24 February - Numbers 3-4

Jude Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:07 am

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

NUMBERS 3

1And these are the generations of Aharon and Mosheh when יהוה spoke with Mosheh on Mount Sinai.

2And these are the names of the sons of Aharon: Naḏaḇ, the first-born, and Aḇihu, El‛azar, and Ithamar.

3These are the names of the sons of Aharon, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to act as priests.

4And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu had died before יהוה when they brought strange fire before יהוה in the Wilderness of Sinai. And they had no children. So El‛azar and Ithamar acted as priests in the presence of Aharon their father.

5And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

6“Bring the tribe of Lĕwi near, and set them before Aharon the priest, and they shall serve him,

7and shall guard his duty and the duty of all the congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the Dwelling Place.

8“And they shall guard all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to do the service of the Dwelling Place.

9“And you shall give the Lĕwites to Aharon and his sons. They are the given ones, given to him from among the children of Yisra’ĕl.

10“And appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

11And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

12“Now look, I Myself have taken the Lĕwites from among the children of Yisra’ĕl instead of every first-born who opens the womb among the children of Yisra’ĕl. And the Lĕwites shall be Mine,

13because all the first-born are Mine. On the day that I struck all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, I set apart to Myself all the first-born in Yisra’ĕl, both man and beast. They are Mine, I am יהוה.”

14And יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15“Register the children of Lĕwi by their fathers’ houses, by their clans. Register every male from a month old and above.”

16So Mosheh registered them according to the word of יהוה, as he had been commanded.

17And these were the sons of Lĕwi by their names: Gĕreshon, and Qehath, and Merari.

18And these are the names of the sons of Gĕreshon by their clans: Liḇni and Shim‛i.

19And the sons of Qehath by their clans: Amram and Yitshar, Ḥeḇron and Uzzi’ĕl.

20And the sons of Merari by their clans: Maḥli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Lĕwites by their fathers’ houses.

21From Gĕreshon came the clan of the Liḇnites and the clan of the Shim‛ites. These were the clans of the Gĕreshonites.

22Their registered ones, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, their registered ones were seven thousand five hundred.

23The clans of the Gĕreshonites were to camp westward, behind the Dwelling Place,

24and the leader of the fathers’ house of the Gĕreshonites: Elyasaph, son of La’ĕl.

25And the duty of the children of Gĕreshon in the Tent of Meeting was the Dwelling Place, and the tent with its covering, and the covering of the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26and the screens of the courtyard and the covering of the door of the courtyard, which is around the Dwelling Place and the altar, and their cords, according to all its service.

27And from Qehath came the clan of the Amramites, and the clan of the Yitsharites, and the clan of the Ḥeḇronites, and the clan of the Uzzi’ĕlites. These were the clans of the Qehathites.

28In number, all the males, from a month old and above, were eight thousand six hundred, guarding the duty of the set-apart place.

29The clans of the children of Qehath were to camp on the south side of the Dwelling Place.

30And the leader of the fathers’ house of the clans of the Qehathites was Elitsaphan, son of Uzzi’ĕl.

31And their duty was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the utensils of the set-apart place used in the service, and the covering, and all its service.

32And El‛azar, son of Aharon the priest, was to be chief over the leaders of the Lĕwites, with oversight of those who guard the duty of the set-apart place.

33From Merari came the clan of the Maḥlites and the clan of the Mushites. These were the clans of Merari.

34And the number of their registered ones, all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.

35And the leader of the fathers’ house of the clans of Merari was Tsuri’ĕl, son of Aḇiḥayil. These were to camp on the north side of the Dwelling Place.

36And the appointed duty of the children of Merari was the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its columns, and its sockets, and its utensils, and all its service,

37and the columns of the courtyard all around, with their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords.

38And those who were to camp before the Dwelling Place on the east, before the Tent of Meeting, were Mosheh and Aharon, and his sons, guarding the duty of the set-apart place, and the duty of the children of Yisra’ĕl. But the stranger who came near was to be put to death.

39All the registered ones of the Lĕwites, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered at the command of יהוה, by their clans, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.

40And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Register all the first-born males of the children of Yisra’ĕl from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

41“And you shall take the Lĕwites for Me – I am יהוה – instead of all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl, and the livestock of the Lĕwites instead of all the first-born among the livestock of the children of Yisra’ĕl.”

42And Mosheh registered all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl as יהוה had commanded him.

43And all the first-born males, by the number of names, from one month old and above of their registered ones, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

45“Take the Lĕwites instead of all the first-born among the children of Yisra’ĕl, and the livestock of the Lĕwites instead of their livestock. And the Lĕwites shall be Mine, I am יהוה.

46“And for the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the children of Yisra’ĕl, who are more than the number of the Lĕwites,

47you shall take five sheqels for each one, head by head – take it by the sheqel of the set-apart place, the sheqel of twenty gĕrahs.

48“And you shall give the silver, the ransom of those who are in excess among them, to Aharon and his sons.”

49And Mosheh took the ransom silver from those who were over and above those who were ransomed by the Lĕwites.

50From the first-born of the children of Yisra’ĕl he took the silver, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five pieces, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place.

51And Mosheh gave their ransom silver to Aharon, and to his sons, according to the word of יהוה, as יהוה had commanded Mosheh.

NUMBERS 4

1And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,

2“Take a census of the sons of Qehath from among the children of Lĕwi, by their clans, by their fathers’ house,

3from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

4“This is the service of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting, the most set-apart matters:

5“At the breaking of camp, Aharon and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Witness with it,

6and shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over that an all-blue wrapper, and shall insert its poles.

7“And on the table of showbread they shall spread a blue wrapper, and shall put on it the dishes, and the ladles, and the bowls, and the jars for pouring, and the showbread on it.

8“And they shall spread over them a scarlet wrapper, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles,

9and shall take a blue wrapper and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it.

10“And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a bar.

11“And over the golden altar they shall spread a blue wrapper, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles,

12and shall take all the utensils of service with which they serve in the set-apart place, and shall put them in a blue wrapper, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a bar,

13and shall remove the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple wrapper over it,

14and shall put on it all its utensils by which they serve there: the fire holders, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, and all the utensils of the altar, and shall spread on it a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles.

15“And when Aharon and his sons have finished covering the set-apart objects and all the furnishings of the Set-apart Place at the breaking of camp, then the sons of Qehath shall come to lift them, but let them not touch that which is set-apart, lest they die. These matters are the burden of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting.

16“And the oversight of El‛azar, son of Aharon the priest, is the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the Dwelling Place and all that is in it, with the set-apart place and its furnishings.”

17And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,

18“Do not cut off the tribe of the clans of the Qehathites from among the Lĕwites,

19but do this to them, and they shall live and not die when they approach the most set-apart objects: Aharon and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his burden.

20“They are not, however, to go in to watch while the set-apart objects are being covered, lest they die.”

21And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

22“Take a census also of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their fathers’ house, by their clans.

23“Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter to perform the service, to do the service in the Tent of Meeting.

24“This is the service of the clans of the Gĕreshonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

25“And they shall bear the curtains of the Dwelling Place and the Tent of Meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is on it, the covering for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26and the screens of the courtyard and the covering for the door of the gate of the courtyard, which is around the Dwelling Place and altar, and their cords, all the equipment for their service and all that is made for them – so shall they serve.

27“Aharon and his sons are to command all the service of the sons of the Gĕreshonites, all their burden and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all the duty of all their burden.

28“This is the service of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon in the Tent of Meeting. And let their duties be under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest.

29“As for the sons of Merari, register them by their clans and by their fathers’ house.

30“Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.

31“And this is the duty of their burden, according to all their service for the Tent of Meeting: the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its columns, and its sockets,

32and the columns around the courtyard with their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their equipment and all their service. And assign to each by name the equipment of the duty of their burden.

33“This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest.”

34So Mosheh and Aharon and the leaders of the congregation registered the sons of the Qehathites by their clans and by their fathers’ house,

35from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.

36And their registered ones, by their clans, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

37These were the registered ones of the clans of the Qehathites, all those serving in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה by the hand of Mosheh.

38And those registered ones of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their clans and by their fathers’ house,

39from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,

40the registered ones, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

41These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon, of all who serve in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה.

42And those of the clans of the sons of Merari who were registered, by their clans, by their fathers’ house,

43from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,

44the registered ones, by their clans were three thousand two hundred.

45These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה by the hand of Mosheh.

46All the registered ones of the Lĕwites, whom Mosheh and Aharon and the leaders of Yisra’ĕl registered, by their clans and by their fathers’ houses,

47from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,

48their registered ones were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

49According to the command of יהוה they were registered by the hand of Mosheh, each according to his service and according to his burden, thus were they registered by him, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.