Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 148
The Five Books of Moses
the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a. sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, they are sacred ; their blood is to be poured out on the altar, and their fat is to be burnt as an offering of pleasant perfume to the EVER- L1v1Nca. But of their flesh, the breast shall be yours, for waving it, and the right leg shall be yours. All the exalted offerings of the sanc- tuaries, which the children of Israel lift up to the EVER-L1v1NG, I give to you, and to your sons with you, as a perpetual Institution. It is a cove- nant of salt for ever before the EVER- LIVING for you and your posterity after you. ®nh¤lvmzut¤ nf ily¤»£atiunal ®burrI;. 20 21 22 children of Israel. The EVER-Lxvmo also said to
You shall have no posses- sion in the land, and there shall be no portion for you in it. I am your portion and inheritance among the ‘ But to the sons of Levi I give all
the tithe of israel for an inheritance, in payment for the work they perform in the services of the Hall of As- sembly, and if ever the children of Israel offer a sacrilice in the Hall of Assembly, they shall bear the sin to death; because the work of Leviis iu the Hall of Assembly, and they shall bear its burden, as ai perpetual Institution, for your posterity. There· fore they have no inheritance among the children of Israel, for the tithes ofthe children of Israel which they bring to lift up and present to the Even-uvme I give to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, you shall hold no inherit- ance among the children of Israel. is an ancient edltcr’s note.-—F. F. Eb: @utizs uf tbz invites. The Evaxeuvrivc also spoke to Moses, commanding; Speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘Since I have taken you from the
children of Israel, the tithe which I have given to you from them as your inheritance,——·you shall present from it as a present to the EvER—L1v1NG, a tenth of the tithe with which
they are tithed, for your account. You shall also lift up some of the grain from the corn, and a portion from the grapes. Thus you shall present presentations to the mum LIVING, from all the tithes which are taken from the children of Israel; and give a part of those presentations to the Evan-Lxvmc, to Aaron the Priest. From all the presentations presented to the EvER—L1v1NG, pre· sent a part of all the best that is consecrated for you. ‘You shall therefore command
them,1 when presenting the fat, to account some of it as for the Levites, like the offerings of corn, and the offerings of grapes; and they may eat them in any of their villages, and houses, as their wages on account of their workin the Hall of Assembly, and they will not be committing sin by taking away the fat, and the offer- ings of the children of Israel. They do no wrong, and they shall not die! 26 28 wha £.¤ii¤n¤1 Sluzrihrr fur 5in. The EVER-Lxvmo also spoke to 19 Moses, commanding; I`he following is a constitutional
law which }E1~10vAH commands, ray- ing ;—-Command the children of Israel to select for you a red heifer, perfect, and who has not a spot upon her, which has never been under a yoke. Let them bring it to Aliazar the priest, and he shall take her outside the camp and slay her in their presence. Then Aliazar the priest shall take some of her blood on his finger, and sprinkle the front of the Hall of Assembly seven times with the blood, and burn the heifer in their sight with its skin, and flesh, and its dung. He shall bum it to dissolution. Then the priest shall take cedar and hyssop here clearly refers to
the Nation or OH`erers, not to the Levites. If this is not borne in mind the passage seems contradict0ry.——~F. F. 148 -Mm .....
