Plagues threatened CHAP. XXVI. for disobedience. 9 For I will have respect unto you, and you your bread again by weight: and ye make you fruitful, and multiply you, and shall eat and not be satisfied. 'establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 27 And if ye will not for all this heark en unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in tury; and I, even 1, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bond-men, and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you, I will 33 And I will scatter you among the even appoint over you terror, consump- heathen, and will draw out a sword after tion, and the burning ague, that shall con- you: and your land shall be desolate, and sume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: your cities waste. and ye shall sow your seed in vain; for 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabyour enemies shall eat it. baths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you, 35 As long as it fieth desolate it shall and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. rest; because it did not rest in your sab18 And if ye will not yet for all this baths, when ye dwelt upon it. bearken unto me, then I will punish you 36 And upon them that are left alive of seven times more for your sins. you, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall, when none pursueth. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number, and your high-ways shall be desolate. 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against un-me, and that also they have walked con 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary to you, and will punish you yet seven trary unto me; times for your sins. 41 And that I also have walked contrary 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, unto them, and have brought them into the that shall avenge the quarrel of my cove- land of their enemies; if then their uncirnant: and when ye are gathered together cumcised hearts be humbled, and they then within your cities, I will send the pesti- accept of the punishment of their iniquity: lence among you: and ye shall be deli- 42 Then will I remember my covenant vered into the hand of the enemy. with Jacob, and also my covenant with 26 And when I have broken the staff of Isaac, and also my covenant with Abrayour bread, ten women shall bake your ham will I remember; and I will remembread in one oven, and they shall deliver ber the land. number the men of war. NUMBERS. The Levites are exempted. even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore 42 of the children of Naphtali, throughand fourteen thousand and six hundred. out their generations, after their families, 28 Of the children of Issachar, by their by the house of their fathers, according to generations, after their families, by the the number of the names, from twenty house of their fathers, according to the years old and upward, all that were able number of the names, from twenty years to go forth to war; old and upward, all that were able to go 43 Those that wer numbered of them, forth to war; even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, 30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their and the princes of Israel, being twelve generations, after their families, by the men: each one was for the house of his house of their fathers, according to the fathers. number of the names, from twenty years 45 So were all those that were numberold and upward, all that were able to go ed of the children of Israel, by the house forth to war; of their fathers, from twenty years old 31 Those that were numbered of them, and upward, all that were able to go forth even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and to war in Israel; seven thousand and four hundred. 46 Even all they that were numbered, were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, 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 47 ¶ But the Levites, after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them. 48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, war; 33 Those that were numbered of them, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty of Levi, neither take the sum of them thousand and five hundred. among the children of Israel: 34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their 50 thou shalt appoint the Levites generations, after their families, by the over the tabernacle of testimony, and over house of their fathers, according to the all the vessels thereof, and over all things number of the names, from twenty years that belong to it: they shall bear the taold and upward, all that were able to go bernacle, and all the vessels thereof, and forth to war; they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp 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 36 of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the that cometh nigh shall be put to death. number of the names, from twenty years 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch old and upward, all that were able to go their tents every man by his own camp, forth to war; 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 the children of Israel: and the Levites 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 Of the children of Dan, by their ge⚫nerations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of of the names, from twenty years old and testimony. upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 54 And the children of Israel did ac39 Those that were numbered of them, cording to all that the LORD commanded even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore Moses, so did they. and two thousand and seven hundred. CHAP. II. AND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel 40 of the children of Asher, by their house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years shall pitch by his own standard, with the old and upward, all that were able to go ensign of their father's house: far off about forth to war; the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 3 And on the east side toward the risling of the sun shall they of the standard 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. The order of the tribes CHAP. III. in their tents. of the camp of Judah pitch throughout nasseh: and the captain of the children of their armies: and Nahshon the son of Am- Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pe minadab shall be captain of the children dahzur. of Judah. 21 And his host, and those that were 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them were thirty and two numbered of them, were threescore and thousand and two hundred. fourteen thousand and six hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and 5 And those that do pitch next unto the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall him, shall be the tribe of Issachar: and be Abidan the son of Gideoni. Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the 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 9 All that were numbered in the camp shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. of Judah were a hundred thousand and 26 And his host, and those that were fourscore thousand and six thousand and numbered of them, were threescore and four hundred throughout their armies: two thousand and seven hundred. these shall first set forth. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, throughout their armies: and they shall go for ward in the third rank. 27 And those that encamp by him shall 10 On the south side shall be the stand-be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of ard of the camp of Reuben according to the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the their armies: and the captain of the chil- son of Ocran. dren 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. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 12 And those which pitch by him shall be Ahira the son of Enan. be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain 30 And his host, and those that were of the children of Simeon shall be She-numbered of them, were fifty and three lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. thousand and four hundred. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall Ammihud. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hun dred: they shall go hindmost with their standards. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five of their fathers. All those that were numthousand and six hundred and fifty. bered of the camps throughout their hosts, were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies: and they shall set forth in the second rank. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. 17 Then the tabernacle of the congre- 34 And the children of Israel did ao gation shall set forward with the camp of cording to all that the LORD commanded the Levites, in the midst of the camp: as Moses: so they pitched by their standthey encamp, so shall they set forward, ards, an so they set forward, every one every man in his place by their standards. after their families, according to the house 18 On the west side shall be the stand-of their fathers. ard of the camp of Ephraim, according to armies: and the captain of CHAP. III. of of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Tarou and Moses, in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 20 And by hire shall be the tribe of Ma- 3 These are the names of the sons of Service of the Levites: Their number and charge. Aaron, the priests which were anointed,| Libnites, and the family of the Shimites : whom he consecrated to minister in the these are the families of the Gershonites. priest's office. 22 Those that were numbered of them, 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before according to the number of all the males, the LORD, when they offered strange fire from a month old and upward, even those before the LORD, in the wilderness of that were numbered of them, were seven Sinai, and they had no children: and Ele-thousand and five hundred. azar 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. 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, NUMBERS. 8 And they shall keep all the instru- 26 And the hangings of the court, and ments of the tabernacle of the congrega-the curtain for the door of the court, which tion, and the charge of the children of Is-is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round rael, to do the service of the tabernacle. about, and the cords of it, for all the ser 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto vice thereof. Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly 27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of given unto him out of the children of Israel. the Amramites, and the family of the Ize 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and harites, and the family of the Hebronites, his sons, and they shall wait on their and the family of the Uzzielites: these priest's office and the stranger that are the families of the Kohathites. Cometh nigh shall be put to death. : 28 In the number of all the males from 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, a month old and upward, were eight thousaying, sand and six hundred, keeping the charge 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Le-of the sanctuary. vites from among the children of Israel, 29 The families of the sons of Kohath instead of all the first-born that openeth shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the 13 Because all the first-born are mine; father of the families of the Kohathites for on the day that I smote all the first- shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed 31 And their charge shall be the ark, unto me all the first-born in Israel, both and the table, and the candlestick, and the man and beast: mine they shall be: 1am altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary the LORD. wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their fami- Levites, and have the oversight of them lies every male from a month old and that keep the charge of the sanctuary. upward shalt thou number them. 33 Of Merari was the family of the 16 And Moses numbered them accord-Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: ing to the word of the LORD, as he was these are the families of Merari. commanded. 34 And those that were numbered of 17 And these were the sons of Levi, by them, according to the number of all the heir names; Gershon, and Kohath, and males from a month old and upward, were Merari. six thousand and two hundred. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, according to the bouse of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel 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 pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the villars of the court round The first-born redeemed. Services of the Levite. CHAP. IV. about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 But those that encamp before the AND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, tabernacle toward the east, even before 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath the tabernacle of the congregation east- from among the sons of Levi, after their ward shall be Moses, and Aaron and his families, by the house of their fathers; sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, 3 From thirty years old and upward, for the charge of the children of Israel; even until fifty years old, all that enter and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be into the host, to do the work in the taberput to death. nacle of the congregation. 39 All that were numbered of the Le- 4 T This shall be the service of the sons vites, which Moses and Aaron numbered of Kohath in the tabernacle of the conat the commandment of the LORD, through-gregation, about the most holy things. out their families, all the males from a 5 And when the camp setteth forward, month old and upward, were twenty and Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they two thousand. shall take down the covering vail, and 40 T And the LORD said unto Moses, cover the ark of testimony with it: Number all the first-born of the males of 6 And shall put thereon the covering of the children of Israel, from a month old badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a and upward, and take the number of their cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. CHAP. IV. names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for 7 And upon the table of shew-bread me (I am the LORD) instead of all the first- they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put born among the children of Israel; and thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the cattle of the Levites, stead of all the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the firstlings among the cattle of the chil- the continual bread shall be thereon: dren of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 43 And all the first-born males by the 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, number of names, from a month old and and cover the candlestick of the light, and upward, of those that were numbered of his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffthem, were twenty and two thousand two dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, hundred and threescore and thirteen. wherewith they minister unto it: 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, 11 And upon the golden altar they shall and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 46 And for those that are to be redeem- 12 And they shall take all the instrued of the two hundred and threescore and ments of ministry, wherewith they ministhirteen, of the first-born of the children ter in the sanctuary, and put them in a of Israel, which are more than the Levites: cloth of blue, and cover them with a 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels covering of badgers' skins, and shall put apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the them on a bar. sanctuary shalt thou take them: the shekel 13 And they shall take away the ashes is twenty gerahs. from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks, sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption- and the shovels, and the basons, all the money of them that were over and above vessels of the altar; and they shall spread them that were redeemed by the Levites : upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and 50 Of the first-born of the children of put to the staves of it. Israel took he the money; a thousand three 15 And when Aaron and his sons have hundred and threescore and five shekels, made an end of covering the sanctuary, after the shekel of the sanctuary: and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the 51 And Moses gave the money of them camp is to set forward; after that, the that were redeemed unto Aaron, and to his sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but sons, according to the word of the LORD, they shall not touch any holy thing, lest as the LORD commanded Moses. they die. These things are the burden of |