of Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, the Libnites, and the family of the ShimEleazar, and Ithamar. ites: these are the families of the Gershon

3 These are the names of the sons of ites. Aaron, the priests which were anointed, 22 Those that were numbered of them, whom he consecrated to minister in the according to the number of all the males, priest's office. from a month old and upward, even those 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the that were numbered of them, were seven LORD, when they offered strange fire before thousand and five hundred. the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 And the charge of the sons of Ger6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and pre-shon in the tabernacle of the congregation sent them before Aaron the priest, that shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the they may minister unto him. covering thereof, and the hanging for the 7 And they shall keep his charge, and door of the tabernacle of the congregathe charge of the whole congregation be- tion, fore the tabernacle of the congregation, to 26 And the hangings of the court, and do the service of the tabernacle. the curtain for the door of the court, which 8 And they shall keep all the instru- is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round ments of the tabernacle of the congrega- about, and the cords of it, for all the service tion, and the charge of the children of Is- thereof. rael, to do the service of the tabernacle.

27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto the Amramites, and the family of the IzeAaron and to his sons: they are wholly harites, and the family of the Hebronites, given unto him out of the children of Israel. and the family of the Uzzielites: these are 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and the families of the Kohathites.

his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's 28 In the number of all the males from a office and the stranger that cometh nigh month old and upward, were eight thousand shall be put to death. and six hundred, keeping the charge of the

11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, sanctuary. saying,

29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle

12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, in- southward. stead of all the first-born that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

13 Because all the first-born are mine: 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and for on the day that I smote all the first- the table, and the candlestick, and the alborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto tars, and the vessels of the sanctuary whereme all the first-born in Israel, both man and with they minister, and the hanging, and beast: mine they shall be: I am the LORD. all the service thereof.

14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the the wilderness of Sinai, saying, priest shall be chief over the chief of the 15 Number the children of Levi after Levites, and have the oversight of them the house of their fathers, by their families: that keep the charge of the sanctuary. every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

33 ¶ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was com- 34 And those that were numbered of manded. them, according to the number of all the 17 And these were the sons of Levi, by males from a month old and upward, were their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and six thousand and two hundred. Merari.

35 And the chief of the house of the fa

18 And these are the names of the sons ther of the families of Merari was Zuriel of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the 20 And the sons of Merari by their fa- pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and milies; Mahli, and Mushi: these are the all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth families of the Levites, according to the thereto, house of their fathers.

37 And the pillars of the court round

Services of the Levites.

2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers;

3 From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the

38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward shall be Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for congregation. the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

4 ¶ This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things.

39 All that were numbered of the Levites, 5 And when the camp setteth forward, which Moses and Aaron_numbered at the Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they commandment of the LORD, throughout shall take down the covering vail, and cover their families, all the males from a month the ark of testimony with it: old and upward, were twenty and two thou- 6 And shall put thereon the covering of sand. badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their

7 And upon the table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for and covers to cover withal and the contime (I am the LORD) instead of all the first- nual bread shall be thereon:

names.

born among the children of Israel; and the 8 And they shall spread upon them a cattle of the Levites, instead of all the first-cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a lings among the cattle of the children of covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in Israel. the staves thereof. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and commanded him, all the first-born among cover the candlestick of the light, and his the children of Israel. lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

43 And all the first-born males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of 10 And they shall put it, and all the vesthem, were twenty and two thousand two sels thereof, within a covering of badgers' hundred and threescore and thirteen. skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a 45 Take the Levites instead of all the covering of badgers' skins, and shall put first-born among the children of Israel, and to the staves thereof: the cattle of the Levites instead of their 12 And they shall take all the instrucattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am ments of ministry, wherewith they minister the LORD. in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of 46 And for those that are to be redeemed blue, and cover them with a covering of of the two hundred and threescore and thir- badgers' skins, and shall put them on a teen, of the first-born of the children of Is-bar. rael, which are more than the Levites:

13 And they shall take away the ashes 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels from the altar, and spread a purple cloth apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the thereon: sanctuary shalt thou take them: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister 48 And thou shalt give the money, about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks, wherewith the odd number of them is to be and the shovels, and the basins, all the vesredeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. sels of the altar; and they shall spread 49 And Moses took the redemption-mo- upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and ney of them that were over and above them put to the staves of it. that were redeemed by the Levites:

15 And when Aaron and his sons have 50 of the first-born of the children of Is- made an end of covering the sanctuary, and rael took he the money; a thousand three all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp hundred and threescore and five shekels, is to set forward; after that, the sons of Koafter the shekel of the sanctuary: hath shall come to bear it: but they shall

51 And Moses gave the money of them not touch any holy thing, lest they die. that were redeemed unto Aaron, and to his These things are the burden of the sons sons, according to the word of the LORD, as of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congrethe LORD commanded Moses.

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gation.

16 T And to the office of Eleazar the son ND the LORD spake unto Moses and of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the

AND the LORD spake