The number of the Merarites, &c. CHAPTER IV. The age and time of the Levites' service. Betore ramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the fa- born of the children of Israel, which are more than mily of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzie-the Levites; lites: these are the families of the Kohathites. CHRIST 1190. ch. 415 & 10, 21. ch. 2, 10. 1's. 39, 12 Before CHRIST 1490. z Gen. 20, a Levit. 27, 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by 28 In the number of all the males, from a month the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou 16. old and upward, were eight thousand and six hun-take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs :) dred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle "southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, { and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall 11 Chron. be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the * oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 12, 27. k Teb. 5, 1, 28. a 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the 25. odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption-money of s them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: c 50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were e ch. 16, 15 redeemed unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to 1 Cor. 4, 1 the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded 1 Pet. 5, 2. Moses. CHAPTER IV. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and1 The age and time of the Levites' service....17 The office Heb. 15,7, the family of the Mushites: these are the families of } Pet. 2, 25. Merari. 17. Rev. 1, 5. of the priests. 34 And those that were numbered of them, accord- AND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, ing to the number of all the males, from a month old 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these Cors shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded} him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. 43 And all the first-born males, by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that Were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born Rom. 12, among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Pet 5, Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. saying, Acts 20, 33. 1 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among a cl. 5, 38 the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers; 46. 3 From thirty years old and upward, even until b Gen. 31, fifty years old, all that enter into the || host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. Chr. 25. 24. 26. & 23, 13 2 Sam. 5. 4. 1 Chr. 23, 2 Chr. 3', 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath, in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most 17. holy things. e Luke 3,2%. 1 Tim 36 e ch. 8, I Or, war 5 And when the camp 'setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering-vail, and cover the ark of "testimony with it; 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' 2 Cor. 10. skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. m k 1 Tim. 1, 18. d 1 Tim. 3, 1. g Exod. 28 7 And upon the table of shew-bread they shall e ch. 10, 21 spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, feh. 10, 11 and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon. 1. 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scar- h Exod. 25, let, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. n .9 16. i Ex. 25, 3. 14. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover Exod. 25. the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 30 10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, & within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it "Ps. 119, upon a bar. 105. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a Exod. 27 cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' 1,6. skins, and shall put to the staves thereof. 24 12 And they shall take all the instruments of min- Exod. 27 §istry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: r chap. S 27 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels there- & Exod.17 of, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar: and they shall spread upon its 7,4 covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. Rom.1 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end Rev. 42. two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the NUMBERS. sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, CHRIST the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall 'not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These Sch.2, things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the 2 Sam. 6, u tabernacle of the congregation. 15, 7 1490. 1 Ex 19, 12. 16 And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron Heb. 12 18. the priest, pertaineth the oil for the light, and the 1 Chr. 13, Sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the F. & 15,12 anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, Ex. 30, 25. and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the hap. 4, 1 vessels thereof. & 29, 38, 40. Luke 4, 18. Χ 17 I And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Pet. 2, 25. Aaron, saying, 1 Tim. 2,5. 1 John 2. 27. 20. Z 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Mat. 28, Kohathites from among the Levites: Jer. 38, 23. a 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, 2 and not die, when they approach unto the most holy a Deut. 35, things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: The number of the Kohathites, Gershonites, &-c. 34 And Moses and Aaron, and the chief of the Before congregation, † numbered the sons of the Kohathites, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward, even unto mustered, fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 1 in 1,1 36 And those that were numbered of them, by their families, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy 1 Sam.6,19. things are covered, lest they die. 21 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, { throughout their families, by the houses of their fathers, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 23 From thirty years old and upward, until fifty 41 These are they that were numbered of the famiyears old, shalt thou number them; all that enter in lies of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do † to perform the service, to do the work in the taber-service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom 1 Cor. 15, nacle of the congregation. Moses and Aaron did number, according to the com 1 Heb. to war the warfare. 24 This is the service of the families of the Ger-mandment of the LORD. ch. 10, 21. shonites, to serve, and for burdens. 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their familes, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: 31 And this is the charge of their burden, accord- thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD coming to all their service in the tabernacle of the con-manded Moses. Ex. 26,18. gregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets 5 Restitution is to be made in trespasses....11 The trial of 12. thereof, h Ex. 38, 27. CHAPTER V. jealousy. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1. a. 5, 10, 11. at Cor b Lev. 13 c Lev. 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one 27. that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the ch dead: Gal. 3, 24. 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without feh 19, 23 the camp shall ye put them; that they 'defile not their 2 Cur camps, in the midst whereof Idwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them Hag. 2. P The trial of jealousy. CHAPTER VI. Before out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Mo-{ 1490. ses, so did the children of Israel. CHRIST 51 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, water: CHRIST r2 Sam. 11, The law of the Nazarites. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in 'a Before book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter 1490. 6 Speak unto the children of Israel; When a man 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitLev. 5, 2, or woman shall commit " any sin that men commit, ter water that causeth the curse: and the water that 1.39, 1. to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person becauseth the curse shall enter into her, and becomes Mal. 8, 5. guilty; 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy-offering have done and he shall recompense his trespass out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offerLev. 5,16. with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifthing before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar: Lev. 2, 25. part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. 1 Prov. 28, 13. m 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed m Lev. 6.& unto the LORD, even to the priest; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an Ps. 7.4, 5. earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: & 22, 14. glosh, 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy-offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse. 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man Lev. 18, hath lain with thee besides thine husband; #Josh. 6,26 24 7. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall John 3, 6, rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shal! † conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to † another instead of her husband, and is defiled; 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon + Heb. him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the under huswoman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute verse 19. upon her all this law; 31Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, Ezek. 4, 4, and this woman shall "bear her iniquity. CHAPTER VI. a 5, 6. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, d Hcb. 7, 20. b Lev. 27, 2 clmp. 3, 4. 5. 3 He shall separate himself from wine, and e Judg. 13, 'strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any Amos 2, 11. liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. Acts 21, 23. d1 Sam. 1, 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing 11, 27, 28. that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even Amos 2, 11. to the husk. 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, 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 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no 'dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because the consecration of his God is upon his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and Sam. 14, an oath of cursing; and the priest shall say unto the he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oathshall "shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on Prov. 10,7 among thy people, which the LORD doth make thy the seventh day shall he shave it. Gen 46, thigh to P rot, and thy belly to swell: 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two tur- amen. The form of blessing the people. The offering of the princes. CHRIST NUMBERS. Before atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD,Before § and shall hallow his head that same day. six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. CHRIST 1490. o James 3,2. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the 1 John 21 days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the p Rom. 6, 1. first year for a trespass-offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. q Gal. 3, 10. r 26. 13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the Acts 21, days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram withCor.4,4 out blemish for peace-offerings, Gal. 2, 15, 16. 13. Joel 1, 9, u 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the ser- 15,2 vice of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two waggons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: 8" And four waggons and eight oxen he gave unto b ch. 3, 34. the sons of Merari, according unto their service,' under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; be k & 4, 31. 7. 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of Lev. 7, 12. fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleaven-cause the service of the sanctuary belonging unto & ch 4,5. ed bread anointed with oil, and their meat-offering, them was, that they should bear upon their shoulders. 1ch. 4, 15. and their drink-offerings. 10 And the princes offered for dedicating" of the 2 Sam. 6,8 16 And the priest shall bring them before the altar, in the day that it was anointed, even the prinLORD, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-ces offered their offering before the altar. Eph. 2, 18. offering. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicapeace-offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of un-ting of the altar. 17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, u Ex. 29, 1. five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. x Lev. 1, 10. This was the offering of Nahshon, the son of Ammin- y Ex. 12,5 adab. 18 I On the second day Nethaneel, the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: z Lev. 4, 23. Exod. 30, 20 One spoon of gold often shekels, full of incense: a Lev. 3. 21 One young bullock, one "ram, one lamb of the 34. first year, for a burnt-offering: 22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: b Lev. 1, 10 c Gen. 8, 20 9. 23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, Rom. 12,1. tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with g 26 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: f Lev. 21, 1. Mal. 1, 14. g Exod. 25, 1 Kings 7, Jer. 52, 19 hEx. 29, 1 Ps. 51. 19. & 19. Acts 14, 12 28 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 29 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two Ex. 20, 24 oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first at the dedication of the Before CHRIST 1480. Ezek. 1,9. chap. 7 84. CHAPTER VII. 30 1 On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, tabernacle and altar. 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the Before first year, for a burnt-offering: 58 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 31 His offering was one silver charger of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: Mal. 1, 11. offering: Ps. 86, 15. John 1, 29. Acts 8, 82. n Exod. 29, 14. 32 One golden spoon often shekels, 'full of incense: 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb," of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 34 One kid of the goats for a "sin-offering: 61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with 'oil, for a meat-offering: 35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the This was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur.irst year, for a burnt-offering: 36 1 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zuri- 64 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: Isa. 53. 4. shaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: 65 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, 37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver This was the offering of Abidan, the son of Gideoni. bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer, the son of Ammituary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with shaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: oil, for a meat-offering: • Cor. 5, 21. o Mal. 1, 14. Zech. 4, 12 38 One'golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel, the son of Zuri shaddai. 42 ¶ On the sixth day Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering was one silver charger, of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; Lev. 2,5 both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a Heb meat-offering: & 14, 10. 1 John 2,27. Rev. 6, 6. 1 Or, payofferings. Beb. a of perfec tions. 7, 11. 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 46 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 47 And for a sacrifice of || peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. payment, or, This was the offering of Eliasaph, the son of Deuel. 48 1 On the seventh day Elishama, the son of AmTev.,.& mihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: Ps. 56, 13. & 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight Heb. 13, 15. Whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with Exod. 29, oil, for a meat-offering: 67 His offering was one silver clrarger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering: 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of inoense: 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 70 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: CHRIST 1490 71 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai. 72 1 On the † eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Oc- the eleventh ran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 'full of incense: 76 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 78 1 On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, 53 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, kel of the five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elishama, the son of Am-first year, for a burnt-offering: much; and mihud. 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 772 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the 10. Banctuary crvice as Neh. 7, 70 1sa. 63, Acts 26, 6. Rev. 21, 24. u verse 10. Exod. 27, & 13, 10. 82 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 83 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, E. five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. Heb. 7, 18 This was the offering of Ahira, the son of Enan. Rev. 6, 4. 84 This was the dedication of the "altar, in the 8, 5. day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: |