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Prophecies 11, 20, 148;
Numbers 4:21–7:89
Judges 13:2-5
Ephesians 1:1–23

Numbers 4:21–7:89

21 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
22 Lift the heads of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' house, by their families,
23 from a son of thirty years and upward, you shall number them, until a son of fifty years, all that enter to wait on the service, to serve in the tabernacle of the congregation.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites in serving and in bearing burdens.
25 They shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of Tachash skins that is on its top, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation;
26 and the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court by the tabernacle and by the altar all around, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and whatever there may be to do with them; in this they shall serve.
27 At the mouth of Aaron, and of his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, and all their burden, and all their service. And you shall lay a charge on them concerning the duty of all their burden.
28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of the congregation; and their charge is under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
29 You shall number the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' house,
30 from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years you shall number them, everyone who is going into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation: the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars and its pillars and its sockets,
32 the pillars of the court all around and their sockets, their pins and their cords, of all their vessels and of all their service. And you shall number the vessels of the charge of their burden by name.
33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the ruler of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' house,
35 from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, everyone who is going into the service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
36 Their numbered ones, by their families, were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.
37 These were those numbered of the families of the Kohathites, everyone who is serving in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the mouth of YAHUVEH, by the hand of Moses.
38 And those numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' house,
39 from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, and everyone who is going into the service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
40 even those numbered of them, by their families, by their father's house were two thousand, six hundred and thirty.
41 These were those numbered of the families of Gershon, everyone who is serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of YAHUVEH.
42 And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' house,
43 from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, everyone who is going into the service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
44 even their numbered ones by their families were three thousand and two hundred.
45 These were those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the mouth of YAHUVEH, by Moses' hand.
46 All those numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, of the Levites, by their families, and by their fathers' house,
47 from a son of thirty years and upward, even to a son of fifty years, everyone who is going in to do the work of the service, even the service of burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
48 even their numbered ones were eight thousand, five hundred and eighty;
49 he numbered them by the mouth of YAHUVEH, by the hand of Moses, each man according to his service, and according to his burden, even they were numbered by him, as YAHUVEH commanded Moses.

Chapter 5


1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Command the sons of Israel, and they shall send every leper out of the camp, and everyone with an issue, and everyone defiled by a dead body.
3 You shall send out from male and female. You shall send them to the outside of the camp. And they shall not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.
4 And the sons of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp. As YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, so the sons of Israel did.
5 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
6 Speak to the sons of Israel, man or woman, when they commit any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against YAHUVEH, and that person is guilty,
7 then they shall confess their sin which they have done. And he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add its fifth to it, and shall give it to him against whom he has been guilty.
8 And if a man has no kinsman to whom the guilt may be restored, the guilt which is restored shall belong to YAHUVEH, a priest's, besides the ram of the atonement by which he makes atonement for him.
9 And every heave offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel which they bring to the priest shall be his.
10 And any man's dedicated things shall become his, that which any man gives to the priest becomes his.
11 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
12 Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, When any man's wife goes astray, and has committed a trespass against him,
13 and a man lies with her with semen, and it has been hidden from her husband's eyes, and is kept hidden, and she is defiled, and there is no other witness against her, and she has not been caught;
14 and a spirit of jealousy has passed over him, and he has become jealous of his wife, and she has been defiled. Or, a spirit of jealousy has passed over him, and he has become jealous of his wife, and she has not become defiled:
15 then the man shall bring his wife in to the priest, and he shall bring in her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal. He shall not pour oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a food offering of jealousy, a food offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and shall cause her to stand before YAHUVEH.
17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel. And the priest shall take of the dust which is on the tabernacle floor, and shall put it into the water.
18 And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before YAHUVEH, and shall make bare the woman's head, and shall give into her hand the food offering of memorial; it is a food offering of jealousy; and in the priest's hand shall be the bitter waters which cause the curse.
19 And the priest shall cause her to swear and shall say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to impurity under your husband, be free from these bitter waters which cause the curse.
20 And you, if you have turned aside under your husband, and if you have been defiled, and any man besides your husband has given his semen to you,
21 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman: YAHUVEH shall make you a curse and an oath among your people, when YAHUVEH makes your thigh to fall away, and your belly to swell.
22 And these waters which cause the curse shall go into your bowels to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them with the bitter waters.
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter waters which cause the curse. And the waters which cause the curse shall enter into her for bitter things.
25 And the priest shall take the food offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the food offering before YAHUVEH, and shall bring it near to the altar.
26 And the priest shall take a handful of the food offering, its memorial, and shall burn it as incense on the altar. And afterward he shall cause the woman to drink the water.
27 And when he shall cause her to drink the water, then it shall be, if she has been defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, the waters which cause the curse shall go into her for bitter things; and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become a curse in the midst of her people.
28 And if the woman has not been defiled, and is pure, then she shall be clean and shall conceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousies when a wife turns aside under her husband, and has been defiled;
30 or when a spirit of jealousy passes over a man, and he has become jealous of his wife, then he shall cause the woman to stand before YAHUVEH, and the priest shall do to her all this law;
31 and the man shall be clean from sin, and the woman shall bear her iniquity.

Chapter 6


1 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say to them, When a man or a woman shall vow a vow, the vow of a Nazarite to be separated to YAHUVEH:
3 He shall separate from wine and fermented drink; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or vinegar of fermented drink; he shall not drink any juice of the grapes; and he shall not eat dry or moist grapes.
4 All the days of his separation he shall not eat from all that is made of the vine, from pressed grapes, even to the stem.
5 All the days of the vow of his separation, a razor shall not pass over his head; he shall be holy until all the days are fulfilled which he has separated to YAHUVEH. He shall allow the locks of the hair of his head to grow long.
6 All the days of his separation to YAHUVEH he shall not go near a dead person.
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father or his mother or for his brother or his sister at their death; because his separation to his Elohim is on his head.
8 All the days of his separation he shall be holy to YAHUVEH.
9 And if any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day he shall shave it.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
11 And the priest shall prepare one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt offering, and shall atone for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall dedicate his head on that day.
12 And he shall separate to YAHUVEH the days of his consecration, and shall bring a he lamb of the first year for a guilt offering. But the former days shall be void, for his separation was defiled.
13 And this is the law of the Nazarite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, bring him in to the door of the tent of meeting,
14 and he shall offer his offering to YAHUVEH, one he-lamb of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; and one she-lambs, a yearling, without blemish, for a sin offering; and one ram, without blemish, for a peace offering;
15 and a basket of unleavened cakes of flour, cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their food offering, and their drink offerings.
16 And the priest shall bring them before YAHUVEH, and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.
17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offering to YAHUVEH, with the basket of unleavened cakes. And the priest shall offer its food offering and its drink offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair of the head of his separation and shall put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
19 And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder from the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazarite after he has shaved his separation.
20 And the priest shall wave them, a wave offering before YAHUVEH. It is holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave offering, and besides the leg of the heave offering. And afterward the Nazarite shall drink wine1.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who vows his offering to YAHUVEH for his separation, besides that which his hand may get: according to his vow which he vows, so he shall do by the law of his separation.
22 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
23 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, In this way you shall bless the sons of Israel, saying to them:
24 YAHUVEH bless you and keep you;
25 YAHUVEH cause His face to shine on you, and be gracious to you;
26 YAHUVEH lift up His face to you, and give you peace.
27 So they shall put My name on the sons of Israel, and I Myself will bless them.

Chapter 7


1 And it happened on the day that Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and sanctified it, and all its vessels, and the altar and all its vessels. And he anointed them and sanctified them.
2 And the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of their fathers' houses offered. These were the rulers of the tribes, these were they that stood over the numbered ones.
3 And they brought their offerings before YAHUVEH, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the rulers, for each one an ox. And they presented them before the tabernacle.
4 And YAHUVEH spoke to Moses, saying,
5 Take it from them, that they may be used to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
8 And he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service under Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
9 But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath, because the service of the holy things belonged to them. They bore them on their shoulders.
10 And the rulers brought the dedication offering of the altar in the day it was anointed. And the rulers brought near their offering before the altar.
11 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, They shall present their offering, one to the day, one ruler to the day, for the dedication of the altar.
12 And he who brought his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
13 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
14 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
15 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
16 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
17 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 In the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, ruler of Issachar, offered;
19 he brought for his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering,
20 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
21 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
22 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
23 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon ruler of the sons of Zebulun;
25 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
26 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
27 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
28 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
29 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the ruler of the sons of Reuben offered;
31 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
32 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
33 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
34 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
35 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ruler of the sons of Simeon;
37 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
38 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
39 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
40 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
41 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, ruler of the sons of Gad;
43 his offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
44 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
45 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
46 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
47 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, ruler of the sons of Ephraim offered;
49 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
50 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
51 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
52 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
53 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ruler of the sons of Manasseh offered;
55 his offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
56 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
57 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
58 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
59 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, ruler of the sons of Benjamin offered;
61 his offering was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
62 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
63 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
64 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
65 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ruler of the sons of Dan offered;
67 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
68 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
69 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
70 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
71 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, ruler of the sons of Asher offered;
73 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
74 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
75 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
76 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
77 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, ruler of the sons of Naphtali offered;
79 his offering: one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for a food offering;
80 one golden pan of ten shekels full of incense;
81 one young bull, one ram, one helamb, the son of a year, for a burnt offering;
82 one male of the goats for a sin offering;
83 and for the sacrifice of the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five hegoats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hand of the rulers of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans;
85 each silver dish a hundred and thirty in weight, and each basin seventy; all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels by the sanctuary shekel;
86 twelve golden pans full of incense, ten to this and ten to that pan, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans was a hundred and twenty.
87 All the animals for the burnt offering, twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve yearling he-lambs, and their food offering; and the twelve males of the goats for a sin offering;
88 and all the animals for the sacrifice of the peace offering, twenty four bulls, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty he-lambs, sons of a year. This was the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.
89 And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from the mercy-seat which is on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs; and He spoke to him.