Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 137

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18 20 2i 22 24 26 the children of Israel. For all the first—b0m of the children of Israel were Mine. of man or of beast, frcm the day when I cut off all the first- born in the land of the Mitzeraim I sanctified them to Myself. Therefore I take the Levites instead of all the Hrst·born of the children of Israel, and I give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel to perform the duties of the children of Israel in the Hall of Assembly, and to expiate for the children of Israel, and that the chil- dren of Israel may not be struck when the children of Israel approach to the sanctuary} Moses and Aaron consequently did

in conjunction with all the chiefs of the families cf the children of Israel to the Levites, according to all that the Evxz1z—1,1v11v<; commanded to Moses, regarding the Levites. The children of Israel did it to them. They also offered sin—offerings for the Levites, and they washed their cloth- ing, and Aaron waved them before the Even-L1vmo,and Aaron expiated for them, and purified them, and after that the Levites went to perform their duies in the Hall of Assembly before the Evan-Livxno; as jsnovaz-1 com- manded to Moses about the Levites, so they did. Ellyn Quilts of ily: Zfzbilzs. The Rvrsa-Livmc; also spoke to Moses commanding; ‘The Levites shall do this-—from

the age of twenty·iive and upwards they must serve in the duties of the Hall of Assembly, but at the age of titty they shall retire from service in those duties; and not serve further, except to superintend their brothers in the Hall of Assembly, to keep guard, but not perform the services. This is how you shall arrange for the Levites who superintendf Glibn ijassulrizr inslilutvb. 9 The l·Zv12n~r.1viNG also spoke to I\Ioses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in tin: second year after coming out from the land of the liiitzeraim, in the first month, comn1:m<lin;.;; ‘l.e:t the children of Israel make

the lhtssover in their Assembly, rlller- ing it upon the fourteenth day of this month, between morning and even- ing. You shall sacrifice it in the

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Assemhly with all its ordinances, and all its rites.’ Moses consequently spoke to the

children of Israel to sacrihce the Pass- over. Therefore they offered the first Passover on the fourteenth day of the month between morning and even- ing, in the Wilderness of Sinai. The children of Israel did all that the Evnnmxvrnc commanded to Moses. But there were men who were un-

clean from a human corpse, so that they were not able to eat of the Passover, or to sacrifice the Passover on that day, so they approached the presence of Moses and the presence of Aaron upon that day, and those There is a defilement upon us from a human corpse, by which we are prevented from offering the Gift to the Even-uvmo in the Assembly together with the children Stay, and I

will hear what the l£vEn—1.1vmo com- mands about you} Then the EvnR~r.1v1N<; spoke to Moses commanding ; mic 'mnclenn in ani the ilnssulxrr as lull as the tlllrsnt. ‘Speak to the children of Israel

saying; Any one of you who may be unclean from a human corpse, or away upon a journey, or in your families, still let him sacrihce the Passover to the EVER-LIVING; inthe second month, he shall offer it. It shall be eaten with unfermented bread and bitter herbs. . None of it shall remain with you until the morning, and you shall not break zi. bone of it, but sacrifice it with all the ordinances of the Passover. And whoever may be clean, and has not been on ajourney, and fails to sacri Hoe the Passover;-—that person shall be excommunicatecl from his relatives, for not offering the gift to the EVER- LIVING with the Assembly. That person is guilty for his sin. And if a foreigner resides with you and sacrifices the Passover to the livlcn- LIVING it must be with the ordinzmces of the Passover and its rites. Itinust be of'f`ere<l with the same or<linan<:¤·s by you, both for the foreigner and the native ofthe country} Win: (Errcliuu nf the §mn:lunrg. On the day of the erection of the

sanctuary, the cloud covered the

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