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and his company:

their punishment.

Chap. xvi. that the God of Ifrael hath separated 25 And Mofes rofe up and went unto you from the congregation of Ifrael, to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of bring you near to himself to do the fer- Ifrael followed him. vice of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minifter unto them?

10 And he hath brought thee near to bim, and all thy brethren the fons of Levi with thee: and feek ye the priesthood alfo?

II For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

12 And Mofes fent to call Dathan and Abiram, the fons of Eliab : which faid, We will not come up:

13 Is it a fmall thing that thou haft brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyfelf altogether a prince over us?

14 Moreover thou haft not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 And Mofes was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Refpect not thou their offering: I have not taken one afs from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

16 And Mofes faid unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

17 And take every man his cenfer, and put incenfe in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his cenfer, two hundred and fifty cenfers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his cenfer.

18 And they took every man his cenfer, and put fire in them, and laid incenfe thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Mofes and Aaron.

19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

20 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying,

21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may confume them in a moment.

22 And they fell upon their faces, and faid, O God, the God of the fpirits of all Beth, fhall one man fin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

23 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

24 Speak unto the congregation, faying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korab, Dathan, and Abiram.

26 And he spake unto the congregation, faying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of thefe wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be con. fumed in all their fins.

27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every fide: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their fons, and their little children.

28 And Mofes faid, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath fent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be vifited after the vifitation of all men; then the LORD hath not fent me.

30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye fhall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

31 T And it came to país, as he had made an end of fpeaking all these words, that the ground clave afunder that was under them:

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and fwallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korab, and all their goods.

33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth clofed upon them: and they perifhed from among the congregation.

34 And all Ifrael that avere round about them fled at the cry of them: for they faid, Left the earth swallow us up also.

35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and confumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incenfe.

36 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

37 Speak unto Eleazar the fon of Aaron the priest, that he take up the cenfers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

38 The cenfers of thefe finners against their own fouls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed and they fhall be a fign unto the children of Ifrael.

39 And Eleazar the priest took the brafen cenfers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

40. To be a memorial unto the children

of

Aaron's rod buddeth.

NUMBERS. The priests' and Levites' charge.

And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I fhall choofe, fhall bloffom: and I will make to ceafe from me the murmurings of the children of Ifrael, whereby they murmur against you. 6 And Mofes fpake unto the children

of Ifrael, that no stranger, which is not of the feed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company as the LORD faid to him by the hand of Mofes. 41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Ifrael mur-of Ifrael, and every one of their princes mured against Mofes and against Aaron, faying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

42 And it came to pafs, when the congregation was gathered against Mofes and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.

43 And Mofes and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may confume them as In a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

46 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, Take a cenfer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incenfe, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

47 And Aaron took as Mofes com. manded, and ran into the midft of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incenfe, and made an atonement for the people.

48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and feven hun

dred, befide them that died about the

matter of Korah.

50 And Aaron returned unto Mofes unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. CHAP. XVII.

■ Aaron's rod budding, 10 is laid up for

a monument.

gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houfes, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

7 And Mofes laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witnefs.

8 And it came to pafs, that on the morrow Mofes went into the tabernacle of witnefs; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the houfe of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed. bloffoms, and yielded almonds.

9 And Mofes brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Ifrael: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

10 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Bring Aaron's rod again before the teftimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou fhalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

II And Mofes did fo: as the LORD commanded him, fo did he.

12 And the children of Ifrael fpake unto Mofes, faying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

13 Whofoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD fhall die: fhall we be confumed with dying? CHAP. XVIII.

1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The priests, 21 and the Levites' portion. AND the LORD faid unto Aaron, Thou and thy fons and thy father's houfe with thee fhall bear the iniquity of the fanctuary: and thou and thy fons with thes fhall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 And thy brethren alfo of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minifter unto thee: but thou

AND the LORD fpake unto Mofes, and thy fans with the hall minister be

tabernacle of

faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, 3 And they fhall keep thy charge, and and take of every one of them a rod ac- the charge of all the tabernacle: only cording to the house of their fathers, of they fhall not come nigh the veffels of all their princes according to the houfe the fanctuary and the altar, that neither of their fathers twelve rods: write thou they, nor ye alfo, die. every man's name upon his rod.

3. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi : for one rod fhall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou fhalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

4 And they fhall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the fervice of the tabernacle: and a stranger fhall not come nigh unto you.

5 And ye fhall keep the charge of the fanctuary, and the charge of the altar:

that

The priests' and

Chap. xviii.

the Levites portion..

that there be no wrath any more upon holy thou shalt fprinkle their blood the children of Ifrael.

6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Ifrael: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the fervice of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7 Therefore thou and thy fons with thee fhall keep your prieft's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye fhall ferve: I have given your prieft's office unto you as a fervice of gift and the ftranger that cometh nigh fhall be put to death.

upon the altar, and fhalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet favour unto the LORD.

18 And the flesh of them fhall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Ifrael offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy fons and thy daughters with thee, by a ftatute for ever: it is a covenant of falt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy feed with thee.

8 And the LORD fpake unto Aaron, 20 And the LORD fpake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge Thou fhalt have no inheritance in their of mine heave offerings of all the hal-land, neither fhalt thou have any part lowed things of the children of Ifrael; among them: I am thy part and thine unto thee have I given them by reason of inheritance among the children of If the anointing, and to thy fons, by an or- rael. dinance for ever.

9 ¶ This shall be thine of the moft holy things, referved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every fin offering of their's, and every trefpafs offering of their's, which they fhall render unto me, shall be moft holy for thee and for thy fons.

Io In the most holy place fhalt thou eat it; every male fhall eat it: it fhall be holy unto thee.

II And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Ifrael: I have given them unto thee, and to thy fons and to thy daughters with thee, by a ftatute for ever: every one that is clean in thy houfe fhall eat of it.

12 All the best of the oil, and all the beft of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they fhall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

13 And whatsoever is firft ripe in the land, which they fhall bring unto the LORD, fhall be thine; every one that is clean in thine houfe fhall eat of it.

14 Every thing devoted in Ifrael fhall be thine.

15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beafts, fhall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man fhalt thou furely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beafts fhalt thou redeem.

16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old fhalt thou redeem, according to thine eftimation, for the money of five fhekels, after the fhekel of the fanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firftling of a fheep, or the firftling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are

21 ¶ And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Ifrael for an inheritance, for their fervice which they ferve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 Neither must the children of Ifrael henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear fin, and die.

23 But the Levites fhall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fhall bear their iniquity: it shall be a ftatute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Ifrael they have no inheritance.

24 But the tithes of the children of Ifrael, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have faid unto them, Among the children of Ifrael they fhall have no inheritance.

25 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

26 Thus fpeak unto the Levites, and fay unto them, When ye take of the children of Ifrael the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye fhall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

27 And this your heave offering fhall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

28 Thus ye alfo fhall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Ifrael; and ye fhall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.

29 Out of all your gifts ye fhall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the beft thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 There

The water of feparation.

NUMBERS.

The law of purification. 30 Therefore thou fhalt fay unto them, 12 He fhall purify himself with it on When ye have heaved the beft thereof the third day, and on the seventh day he from it, then it fhall be counted unto fhall be clean: but if he purify not himthe Levites as the increafe of the thresh-felf the third day, then the feventh day ingfloor, and as the increase of the wine-[he fhall not be clean.

13 Whofoever toucheth the dead body

prefs. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, of any man that is dead, and purifieth ye and your houfholds: for it is your not himself, defileth the tabernacle of reward for your service in the tabernacle the LORD; and that foul fhall be cut off of the congregation. from Ifrael: because the water of feparation was not sprinkled upon him, he fhall be unclean; his uncleannefs is yet upon him.

32 And ye shall bear no fin by reafon of it, when ye have heaved from it the beft of it: neither fhall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Ifrael, left ye die.

CHAP. XIX.

The water of feparation. 11 The ufe of it for purification of the unclean. AND the LORD fpake unto Mofes

and unto Aaron, faying,

2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, faying, Speak unto the children of Ifrael, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

3 And ye fhall give her unto Eleazar

the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one thall flay her before his face:

4 And Eleazar the prieft fhall take of her blood with his finger, and fprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation feven times:

5 And one fhall burn the heifer in his fight; her fkin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, fhall he burn:

6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyffop, and fcarlet, and caft it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

7 Then the priest fhall wash his clothes, and he fhall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he fhall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the

even.

8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the

even.

9 And a man that is clean fhall gather up the afhes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it fhall be kept for the congregation of the children of Ifrael for a water of feparation it is a purification for fin.

14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, fhall be unclean feven days.

15 And every open veffel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

16 And whofoever toucheth one that is flain with a fword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, fhall be unclean feven days.

17 And for an unclean perfon they fhall take of the afhes of the burnt heifer of purification for fin, and running water fhall be put thereto in a vessel :

18 And a clean perfon fhall take hyffop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the veffels, and upon the perfons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one flain, or one dead, or a grave:

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the feventh day and on the feventh day he fhall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and fhall be clean at even.

20 But the man that fhall be unclean, and fhall not purify himself, that soul fhall be cut off from among the congre gation, because he hath defiled the fanctuary of the LORD: the water of feparation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

21 And it fhall be a perpetual ftatute unto them, that he that fprinkleth the water of feparation fhall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of sepa ration fhall be unclean until even.

22 And whatfoever the unclean perfon toucheth fhall be unclean; and the fout that toucheth it fhall be unclean until

even.

10 And he that gathereth the afhes of the heifer fhall wath his clothes, and be7 unclean until the even: and it fhall be unto the children of Ifrael, and unto the

Stranger that fojourneth among them,

for a ftatute for ever.

II He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. I

CHAP. XX.

Mofes bringeth water out of a rock. $4 Paffage through Edom denied. 22 Aer ron's death.

Ten the whole congregation, into the defert of Zin in the first month and the people abode in Kadesh; and

HEN came the children of Ifrael,

Miriam

Chap. xxi.

Water Springeth out of the rock. Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation and they gathered themfelves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 And the people chode with Mofes, and fpake, faying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

Aaron's death. and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

17 Let us pafs, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have paffed thy borders. 4 And why have ye brought up the 18 And Edom faid unto him, Thou congregation of the LORD into this wil-fhalt not pafs by me, left I come out dernefs, that we and our cattle fhould against thee with the fword. die there?

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of feed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

6 And Mofes and Aaron went from the prefence of the affembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them..

7 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mofes, faying,

8 Take the rod, and gather thou the affembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it fhall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: fo thou fhalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Mofes took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

10 And Mofes and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he faid unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; muft we fetch you water out of this rock?

11 And Mofes lifted up his hand, and with his rod he fmote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beafts alfo. 12 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to fanctify me in the eyes of the children of Ifrael, therefore ye fhall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Ifrael ftrove with the LORD, and he was fanctified in them.

14 And Mofes fent meffengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus faith thy brother Ifrael, Thou knoweft all the travel that hath befaleen us:

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us; and our fathers:

16 And when we cried unto the LORD; he heard our voice, and fent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt:

19 And the children of Ifrael said unto him, We will go by the highway and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

20 And he faid, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Ifrael paffage through his border: wherefore Ifrael turned away from him.

22 And the children of Ifrael, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

23 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coaft of the land of Edom, faying,

24 Aaron fhall be gathered unto his people: for he fhall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Ifrael, becaufe ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his fon, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And ftrip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron fhall be gathered unto his people, and fhall die there.

27 And Mofes did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the fight of all the congregation.

28 And Mofes ftripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his fon; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Mofes and Eleazar came down from the mount.

29 And when all the congregation faw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Ifrael.

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