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4:21 And the LORD said to Moses, 4:22 “ Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans, 4:23 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. 4:24 This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport: 4:25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, 4:26 the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items. 4:27 All the service of the Gershonites — all their transport duties and other work — is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry. 4:28 This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. The Duties of the Merarites (Numbers 3:33–37; 1 Chronicles 23:21–23) 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families, 4:30 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting. 4:31 This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases, 4:32 and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry. 4:33 This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.” The Numbering of the Levite Clans 4:34 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families, 4:35 everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. 4:36 And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750. 4:37 These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

4:38 Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families, 4:39 everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. 4:40 And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630. 4:41 These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD ’s command. 4:42 And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families, 4:43 everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. 4:44 The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200. 4:45 These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD ’s command through Moses. 4:46 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites 4:47 from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting. 4:48 And the number of men was 8,580. 4:49 At the LORD ’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

5:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 5:2 “ Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. 5:3 You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.” 5:4 So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses. Restitution for Trespasses (Luke 19:1–10) 5:5 And the LORD said to Moses, 5:6 “ Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty 5:7 and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged. 5:8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him. 5:9 Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him. 5:10 Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.” The Adultery Test

5:11 Then the LORD said to Moses, 5:12 “ Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man ’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him 5:13 by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act), 5:14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself — or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself — 5:15 then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity. 5:16 The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD. 5:17 Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 5:18 After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse. 5:19 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse. 5:20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’— 5:21 and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse —‘ then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell. 5:22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’ 5:23 And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water. 5:24 He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering. 5:25 The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar. 5:26 Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water. 5:27 When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people. 5:28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children. 5:29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority, 5:30 or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law. 5:31 The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.” 6:1 And the LORD said to Moses, 6:2 “ Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, 6:3 he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. 6:4 All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins. 6:5 For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long. 6:6 Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body. 6:7 Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head. 6:8 Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD. 6:9 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing — the seventh day. 6:10 On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 6:11 And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again. 6:12 He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled. 6:13 Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, 6:14 and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering — 6:15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings — and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil. 6:16 The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering. 6:17 He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering. 6:18 Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering. 6:19 And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration. 6:20 The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine. 6:21 This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.” Aaron’s Blessing 6:22 Then the LORD said to Moses, 6:23 “ Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: 6:24 ‘ May the LORD bless you and keep you; 6:25 may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 6:26 may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’ 6:27 So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. 7:2 And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration. 7:3 They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen — an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders — and presented them before the tabernacle. 7:4 And the LORD said to Moses, 7:5 “ Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.” 7:6 So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7:7 He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required, 7:8 and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 7:9 But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible. 7:10 When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar. 7:11 And the LORD said to Moses, “ Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.” 7:12 On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering. 7:13 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:14 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:15 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:16 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:17 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. 7:18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near. 7:19 The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:20 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:21 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:22 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:23 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar. 7:24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near. 7:25 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:26 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:27 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:28 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:29 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon. 7:30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near. 7:31 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:32 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:33 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:34 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:35 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. 7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the Simeonites, drew near. 7:37 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:38 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:39 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:40 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:41 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near. 7:43 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:44 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:45 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:46 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:47 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. 7:48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near. 7:49 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:50 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:51 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:52 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:53 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. 7:54 On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near. 7:55 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:56 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:57 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:58 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:59 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 7:60 On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near. 7:61 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:62 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:63 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:64 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:65 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni. 7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the Danites, drew near. 7:67 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:68 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:69 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:70 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:71 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near. 7:73 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:74 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:75 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:76 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:77 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran. 7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near. 7:79 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 7:80 one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 7:81 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; 7:82 one male goat for a sin offering; 7:83 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan. 7:84 So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes. 7:85 Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. 7:86 The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels. 7:87 All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs a year old — together with their grain offerings — and twelve male goats for the sin offering. 7:88 All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed. 7:89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.