Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 130
The Five Books of Moses
encamp before the sanctuary on the east, in front of the Hall of Assembly, and Aaron and his sons shall guard the sacred things contidecl to them in trust for the children of Israel; and if a stranger approaches he shall be All the enrolments of the Levites
that Moses and Aaron organized before the EVER-Lxvmo from their families, all males from a month old and upwards, were twenty—two thousand. Qienznrs uf tbz yirztlxurn nrimrzh. 43 for Myse1f,—·-I, the Ev1m—L1v11~:<; T he EVER-LIVING also said to
Take a census of every Hrst- born male of the children of Israel, from a month old and upwards, and record them in a register by name. But you shall separate the Levites instead of all the hrstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites also instead of the first- born of the cattle of the children of Moses therefore enumerated as the
EVER-LIVING commanded him, every male ofthe children of Israel, and all the firstborn males were recorded in the register of names, from a month old and upwards, to the number of forty thousand, two hundred and seventy·three. §zpar¤iimt nf the Entities nrhzrzh. 44 The Evan-Lzvxrze afterwards spoke to Moses, commanding; 45 ‘—‘ Separate the Levites instead of the tirstborn, of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be
46 Mine; I am the‘EvEu·1.1v1Ne. And for the redemption of the firstborn of the children of Israel in excess of the
47 number, take ive shekels for each head, by the sacred shekel. Let there be twenty grains to a shekiel,
48 and give the money to Aaron and his sons. to redeem that excess} 49 Moses consequently collected the money for their ransom from the persons iu excess of the hrstborn
50 who were ransomed, from the chil- dren of Israel. The tax by that money produced one thousand, three 4—·—I4
hundred and sixty-tive shekels, by the sacred shekel. Moses gave the money 5x of the ransom to Aaron and his sons before the Evan-L1v1NG:—as the EVBR—L1v1NG commanded to Moses. dbz Suns ni §al;ntl; nppuinlzh lhnarhians at the Surah hzsxzls. The Evn1z·r,1v1N<; also commanded 4 Moses, Enumerate the persons of the
sons of Kahath from among the sons of Levi, by the registers of their ancestral house, from the age of thirty years and upwards to fifty years ;-—·—all capable of army service, to conduct the business of the Hall of Assembly. The work of the sons of Kahath shall be in the Hall of Assembly, Holy of Holies. But Aaron and hislsons shall proceed to pitch the tabernacle and to take down the veil of the screen and to cover with it the Ark of Witnesses; and they shall put over it the covering of bad‘gers’ skins, and spread the beauti- ful azure cloth over all, and put in the staves. And spread. the azure cloth over the- Table of the Presence, and place upon it the dishes, and the cups, and the hammers, and the coronal, and the pitcher, and the bread, arranged upon it. Then they shall spread over them the blue—red cloth, and cover it with the covering of badger skin and put the staves into its handles. Then take the azure cloth and cover the lamps of light, and the · reflectors, and the snuffers, and their dishes,a11d collect the whole of the furniture, whose guardianship is with them, and place them, and the whole of the furniture, under the covering of badger skin, and put them on the waggons. They shall also spread the azure cloth over the Golden Altar,_and cover it with the covering of badger skin, and put its staves intoit. v ‘ They shall also take the whole of
the instruments, the custody of which is with them, to the Holy-place, and cover with the azure cloth, and wrap them in the covering of badger skin, and put them on the waggons. They shall also clean the altar and spread over it the purple cloth and place upon it all its instruments whose custody is with them ;-·-the shovels, the rakes, and sprinklers, and the 766 IO II IZ
