Numbers 1:47

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But the Leuites after the trybe of their fathers, were not nombred amonge 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 ye Leuites were not nombred in ye summe amonge the childre of Israel, as ye LORDE comaunded Moses.
• Num 3:1-4:49 : 1 These are the generacions of Aaron & Moses, whan ye LORDE spake vnto Moses at ye same tyme vpon mount Sinai. 2 And these are ye names of the sonnes of Aron. The firstborne, Nadab: then Abihu, Eleasar & Ithamar. 3 These are ye names of the sonnes of Aaron, which were anoynted to be prestes, & their handes fylled for ye presthode. 4 But Nadab & Abihu dyed before ye LORDE, wha they offred strauge fyre before ye LORDE, in ye wildernesse of Sinai, & had no sonnes. But Eleasar and Ithamar executed ye prestes office wt their father Aaron. 5 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde: 6 Bringe hither the trybe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the prest, yt they maye serue wt him, & wayte vpon him 7 & vpo the whole congregacion before ye Tabernacle of witnesse, and execute the seruyce of the habitacion, 8 and kepe all the apparell of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and wayte vpon the children of Israel, to mynistre in the seruyce of the habitacion. 9 And thou shalt geue ye Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for a gift, vnto euery one his awne, from amonge the children of Israel. 10 As for Aaron & his sonnes, thou shalt appoynte them to wayte on their prestes office. Yf another preasse therto, he shal dye. 11 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and saide 12 Beholde, I haue take the Leuites fro amonge the childre of Israel, for all the first borne that open the Matrix amonge the children of Israel, so that the Leuites shalbe myne. 13 For the firstborne are myne, sence ye tyme that I smote all the first borne in ye lande of Egipte, wha I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, from me vnto catell, that they shulde be myne. I the LORDE. 14 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinai, and sayde: 15 Nombre the children of Leui after their fathers houses and kynreds, all that are males of a moneth olde and aboue. 16 So Moses nombred them acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, as he had commaunded. 17 And these were the children of Leui with their names: Gerson, Rahath, Merari. 18 The names of the children of Gerson in their kynreds, were: Libni and Semei. 19 The childre of Rahath in their kynreds were, Amram, Iezehar, Hebron and Vsiel. 20 The children of Merari in their kynreds, were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses. 21 These are ye kynreds of Gerson: The Libnites and Semeites, 22 the summe was founde in nombre, seuen thousande and fyue hundreth, of all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue. 23 And the same kynreds of the Gersonites shal pitche behinde the Habitacion on the west syde: 24 Let Eliasaph the sonne of Lael be their ruler. 25 And they shal waite vpon the Tabernacle of wytnesse, of the habitacion, and of the tent, and couerynges therof, and the hangynge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, 26 the hangynge aboute the courte, & the hangynge in ye courtedore, which (courte) goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare, and the cordes of it, & all that belongeth to the seruyce therof. 27 These are the kynreds of Rahath: The Amramites, the Iezeharites, the Hebronites, and Vsielites, 28 all that were males of a moneth olde & aboue, in nombre eight thousande and sixe hundreth, waytinge vpon the Tabernacle of the Sanctuary, 29 & shal pitch on the south syde of ye Habitacion: 30 Let Elisaphan the sonne of Vsiel be their ruler. 31 And they shal kepe the Arke, the table, the candilsticke, the altare and all the vessels of the Sanctuary, to do seruyce in, and the vayle, and all that belongeth to the seruice therof. 32 But the chefe of all the rulers of the Leuites, shalbe Eleasar the sonne of Aron the prest, ouer them that are apoynted to kepe the watch of the Sanctuary. 33 These are ye kynreds of Merari: The Mabelites and Musites, 34 which were in nombre sixe thousande and two hudreth, all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue: 35 Let Zuriel ye sonne of Abihail be their ruler, and they shall pitche vpon the north syde of the Habitacion. 36 And their office shalbe to kepe the bordes, and barres, and pilers, and sokettes of the Habitacion, and all the apparell therof and that serueth therto: 37 ye pilers also aboute ye courte, with the sokettes, and nales, and cordes. 38 But before the Habitacion and before ye Tabernacle on the East syde shal Moses & Aaron & his sonnes pytche, that they maye wayte vpon the Sanctuary, & the children of Israel. Yf eny other preasse therto, he shal dye. 39 All the Leuites in the summe, whom Moses and Aaron nombred after their kynreds, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, all that were males, of a moneth olde and aboue, were two and twentye thousande. 40 And ye LORDE saide vnto Moses: Nombre all the first borne, that are males amonge the children of Israel, of a moneth olde and aboue, and take the nombre of their names. 41 And ye Leuites shalt thou take out vnto me the LORDE, for all ye first borne of ye childre of Israel, & the catell of the Leuites for all the first borne amonge the catell of ye children of Israel. 42 And Moses nombred all the first borne amoge the childre of Israel, as the LORDE commaunded him. 43 And in the nombre of the names of all the first borne, that were males of a moneth olde & aboue, in their summe, there were foude two and twentye thousande, two hundreth, and thre and seuentye. 44 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde: 45 Take the Leuites for all ye first borne amonge the childre of Israel, & the catell of ye Leuites for their catell, yt the Leuites maye be myne the LORDES. 46 But the redempcion money of the two hundreth thre & seuentye yt remayne of the first borne of the children of Israel, 47 aboue the nombre of the Leuites, shalt thou take, euen fyue Sycles of euery heade, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary (one Sycle is worth twentye Geras) 48 & the money yt remayneth ouer their nobre, shalt thou geue vnto Aaron and his sonnes. 49 Then toke Moses ye redempcion money (that remayned ouer aboue the nombre of the Leuites) 50 from ye first borne of the childre of Israel, euen a thousande, thre hundreth, and fyue and thre score Sycles, after ye Sycle of the Sanctuary, 51 & gaue it vnto Aaron and his sonnes, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 1 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses & Aaron, 2 & sayde: Take ye summe of the childre of Rahath from amonge the childre of Leui, after their kynreds & fathers houses 3 from thirtie yeare and aboue vntill fiftye yeare, all that are mete for the warre, that they maye do the worke in the Tabernacle of witnesse. 4 This shal be the office of the children of Rahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse, which is most holy. 5 Whan the hoost breaketh vp, Aaron and his sonnes shall go in, and take downe the vayle, and couer the Arke of wytnesse therwith, 6 and laye the couerynge of doo skynnes vpon it, and sprede a whole yalowe clothe aboue theron, and put his staues therin. 7 And vpon the shewe table they shal sprede a yalowe clothe also, and set ther on the disshes, spones, flatpeces and pottes to poure out and in, and the daylie bred shal lye vpon it, 8 and they shall sprede a purple clothe ther ouer, and couer it with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put the staues of it therin. 9 And they shal take a yalowe clothe, and couer the cadilsticke of light therwith, and his lampes, with his snoffers and outquenchers, and all the oyle vessels that belonge to the seruyce, 10 and aboute all this shal they put a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put it vpon staues. 11 So shal they sprede a yalowe clothe ouer the golden altare also, and couer the same with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put it vpon staues. 12 All the vessels that they occupye in the Sanctuary, shal they take, and put a yalowe clothe ther ouer, & couer them with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put them vpon staues. 13 They shal swepe the asshes also from the altare, and sprede a clothe of scarlet ouer it, and set all his vessels theron, 14 that they occupye vpon it: colepames, fleshokes, shouels, basens, with all the apparell of the altare, and they shal sprede a couerynge of doo skynnes theron, and put his staues therto. 15 Now whan Aaron and his sonnes haue done this, and haue couered the Sanctuary & all the ornametes therof, whan the hoost breaketh vp, then shal the children of Rahath go in, that they maye beare it, and the Sanctuary shall they not touche, lest they dye. This is the charge of the childre of Rahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 16 And Eleasar the sonne of Aaron ye prest, shal haue the office, to prepare the oyle for the light, and the spyces for the incense, and the daylie meatofferynge, and the anoyntinge oyle, to order the whole habitacion, & all that therin is, in the Sanctuary and the ornamentes therof. 17 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron, & sayde: 18 Ye shal not destroye the trybe of the kynred of the Rahathites amoge the Leuites, 19 but this shal ye do with them, yt they maye lyue & not dye, yf they touche the most holy. Aaron and his sonnes shal go in, and appoynte euery one vnto his office & charge. 20 But they shal not go in, presumptuously to loke vpo ye Sanctuary, lest they die. 21 And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron & sayde: 22 Take the summe of the children of Gerson also, after their fathers house & kynred, 23 from thirtye yeare & aboue, vntyll fiftye yeare, & appoynte them all yt are mete for the warre, to haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 24 This shalbe the office of the kynred of the Gersonites, eue to serue & to beare. 25 They shal beare the curtaynes of the habitacion and of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and his couerynge and the coueringe of doo skynnes, that is aboue theron, and the hanginge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, 26 and the hanginge aboute the courte, which goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare, and their cordes, and all the instrumentes yt serue for the, and all that belongeth to their occupienge. 27 Acordinge vnto the worde of Aaron and of his sonnes, shal all the office of the children of Gerson be done, what so euer they shall beare and occupye. And ye shal se, that they wayte vpon all their charge. 28 This shal be ye office of ye kinred of ye childre of ye Gersonites in ye Tabernacle of witnes. And their waytinge shal be vnder ye hade of Ithamar, the sonne of Aaro the prest. 29 The children of Merari after their kynred and fathers house, shalt thou appoynte also, 30 from thirtie yeare and aboue, vnto fiftie yeare, all that are mete for the warre, yt they maye haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 31 But vpon this charge shall they wayte acordinge to all their office in ye Tabernacle of witnesse, that they beare the bordes of the Habitacion, and the barres, and pilers, and sokettes: 32 the pilers of the courte also rounde aboute, and the sokettes and nales and cordes, with all their apparell, acordynge to all their seruyce. And vnto euery one shall ye appoynte his porcion of charge to waite vpon the apparell. 33 Let this be the office of the kynred of the children of Merari, all that they shall do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse vnder the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest. 34 And Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of the congregacion, nombred the children of ye Rahathites, acordinge to their kynreds and houses of their fathers, 35 from thirtie yeare and aboue, vntyll fyftye, all that were mete for the warre, to haue offyce in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 36 And the summe was, two thousande, seuen hundreth and fyftie. 37 This is the summe of the kynred of the Rahathites (which all had seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse) whom Moses and Aaron nombred, acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses. 38 The children of Gerson were nombred also in their kynreds and fathers houses 39 from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftie, all that were mete for the warre, to haue office in ye Tabernacle of witnesse, 40 and the summe was two thousande, syxe hundreth and thirtie. 41 This is ye summe of the kinred of the childre of Gerson, which all had to do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse, whom Moses and Aaron nombred, acordinge to ye worde of ye LORDE. 42 The children of Merari were nombred also acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses, 43 from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye, all that were mete for the warre, to haue office in the Tabernacle of witnesse, 44 & the summe was thre thousande, and two hundreth. 45 This is the summe of the kynred of the childre of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses. 46 The summe of all the Leuites, whom Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of Israel tolde, after their kinreds and fathers houses, 47 from thyrtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye, all that wente in to do euery one his office, and to beare the burthen in ye Tabernacle of wytnesse, 48 was eight thousande fyue hundreth and foure score, 49 which were nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses, euery one to his office & charge, as the LORDE commaunded Moses.
• Num 26:57-62 : 57 And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds. Gerson: of whom cometh the kynred of the Gersonites. Rahath: of who cometh the kynred of the Rahathites. Merari: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Merarites. 58 These are ye kynreds of Leui, the kynred of ye Libnites, ye kynred of ye Hebronites, ye kynred of the Mahelites, ye kynred of the Musites, the kynred of the Corahites. Rahath begat Amram. 59 And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui, which was borne him in Egipte: And vnto Amram she bare Aaron & Moses, & Miriam their sister. 60 And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, Abihu. Eleasar & Ithamar. 61 As for Nadab & Abihu, they dyed, whan they offred straunge fyre before ye LORDE. 62 And the summe of the was thre & twentye thousande, all males fro fyue monethes & aboue. For they were not nombred amoge the childre of Israel, for there was no enheritaunce geuen the amonge the children of Israel.
• 1 Chr 6:1-9 : 1 The children of Leui were, Gerson, Kahath and Merari. 2 The childre of Kahath were, Amram, Iezeher, Hebron and Vsiel. 3 The children of Amram were, Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The children of Aaro were, Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar and Ithamar. 4 Eleasar begat Phineas. Phineas begat Abisua. 5 Abisua begat Buki. Buki begat Vsi. 6 Vsi begat Serahia. Serahia begat Meraioth. 7 Meraioth begat Amaria. Amaria begat Achitob. 8 Achitob begat Sadoc. Sadoc begat Ahimaas. 9 Ahimaas begat Asaria. Asaria begat Iohanan. 10 Iohana begat Asaria: for he was prest in the house yt Salomon buylded at Ierusalem. 11 Asaria begat Amaria. Amaria begat Achitob. 12 Achitob begat Zadock. Zadock begat Sallum. 13 Sallum begat Helchias. Helchias begat Asaria. 14 Asaria begat Seraia. Seraia begat Iosedec. 15 But Iosedec was caried awaie wha the LORDE caused Iuda & Ierusale to be led awaye captyue by Nabuchodonosor. 16 The children of Leui are these: Gerson, Kahath and Merari. 17 These are the names of the children of Gerson: Libni and Semei. 18 The names of the childre of Kahat are these: Amram, Iezohar, Hebron and Vsiel. 19 The names of the children of Merari are: Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of the Leuites amonge their housholdes. 20 Gersons sonne was Libni, whose sonne was Iahath, whose sonne was Sima, 21 whose sonne was Ioah, whose sonne was Iddo, whose sonne was Serah, whose sonne was Ieathrai. 22 Kahats sonne was Aminadab, whose sonne was Corah, whose sonne was Assir, 23 whose sonne was Elcana, whose sonne was Abiasaph, whose sonne was Assir, 24 whose sonne was Thahath, whose sonne was Vriel, whose sonne was Vsia, whose sonne was Saul. 25 The childre of Elkana were, Amasai & Ahimoth, 26 whose sonne was Elkana, whose sonne was Elkana of Zuph, whose sonne was Nahath, 27 whose sonne was Eliab, whose sonne was Ieroham, whose sonne was Elkana, 28 whose sonne was Samuel. Whose first borne sonnes were Seni and Abija. 29 Meraris sonne was Maheli, whose sonne was Libni, whose sonne was Simei, whose sonne was Vsa, 30 whose sone was Simea, whose sone was Haggia, whose sone was Asaia. 31 These are they whom Dauid appoynted to synge in the house of the LORDE, where the Arke rested, 32 & they mynistred before the habitacion of the Tabernacle of witnes wt synginge, vntyll Salomon had buylded the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem, and they stode after their maner in their office. 33 And these are they yt stode & their children. Of ye children of Kahath was Heman ye synger, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Samuel, 34 the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, ye sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Thoah, 35 the sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai, 36 the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Iohel, the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Sophonias, 37 the sonne of Thahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Abijasaph, the sonne of Corah, 38 the sonne of Iezehar, the sonne of Rahath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel. 39 And his brother Assaph stode at his righte hande, and Assaph was the sonne of Barachia, the sonne of Simea, 40 the sonne of Michael, ye sonne of Maeseia, the sonne of Malchija, 41 the sonne of Athin, ye sonne of Serah, the sonne of Adaia, 42 the sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Sima, the sonne of Simei, 43 the sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gerson, the sonne of Leui. 44 Their brethren the childre of Merari, stode on the lefte hande, namely, Ethan the sonne of Kusi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch, 45 the sonne of Hasabia, the sonne of Amazia, the sonne of Helchia, 46 ye sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Samer, 47 the sonne of Maheli, the sonne of Musi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui. 48 As for their brethre the Leuites, they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE: 49 but the office of Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre vpon the altare of burntofferynges, and vpon the altare of incense, and to all the busynes in the most holy, and to make attonement for the people, acordinge as Moses ye seruaunt of God commaunded. 50 These are the children of Aaron: Eleasar his sonne, whose sonne was Phineas, whose sonne was Abisua, 51 whose sonne was Buki, whose sonne was Vsi, whose sonne was Serahia, 52 whose sonne was Meraioth, whose sonne was Amaria, whose sonne was Achitob, 53 whose sonne was Sadoc, whose sonne was Ahimaas. 54 And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders, namely of Aarons children of the kynred of ye Kahathites: for this lot fell vnto them. 55 And they gaue the Hebron in the londe of Iuda, & the suburbes of the same rounde aboute. 56 But the felde of ye cite & the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune. 57 Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities, Hebron & Libna with their suburbes, Iather, & Esthemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir, 59 Asan and Bethsemes, with their suburbes. 60 And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin, Geba, Alemeth and Anachot wt their suburbes, so yt all the cities in their kindred were thirtene. 61 The other childre of Kahath of their kynred, had out of ye halfe trybe of Manasses, ten cities by lot. 62 The children of Gerson of their kynred, had out of ye trybe of Isachar, & out of the trybe of Asser, & out of the trybe of Nephtali, & out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan, thirtene cities. 63 The childre of Merari of their kynred, had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben, & out of the trybe of Gad, and out of the trybe of Zabulon, twolue cities. 64 And vnto ye Leuites gaue the childre of Israel cities with their suburbes, 65 namely by lot, out the trybe of the children of Iuda, & out of the trybe of the childre of Simeon, & out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin, euen those cities, which they appoynted by name. 66 But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim. 67 So gaue they now vnto the (namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath) ye fre cities, Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, Geser, 68 Iakmeam, Bethoron, 69 Aialon, and Gath Rimon with their suburbes. 70 And out of ye halfe trybe of Manasses, Aner and Bileam with their suburbes. 71 But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses, Gola in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes. 72 Out of the trybe of Isachar, Redes, Dabrath 73 Ramoth, and Anem with their suburbes 74 Out of the trybe of Asser, Masal, Abdo, 75 Hutoh and Sehob, with their suburbes. 76 Out of the trybe of Nephtali, Redes in Galile, Hamon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes. 77 Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon, Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes. 78 And beyode Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben, Bezer in the wildernes, Iahza, 79 Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes. 80 Out of the trybe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 He?bon and Iaeser with their suburbes.
• 1 Chr 21:6 : 6 As for Leui and Ben Iamin, he nombred them not amonge these: for the kynges worde was abhominable vnto Ioab.
• Num 8:1-9 : 1 And the LORDE talked with Moses, & sayde: 2 Speake to Aaron, & saye vnto him: Whan thou settest vp ye lapes, thou shalt set the so, that they maye all seue geue light aboue vpo ye candilsticke. 3 And Aaron dyd so, & set ye lampes vpo ye candilsticke, as ye LORDE comaunded Moses. 4 The worke of ye cadilsticke was of beate golde, both ye shaft & floures therof: Acordynge to ye visio that the LORDE had shewed Moses, euen so made he the candelsticke. 5 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and sayde: 6 Take the Leuites fro amonge the children of Israel, & clense them. 7 But thus shalt thou do with them, that thou mayest clense them. Thou shalt sprenkle purifienge water vpon them, and lett a rasure go ouer their whole body, and washe their clothes, and then are they cleane. 8 Then shall they take a yonge bullocke, and his meatofferynge of fyne floure myngled with oyle. And another yonge bullocke shalt thou take for a synofferinge. 9 And thou shalt brynge the Leuites before the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and gather together the whole congregacion of ye children of Israel, 10 and brynge the Leuytes before the LORDE. And the children of Israel shall laye their handes vpon the Leuites. 11 And Aaron shal waue ye Leuites before the LORDE for the children of Israel, that they maye mynistre in the seruyce of the LORDE. 12 And the Leuites shall laye their handes vpon the heedes of the bullockes, and the one shalbe made a synnofferynge, the other a burntofferinge vnto the LORDE, to make an attonement for the Leuites. 13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes, and waue them before the LORDE, 14 and so shalt thou separate them from ye children of Israel, that they maye be myne. 15 The shall they go in, that they maye do seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse. Thus shalt thou clense the, & waue them: 16 for they are my gifte of the children of Israel, and I haue taken them vnto me for all that openeth the Matrix, namely for the first borne of all the children of Israel. 17 For euery first borne amonge the children of Israel is myne, both of men and of catell, sens the tyme that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egipte, and sanctified them vnto myself, 18 and toke the Leuites for all the first borne amonge the childre of Israel, 19 and gaue them for a gifte vnto Aaro and his sonnes from amonge the children of Israel, yt they shulde do the seruyce of the children of Israel in the Tabernacle of witnesse, to make attonemet for the children of Israel, that there be not a plage amonge the children of Israel, yf they wyll come nye ye Sanctuary. 20 And Moses with Aaron and the whole congregacio of the childre of Israel, dyd wt the Leuites all as the LORDE had commauded Moses. 21 And they purified the Leuites, and wa?shed their clothes. And Aaron waued them before the LORDE, and made attoment for them, that they might be cleane. 22 After that wente they in, to do their office in the Tabernacle of witnesse before Aaron and his sonnes: as the LORDE commauded Moses concernynge the Leuites, euen so dyd they with them. 23 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses & sayde: 24 This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites: From fyue and twentye yeare and aboue, shal they go in to the office of the Tabernacle of witnesse. 25 But fro fyftie yeare forth, they shal ceasse from the waitinge of the seruyce therof, and shall mynister nomore, 26 but shal appoynte their brethren to waite and to serue in the Tabernacle of wytnesse: but the office shal not they execute. Thus shalt thou do with the Leuites in their seruyces, that euery one maye wayte vpon his awne charge.
• Num 1:3 : 3 fro twentye yeare and aboue, as many as are able to go forth in to ye warre in Israel. And ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes thou and Aaron,
• Num 1:50 : 50 but shalt appoynte them to the Habitacion of wytnesse, and to all ye apparell therof, and to all that belongeth therto. And they shall beare the Tabernacle & all the ordinaunce therof, and shal wayte vpon it, and shal pitch their tentes rounde aboute it.