by Septuagint
[38] They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die. [39] All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were two and twenty thousand.
[40] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name. [41] And thou shalt take the Levites for me — I am the Lord — instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel. [42] And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel. [43] And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three. [44] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [45] Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I am the Lord. [46] And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel; [47] thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel. [48] And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them. [49] And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites. [50] He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel. [51] And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Chapter 4
[1] And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, [2] Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers’ households; [3] from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, every one that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.
[4] And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy. [5] And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony. [6] And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through the rings.
[7] And they shall put on the table set forth for shew-bred a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it. [8] And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it. [9] And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister. [10] And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers. [11] And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves.
[12] And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves. [13] And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple. [14] And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars. [15] And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Caath shall go in to take up the furniture; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle of witness.
[16] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer — the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.
[17] And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, [18] Ye shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites. [19] This do ye to them, and they shall live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place them each in his post for bearing. [20] And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.
[21] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [22] Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to their families. [23] Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness. [24] This is the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and to bear. [25] And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness. [26] And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to. [27] According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them. [28] This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[29] The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take ye the number of them. [30] Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness. [31] And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the chapiters of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and there shall be their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle. [32] And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them. [33] This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[34] And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the sons of Caath according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage; [35] from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years, every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of witness. [36] And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty. [37] This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
[38] And the sons of Gedson were numbered according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, [39] from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of witness. [40] And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was two thousand six hundred and thirty. [41] This is the numbering of the
family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
[42] And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers; [43] from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness. [44] And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was three thousand and two hundred. [45] This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. [46] All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, namely, the Levites, according to their families and according to the houses of their lineage, [47] from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to the service of the works, and the charge of the things that are carried in the tabernacle of witness. [48] And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. [49] He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their respective work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Chapter 5
[1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body. [3] Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them. [4] And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[5] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [6] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Every man or woman who shall commit any sin that is common to man, or if that soul shall in anywise have neglected the commandment and transgressed; [7] that person shall confess the sin which he has committed, and shall make satisfaction for his trespass: he shall pay the principal, and shall add to it the fifth part, and shall make restoration to him against whom he has trespassed. [8] But if a man have no near kinsman, so as to make satisfaction for his trespass to him, the trespass-offering paid to the Lord shall be for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which he shall make atonement with it for him.
[9] And every first-fruits in all the sanctified things among the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be for the priest himself. [10] And the hallowed things of every man shall be his; and whatever man shall give any thing to the priest, the gift shall be his.
[11] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [12] Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosesoever wife shall transgress against him, and slight and despise him, [13] and supposing any one shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken; [14] and there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she should not be defiled; [15] then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring his gift for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley-meal: he shall not pour oil upon it, neither shall he put frankincense upon it; for it is a sacrifice of jealousy, a sacrifice of memorial, recalling sin to remembrance.
[16] And the priest shall bring her, and cause her to stand before the Lord. [17] And the priest shall take pure running water in an earthen vessel, and he shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle of witness, and the priest having taken it shall cast it into the water. [18] And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before the Lord, and shall uncover the head of the woman, and shall put into her hands the sacrifice of memorial, the sacrifice of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of this conviction that brings the curse. [19] And the priest shall adjure her, and shall say to the woman, If no one has lain with thee, and if thou hast not transgressed so as to be polluted, being under the power of thy husband, be free from this water of the conviction that causes the curse. [20] But if being a married woman thou hast transgressed, or been polluted, and any one has lain with thee, beside thy husband: [21] then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell; [22] and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.
[23] And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the water of the conviction that brings the curse. [24] And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her.
[25] And the priest shall take from the hand of the woman the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall present the sacrifice before the Lord, and shall bring it to the altar. [26] And the priest shall take a handful of the sacrifice as a memorial of it, and shall offer it up upon the altar; and afterwards he shall cause the woman to drink the water. [27] And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people. [28] But if the woman have not been polluted, and be clean, then shall she be guiltless and shall conceive seed. [29] This is the law of jealousy, wherein a married woman should happen to transgress, and be defiled; [30] or in the case of a man on whomsoever the spirit of jealousy should come, and he should be jealous of his wife, and he should place his wife before the Lord, and the priest shall execute towards her all this law. [31] Then the man shall be clear from sin, and that woman shall bear her sin.
Chapter 6
[1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord, [3] he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins, [4] all the days of his vow: he shall eat no one of all the things that come from the vine, wine from the grape-stones to the husk, [5] all the days of his separation: — a razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord: he shall be holy, cherishing the long hair of the head, [6] all the days of his vow to the Lord: he shall not come nigh to any dead body, [7] to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head.
[8] All the days of his vow he shall be holy to the Lord. [9] And if any one should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved. [10] And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
[11] And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering; and the other for a whole-burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him in the things wherein he sinned respecting the dead body, and he shall sanctify his head in that day, [12] in which he was consecrated to the Lord, all the days of his vow; and he shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass-offering; and the former days shall not be reckoned, because the head of his vow was polluted.
[13] And this is the law of him that has vowed: in whatever day he shall have fulfilled the days of his vow, he shall himself bring his gift to the doors of the tabernacle of witness. [14] And he shall brin
g his gift to the Lord; one he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a whole-burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace-offering; [15] and a basket of unleavened bread of fine flour, even loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering. [16] And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his whole-burnt-offering. [17] And he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace-offering to the Lord with the basket of unleavened bread; and the priest shall offer its meat-offering and its drink-offering. [18] And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offering.
[19] And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and shall put them on the hands of the votary after he has shaved off his holy hair. [20] And the priest shall present them as an offering before the Lord; it shall be the holy portion for the priest beside the breast of the heave-offering and beside the shoulder of the wave-offering: and afterwards the votary shall drink wine. [21] This is the law of the votary who shall have vowed to the Lord his gift to the Lord, concerning his vow, besides what he may be able to afford according to the value of his vow, which he may have vowed according to the law of separation.
[22] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [23] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them, [24] The Lord bless thee and keep thee; [25] the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and have mercy upon thee; [26] the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. [27] And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I the Lord will bless them.
