The men fit for war Before CHRIST 1490. CHAP. I. 25 Those that were numbered of them, | even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26¶ of the children of Judah, 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; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28¶ of the children of Issachar, 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; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 ¶ of the children of Zebulun, 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; 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 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; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 ¶ Of the children of Manasseh, 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; 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. 38 Of the children of Dan, 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; 39 Those that were numbered of them, are numbered. even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 ¶ Of the children of Asher, 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; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout 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; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Before CHRIST 1490. 44 These are those that were num- ch. 26. 64. bered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; The number of the tribes. NUMBERS. cording to all that the LORD commanded CHAP. II. The order of the tribes in their tents. The order of the tribes. Before CHRIST 1490. 17. Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: fch. 10. 17, as they encamp, so shall they set forward, AND the LORD spake unto Moses and every man in his place by their standards. unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: +far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 3¶ And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son 1 Chron. 2 of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. e ch. 10. 14 Ruth 4. 20. 10. Matt. 1. 4. Luke 3. 32, 33. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall Abidan the son of Gideoni. 5 And those that do pitch next unto 6 And his host, and those that were 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. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. d ch. 10. 14. d These shall first set forth. i Deuel, ch 1. 14. & 7.42, 47. & 10. 20. e ch. 10. 18. 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. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of || Reuel. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 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 they shall set forth in the second rank. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 21. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they ch. 10. 22. shall go forward in the third rank. 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. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 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 camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. "They shall go hindmost with h ch. 10. 2 The sons of Aaron. Before CHRIST 1400. 1 ch. 24. 2, CHAP. III. 54 And the children of Israel did ac- 1 The sons of Aaron. 5 The Levites are of Moses and Aaron. 40 The firstborn are Tafe and Moses in the day that the HESE also are the generations of LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons Exod.6.23. of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Exod. 28. 41. Lev. 8. band be filed. 1490. ch 25. 61. 2 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before eLea the LORD, when they offered strange fire Chroa. 24. before 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. dch. 8. 6. & 182 5¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, Seech to do the service of the tabernacle. 90. & 8. 11, 15, 24, 26. i ver. 41. 816 & 18.6 14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, CHRIST 1490. 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: "every male from a month old and ch. 26. 62. upward shalt thou number them. m ver. 30. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was + Heb. commanded. 17 "And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; "Libni, and Shimei. 11. Exod. 6. 16. Gen. 46. ch. 26. 1 Chron. 6. 1, 16. & 23.6. o Exod. 6.17. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; "Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, pExod. 6.18. and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their Exod. 6.19. families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21 ¶ Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites rch. 1. 53. 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 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and 7 his sons, and they shall wait on their & priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. k Exod. 13. 2 Lev. 27. Lake 2. 23 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, 'I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; 16 for on the day that I smote all the firstEx born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both 1215 ch.8. 17. 27 And of Kohath was the family 2623 of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Ko-dch. 1.53. hath 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. The firstborn freed by the Levites. Before CHRIST 1490. e ch. 4. 15. Exod. 25. h Exod. 25- iExod. 27.1. & 30. 1. 32. 1 ch. 1.53 + Heb. the office of the charge. 32. NUMBERS. 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 be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 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. m 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the mch. 4-31, 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, n ch. 1. 53 57 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 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 o ch. 18. 5. his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. p ver. 7, 8. q ver. 10. r Sec ch. 26. 62. s ver. 15 t ver. 12, 45. r 59 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. t 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD 43 And all the firstborn males by the the firstborn among the children of Israel, Refores 1490. 13. ch. 18.15 deemed of the two hundred and three- Lev. 27. 6. ch. 18. 16. apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the wherewith the odd number of them is to money of them that were over and above 13. Lev. 27. 25. ch. 18, 16. Ezek. 45.12. Israel took he the money; a thousand b ver. 46, 47. them that were redeemed unto Aaron and 1 The age and time of the Levites' service. 4 3 *From thirty years old and upward a See ch. 8. even until fifty years old, all that enter 23-3, 24, 27nacle of the congregation. into the host, to do the work in the taber c ver. 19 4 This shall be the service of the b ver. 15- of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it 31. e Exod. 25 10, 16. fExod. 25 13 g Exod. 25Lev. 24. Dy & 7 And upon the table of shewbread cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with out withal. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, Exod. 25. and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: i Exod. 23 37, 38. k Exod. 3. 1,3 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, 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: 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, Or, bowls and the shovels, and the || basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, 17.& the sons of Kohath shall come to bear 11. Sam. it: but they shall not touch any holy Chron 15 thing, lest they die. "These things are 28am.6. the burden of the sons of Kohath in the 67. Chron tabernacle of the congregation. 10. 21. Deut. 6.13 2,15 13.9., 10. a ch. 3. 31. 16 And to the office of Eleazar the 6. Lev. 24. 2. Es 25 son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the p Exod. 30. oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the 'anointing oil, and the oversight of all the Ex 36. tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. 17¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 23 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto 'the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: 20 * But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 "From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in † to perform the The carriage of the Gershonites. service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. Before CHRIST 1490. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for || bur- 1 Or, cardens: riage. 26., 25 And they shall bear the curtains of x ch. 3. 25, 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, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shalĺ they serve. mouth. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and + Heb. his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29¶ As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 From thirty years old and upward y ver, 3. even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the ta- Heb. war bernacle of the congregation. fare. 15. 31 And this is the charge of their 2 ch.3.36,37. burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the Exod. 26. boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the b Exod. 38 charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 21. 34 And Moses and Aaron and the ever. 2. chief of the 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 fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were number |