Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 136
The Five Books of Moses
the sons of Naphthali, Akhaira the sou of Ainan, presented a silver dish of one hundred and thirty shekels, a silver wa.tering·can of seventy shekels, by the sacred weights, both full of fine iiour mixed with oil, for a food-
8o odering, a cup made of gold full of 8: 82 6 8 incense, a. bull from the fold, a. ram, a lamb of a. year old, for a burnt- offering, a he-goat for a. sin-offering, and as a. sacrifice of thanks, two bullocks, live rams, live he—goats, five sheep of a. year old. These were the gift of Akhajra the son of Ainan. These were dedicated on the altar
at the time it wasconsecrated, by the Princes of Israel ;··-twelve silver dishes; twelve silver watering·cans, the silver dishes was one hundred and thirty, and each of the watering- cans seventy; all the silver vessels were one thousand four hundred, by the sacred shekel. twelve cups made of gold. Each of The cups of gold full of incense
were twelve; ten to a cup, by the sacred shekel; all the gold was one hundred and twenty. All the bullocks for burnbofferings
were twelve, the bulls and rams, twelve, the lambs of a year old, twelve, with their food-offerings, and the he-goats were twelve for sin·offering's. 88 And all the cattle for the sacrifices of thanks, twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty he—goats, sixty sheep of a year old. Thus the altar was dedi- cated after its consecration. ®¤h zpznlm in masts- ni il;2 @2bi- ratinn uf the §lim·. 89 Then Moses went into the Hall of Assembly to speak to HIM, and heard the VGICE speaking to shim from the Mercy-seat, which is upon the Ark ofthe Witnesses, from between the two Kerubim, there HE spoke to him. ®cns2rrnlimt nt the Qamps. And the EvEn·1.1v1NG spoke to8 Moses commanding; ‘ Speak to Aaron, and say to him;
When you set up the lamps opposite the reflectors, light the seven lamps! Aaron consequently did so, erecting
the lamps opposite the redectors, as the Even-Lzvmc commanded to Moses. And this was the form of the redectors, concaves of gold on stalks at the cups. They were concave that they might reflect the light, as the Evna·1.1vm<; showed Moses, so he made the reflectors. myc Zzlviizs rmtszcrntzlr in ®¤¤. The Evan-L1v1NG also spoke to 5 Moses commanding; Take the Lerites from among the 6 children of Israel and purify them. Purify them in this manner; pour water for sin over them, and let them pass it naked over all their body, and wash their clothing and purify themselves. I`hen take a bull from the fold,
with its food—offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and a second bull from the fold take for a sin·of’fering, and present the Levites before the Hall of Assembly, and collect all the chiefs of the children of Israel. And when you have presented the Levites before the Evan-uvme, then the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites, and Aaron shall wave the Levites before the Evan-Lrvme for the children of Israel, and they shall be appointed to perform the services of the EVER- L1v1NG. l`hen the Levites shall lay their
hands upon the head of the bulls, and Aaron shall make of the first a sin-offering, and of the other a burnt- offering to the Evan-Livmc, to expiate for the Levites. ‘Afterwards station the Levites
before Aaron, and before his sons, and wave them to the EvER—L1v1NG, and separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine. And after that you shall bring the Levites to serve in the Hall of Assembly, but you must purify them and wave them ; for they are a Gift, given to Me, from out of the children of Israel. I have taken them to Myself instead of the iirst—born product of the womb of all 136 I0 IX I2 16
