Numbers 5-8

Numbers 5

¹And the Lord said to Moses,

²Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

³Male or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.

⁴So the children of Israel did as the Lord had said to Moses, and put them outside the tent-circle.

⁵And the Lord said to Moses,

⁶Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman does any of the sins of men, going against the word of the Lord, and is in the wrong;

⁷Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.

⁸But if the man has no relation to whom the payment may be made, then the payment for sin made to the Lord will be the priest's, in addition to the sheep offered to take away his sin.

⁹And every offering lifted up of all the holy things which the children of Israel give to the priest, will be his.

¹⁰And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.

¹¹And the Lord said to Moses,

¹²Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

¹³By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

¹⁴If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:

¹⁵Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

¹⁶And the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;

¹⁷And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;

¹⁸And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

¹⁹And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

²⁰But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

²¹Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;

²²And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

²³And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

²⁴And he will give to the woman the bitter water for drink; and the bitter water causing the curse will go into her.

²⁵And the priest will take from her hand the meal offering of doubt, waving it before the Lord, and will take it to the altar;

²⁶And he will take some of it in his hand, burning it on the altar as a sign, and then he will give the woman the bitter water.

²⁷And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

²⁸But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

²⁹This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;

³⁰Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.

³¹Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.

Numbers 6

¹And the Lord said to Moses,

²Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman takes an oath to keep himself separate and give himself to the Lord;

³He is to keep himself from wine and strong drink, and take no mixed wine or strong drink or any drink made from grapes, or any grapes, green or dry.

⁴All the time he is separate he may take nothing made from the grape-vine, from its seeds to its skin.

⁵All the time he is under his oath let no blade come near his head; till the days while he is separate are ended he is holy and his hair may not be cut.

⁶All the time he is separate he may not come near any dead body.

⁷He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God.

⁸All the time he is separate he is holy to the Lord.

⁹If death comes suddenly to a man at his side, so that he becomes unclean, let his hair be cut off on the day when he is made clean, on the seventh day.

¹⁰And on the eighth day let him take to the priest, at the door of the Tent of meeting, two doves or two young pigeons;

¹¹And the priest will give one for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to take away the sin which came on him on account of the dead, and he will make his head holy that same day.

¹²And he will give to the Lord his days of being separate, offering a he-lamb of the first year as an offering for error: but the earlier days will be a loss, because he became unclean.

¹³And this is the law for him who is separate, when the necessary days are ended: he is to come to the door of the Tent of meeting,

¹⁴And make his offering to the Lord; one he-lamb of the first year, without a mark, for a burned offering, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, for a sin-offering, and one male sheep, without a mark, for peace-offerings,

¹⁵And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil, with their meal offering and drink offerings.

¹⁶And the priest will take them before the Lord, and make his sin-offering and his burned offering;

¹⁷Giving the sheep of the peace-offerings, with the basket of unleavened bread; and at the same time, the priest will make his meal offering and his drink offering.

¹⁸Then let his long hair, the sign of his oath, be cut off at the door of the Tent of meeting, and let him put it on the fire on which the peace-offerings are burning.

¹⁹And the priest will take the cooked leg of the sheep and one unleavened cake and one thin cake out of the basket, and put them on the hands of the separate one after his hair has been cut,

²⁰Waving them for a wave offering before the Lord; this is holy for the priest, together with the waved breast and the leg which is lifted up; after that, the man may take wine.

²¹This is the law for him who takes an oath to keep himself separate, and for his offering to the Lord on that account, in addition to what he may be able to get; this is the law of his oath, which he will have to keep.

²²And the Lord said to Moses,

²³Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them,

²⁴May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:

²⁵May the light of the Lord's face be shining on you in grace:

²⁶May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace.

²⁷So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.

Numbers 7

¹And when Moses had put up the House completely, and had put oil on it and made it holy, with all the things in it, and had made the altar and all its vessels holy with oil;

²Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings; these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.

³And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.

⁴And the Lord said to Moses,

⁵Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

⁶So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

⁷Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;

⁸And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

⁹But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.

¹⁰And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it; they made their offering before the altar.

¹¹And the Lord said to Moses, Let every chief on his day give his offering to make the altar holy.

¹²And he who made his offering on the first day was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

¹³And his offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

¹⁴One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;

¹⁵One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

¹⁶One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

¹⁷And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

¹⁸On the second day Nethanel, the son of Zuar, chief of Issachar, made his offering:

¹⁹He gave one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

²⁰One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

²¹One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

²²One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

²³And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

²⁴On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, chief of the children of Zebulun:

²⁵His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

²⁶One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

²⁷One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

²⁸One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

²⁹And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon.

³⁰On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, chief of the children of Reuben:

³¹His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

³²One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

³³One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

³⁴One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

³⁵And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

³⁶On the fifth day Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, chief of the children of Simeon:

³⁷His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

³⁸One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

³⁹One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁴⁰One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁴¹And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

⁴²On the sixth day Eliasaph, the son of Reuel, chief of the children of Gad:

⁴³His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁴⁴One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁴⁵One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁴⁶One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁴⁷And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph, the son of Reuel

⁴⁸On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:

⁴⁹His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁵⁰One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁵¹One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁵²One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁵³And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

⁵⁴On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, chief of the children of Manasseh:

⁵⁵His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁵⁶One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁵⁷One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁵⁸One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁵⁹And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

⁶⁰On the ninth day Abidan, the son of Gideoni, chief of the children of Benjamin:

⁶¹His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁶²One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁶³One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year for a burned offering;

⁶⁴One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁶⁵And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

⁶⁶On the tenth day Ahiezer; the son of Ammishaddai, chief of the children of Dan:

⁶⁷His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁶⁸One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁶⁹One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁷⁰One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁷¹And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

⁷²On the eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Ochran, chief of the children of Asher:

⁷³His offering was one silver plate; a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁷⁴One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁷⁵One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁷⁶One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁷⁷And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel, the son of Ochran.

⁷⁸On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, chief of the children of Naphtali:

⁷⁹His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

⁸⁰One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;

⁸¹One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

⁸²One male of the goats for a sin-offering;

⁸³And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira, the son of Enan.

⁸⁴These were the offerings given for the altar by the chiefs of Israel, when the holy oil was put on it: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold spoons;

⁸⁵The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy; the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

⁸⁶The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place; all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels;

⁸⁷All the oxen, for the burned offering were twelve, the male sheep twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, with their meal offering; and the males of the goats for sin-offering twelve;

⁸⁸And all the oxen for the peace-offerings, twenty-four oxen, the male sheep sixty, and the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was given for the altar after the holy oil was put on it.

⁸⁹And when Moses went into the Tent of meeting to have talk with him, then the Voice came to his ears from over the cover which was on the ark of witness, from between the two winged ones. And he had talk with him.

Numbers 8

¹And the Lord said to Moses,

²Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.

³And Aaron did so; he put the lights in their places so that they gave light in front of the support, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

⁴The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.

⁵And the Lord said to Moses,

⁶Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.

⁷And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.

⁸Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.

⁹And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:

¹⁰And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:

¹¹And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.

¹²And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.

¹³Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.

¹⁴So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

¹⁵After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

¹⁶For they have been given to me from among the children of Israel; in place of every mother's first son, the first to come to birth in Israel, I have taken them for myself.

¹⁷For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.

¹⁸And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.

¹⁹And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.

²⁰All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.

²¹And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.

²²And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.

²³And the Lord said to Moses,

²⁴This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

²⁵But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;

²⁶But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.