Leviticus — Chapter 1

(e) This num ber exceedeth the other by reafon that joo. Leuites are omitted mthe general fumme, other- wife the nume ber of Ifraeli- tes should ex- ceed the frit borne by 27. See the Auneta~ chon, kind of implements, 32: And (6) the Prince of the Princes of the hts death they{ Priefts, aso- } the Caathites, f for al the firft-borne of the childré of Ifrael,] amthe Lord: & their cat- 34 NVMERI Offices diftinguifhed the hanging thar ts drawne before the dores of the roofe of couenant, -and the eurtines of the court : the hanging alfo that is hanged in the . _enttie of the courtofthe tabernacle , and whatfoeuer pertaineth to the . rite of the altar, the cords of the tabernacle, and al the furniture therof.

And thefe be the names of the fonnes of Aaron: his frft begotten Nadab , then Abiu, and Eleazar, and itha- Priefts that were anointed , and whofe hands were filed aid confecra- ted, to doe the function of priefthood. 4. For Nadab and Abiu died, when they offered the {trange fire in the light of our Lord, in the defere of Sinai without children:and Eleazat and Ithamar did the function of priefthood in the prefence of Aaron their father. j And our Lord fpake to Moyfes, faying:o Bring the tribe of Leu1,& make them ftand in the fight of Aaron the Prieft to minifter ynto him , and let them watch, 7, and obferue whatfoeuer pertaineth to the feruice of the multicude be- fore the tabernacle of teftimonie, 8. and let them keep the veflel of the tabernacle , feruing in the minifterie therof, 9. And thou thale giue the Leuites fora guift so, to Aaron andto his fonnes, to whom they are deliered of the children of Irael. But Aaron and his fonnes thou fhalt appoint ouer the feruice of priefthood. (4 ) The ftranger, that approa- cheth to mivifter, fhal die. 1. And our Lord fpake to Moyfes , faying:

fonnes fhal be Nahaffon the fonne of Aminadab, 4, And the whole fumme of the wartrers of his ltocke , feuentie foure thouland fix hundred. ¢<. Betide him risa (4) Ciming into Aeypt . they were but + 70.Exot.in- [ creafed in 216,} ycaresvnta = jf 603550, not f counting the tribe of Lent, . Rot Wonien, nor anie ynder} 20, yeares, nor}: old menvna- } bleto goe to warre, (6) Al other tribes were in refpect of fer- uing abeut thet tabernacle called ftran- gers. S._ 4g, g.

and fhal couer it agayne with a couer of Llaathtae sktanes , and thal fpread ouer it a cloth alof hyacinth, and fhal draw in the barres. 7. The tabel alfo of propofition they thal wrap in a cloth of hyacinth, and thal put with itthe ceafers aid litle morters , the goblets and cups to powre the libaments : the breads fhal be alwayes onit: 8. and they inal fpread ouer it a cloth of icarlet , which againe they fhal couer witha , veile of ianthine skinnes , and fhal put in the barres, 9. They thal : take alfo a cloth of hiacinth wherwith they fhal couer the can- ! dleftick with the lamps and tongs therof and fnuffers and al the : veflels of oyle , which are aeceffarie for the dreffing of the lamps : 10, and ouer al they thal put a couer of ianthise skinnes , and put in the barres. 11. Moreouerthe golden altar alfo they thal wrap in a cloth of hyacinth , and ihal {pread ouer it a couer of ianthine skinnes, and put in the barres.12.Al the veffels wherwith the miniftration is done in the Sandtuarie, they thal wrap in acloth of hiacinth and thal {pread over it a cover of ia:thine skianes , and putiabarres. 13. But thealcar a!fo they fhal make cleane from the afhes,& thal wrap itin a purple cloth, 14,and fhal put with ic al the veffels ,that they vfe-in the minifterie therof,that is to fay, fire pannes, fle. hooks & torkes, pot-hooks and fhouels. Al the veffels of the altar together they fhal couer with a veile of ianthine fhinnes,and thal put in the barres.15.And when Aaron and his fonnes haue wrapped vp the Sanétuarie & the veffels therof inthe r-- mouing ofthe campe , then thaithe fonnes of Caath enter ia to carte the things wrapped vp:and ticy {hal not touch the veffels of the Sanctuaric, left they dic. Thefe are the burdens of the fonnes of Caath inthe ta- hernacle of couenant : 16, ouer whom fhal be Eleazar the fonne of Aaron the Prieft,ro whofe charge perteyneth rhe oyle to dreffe the lam- pes, andthe incenfe of compolition , and the facrifice , that is alwayes offered , and the oyle of viétion, and whatfoeuer perteyneth to the Ctuaric, 17. And our Lord fpake vnto Moyfes and Aaron , fayii 2:18, (a) Deftroy notthe people of Caath out of the middes of the Le- uites : 19. but doe this to them, that they may live , and not die, if they touch Sanéta Sanétorum, Aaron and his forncs fixal enter , and they fhal difpofe the charges of euerie one , and ibal diuide what euerie o.:¢ muft carie. 20. Let others by no curiofitie fee the things that are in the Sanctuarie before they be wrapped vp, otherwife they inal die. 21, And our Lord fpake toMoyfes, faying: 22. Take the fumme of the fonnes of Gerfon alfo by their houfes and families & kinreds, 23. from thirtic ycarcs & vpward , vnto fiftie yeares. Number them al thatgoein & mi- nifter in the tabernacle of couenant. 24. This is the office of the tamilie of the Gerfonites, 25. for to carie the curtines of the tabernacle, & the roofe ofthe couenant the other couer, and oueralthe iantuiae couer, and the hanging that hazgethin the entric of the tabernacle of coucnant, 26, the curtines-of the court , and the veile in the centric that is be- fore --- PAGE 315 --- the Leuites NVMERI. 317 fore the tabernacle. Al things that pertayne to the altar , the cords,and veffcls of the minifterie,27.fhal the fonnes of Gerfoa carie,by the com- mandement of Aaron and his fonnes : ard cueric onefhal know to what burden they mult be affigsed. 28. Tatsis theteruice of the ta- milie of the Gerfonites in the tabernacie of conuenant, and they ihal be vider the hand of Ithamar rhe fonve of Aaron the Prieit.29. Tie fonnes of Merari alfo by the families asd houfes of their fathers thou thale recken,30.from thirtie yeares and vpward,vntil fittie yeares,al that en- ter into the office of their minifterie , & to the feruice of the couenant of teftimonie.3 1, Thefe are their burdens: They !hal carie the bords of the tabernacle and the barres therof , the piliers and the feete of them,

I haue taken the Leuites from the children of Ifrael , for euerie firft borae, that openeth the matrice among the children of Ifrael, and the Leuives fhalbe mine. 13. For the firftborne is mine : fince I ftrucke the firit borne in the Land of Agypt : I haue fanctitied to me what foe- uer is firft borne in [frael from man vnto beaft, they are mine:I the Lord. 14. And our Lord fpake to Moyfes inthe defert of Sinai,faying: 15.’ Nuinber the fonnes of Leui by the houfes of their fathers and their families,cuerie male trom one month & vpward.16.Mcyfes numbred, as our Lord had comanded, 17.& there were tound theionnes of Leui by their names, Gerfon & Caath and Merari.18.The fonnes of Gerfon: Lebni & Semei.1g. The fonnes of Caath:Amram,and lefaar, Hebron,& Ozicl.zo. The foues of Merari: Moholi & Mufi.21.Of Gerfon were two families,the Lebnitical ,& Semcitical:22.of who were numbred the pee- ple of male fexe fr6 one month & vpward,feuen thoufand fie hundred. 23. Thefe thal pitch behind the tabernacle on the Welt , 24. vnder their Prince Heliafaph,the fonne of Lael. 25, And their charge inal be in the tabernacle of couenant, 26.the tabernacle it-felfe and the couer therct, thie mar, 3. Thefe are the names of the fonnes of Aaron the: (a) As none but Leuites mighe fertile in the tabernacle: fo none but off Aarons ftock might doe the office of Prieft- heod, --- PAGE 312 --- 1b) One chiefe Monarchin _[the Church to whom al other Suveriors are fubcrdinare, . [fe] Moyfes is” ftel counted, & hath chiefe place and of- fice amon the Priefts, which were abfurd, faith S. Anguftin. in Pfal. 92. if he werenot a Prieft, i( a) The fonnes ot Moyfes were with him fo long ashe liued,but after iferued the ther Leuites did,and were Bumbred with

Thefe are the families of the Caathites reckned by their namies: 28, al of the male fexe from one month and vpward , eight thoufand fix hundred, they thal haue the gard of the Santuarie , 29, and {hal campe on the fouth fide. 30. And [ their Prince thal be Elizaphan the fonne ot Oziel: 31.and they thal keep the arke , and table, andthe candlefticke, the altars, and the veffel of the SanCtuarte , wherinthe miniftration is, and the veile , andal fuch Leuites, Eliazar, the fonne of Aaronthe Prieft, (hal be ouer them chat watch forthe cuitodie of the Sanctuarie. 33. But of Merari thal be the peoples of the Moholites , and Mufites,.reckned by their names: 34. al ot the male kind fr6 one month & vpward ,.fix thoufand two hundred,

Their Prince Suriel the fonne ot Abihaicl: they. fhal campe onthe north fide. 36. Vader their cuftodie fhal be the bords of the tabernacle, and the barres,and the pillers and their feete, and al things that pertaine tohis kind of feruice: 37 and the pillers of the court round about with: their teete , and the pinaes with the cords. 38. Before the tabernacle of. couenant, that is to fay ,.on the eaft fide ,ihal (¢) Moyfes.and Aaron campe, with (d) their fonnes, hauing the cuftodie ot the Sanctuatie , in: the middes of the childrenof Ifrael, What ftranger foener commeth. therta, fhaldie. 39. Al the Leuites, that Moyfes and Aaron numbred, according to the precept of our Lord by their tamilics inthe male kind. ‘trom one month and vpward , were twentie two thoufand. go. And. our Lord faid. to Moyfes ; Number the firft-borne of the male fex of the children of Ifrael , from one month. and vpward , and thou thalt. haue the fumme ofthem.41..Aad thou thalc take the Leuitesynto me a tel for akthe frft-borne of the cattel of the childrenoft Iftael,.42.Moyfes. reckned , asour Lord had commanded, the fhirit-berne of the children. of Lfrael..3.And the males by their namcs,trom one month & vpward,, were twentie two thoufand two hundred feuentie three. 4.4. And our Lord fpaketo Moyfesfaying : 45. Take the Leuitestor the firft-borne ot the children of Ifrael, and the cattel of the Lenites for their cattel, & the Leuites fhalbe mine.J am the Lord.46 Bur tor the price ot two hun- dred feuentie three of the firft-borne of the children ot Lael, ( ¢ ) thar exceed the number of the Leuites,47.thou thalt take flue ficles tor eue- r cie head after the meafure ot the Sanctuarie.A ficle hath wentie oboles, 4.And thoudhair giue the money to Aaron and to his fonnes the price of them that are aboue, 49. Moyies therfore tooke their money , that were aboue,& whom he redeemed of the Leuites,5o. tor the frit borne of --- PAGE 313 --- among the Leuites. NVMERE 3x5 of the children of Hrael, a choufand three hundred {ixtie Hue licles » ae cording to the weight of the San@uatie,5 t.and gaue it to Aaron & his fonaes,according to the word that our Lord had commanded him,

cueric one by the houfes of their kinreds. 4g. And the whole number of the children of Ifrael by their houfes and families, from the twentith yeare and vpward, that could goe to warre, 46. were (4) fix hundred three thoufand men fue hundred fiftie. 47. But the Leuites in che tribe ot their fainilies were not numbred with them. 48. And our Lord {pake to Moyfes , faying: 49. Number not the tribe of Leui,, neither thalt thou put the fumme of them with the children of If{rael: 50. but appoint them ouer the tabernacle of teftimonie,and al the veffel therof, and whatfoeuer pertaineth to the ceremonies, They thal carie the taber- naele and althe turnicure therot : and they thal be in the minifterie,and fhal pitch round about the tabernacle. 5 1. When youareto-goe torward, the Leuites thal take downe the tabernacle : when you are to campe, they thal fet icvp. What (6) itranger foeuer commeth to it, he fhal be ftaine.52.And the children ot Ifrael thal campe euerie man by his troups and bands and hofte. 53. Moreouer the Leuites ihal pitch their tents round about the tabernacle , left there come indignation vpon the mul- titude of the children ef Ifrael, and they fhal watch in the cuftodies of the tabernacle of te{timonie. 54. The children of Ifrael thertore did according to al things which our Lord had commanded Moyfes. numbered. CHAP, It. at the eaff fide of the Tabermacte the tribe of (uda,as chiefe , with Ifachar and Zabulon doe pitch thesr cents,and march prft: 10, on the fouth Ruben, with Simeon and Gad(17. The Tabernacle is waited, erected vy the Leuites, who lodge cx march round about it.)13.On the weaft fide, Ephraim with Manaf- fes and Bentamin:25.0n the north, Dan wiih Afer ana Nepkthali. Soe N D our Lord fpake to Moyfes and Aaron faying: 2. AVE Eucrie one of the children of Ifrael by the troups, JR enfignes , and ftanderts, and houfes of their kinreds 4) thal campe round about the tabernacle of couenant,