The Fourth Book of Moses, called Numbers {Numeri}

Chapter .j.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the

tabernacle of witness, the first day of the second month, and in the

second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt saying: take

ye the sum of all the multitude of the children of Israel, in their

kindreds and households of their fathers and number them by name all

that are males, poll by poll, from twenty years and above: even all

that are able to go forth in to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall

number them in their armies, and with you shall be of every tribe a

head man in the house of his father. And these are the names of the men

that shall stond with you: in Ruben, Elizur the son of Sedeur: In

Simeon, Selumiel: the son of Zuri Sadai: In the tribe of Iuda, Nahesson

the son of Aminadab: In Isachar, Nathaneel the son of Zuar: In Zabulon,

Eliab the son of Helon. Among the children of Ioseph: In Ephraim,

Elisama the son of Amihud: In Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Pedazur: In

BenIamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni: In Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammi

Sadai: In Aser, Pagiel the son of Ochran: In Gad, Elisaph the son of

Deguel: In Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. These were councillors of

the congregation and lords in the tribes of their fathers and captains

over thousands in Israel. And Moses and Aaron took these men above

named and gathered all the congregation together, the first day of the

second month, and reckoned them after their birth and kindreds and

houses of their fathers by name from twenty years and above head by

head, as the LORD commanded Moses, even so he numbered them in the

wilderness of Sinai. And the children of Ruben Israel's eldest son in

their generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers, when they were

numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years and

above, as many as were able to go forth in war: were numbered in the

tribe of Ruben, forty six thousand and five hundred. Among the children

of Simeon: their generation in their kindreds and houses of their

fathers (when every man's name was told) of all the males from twenty

years and above, whatsoever was meet for the war: were numbered in the

tribe of Simeon forty nine thousand and three hundred. Among the

children of Gad: their generation in their kindreds and households of

their fathers, when they were told by name, from twenty years and

above, all that were mete for the war: were numbered in the tribe of

Gad forty five thousand, six hundred and fifty. Among the children of

Iuda: their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers

(by the number of names) from twenty years and above, all that were

able to war, were told in the tribe of Iuda seventy four thousand and

six hundred. Among the children of Isachar: their generation, in their

kindreds and houses of their fathers (when their names were counted)

from twenty years and above, whatsoever was apt for war, were numbered

in the tribe of Isachar fifty four thousand and four hundred. Among the

children of Zabulon: their generation, in their kindreds and houses of

their fathers (after the number of names) from twenty years and above,

whosoever was mete for the war: were counted in the tribe of Zabulon

fifty seven thousand and four hundred. Among the children of Ioseph:

first among the children of Ephraim: their generation, in their

kindreds and houses of their fathers (when the names of all that were

apt to the war were told) from twenty years and above: were in number

in the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand, and six hundred. Among the

children of Manasse: their generation, in their kindreds and houses of

their fathers (when the names of all that were apt to war were told)

from twenty and above were numbered in the tribe of Manasse thirty two

thousand and two hundred. Among the children of BenIamin: their

generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers (by the tale

of names) from twenty years and above of all that were mete for war,

were numbered in the tribe of BenIamin thirty five thousand and four

hundred. Among the children of Dan: their generation in their kindreds

and houses of their fathers (in the sum of names) of all that was apt

to war from twenty years and above, were numbered in the tribe of Dan

fifty seven thousand and seven hundred. Among the children of Asser:

their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers (when

they were summed by name) from twenty years and above, all that were

apt to war were numbered in the tribe of Asser forty one thousand and

five hundred. Among the children of Naphtali: their generation in their

kindreds and houses of their fathers (when their names were told) from

twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete to war: were numbered in

the tribe of Naphtali fifty three thousand and four hundred. These are

the numbers which Moses and Aaron numbered with the twelve princes of

Israel: of every house of their fathers a man. And all the numbers of

the children of Israel, in the houses of their fathers, from twenty

years and above, whatsoever was mete for the war in Israel, drew unto

the sum of six hundred [and three] thousand, five hundred and fifty.

But the Levites in the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among

them. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: only see that thou number

not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children

of Israel. But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of

witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth

thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance

thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round

about it. And when the tabernacle goeth forth the Levites shall take it

down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if

any stranger come near, he shall die. And the children of Israel shall

pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his

own standard thorowout all their hosts. But the Levites shall pitch

round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon

the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait

upon the habitation of witness. And the children of Israel did

according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

Chapter .ij.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: The children of Israel

shall pitch: every man by his own standard with the arms of their

father's houses, a way from the presence of the tabernacle of witness.

On the eastside toward the rising of the son, shall they of the

standard of the host of Iuda pitch with their arms: And Nahesson the

son of Aminadab shall be captain over the sons of Iuda. And his host

and the number of them seventy four thousand and six hundred. And next

unto him shall the tribe of Isachar pitch and Nathaneel the son of Zuar

captain over the children of Isachar: his host and the number of them

fifty four thousand and four hundred. And then the tribe of Zabulon:

with Eliab the son of Helon, captain over the children of Zabulon, and

his host in the number of them: fifty seven thousand and four hundred.

So that all they that pertain unto the host of Iuda, are an hundred

thousand eighty six thousand and four hundred in their companies: and

these shall go in the forefront, when they journey. And on the south

side, the standard of the host of Ruben shall lie with their companies

and the captain over the sons of Ruben, Elizur the son of Sedeur, and

his host and the number of them forty six thousand, and five hundred.

And fast by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captain over

the sons of Simeon. Salumiel the son of Zuri Sadai, and his host and

the number of them forty nine thousand and three hundred. And the tribe

of Gad also: And the captain over the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of

Deguel and his host and the number of them forty five thousand six

hundred and fifty. So that all the number that pertain unto the host of

Ruben, are an hundred thousand, fifty one thousand, four hundred and

fifty, with their companies, and they shall be the second in the

journey. And the tabernacle of witness with the host of the Levites,

shall go in the midst of the hosts: as they lie in their tents, even so

shall they proceed in the journey, every man in his quarter about their

standards. On the west side, the standard and the host of Ephraim shall

lie with their companies. And the captain over the sons of Ephraim,

Elisama the son of Amihud: and his host and the number of them forty

thousand and five hundred. And fast by him, the tribe of Manasse, and

the captain over the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Peda Zur and

his host and the number of them thirty two thousand and two hundred.

And the tribe of BenIamin also: and the captain over the sons of

BenIamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni, and his host and the number of

them thirty five thousand and four hundred. All the number that

pertained unto the host of Ephraim, were an hundred thousand eight

thousand and an hundred in their hosts: and they shall be the third in

the journey. And the standard and the host of Dan shall lie on the

north side with their companies: and the captain over the children of

Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammi Sadai: and his host and the number of them

sixty two thousand and seven hundred. And fast by him shall the tribe

of Asser pitch: and the captain over the sons of Asser, Pagiel the son

of Ochran: and his host and the number of them forty one thousand and

five hundred. And the tribe of Naphtali also, and the captain over the

children of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan: and his host and the

number of them fifty three thousand and four hundred. So that the whole

number of all that pertained unto the host of Dan, was an hundred

thousand fifty seven thousand and six hundred. And they shall be the

last in the journey with their standards. These are the sums of the

children of Israel in the houses of their fathers: even all the numbers

of the hosts with their companies six hundred thousand three thousand

five hundred and fifty. And yet the Levites were not numbered among the

children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of

Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, and so they

pitched with their standards, and so they journeyed: every man in his

kindred, and in the household of his father.

Chapter .iij.

These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, when the LORD spake unto

Moses in Mount Sinai, and these are the names of the sons of Aaron:

Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. These are the

names of the sons of Aaron which were priests anointed and their hands

filled to minister, but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they

brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and

had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of

Aaron their father. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: bring the

tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve

him and wait upon him, and upon all the multitude, before the

tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation. And they

shall wait upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon

the children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation. And thou

shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto

him of the children of Israel. And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his

sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh

nye, shall die for it. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: behold, I

have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, for all the

firstborn that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, so

that the Levites shall be mine: because all the firstborn are mine: for

the same day that I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, I

hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast, and

mine they shall be: for I am the LORD. And the LORD spake unto Moses in

the wilderness of Sinai saying: Number the children of Levi in the

houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month

old and above. And Moses numbered them at the word of the LORD, as he

was commanded. And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gerson,

Cahath, and Merari. And these are the names of the children of Gerson

in their kindreds: Libni and Semei. And the sons of Cahath in their

kindred were Amram, Iezehar, Hebron and Usiel. And the sons of Merari

in their kindreds were Maheli and Musi. These are the kindreds of Levi

in the houses of their fathers. And of Gerson came the kindred of the

Libnites and the Semeites, which are the kindreds of the Gersonites.

And the sum of them (when all the males were told) from a month old and

above, were seven thousand and five hundred. And the kindreds of the

Gersonites pitched behind the habitation westward. And the captain of

the most ancient house among the Gersonites, was Eliasaph the son of

Lael. And the office of the children of Gerson in the tabernacle of

witness was the habitation and the tent with the covering thereof and

the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the hangings

of the court, and the curtain of the door of the court: which court

went round about the dwelling, and the altar, and the cords that

pertained unto all the service thereof. And of Cahath came the kindred

of the Amramites and the kindred of the Iezeharites and of the

Hebronites and of the Usielites: And these are the kindreds of the

Cahathites. And the number of all the males from a month old and above,

was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place. And

the kindred of the children of Cahath, pitched on the south side of the

dwelling. And the captain in the most ancient house of the kindreds of

the Cahathites, was Elizaphan the son of Usiel, and their office was:

[to keep] the ark, the table, the candlestick, and the altar, and the

holy vessels to minister with and the vail with all that served

thereto. And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all

the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited

upon the holy things. And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahelites

and of the Musites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites. And

the number of them (when all the males from a month old and above was

told) drew unto six thousand and two hundred. And the captain of the

most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the

son of Abihail which pitched on the north side of the dwelling. And the

office of the sons of Merari was: the boards of the dwelling and the

bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments there

of and all that served thereto: and the pillars of the court round

about and their sockets, with their pins and cords. But on the

forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness

eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the

sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that

cometh nye, shall die for it. And the whole sum of the Levites which

Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD thorowout

their kindreds even, of all the males of a month old and above, was

twenty two thousand. And the LORD said unto Moses: Number all the first

born that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and

above, and take the number of their names. And thou shalt appoint the

Levites to me the LORD, for all the firstborn among the children of

Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the firstborn of the children

of Israel. And Moses numbered as the LORD commanded him, all the

firstborn of the children of Israel. And all the firstborn males, in

the sum of names, from a month old and above, were numbered twenty two

thousand two hundred and seventy three. And the LORD spake unto Moses

saying: take the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of

Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle: and the Levites

shall be mine which am the LORD. And for the redeeming of the two

hundred and seventy three which are more than the Levites in the

firstborn of the children of Israel, take five sicles of every piece,

after the sicles of the holy place, twenty geras the sicles. And give

the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and

his sons. And Moses took the redemption money of the overplus that were

more than the Levites, among the firstborn of the children of Israel:

and it came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sicles, of the

holy sicle. And he gave that redemption money unto Aaron and his sons

at the word of the LORD, even as the LORD commanded Moses.

Chapter .iiij.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, and bade them take the sum of

the children of Cahath from among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds

and houses of their fathers from thirty years and above until fifty,

all that were able to war, for to do the work in the tabernacle of

witness: even in the most holy place. {[This shall be the office of the

Kahath in the tabernacle of witness which is most holy.]} And when the

host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the vail,

and cover the ark of witness therewith, and shall put thereon a

covering of taxus' skins, and shall spread a cloth that is altogether

of jacinth above all, and put the staves thereof in. And upon the shew

table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon, the

dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread

shall be thereon: and they shall spread upon them a covering of purple,

and cover the same with a covering of taxus' skins, and put the staves

thereof in. And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the

candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans, and

all her oil vessels which they occupy about it, and shall put upon her

and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus' skins, and put it upon

staves. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of Iacinth,

and put on her staves. And they shall take all the things which they

occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put a cloth of Iacinth

upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus' skins and put them

on staves. And they shall take away the ashes out of the altar, and

spread a scarlet cloth thereon: and put about it, the firepans, the

fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins, and all that belongeth unto the

altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering of taxus' skins, and

put on the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end

of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that

the host remove, then the sons of Cahath shall come in for to bear, and

so let them not twich the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the

charge of the sons of Cahath in the tabernacle of witness. And Eleazar

the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for

the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meatoffering and the

anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that

therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth

thereto. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: destroy not

the tribe of the kindreds of the Cahathites, from among the Levites.

But thus do unto them that they may live and not die, when they go unto

the most holy place. Aaron and his sons shall go in and put them, every

man unto his service and unto his burthen. But let them not go in to

see when they cover the sanctuary, lest they die. And the LORD spake

unto Moses saying: Take the sum of the children of Gerson, in the

houses of their fathers and in their kindreds: from thirty years and

above, until fifty, all that are able to go forth in war, for to do

service in the tabernacle of witness. And this is the service of the

kindred of the Gersonites, to serve and to bear. They shall bear the

curtains of the dwelling and the roof of the tabernacle of witness and

his covering and the covering of taxus' skins that is on high {an hye}

above upon it, and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of

witness: and the hanging of the court and the hanging of the gate of

the court that is round about the dwelling and the altar, and the cords

of them, and all the instruments that serve unto them and all that is

made for them. And at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the

service of the children of the Gersonites be done, in all their charges

and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their

charges that they shall wait upon. And this is the service of the

kindred of the children of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of witness,

and their wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the

priest. And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and

in the houses of their fathers, from thirty years and above unto fifty.

All that is able to go forth in war, to do the service of the

tabernacle of witness. And this is the charge that they must wait upon

in all that they must serve in the tabernacle of witness: The boards of

the dwelling, and the bars, pillars, and sockets thereof, and the

pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, pins and cords

with all that pertaineth and serveth unto them. And by name ye shall

reckon the things that they must wait upon to bear. This is the service

of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all their service in the

tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the

priest. And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbered

the sons of the Cahathites in their kindreds and houses of their

fathers, from thirty years and above unto fifty, and that were able to

go forth in the host and to do service in the tabernacle of witness.

And the number of them in their kindreds were two thousand, seven

hundred and fifty. These are the numbers of the kindreds of the

Cahathites, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which

Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD of by the

hand of Moses. And the sons of Gerson were numbered in their kindreds

and in the houses of their fathers, from thirty years up unto fifty,

all that were able to go forth in the host for to do service in the

tabernacle of witness. And the number of them in their kindreds, and in

the houses of their fathers, was two thousand, six hundred and thirty.

This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Gerson, of all that

did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did

number at the commandment of the LORD. And the kindreds of the sons of

Merari were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their

fathers, from thirty years up unto fifty. All that were able to go

forth with the host, to do service in the tabernacle of witness. And

the number of them was in their kindreds, three thousand and two

hundred. This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Merari,

which Moses and Aaron numbered at the bidding of the LORD, by the hand

of Moses. The whole sum which Moses, Aaron and the lords of Israel

numbered among the Levites in their kindreds and households of their

fathers, from thirty years up unto fifty every man to do his office and

service and to bear his burthen in the tabernacle of witness: was eight

thousand, five hundred and eighty which they numbered at the

commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses every man unto his service

and burthen: as the LORD commanded Moses.

Chapter .v.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: command the children of Israel

that they put out of the host, all the lepers and all that have issues

and all that are defiled upon the dead, whether they be males or

females ye shall put them out of the host, that they defile not the

tents among which I {ye} dwell. And the children of Israel did so, and

put them out of the host: even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the

children of Israel. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto

the children of Israel: whether it be man or woman, when they have

sinned any manner of sin which a man doeth wherewith a man trespasseth

against the LORD, so that the soul hath done amiss: then they shall

knowledge their sins which they have done, and restore again the hurt

that they have done in the whole, and put the fifth part of it more

thereto, and give it unto him whom he hath trespassed against. But and

if he that maketh the amends have no man to do it to, then the amends

that is made shall be the LORD's and the priest's, beside the ram of

the atonement offering wherewith he maketh an atonement for himself.

And all heave offerings of all the hallowed things which the children

of Israel bring unto the priest, shall be the priest's, and every man's

hallowed things shall be his own, but whatsoever any man giveth the

priest, it shall be the priest's. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying:

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: If any man's wife

go aside and trespass against him, so that another man lie with her

fleshly and the thing be hid from the eyes of her husband and is not

come to light that she is defiled (for there is no witness against her)

in as much as she was not taken with the manner, and the spirit of

jealousy cometh upon him and he is jealous over his wife and she

defiled, or happily the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he is

jealous over his wife and she yet undefiled. Then let her husband bring

her unto the priest and bring an offering for her: the tenth part of an

Epha of barley meal, but shall pour none oil thereunto, nor put

frankincense thereon: for it is an offering of jealousy, and an

offering that maketh remembrance of sin. And let the priest bring her

and set her before the LORD, and let him take holy water in an earthen

vessel and of the dust that is in the floor of the habitation, and put

it into the water. And the priest shall set the wife before the LORD

and uncover her head, and put the memorial of the offering in her hands

which is the jealousy offering, and the priest shall have bitter and

cursing water in his hand, and he shall conjure her and shall say unto

her: If no man have lien with thee neither hast gone aside, and defiled

thyself behind thy husband, then have thou no harm of this bitter

cursing water. But and if thou hast gone aside behind thine husband and

art defiled and some other man hath lien with thee beside thine husband

(and let the priest conjure her with the conjuration of the curse and

say unto her) the LORD make thee a curse and a conjuration among thy

people: so that the LORD make thy thigh rot, and thy belly swell and

this bitter cursing water go into the bowels of thee, that thy belly

swell and thy thigh rot, and the wife shall say: Amen Amen. And the

priest shall write this curse in a bill and wash it out in the bitter

water. And when the cursing water is in her that it is bitter, then let

the priest take the jealousy offering out of the wife's hand, and wave

it before the LORD, and bring it unto the altar: and he shall take an

handful of the memorial offering and burn it upon the altar, and then

make her drink the water and when he hath made her drink the water. If

she be defiled and have trespassed against her husband, then shall the

cursing water go into her and be so bitter, that her belly shall swell

and her thigh shall rot, and she shall be a curse among her people. And

if she be not defiled but is clean, then she shall have no harm, but

that she may conceive. This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goeth a

side behind her husband and is defiled, or when the spirit of jealousy

cometh upon a man, so that he is jealous over his wife: then he shall

bring her before the LORD, and the priest shall minister all this law

unto her, and the man shall be guiltless, and the wife shall bear her

sin.

Chapter .vi.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto children of Israel and

say unto them: when either man or woman appointeth to vow a vow of

abstinence for to abstain unto the LORD, he shall abstain from wine and

strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink,

nor drink whatsoever is pressed out of grapes: and shall eat no fresh

grapes neither yet dried, as long as his abstinence endureth. Moreover

he shall eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, no not so much as

the kernels or the husk of the grape. And as long as the vow of his

abstinence endureth, there shall no razor nor shears come upon his

head, until his days be out which he fasteth unto the LORD, and he

shall be holy and shall let the locks of his hair grow. As long as he

abstaineth unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body: he shall not

make himself unclean at the death of his father, mother, brother or

sister: For the abstinence of his God is upon his head. And therefore

as long as his abstinence lasteth, he shall be holy unto the LORD. And

if it fortune that any man by chance die suddenly before him, and

defile the head of his abstinence, then must he shave his head the day

of his cleansing: even the seventh day he shall shave it. And the

eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the

priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. And the priest

shall offer the one for a sinoffering and the other for a burntoffering

and make an atonement for him, as concerning that he sinned upon the

dead, and shall also hallow his head the same day and he shall abstain

unto the LORD the time of his abstinency, and shall bring a lamb of an

year old for a trespass offering: but the days that were before are

lost, because his abstinence was defiled. This is the law of the

abstainer, when the time of his abstinence is out; he shall be brought

unto the door of the tabernacle of witness and he shall bring his

offering unto the LORD: an he lamb of a year old without blemish for a

burntoffering and a she lamb of a year old without blemish for a

sinoffering, a ram without blemish also for a peaceoffering, and a

basket of sweet bread of fine flour mingled with oil and wafers of

sweet bread anointed with oil with meatofferings and drinkofferings

that long thereto. And the priest shall bring him before the LORD and

offer his sinoffering and his burntoffering, and shall offer the ram

for a peaceoffering unto the LORD with the basket of sweet bread, and

the priest shall offer also his meatoffering and his drinkoffering. And

the abstainer shall shave his head in the door of the tabernacle of

witness and shall take the hair of his sober head and put it in the

fire which is under the peaceoffering. Then the priest shall take the

sodden shoulder of the ram and one sweet cake out of the basket and one

sweet wafer also and put them in the hand of the abstainer after he

hath shaven his abstinence off, and the priest shall wave them unto the

LORD, which offering shall be holy unto the priest with the wavebreast

and heave shoulder: and then the abstainer may drink wine. This is the

law of the abstainer which hath vowed his offering unto the LORD for

his abstinence, besides that his hand can get. And according to the vow

which he vowed, even so he must do in the law of his abstinence. And

the LORD talked with Moses saying: speak unto Aaron and his sons

saying: of this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel saying unto

them. The LORD {lorde} bless thee and keep thee. The LORD {lorde} make

his face shine upon thee and be merciful unto thee. The LORD {lorde}

lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. For ye shall

put my name upon the children of Israel, that I may bless them.

Chapter .vij.

And when Moses had full set up the habitation and anointed it and

sanctified it and all the apparel thereof, and had anointed and

sanctified the altar also and all the vessels thereof: then the princes

of Israel, heads over the houses of their fathers which were the lords

of the tribes that stood and numbered, offered and brought their gifts

before the LORD six covered chariots and twelve oxen: two and two a

chariot and an ox every man, and they brought them before the

habitation. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: take it of them and

let them be to do the service of the tabernacle of witness, and give

them unto the Levites, every man according unto his office. And Moses

took the chariots and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites: two

chariots and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gerson according unto

their office. And four chariots and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of

Merari according unto their offices, under the hands of Ithamar the son

of Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of Cahath he gave none, for the

office that pertained to them was holy, and therefore they must bear

upon shoulders. And the princes offered unto the dedicating of the

altar in the day that it was anointed, and brought their gifts before

the altar. And the LORD said unto Moses: let the princes bring their

offerings, every day one prince, unto the dedicating of the altar. He

that offered his offering the first day, was Nahesson the son of

Aminadab of the tribe of Iuda. And his offering was: a silver charger,

of an hundred and thirty sicles weight: and a silver bowl of seventy

sicles of the holy sicle, both of them full of fine wheaten flour

mingled with oil for a meatoffering: and a spoon of ten sicles of gold

full of cense: and an ox, {bullock} a ram and a lamb of a year old for

burntofferings, and an he goat for a sinoffering: and for peace

offerings two oxen, five rams, five he goats and five lambs of a year

old. And this was the gift of Nahesson the son of Aminadab. The second

day, did Nathaneel offer, the son of Zuar, captain over Isachar. And

his offering which he brought was: a silver charger of an hundred and

thirty sicles weight, and a silver bowl of seventy sicles, of the holy

sicle: both full of fine wheaten flour mingled with oil for a meat

offering: and a golden spoon of ten sicles, full of cense: And an ox, a

ram and a lamb of a year old for burntofferings, and for peaceofferings

two oxen five rams, five he goats and five lambs of one year old. And

this was the offering of Nathaneel the son of Zuar. The third day,

Eliab the son of Helon the chiefest among the children of Zabulon,

brought his offering. And his offering was, a silver charger of an

hundred and thirty sicles weight, and a silver bowl of seventy sicles

of the holy sicle, and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a

meatoffering: and a golden spoon of ten sicles full of cense: and an ox

and a ram and a lamb of a year old for burntofferings, and an he goat

for a sinoffering: and for peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he

goats and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of

Eliab the son of Helon. The fourth day, Elizur the son of Sedeur, chief

lord among the children of Ruben, brought his offering. And his gift

was: a silver charger of an hundred and thirty sicles weight, and, a

silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle, and both full of fine

flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering: and a golden spoon of ten

sicles full of cense: and an ox, a ram and a lamb of a year old for

burntofferings, and an he goat for a sinoffering: and for

peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he goats and five lambs of one

year old. And this was the offering of Elizur the son of Sedeur. The

fifth day, Selumiel the son of Zuri Sadai, chief lord among the

children of Simeon, offered: whose gift was: a silver charger of an

hundred and thirty sicles weight: and a silver bowl of seventy sicles

the holy sicle: and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a

meatoffering: and a golden spoon of ten sicles full of cense. And an

ox, a ram, and a lamb of a year old for burntofferings, and an he goat

for a sinoffering: and for peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he

goats and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of

Selumiel the son of Zuri Sadai. The sixth day, Eliasaph the son of

Deguel the chief lord among the children of Gad, offered: whose gift

was: a silver charger of an hundred and thirty sicles weight, and a

silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle, and both full of fine

flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering: and a golden spoon of ten

sicles full of cense. And an ox, a ram and a lamb of a year old for

burntofferings, and an he goat for a sinoffering. And for

peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he goats and five lambs of one

year old. And this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deguel. The

seventh day, Elisama the son of Amihud, the chief lord of the children

of Ephraim, offered. And his gift was: a silver charger of an hundred

and thirty sicles weight, and a silver bowl of seventy sicles, of the

holy sicle: and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat

offering: and a golden spoon of ten sicles, full of cense. And an ox, a

ram and a lamb of a year old for burntofferings, and an he goat for a

sinoffering: and for peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he goats

and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of Elisama

the son of Amihud. The eighth day, offered Gamaliel the son of Pedazur,

the chief lord of the children of Manasse. And his gift was: a silver

charger of an hundred and thirty sicles weight, and a silver bowl of

seventy sicles of the holy sicle, and both full of fine flour mingled

with oil for a meatoffering: and a golden spoon of ten sicles full of

cense: And an ox, a ram and a lamb of a year old for burntofferings,

and an he goat for a sinoffering: and for peaceofferings two oxen five

rams five he goats and five lambs of one year old. And this was the

offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedazur. The ninth day, Abidan the son

of Gedeoni the chief lord among the children of BenIamin offered. And

his gift was: a silver charger of an hundred and thirty sicles weight,

and a silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle, and both full of

fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering: and a golden spoon of

ten sicles full of cense: and an ox, a ram and a lamb of a year old for

burntofferings, and an he goat for a sinoffering: and for

peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he goats and five lambs of one

year old. And this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gedeoni. The

tenth day, Ahiezer the son of Ammi Sadai, chief lord among the children

of Dan offered. And his gift was: a silver charger of an hundred and

thirty sicles weight, and a silver bowl of seventy sicles, of the holy

sicle: and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering:

and a golden spoon of ten sicles full of cense: and an ox, a ram and a

lamb of a year old for burntofferings, and an he goat for a

sinoffering: and for peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he goats

and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of Ahiezer

the son of Ammi Sadai. The eleventh day, Pagiel the son of Ocran the

chief lord among the children of Asser offered: And his gift was: a

silver charger of an hundred and thirty sicles weight, and a silver

bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle, and both full of fine flour

mingled with oil for a meatoffering: and a golden spoon of ten sicles

full of cense: And an ox, a ram and a lamb of a year old for

burntofferings, and an he goat for a sinoffering: and for

peaceofferings two oxen, five rams five he goats and five lambs of one

year old. And this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. The

twelfth day, Ahira the son of Enan, chief lord among the children of

Naphtali offered. And his gift was: a silver charger of an hundred and

thirty sicles weight, and a silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy

sicle, and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering:

and a golden spoon of ten sicles full of cense: and an ox, a ram and a

lamb of a year old for burntofferings, and an he goat for a

sinoffering: and for peaceofferings two oxen five rams five he goats

and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of Ahira, the

son of Enan. Of this manner was the dedication of the altar, when it

was anointed: unto the which was brought of the princes of Israel

twelve chargers of silver twelve silver bowls and twelve spoons of

gold: every charger containing an hundred and thirty sicles of silver,

and every bowl seventy so that all the silver of all the vessels, was

two thousand and four hundred sicles of the holy sicle. And the twelve

golden spoons which were full of cense, contained ten sicles apiece of

the holy sicle: so that all the gold of the spoons, was an hundred and

twenty sicles. All the oxen that were brought for the burntofferings

were twelve and the rams twelve and the lambs twelve of a year old

apiece, with the meatofferings: with he goats for sinofferings. And all

the oxen of the peaceofferings were twenty four the rams sixty the

goats sixty and lambs of a year old apiece sixty and this was the

dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. And when Moses was

gone into the tabernacle of witness to speak with him, he heard the

voice of one speaking unto him from of the mercy seat that was upon the

ark of witness: even from between the two cherubins he spake unto him.

Chapter .viij.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto Aaron and say unto

him: when thou puttest on the lamps see that they light all seven upon

the forefront of the candlestick. And Aaron did even so, and put the

lamps upon the forefront of the candlestick, as the LORD commanded

Moses, and the work of the candlestick was of stiff gold: both the

shaft and the flowers thereof. And according unto the vision which the

LORD had shewed Moses even so he made the candlestick. And the LORD

spake unto Moses saying: take the Levites from among the children of

Israel, and cleanse them. And this do unto them when thou cleansest

them, sprinkle water of purifying upon them and make a razor to run

along upon all the flesh of them, and let them wash their clothes, and

then they shall be clean. And let them take a bullock and his

meatoffering, fine flour mingled with oil: and another bullock shalt

thou take to be a sinoffering. Then bring the Levites before the

tabernacle of witness and gather the hole multitude of the children of

Israel together. And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the

children of Israel put their hands upon the Levites. And let Aaron

heave the Levites before the LORD, for an heaveoffering given of the

children of Israel, and then let them be appointed to wait upon the

service of the LORD. And let the Levites put their hands upon the heads

of the bullocks, and then offer them: the one for a sinoffering and the

other for a burntoffering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the

Levites. And make the Levites stond before Aaron and his sons, and have

them to be a heaveoffering unto the LORD. And thou shalt separate the

Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine: and

after that let them go and do the service of the tabernacle of witness.

Cleanse them and wave them, for they are given unto me from among the

children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn

that open any matrice among the children of Israel. For all the

firstborn among the children of Israel are mine both man and beast:

because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

I sanctified them for myself: and I have taken the Levites for all the

firstborn among the children of Israel, and have given them unto Aaron

and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of

the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an

atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the

children of Israel, if they come nye unto the sanctuary. And Moses and

Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did unto the

Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses. And the

Levites purified them selves, and washed their clothes. And Aaron waved

them before the LORD, and made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

And after that they went in to do their service in the tabernacle of

witness, before Aaron and his sons. And according as the LORD had

commanded Moses as concerning the Levites, even so they did unto them.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: this shall be the manner of the

Levites: from twenty five years upward they shall go in to wait upon

the service in the tabernacle of witness, and at fifty they shall cease

waiting upon the service thereof, and shall labour no more: but shall

minister unto their brethren in the tabernacle of witness, and there

wait, but shall do no more service. And see that thou do after this

manner unto the Levites in their waiting times.

Chapter .ix.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first

month of the second year, after they were come out of the land of Egypt

saying: let the children of Israel offer Passover in his season: even

the fourteenth day of this month at even they shall keep it in his

season, according to all the ordinances and manners thereof. And Moses

bade the children of Israel that they should offer Passover, and they

offered Passover the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the

wilderness of Sinai: and did according to all that the LORD commanded

Moses. And it chanced that certain men which were defiled with a dead

corpse that they might not offer Passover the same day, came before

Moses and Aaron the same day, {time} and said: we are defiled upon a

dead corpse, wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an

offering unto the LORD in the due season, among the children of Israel?

And Moses said unto them: tarry, that I may hear what the LORD will

command you. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the

children of Israel and say: If any man among you or your children after

you be unclean by the reason of a corpse or is in the way far off, then

let him offer Passover unto the LORD: the fourteenth day of the second

month at even, and eat it with sweet bread and sour herbs, and let them

leave none of it unto the morning nor break any bone of it. And

according to all the ordinance of the Passover let them offer it. But

if a man be clean and not let in a journey, and yet was negligent to

offer Passover, the same soul shall perish from his people, because he

brought not an offering unto the LORD in his due season: and he shall

bear his sin. And when a stranger dwelleth among you and will offer

Passover unto the LORD, according to the ordinance of Passover and

manner thereof shall he offer it. And ye shall have one law both for

the stranger and for him that was born at home in the land. And the

same day that the habitation was reared up, a cloud covered it on high

{an hye} upon the tabernacle of witness: and at even there was upon the

habitation, as it were the similitude of fire until the morning. And so

it was alway, that the cloud covered it by day, and the similitude of

fire by night. And when the cloud was taken up from of the tabernacle,

then the children of Israel journeyed: and where the cloud abode there

the children of Israel pitched their tents. At the mouth of the LORD

the children of Israel journeyed, and at the mouth of the LORD they

pitched. And as long as the cloud abode upon the habitation, they lay

still, and when the cloud tarried still upon the habitation long time,

the children of Israel waited upon the LORD and journeyed not. If it

chanced that the cloud abode any space of time upon the habitation,

then they kept their tents at the mouth of the LORD: and they journeyed

also at the commandment of the LORD. And if it happened that the cloud

was upon the habitation from evening unto morning and was taken up in

the morning, then they journeyed. Whether it was by day or by night

that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. But when the cloud tarried

two days or a month or a long season upon the habitation, as long as it

tarried thereon, the children of Israel kept their tents and journeyed

not. And as soon as the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. At the

mouth of the LORD they rested, and at the commandment of the LORD they

journeyed. And thus they kept the wait {watch} of the LORD, at the

commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Chapter .x.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: Make thee two trumpets of hard

{beaten} silver, that thou mayst use them to call the congregation

together, and when the host shall journey. When they blow with them,

all the multitude shall resort to thee, unto the door of the tabernacle

of witness. If but one trumpet blow only, then the princes which are

heads over the thousands of Israel shall come unto thee. And when ye

trump the first time, the hosts that lie on the east parts shall go

forward. And when ye trump the second time, then the hosts that lie on

the south side shall take their journey: for they shall trump when they

take their journeys. And in gathering the congregation together, ye

shall blow and not trump. And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow

the trumpets and shall have them and it shall be a law unto you for

ever and among your children after you. And when ye shall go to war in

your land against your enemies that vex you, ye shall trump with the

trumpets and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God and saved

from your enemies. Also when ye be merry in your feast days and in the

first days of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt

sacrifices and peaceofferings, that it may be a remembrance of you

before your God. I am the LORD {lorde} your God. And it came to pass

the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, that the

cloud was taken up from off the habitation of witness. And the children

of Israel took their journey out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloud

rested in the wilderness of Pharan. And the first took their journey at

the mouth of the LORD, by the hand of Moses: even the standard of the

host of Iuda removed first with their armies, whose captain was

Nahesson the son of Aminadab. And over the host of the tribe of the

children of Isachar, was Nathanael the son of Zuar. And over the host

of the tribe of the children of Zabulon, was Eliab the son of Helon.

And the habitation was taken down: and the sons of Gerson and Merari

went forth bearing the habitation. Then the standard of the host of

Ruben went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elizur the son of

Sedeur. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon, was

Salamiel [the son of Zuri saddai. And over the host of the tribe of the

children of Gad was Eliasaph] the son of Deguel. Then the Cahathites

went forward and bare the holy things, and the other did set up the

habitation against they came. Then the standard of the host of the

children of Ephraim went forth with their armies, whose captain was

Elisama the son of Amiud. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of

Manasse, was Gamaliel the son of Pedazur. And over the host of the

tribe of the sons of BenIamin, was Abidan the son of Gedeoni. And

hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children

of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezar the son of Ammi

Saddai. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asser, was

Pagiel the son of Ochran. And over the host of the tribe of the

children of Nephthali, was Ahira the son of Enan, of this manner were

the journeys of the children of Israel, with their armies when they

removed. And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite,

Moses' father-in-law: we go unto the place of which the LORD said I

will give it you. Go with us and we will do thee good, for the LORD

hath promised good unto Israel. And he said unto him: I will not: but

will go to mine own land and to my kindred. And Moses said, oh nay,

leave us not, for thou knowest where is best for us to pitch in the

wilderness: and thou shalt be our eyes. And if thou go with us, look

what goodness the LORD sheweth upon us, the same we will shew upon

thee. And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey,

and the ark of the testament of the LORD went before them in the three

days' journey to search out a resting place for them. And the cloud of

the LORD was over them by day, when they went out of the tents. And

when the ark went forth, Moses said: Rise up LORD and let thine enemies

be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee before thee. And when

the ark rested, he said: return LORD, unto the many thousands of

Israel.

Chapter .xi.

And the people waxed unpatient, {complained} and it displeased the ears

of the LORD. And when the LORD heard it he was wroth, and the fire of

the LORD burnt among them and consumed the uttermost of the host. And

the people cried unto Moses, and he made intercession unto the LORD and

the fire quenched. And they called the name of the place Tabera because

the fire of the LORD burnt among them. And the rascal people that was

among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to and

wept and said: who shall give us flesh to eat? we remember the fish

which we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the Cucumbers and

melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now our souls are dried away, for

our eyes look on nothing else, save upon Manna. The Manna was as it had

been coriander seed, and to see to like Bedellion. And the people went

about and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars

and boke it in pans and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like

unto the taste of an oilcake. And when the dew fell about the host in

the night, the manna fell therewith. And when Moses heard the people

weep in their households every man in the door of his tent, then the

wrath of the LORD waxed hot exceedingly: and it grieved Moses also. And

Moses said unto the LORD: wherefore dealest thou so cruelly with thy

servant? wherefore do I not find favour in thy sight, seeing that thou

puttest the weight of this people upon me? have I conceived all this

people, or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, carry

them in thy bosom (as a nurse beareth the sucking child) unto the land

which thou swarest unto their fathers? where should I have flesh to

give unto all this people? For they weep unto me saying: give us flesh

that we may eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is

too heavy for me. Wherefore if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray

thee, if I have found favour in thy sight: and let me not see my

wretchedness. And the LORD said unto Moses: gather unto me seventy of

the elders of Israel, which thou knowest that they are the elders of

the people and officers over them, and bring them unto the tabernacle

of witness, and let them stond there with thee. And I will come down

and talk with thee there, and take of the spirit which is upon thee and

put upon them, and they shall bear with thee in the burthen of the

people, and so shalt thou not bear alone. And say unto the people:

hallow your selves against tomorrow, that ye may eat flesh, for ye have

whined in the ears of the LORD saying: who shall give us flesh to eat,

for we were happy when we were in Egypt? therefore the LORD will give

you flesh, and ye shall eat: Ye shall not eat one day only either two

or five days, either ten or twenty days: but even a month long, and

until it come out at the nostrils of you, that ye be ready to parbreak:

because that ye have cast the LORD aside which is among you, and have

wept before him saying: why came we out of Egypt. And Moses said: six

hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, among which I am. And

thou hast said: I will give them flesh and they shall eat a month long.

Shall the sheep and the oxen be slain for them to find them, either

shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together to serve them? And

the LORD {Lorde} said unto Moses: is the LORD's {lordes} hand waxed

short? Thou shalt see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or

not. And Moses went out and told the people the saying of the LORD, and

gathered the seventy elders of the people, and set them round about the

tabernacle. And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him, and

took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy

elders. And as the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did

nought else. But there remained two of the men in the host: the one

called Eldad, and the other Medad. And the spirit rested upon them for

they were of them that were written, but they went not out unto the

tabernacle: and they prophesied in the host. And there ran a young man

and told Moses and said: Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the host. And

Iosua the son of Nun the servant of Moses which he had chosen out,

answered and said: master Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him:

enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people could

prophesy, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them. And then

both Moses and the elders of Israel, gat them into the host. And there

went forth a wind from the LORD and brought quails from the sea and let

them fall about the host, even a day's journey round about on every

side of the host, and two cubits high upon the earth. And the people

stood up all that night and on the morrow, and gathered quails. And he

that gathered the least, gathered ten homers full. And they killed them

round about the host. And while the flesh was yet between their teeth,

yer it was chewed up, the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon the people,

and the LORD slew of the people an exceeding mighty slaughter. And they

called the name of the place, the graves of lust: because they buried

the people that lusted there. And the people took their journey from

the graves of lust {kibrath hathavah} unto Hazeroth, and bode at

Hazeroth.

Chapter .xij.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of his wife of Inde

which he had taken: for he had taken to wife one of India. And they

said: doth the LORD speak only thorow Moses? doth he not speak also by

us? And the LORD heard it. But Moses was a very meek man above all the

men of the earth. And the LORD spake at once unto Moses unto Aaron and

Miriam: come out ye three unto the tabernacle of witness: and they came

out all three. And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud and

stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam. And

they went out both of them. And he said: hear my words. If there be a

prophet of the LORD's among you, I will shew myself unto him in a

vision and will speak unto him in a dream: But my servant Moses is not

so, which is faithful in all mine house. Unto him I speak mouth to

mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not

thorow riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my

servant Moses? And the LORD was angry with them and went his way, and

the cloud departed from the tabernacle. And behold, Miriam was become

leprous, as it were snow. And when Aaron looked upon Miriam and saw

that she was leprous, he said unto Moses: Oh I beseech thee my lord,

put not the sin upon us which we have foolishly committed and sinned.

Oh, let her not be as one that came dead out of his mother's womb: for

half her flesh is eaten away. And Moses cried unto the LORD saying: Oh

God, heal her. And the LORD said unto Moses: If her father had spit in

her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out of

the host seven days, and after that let her be received in again. And

Miriam was shut out of the host seven days: and the people removed not,

till she was brought in again. And afterward they removed from

Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Pharan.

Chapter .xiij.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: Send men out to search the land

of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of

their fathers a man and let them all be such as are rulers among them.

And Moses at the commandment of the LORD sent forth out of the

wilderness of Pharan: such men as were all heads among the children of

Israel, whose names are these: In the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of

Zacur: In the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hori. In the tribe of

Iuda, Caleph the son of Iephune. In the tribe of Isachar, Igeal the son

of Ioseph. In the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun. In the tribe

of BenIamin, Palti the son of Raphu. In the tribe of Zabulon, Gadiel

the son of Sodi. In the tribe of Ioseph: In the tribe of Manasse, Gaddi

the son of Susi. In the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gemali. In the

tribe of Asser, Sethur the son of Micheel. In the tribe of Nephtali,

Nahebi the son of Uaphsi. In the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land.

And Moses called the name of Hosea the son of Nun, Iosua. And Moses

sent them forth to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them: get

you southward and go up into the high country, and see the land what

manner thing it is and the people that dwelleth therein: whether they

be strong or weak, either few or many, and what the land is that they

dwell in, whether it be good or bad, and what manner of cities they

dwell in: whether they dwell in tents or walled towns, and what manner

of land it is: whether it be fat or lean, and whether there be trees

therein or not. And be of a good courage, and bring of the fruits of

the land. And it was about the time that grapes are first ripe. And

they went up and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto

Rehob as men go to Hemath, and they ascended unto the south and came

unto Hebron, where Ahiman was and Sefai and Thalmani the sons of Enack.

Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. And they came unto

the river of Escol and they cut down there a branch with one cluster of

grapes and bare it upon a staff between twain, and also of the

pomegranates and of the figs of the place. The river was called Escol,

because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down

there. And they turned back again from searching the land, at forty

days' end. And they went and came to Moses and Aaron and unto all the

multitude of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Pharan:

even unto Cades, and brought them word and also unto all the

congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him

saying: we came unto the land whither thou sendedst us, and surely it

is a land that floweth with milk and honey and here is of the fruit of

it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the

cities are walled and exceeding great, and moreover we saw the children

of Enack there. The Amaleks dwell in the south country, and the

Hethites, Iebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, and the

Cananites dwell by the sea and along by the coast of Iordan. And Caleb

stilled the murmur of the people against Moses saying: let us go up and

conquer it, for we be able to overcome it. But the men that went up

with him, said: We be not able to go up against the people, for they

are stronger than we: And they brought up an evil report of the land

which they had searched, unto the children of Israel saying: The land

which we have gone thorow to search it out, is a land that eateth up

the inhabiters thereof, and the people that we saw in it are men of

stature. And there we saw also giants, the children of Enack which are

of the giants. And we seemed in our sight as it were grasshoppers and

so we did in their sight.

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And the multitude cried out, and the people wept thorowout that night,

and all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And

the whole congregation said unto them: would God that we had died in

the land of Egypt, either we would that we had died in this wilderness.

Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall upon the

sword, that both our wives, and also our children should be a prey? is

it not better that we return unto Egypt again? And they said one to

another: let us make a captain and return unto Egypt again. And Moses

and Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregation of the

multitude of the children of Israel. And Iosua the son of Nun, and

Caleb the son of Iephune which were of them that searched the land rent

their clothes and spake unto all the company of the children of Israel

saying: The land which we walked thorow to search it, is a very good

land. If the LORD have lust to us, he will bring us into this land and

give it us, which is a land that floweth with milk and honey. But in

any wise rebel not against the LORD. Moreover fear ye not the people of

the land, for they are but bread for us. Their shield is departed from

them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not therefore. And all the

whole multitude bade stone them with stones. But the glory of the LORD

appeared in the tabernacle of witness, unto all the children of Israel.

And the LORD said unto Moses: How long shall this people rail upon me,

and how long will it be, yer they believe me, for all my signs which I

have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence and

destroy them, and will make of thee a greater nation and a mightier

than they. And Moses said unto the LORD: then the Egyptians shall hear

it, for thou broughtest this people with thy might from among them. And

it will be told to the inhabiters of this land also, for they have

heard likewise, that thou the LORD art among this people, and that thou

art seen face to face, and that thy cloud stondeth over them and that

thou goest before them by day time in a pillar of cloud, and in a

pillar of fire by night. If thou shalt kill all this people as they

were but one man then the nations which have heard the fame of thee,

will speak saying: because the LORD was not able to bring in this

people into the land which he swore unto them, therefore he slew them

in the wilderness. So now let the power of my Lord {|LORDE|} be great,

according as thou hast spoken saying: the LORD is long yer he be angry,

and full of mercy, and suffereth sin and trespass, and leaveth no man

innocent, and visiteth the unrighteousness of the fathers upon the

children, even upon the third and fourth generation, be merciful I

beseech ye therefore, unto the sin of this people according unto thy

great mercy, and according as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt

even unto this place. And the LORD said: I have forgiven it, according

to thy request. But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled

with my glory. For of all those men which have seen my glory and my

miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have

tempted me now this ten times and have not hearkened unto my voice,

there shall not one see the land which I sware unto their fathers,

neither shall any of them that railed upon me, see it. But my servant

Caleb, because there is another manner spirit with him, and because he

hath followed me unto the utmost: him I will bring into the land which

he hath walked in, and his seed shall conquer it, and also the

Amalekites and Cananites which dwell in the low countries. Tomorrow

turn you and get you into the wilderness: even the way toward the Red

Sea. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: how long shall

this evil multitude murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of

the children of Israel which they murmur against me. Tell them, that

the LORD sayeth: As truly as I live, I will do unto you even as ye have

spoken in mine ears. Your carcasses shall lie in this wilderness,

neither shall any of these numbers which were numbered from twenty

years and above of you which have murmured against me come in to the

land over which I lifted mine hand to make you dwell therein, save

Caleb the son of Iephune, and Iosua the son of Nun. And your children

which ye said should be a prey, them I will bring in, and they shall

know the land which ye have refused, and your carcases shall lie in

this wilderness And your children shall wander in this wilderness forty

years and suffer for your whoredom until your carcases be wasted in the

wilderness, after the number of the days in which ye searched out the

land forty days, and every day a year: so that they shall bear your

unrighteousness forty years, and ye shall feel my vengeance I the LORD

have said that I will do it unto all this evil congregation that are

gathered together against me: even in this wilderness ye shall be

consumed, and here ye shall die. And the men which Moses sent to search

the land, and which (when they came again) made all the people to

murmur against it in that they brought up a slander upon the land: died

for their bringing up that evil slander upon it, and were plagued

before the LORD. But Iosua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Iephune

which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. And

Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel, and the

people took great sorrow. And they rose up early in the morning and gat

them up into the top of the mountain saying: lo we be here, and will go

up unto the place of which the LORD said, for we have sinned. And Moses

said: wherefore will ye go on this manner beyond the word of the LORD?

it will not come well to pass: go not up for the LORD is not among you

that ye be not slain before your enemies. For the Amalekites and the

Cananites are there before you, and ye will fall upon the sword:

because ye are turned away from the LORD, and therefore the LORD will

not be with you. But they were blinded to go up into the hilltop: Never

the later, the ark of the testament of the LORD and Moses departed not

out of the host. Then the Amalekites and the Cananites which dwelt in

that hill, came down and smote them and hewed them: even unto Horma.

Chapter .xv.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the children of Israel

and say unto them: when ye be come into the land of your habitation

which I give unto you, and will offer an offering upon the fire unto

the LORD, whether it be a burntoffering or a special vow or freewill

offering or if it be in your principal feasts to make a sweet savour

unto the LORD, of the oxen or of the flock. Then, let him that offereth

his offering unto the LORD, bring also a meatoffering of a tenth deal

of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil, and the fourth

part of an hin of wine for a drinkoffering, and offer with the

burntoffering or any other offering when it is a lamb. And unto a ram

thou shalt offer a meatoffering of two tenth deals of flour, mingled

with the third part of an hin of oil, and to a drinkoffering thou shalt

offer the third part of an hin of wine, to be a sweet savour unto the

LORD. When thou offerest an ox to a burntoffering or in any special vow

or peaceoffering unto the LORD, then thou shalt bring unto an ox, a

meatoffering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of

oil. And thou shalt bring for a drinkoffering half an hin of wine, that

is an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD. This is the manner that

shall be done unto one ox, one ram, a lamb or a kid. And according to

the number of such offerings, thou shalt increase the meatofferings and

the drinkofferings. All that are of your selves shall do these things

after this manner, when he offereth an offering of sweet savour unto

the LORD. And if there be a stranger with you or be among you in your

generations, and will offer an offering of a sweet savour unto the

LORD: even as ye do, so he shall do. One ordinance shall serve both for

you of the congregation, and also for the stranger. And it shall be an

ordinance for ever among your children after you, that the stranger and

ye shall be like before the LORD. One law and one manner shall serve,

both for you and for the stranger that dwelleth with you. And the LORD

spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the children of Israel and say unto

them: when ye be come in to the land whither I will bring you, then

when ye will eat of the bread of the land, ye shall give an

heaveoffering unto the LORD. Ye shall give a cake of the first of your

dough unto an heave offering: as ye do the heaveoffering of the barn,

even so ye shall heave it. Of the first of your dough ye must give unto

the LORD an heaveoffering, thorowout your generations. If ye oversee

your selves and observe not all these commandments which the LORD hath

spoken unto Moses, and all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand

of Moses, from the first day forward that the LORD commanded among your

generation: when ought is committed ignorantly before the eyes of the

congregation, then all the multitude shall offer a calf for a

burntoffering to be a sweet savour unto the LORD, and the meatoffering

and the drinkoffering thereto, according to the manner: and an he goat

for a sinoffering. And the priest shall make an atonement for all the

multitude of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them for

it was ignorance. And they shall bring their gifts unto the offering of

the LORD, and their sinoffering before the LORD for their ignorance.

And it shall be forgiven unto all the multitude of the children of

Israel, and unto the stranger that dwelleth among you: for the

ignorance pertaineth unto all the people. If any one soul sin thorow

ignorance he shall bring a she goat of a year old for a sinoffering.

And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinned

ignorantly with the sinoffering before the LORD and reconcile him, and

it shall be forgiven him. And both thou that art born one of the

children of Israel and the stranger that dwelleth among you shall have

both one law, if ye sin thorow ignorance. And the soul that doth ought

presumptuously, whether he be an Israelite or a stranger, the same hath

despised the LORD. And that soul shall be destroyed from among his

people, because he hath despised the word of the LORD and hath broken

his commandments, that soul therefore shall perish and his sin shall be

upon him. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they

found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day. And they that found

him gathering sticks, brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the

congregation: and they put him in ward, for it was not declared what

should be done unto him. And the LORD said unto Moses: the man shall

die: let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host. And

all the multitude brought him without the host and stoned him with

stones, and he died as the LORD commanded Moses. And the LORD spake

unto Moses saying: speak unto the children of Israel and bid them, that

they make them guards upon the quarters of their garments thorowout

their generations, and let them make the guards of ribbons of Iacinth.

And the guard shall be unto you to look upon it, that ye remember all

the commandments of the LORD and do them: that ye seek not a way after

your own hearts and after your own eyes, for to go a whoring after

them: but that ye remember and do all my commandments and be holy unto

your God, for I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land

of Egypt, to be your God. I am the LORD God.

Chapter .xvi.

And Corah the son of Iezehar the son of Cahath the son of Levi: and

Dathan and Abiram the son of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, the son

of Ruben: stood up before Moses, with other of the children of Israel

two hundred and fifty, heads of the congregation, and councillors, and

men of fame, and they gathered them selves together against Moses and

Aaron and said unto them: ye have done enough. For all the multitude

are holy every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why therefore

heave ye your selves up above the congregation of the LORD. When Moses

heard it, he fell upon his face and spake unto Corah and unto all his

company saying: tomorrow the LORD will shew who is his and who is holy,

and will take them unto him, and whom soever he hath chosen, he will

cause to come to him. This do: take firepans, thou Corah and all thy

company, and do fire therein and put cense thereto before the LORD

tomorrow: And then whomsoever the LORD doeth chose, the same is holy.

Ye make enough to do ye children of Levi. And Moses said unto Corah:

hear ye children of Levi, Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that

the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel to

bring you to him, to do the service of the dwelling place of the LORD,

and to stond before the people to minister unto them? he hath taken

thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye

seek the office of the priest also. For which cause both thou and all

thy company are gathered together against the LORD: for what is Aaron,

that ye should murmur against him. And Moses sent to call Dathan and

Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they answered: we will not come. Seemeth

it a small thing unto thee that thou hast brought us out of a land that

floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness. But that

thou shouldest reign over us also? More over thou hast brought us unto

no land that floweth with milk and honey, neither hast given us

possessions of fields or of vines. Either wilt thou pull out the eyes

of these men? we will not come. And Moses waxed very angry and said

unto the LORD: Turn not unto their offerings. I have not taken so much

as an ass from them, neither have vexed any of them. Then Moses said

unto Corah: Be thou and all thy company before the LORD: both thou,

they and Aaron tomorrow. And take every man his censer and put cense in

them, and come before the LORD every man with his censer: two hundred

and fifty censers, and Aaron with his censer. And they took every man

his censer and put fire in them and laid cense thereon, and stood in

the door of the tabernacle of witness, and Moses and Aaron also. And

Corah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the

tabernacle of witness. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the

congregation. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: separate

your selves from this congregation, that I may consume them at once.

And they fell upon their faces and said: O most mighty God of the

spirits of all flesh, one man hath sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with

all the multitude? And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the

congregation and say: Get you away from about the dwelling of Corah,

Dathan and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram,

and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the

congregation saying: depart from the tents of these wicked men and

twich nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins. And they gat

them from the dwelling of Corah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And

Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with

their wives, their sons and their children. And Moses said: Hereby ye

shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I

have not done them of mine own mind: If these men die the common death

of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then

the LORD hath not sent me. But and if the LORD make a new thing, and

the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto

them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand,

that these men have railed upon the LORD. And as soon as he had made an

end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was

under them, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their

houses and all the men that were with Corah and all their goods. And

they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and

the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the

congregation. And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of

them. For they said: The earth might happily swallow us also. And there

came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty

men that offered cense. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: Speak

unto Eleazer the son of Aaron the priest and let him take up the

censers out of the burning and scatter the fire here and there, for the

censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be

beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered

them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a

sign unto the children of Israel. And Eleazar the priest took the

brazen censers which they that were burnt had offered, and beat them

and fastened them upon the altar, to be a remembrance unto the children

of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come

near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto

Corah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.

And on the morrow all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured

against Moses and Aaron saying: ye have killed the people of the LORD.

And when the multitude was gathered against Moses and Aaron, they

looked toward the tabernacle of witness; And behold, the cloud had

covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron went

before the tabernacle of witness. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying:

Get you from this congregation, that I may consume them quickly. And

they fell upon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron: take a censer

and put fire therein out of the altar, and pour on cense, and go

quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them. For there

is wrath gone out from the LORD, and there is a plague begun. And Aaron

took as Moses commanded him, and ran unto the congregation: and behold,

the plague was begun among the people, and he put on cense, and made an

atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead, and them that

were alive, and the plague ceased. And the number of them that died in

the plague, were fourteen thousand and seven hundred: beside them that

died about the business of Corah. And Aaron went again unto Moses unto

the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased.

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