Numbers 1:47

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But the Leuites after the tribes of their fathers, were not numbred among them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֑ם לֹ֥א הָתְפָּקְד֖וּ בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

Transliteration

wəhaləwiyyim ləmaṭṭēh ʾăḇōṯām lōʾ hoṯpāqəḏū bəṯôḵām

Grammar Details

• *wəhaləwiyyim*: conjunction *wə* + definite article *ha* + proper name, masculine plural - and the Levites
• *ləmaṭṭēh*: preposition *lə* + noun, masculine singular construct - for tribe of
• *ʾăḇōṯām*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *hoṯpāqəḏū*: Hithpael perfect, 3rd person common plural - were not numbered/counted
• *bəṯôḵām*: preposition *bə* + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their midst

Word Meanings

• *ləwiyyim*: Levites
• *maṭṭēh ʾăḇōṯām*: tribe of their fathers/ancestral tribe
• *hoṯpāqəḏū*: were numbered/were mustered/were counted
• *bəṯôḵām*: in their midst/among them

Referenced Verses

• Num 2:33 : 33 But the Leuites were not numbred among the chyldren of Israel, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
• Num 3:1-4:49 : 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moyses, in ye day that the Lorde spake with Moyses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron: Nadab the eldest sonne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes annoynted, and whose hande was consecrated to minister. 4 And Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde, when they offred straunge fire befor the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai, and had no chyldren: And Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 6 Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym: 7 And take the charge with hym, euen the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the seruice of the tabernacle. 8 They shall kepe all the instrumentes of the tabernacle of the congregation, & haue the charge of the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruice of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on their priestes office: and the straunger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne. 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 12 Beholde, I haue taken the Leuites from among the chyldren of Israel for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the chyldren of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine. 13 Because all the first borne are myne: for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, I halowed vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shalbe: I am the Lorde. 14 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wyldernesse of Sinai, saying: 15 Number the chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their kinredes: All that are males from a moneth old and aboue, shalt thou number. 16 And Moyses numbred them, according to the worde of the Lorde, as he was commaunded. 17 And these were the chyldren of Leui in their names: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes: Libni, and Semei. 19 The sonnes of Caath in their kinredes: Amram, Iesar, Hebron, and Oziel. 20 And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers. 21 Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites, 22 And the summe of them after the number of all the males, from a moneth old and aboue, was counted seuen thousande and fiue hundred. 23 And the kinredes of the Gersonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle westwarde. 24 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the Gersonites, shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael. 25 And the charge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the congregation, shalbe the tabernacle and the pauilion, the couering thereof, and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation: 26 And the hangynges of the court, and the curtayne of the doore of the court whiche is rounde about the tabernacle, and the aulter, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof. 27 And of Caath, came the kinred of the Amramites, and the kinred of the Izecharites, the kinred of the Hebronites, and the kinred of the Ozielites: These are the kinredes of the Caathites. 28 And the number of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was eyght thousande and sixe hundred, hauing the charge of the sanctuarie. 29 And the kinred of the chyldren of Caath, shall pitche on the south syde of the tabernacle. 30 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the kinred of the Caathites, shalbe Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel. 31 And their charge shalbe the arke, the table, the candelsticke, and the aulters, & the vessels of the sanctuarie that they minister in, and the vayle, & whatsoeuer belongeth to the ministration therof. 32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest, shalbe captayne ouer all the captaines of the Leuites, and hath the ouersight of them that wayte vpon the sanctuarie. 33 And of Merari came the kinred of the Mahelites, and the kinred of the Musites: These are ye kinredes of Merari. 34 And the summe of them accordyng to the number of al the males, from a moneth olde and aboue, was sixe thousand and two hundred. 35 The captayne and the most auncient of their house that were of the kinred of Merari, was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael: and these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle. 36 And vnder the custodie and charge of the sonnes of Merari, shalbe ye boordes of the tabernacle, & the barres pyllers, and sockettes therof, and all the vessels therof, and all that serueth therto: 37 And the pillers of the court rounde about, with their sockets, their pinnes, and their cordes. 38 But on the forefront of the tabernacle towarde the east, before the tabernacle of the congregation eastwarde, shall Moyses & Aaron and his sonnes, pitche and wayte to kepe the sanctuarie, and to kepe the chyldren of Israel: And the strannger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne. 39 And the whole summe of the Leuites whiche Moyses and Aaron numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde throughout their kinredes, euen all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was twentie and two thousande. 40 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Number all ye first borne that are males among the chyldren of Israel, from a moneth olde and aboue, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt appoynt the Leuites to me (for I am the Lorde) for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first gendred of the cattell of the chyldren of Israel. 42 And Moyses numbred, as the Lorde commaunded hym, all the first borne of the chyldren of Israel. 43 And all the first borne males, rehearsed by their names, from a moneth olde and aboue, accordyng to their number, were twentie and two thousande, two hundred and threscore and thirteene. 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 45 Take the Leuites for al the first borne of the chyldren of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattell, & the Leuites shalbe myne: I am the Lorde. 46 And for the redeeming of the two hundred and threscore and thirteene, which are mo then the Leuites in the first borne of the chyldren of Israel. 47 Take fiue sicles of euery head, after the wayght of the sanctuarie, the sicle contaynyng twentie gerahs. 48 And geue the money wherewith the odde number of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes. 49 And Moyses toke the redemption money of them that were redeemed, beyng mo then the Leuites: 50 Of the first borne of the children of Israel toke he this money: euen a thousande three hundred and three score and fiue sicles, after ye sicle of the sanctuarie. 51 And Moyses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes, according to the word of the Lorde, euen as the Lorde commaunded Moyses. 1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying: 2 Take the summe of the chyldren of Caath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their kinredes and houses of their fathers: 3 From thirtie yeres and aboue, vntill fiftie, all that enter into the hoast for to do the worke in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shalbe the office of the chyldren of Caath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy. 5 And when the hoast remoueth, Aaron and his sonnes shall come and take downe the couering vayle, and wrap the arke of wytnesse in it: 6 And shall put thereon a coueryng of Badgers skinnes, and shall spreade vppon it a cloth that is altogether of blew silke, and put in the barres therof. 7 And vpon the shewe table, they shall spreade abrode a cloth of blew silke, and put thereon the dishes, incense cuppes, and goblets, and pottes to powre with: and there shalbe bread thereon continually. 8 And they shall spreade vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of Badgers skinnes, and put in the barres thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candelsticke of light, with his lampes, snuffers, and censars, and all the oyle vessels whiche they occupie about it. 10 And they shall put both it and all the vessels thereof, within a coueryng of Badgers skinnes, and put it vpon a barre. 11 And vpon the golden aulter, they shall spreade a cloth of blewe silke, and couer it with a couering of Badgers skinnes, and put to the barres therof. 12 And they shall take all the instrumentes wherewith they minister in the sanctuarie, and put a cloth of blew silke vpon them, and couer them with a couering of Badgers skynnes, and put them on a barre. 13 And they shall take away the asshes from the aulter, and spreade a purple cloth thereon. 14 And put vpon it all the vessels thereof that they minister withall, euen the cole pannes, the fleshe hookes, the fire shouels, the basens, & the other vessels of the aulter: and they shall spreade vppon it a couering of Badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it. 15 And when Aaron & his sonnes haue made an ende of couering the sanctuarie, and all the vessels of the sanctuarie, agaynst that the hoast remoue, then the sonnes of Caath shall come in for to beare: but they shall not touche any holye thyng, lest they dye. And this is the charge of the sonnes of Caath, in the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 And to the office of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the priest, pertayneth the oyle for the light, the sweete incense, the daylye meate offering, and the annoyntyng oyle, and the ouersight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, both in the sanctuarie, and in all the vessels thereof. 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying: 18 Ye shall not cut of the tribe of the kinred of the Caathites, from among the Leuites: 19 But thus do vnto them, that they may lyue and not dye: when they go vnto the most holy thinges: let Aaron and his sonnes go in, and appoint them euerye one to his office, and to his charge. 20 But let them not go in, to see when the holy thinges are folden vp, lest they dye. 21 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 22 Take also the summe of the chyldren of Gerson, throughout the houses of their fathers, and throughout their kinredes. 23 From thirtie yeres olde, and aboue, vntill fiftie yeres, shalt thou number them, al that enter into the assemblie for to do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 And this is the seruice of the kinred of the Gersonites, to serue and to beare. 25 They shall beare the curtaynes of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his couering, and the couering of Badgers skinnes that is an hye vpon it, and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation: 26 And the curtaynes of the court, and the vayle that is in the entring in of the gate of the court, whiche is neare the tabernacle, and neare the aulter rounde about, with the cordes, and al the instrumentes that serue vnto them, & all that is made for them, and so shal they serue. 27 At the mouth of Aaron & his sonnes, shal all the seruice of the chyldren of the Gersonites be done, in all their charges and in all their seruice: and ye shall appoynt vnto them all their burdens to kepe. 28 And this is the seruice of the kinred of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the cogregation, and their watche shalbe vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest. 29 And thou shalt number the sonnes of Merari after their kinredes, and after the houses of their fathers: 30 From thirtie yeres olde and aboue, vnto fiftie yeres shalt thou number them, euery one that enter into the assemblie, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this is their office and charge, according to all their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation: The borders of the tabernacle, with the barres, pyllers, and sockettes therof. 32 And the pyllers that are round about the court, with their sockettes, pinnes, and cordes, & with all the instrumentes of it, for all their seruice: And by name ye shal recken the instrumentes of their office and charge. 33 This is the seruice of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari, accordyng to all their office in the tabernacle of the congregation, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest. 34 And Moyses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude, numbred ye sonnes of the Caathites, after their kinredes and houses of their fathers, 35 From thirtie yeres olde, and aboue, vnto fiftie yeres, all that enter into the assemblie, to do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation. 36 And the numbers of them throughout their kinredes, were two thousande, seuen hundred, and fiftie. 37 This is the number of the kinredes of Caath, namely all that might do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moyses and Aaron did number, accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Moyses. 38 Also the numbers of the sonnes of Gerson throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers: 39 From thirtie yeres olde, & aboue, vnto fiftie yeres, all that enter into the assemblie for to do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation. 40 And the numbers of them throughout their kinredes, and houses of their fathers, were two thousande, sixe hundred, and thirtie. 41 This is the number of the kinredes of the sonnes of Gerson, of all that dyd seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation, whiche Moyses and Aaron dyd number, accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde. 42 And the numbers of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers: 43 From thirtie yeres olde, and vp, vnto fiftie yeres, all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the numbers of them after their kinredes, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be the summes of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari, which Moyses & Aaro numbred, according to the word of the Lorde, by the handes of Moyses. 46 And so al the numbers of the Leuites, which Moyses, Aaron, and the Lordes of Israel numbred after their kinredes and housholdes of their fathers: 47 From thirtie yeres olde and vp, vnto fiftie yeres, euery one that came to do his duetie, office, seruice, and charge in the tabernacle of the congregation. 48 So the numbers of them were seuen thousande, fiue hundred, and fourescore. 49 Accordyng to the worde of the Lorde dyd Aaron number them by the hande of Moyses, euery one according to their seruice and charge: Thus were they of that tribe numbred, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
• Num 26:57-62 : 57 These are the numbers of the Leuites after their kinredes: Gerson, of whom came the kinred of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom came the kinred of the Caathites: Merari, of whom came the kinred of the Merarites. 58 These are the kinredes of the Leuites, the kinred of the Libnites, the kinred of the Hebronites, the kinred of the Mahelites, the kinred of the Musites, the kinred of the Corathites, and Caath begat Amram. 59 And Amrams wyfe was called Iochebed a daughter of Leui, which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt: And she bare vnto Amram, Aaron, Moyses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu dyed when they offered straunge fire before the Lorde. 62 And after their numbers, they were twentie and three thousande, all males from a moneth olde and aboue: For they were not numbred among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritaunce geuen them among the children of Israel.
• 1 Chr 6:1-9 : 1 The sonnes of Leui: Gersom, Caath, and Merari. 2 The sonnes of Caath: Amram, Izahar, Hebron, & Uzziel. 3 The childre of Amram: Aaron, Moyses, & Miriam. The sonnes also of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehes, Phinehes begat Abisua. 5 Abisua begat Boki, Boki begat Uzzi, 6 Uzzi begat Zarahia, Zarahia begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amaria, and Amaria begat Ahitob, 8 Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Ahimaaz, 9 Ahimaaz begat Azaria: and Azaria begat Iohonan, 10 Iohonan begat Azaria, whiche ministred in the temple that Solomon buylt in Hierusalem. 11 Azaria begat Amaria, Amaria begat Ahitob, 12 Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Sallum, 13 Sallum begat Helkia, and Helkia begat Azaria. 14 Azaria begat Saraia, and Saraia begat Iehozedech, 15 And Iehozedech departed when the Lorde caryed away Iuda and Hierusalem by the hand of Nabuchodonoser. 16 The sonnes of Leui: Gersom, Caath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the sonnes of Gersom: Libni, and Simhi. 18 And the sonnes of Caath were: Amram, Izahar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sonnes of Merari: Mahali, and Musi: and these are the kinredes of Leui concerning their fathers. 20 The sonne of Gersom was Libni, whose sonne was Iahath, & his sonne Zemma. 21 And his sonne Ioah, and his sonne Iddo, and his sonne Zerah, and his sonne Ieathrai. 22 The sonnes of Caath: Aminadab, and his sonne Korah, and his sonne Assir, 23 And his sonne Elcana, and his sonne Ebiasaph, and his sonne Assir, 24 And Thahath was his sonne, and Uriel his sonne, and Uzzia his sonne, and Saul was his sonne. 25 The sonnes of Elcana: Amasai and Ahimoth. 26 And Elcana: The sonnes of Elcana, Zophai, whose sonne was Nahath, 27 And his sonne Eliab, and Ieroham his sonne, and Elcana his sonne, 28 And the sonnes of Samuel: the eldest Uasui, and Abia. 29 The sonnes of Merari: Mahali, & his sonne Libni, and his sonne Sunhi, and his sonne Uzza, 30 And his sonne Simha, and his sonne Haggia, and his sonne Asaia. 31 And these be they whom Dauid set for to sing in the house of the Lorde, after that the arke had rest. 32 And they ministred before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, vntill Solomon had buylt the house of the Lorde in Hierusalem: and then they wayted on their offices, according to the order of them. 33 These are they that wayted with their children, of the sonnes of Caath, Heman a singer, whiche was the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Samuel, 34 The sonne of Elcana, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Thoah, 35 The sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elcana, the sonne of Mahath, ye sonne of Amasai, 36 The sonne of Elcana, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Azaria, the sonne of Zephania. 37 The sonne of Thahath, the sonne of Assyr, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah, 38 The sonne of Izahar, the sonne of Caath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel: 39 And his brother Asaph stoode on his right hande, and Asaph was the sonne of Barachia, the sonne of Simha, 40 The sonne of Michael, the sonne of Baasa, the sonne of Melchia, 41 The sonne of Athan, the sonne of Zarah, the sonne of Adaia, 42 The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimma, the sonne of Simhi, 43 The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gecsom, the sonne of Leui. 44 And their brethren the sonnes of Merari stoode on the left hand, euen Ethan the sonne of Kisi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Maluch, 45 The sonne of Hazabia, the sonne of Amazia, the sonne of Helkia, 46 The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Samer, 47 The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Musi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui. 48 Their brethren also the Leuites were appoynted vnto all maner of seruice of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the aulter of burnt offering, and on the aulter of incense and were appoynted for all that was to do in the place most holy, and to make an attonement for them of Israel, according to all that Moyses the seruaunt of God had commaunded. 50 These are the sonnes of Aaron: Eleazar his sonne, whose sonne was Phinehes, and his sonne Abisua, 51 And his sonne Bocci, whose sonne was Uzzi, and his sonne Zerahiah, 52 And the sonne of him Maraioth, and his sonne Amaria, and the sonne of him Ahitob, 53 And Zadoc his sonne, and Ahimaaz his sonne. 54 And these are the dwelling places of them througout their townes & coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron throughout the kinredes of the Caathites: for so the lot fell for them. 55 And they gaue them Hebron in the land of Iuda, and the suburbes thereof rounde about it. 56 But the fieldes of the citie and the villages pertayning thereto, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephune. 57 And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cities of refuge, euen Hebron and Libna with their suburbes, Iathir and Esthemoa with their suburbes: 58 And Hilen with her suburbes, and Dabir with her suburbes, 59 Asan and her suburbes, Bethsemes and her suburbes. 60 And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Geba and her suburbes, Alemeth and her suburbes, Anathoth and her suburbes: all their cities throughout their kinredes were thirteene. 61 And vnto the sonnes of Caath the remnaunt of the kynrede of the tribe, were cities geuen out of the halfe tribe of Manasse by lot, euen ten cities. 62 And the sonnes of Gersom throughout their kinredes, had out of the tribe of Isachar, out of the tribe of Aser, & out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the tribe Manassem Basan, thirteene cities. 63 And vnto the sonnes of Merari were geuen by lot throughout their kinredes out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, twelue cities. 64 And the children of Israel gaue the Leuites cities with their suburbes, 65 And that by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Iuda, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, whiche they called by their names. 66 And they that were of the kinredes of the sonnes of Caath, had cities & their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge: Sichem in mount Ephraim and her suburbes, Gaser and her suburbes, 68 Iocmeam and her suburbes, Bethhoron and her suburbes, 69 Aialon and her suburbes, Geth Rimmon and her suburbes. 70 And out of the halfe tribe of Manasse, Auer and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the kinred of the remnaunt of the sonnes of Caath. 71 And vnto the sonnes of Gersom were geuen out of the kinred of the halfe tribe of Manasse: Golon in Basan and her suburbes, and Astharoth and her suburbes. 72 Out of the tribe of Isachar, Kedes, and her suburbes, Dabrath and her suburbes, 73 Ramoth also and her suburbes, Anem and her Suburbes. 74 And out of Aser, Masal and her suburbes, Abdon and her suburbes, 75 Hukock and her suburbes, Rehob and her suburbes. 76 Out of the tribe of Nephthali, Kedes in Galilea and her suburbes, Hammon and her suburbes, Kiriathaim and her suburbes. 77 And vnto the rest of the children of Merari were geuen out of the tribe of Zabulon, Rimmon and her suburbes, Thabor and her suburbes. 78 And on the other syde Iordane by Iericho, euen on the east syde of Iordane, were geuen them out of the tribe of Ruben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbes, Iahzah with her suburbes, 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbes: Mephaath with her suburbes. 80 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her Suburbes, Mahanaim with her suburbes, 81 Hesbon with her suburbes, and Iazer with her suburbes.
• 1 Chr 21:6 : 6 But the Leuites and Beniamin counted he not among them: For the kinges word was abhominable to Ioab.
• Num 8:1-9 : 1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 2 Speake vnto Aaron, and say vnto hym: When thou settest vp the lampes, the seuen lampes shal geue light towarde ye forefront of the candlesticke. 3 And Aaron dyd euen so, and lyghted the lampes thereof towarde the forefront of the candlesticke, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses. 4 And this was the worke of the candlesticke, euen of golde beaten out with the hammer, both the shaft and the flowres therof was beaten out with ye hammer: accordyng vnto the paterne which the Lorde had shewed Moyses, euen so he made the candlesticke. 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 6 Take the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do vnto them, when thou cleansest them: Sprinckle water of purifiyng vpon them, and let them shaue all their fleshe, and let them washe their clothes, and so make them selues cleane. 8 Then let them take a young bullocke with his meate offeryng euen fine floure minged with oyle, and another young bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offeryng. 9 And thou shalt bryng the Leuites before the tabernacle of the congregation, thou shalt gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together, 10 And bryng the Leuites before the Lorde, and the children of Israel shall put their handes vpon the Leuites. 11 And Aaron shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waue offeryng of the children of Israel, that they may execute the ministration of the seruice of the Lorde. 12 And the Leuites shal put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes: and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne offeryng, and the other for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an attonement for the Leuites. 13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes, and waue them for a waue offeryng vnto the Lorde. 14 And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe myne. 15 After that, shall the Leuites go in, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation: And thou shalt cleanse them, & waue them for a waue offering: 16 For they are geuen and deliuered vnto me from among the children of Israel for such as open euery wombe, euen for the first borne of all the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me. 17 For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the lande of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe. 18 And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel. 19 And haue geuen the Leuites as a gift to Aaron and his sonnes from among the children of Israel, to do the seruice of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an attonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if the children of Israel come nye vnto the sanctuarie. 20 And Moyses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, dyd with the Leuites: accordyng vnto all that the Lorde comaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites, euen so did the children of Israel vnto them. 21 And the Leuites were purified, and wasshed their clothes: And Aaron waued them as a waue offeryng before the Lorde, and made an attonement for them, to cleanse them. 22 After that, went the Leuites in, to do their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and his sonnes: as the Lorde had comaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites, euen so they dyd vnto them. 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 24 This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites: From twentie and fiue yeres olde and vpwarde, they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation. 25 And from the age of fiftie yeres, they shall ceasse waytyng vpon the seruice therof, and shall serue no more: 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to kepe thynges committed to their charge: but shall do no more seruice. Thus therfore shalt thou do vnto the Leuites touchyng their charge,
• Num 1:3 : 3 From twentie yeres olde and aboue, euen all that go foorth to the warre in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies.
• Num 1:50 : 50 But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the tabernacle of wytnesse, & ouer all the vessels therof, and ouer all thinges that are in it: Yea, they shall beare the tabernacle, and all the vessels therof, and they shall minister in it, and shall dwell rounde about the tabernacle.