T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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¶ The .iij. Chapter.
¶ The Leuites are not nombred to goo to batell,
but to mynistre to the holy place or sanctuary.
Thei must also pitch their tentes next to the
habitacyon.
A These are the generati&obar;s of Aaron
∧ Moses, when the Lorde
spake to Moses in mo&ubar;t Sinai
and these are the names of the
sonnes of Aar&obar;: Nadab the eldest
s&obar;ne, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron
whiche were priestes anoynted ∧ theyr handes
fylled to minister, note but Nadab and Abihu
dyed before the Lorde, as they broughte
straunge fyre before the Lord in the wyldernes
of Sinai, ∧ had no childr&ebar;. And Eleazar ∧
Ithamar mynystred in the syghte of Aaron
theyr father.
B And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying:
brynge the trybe of Leuy, and set th&ebar; before
Aaron the priest, ∧ let th&ebar; serue hym, ∧ waite
vpon him ∧ vp&obar; al the multitude, before the
tabernacle of witnes, to do the seruyce of the
habitation. And they shall wayte vpon all
the apparell of the tabernacle of wytnesse, ∧
vpon the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruise
of the habitati&obar;. And thou shal gyue the Leuites
vnto Aaron ∧ hys sonnes, for they are
geuen vnto him of the childr&ebar; of Israel. And
thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to
wayte on theyr priestes office: ∧ the stra&ubar;ger
that cometh nye, shal dye for it.
C And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying:
behold note I haue tak&ebar; the Leuites fr&obar; among
the children of Israel, for al the fyrstborne þt;
openeth the matrice am&obar;g the childr&ebar; of Israel,
so þt; the Leuites note shall be myne: bycause
al the fyrst borne are myne: for the same day
that I smote al the fyrst borne, in the land of
Egypt, I halowed vnto me al the fyrstborne
in Israel, both man and beaste, ∧ myne they
shalbe, for I am the Lord.
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the
wyldernesse of Sinai sayinge: Numbre the
chyldren of Leuye in the houses of theyr fathers
∧ kinredes, al that are males fr&obar; a moneth
old ∧ aboue. And Moses numbred th&ebar;
at the worde of the Lorde, as he was comma&ubar;ded.
And these are the names of the children
of Leuy: Gerson, Cahath and Merari.
And these are the names of þe; childr&ebar; of Gerson
in their kynredes: Libni ∧ Semei. And
the sonnes of Cahath in theyr kinredes were
Amram, Iezehar, Hebron, ∧ Oziel. And the
sonnes of Merari in theyr kynredes were
Maheli &abar;nd Musi. These are the kynredes
of Leuy in the houses of theyr fathers.
D noteAnd of Gers&obar; came the kinred of the Libnites
and the Semeites, whiche are the kynreds
of the Gersonites. And þe; summe of th&ebar;
(when all the males were tolde) from a moneth
olde and aboue, were .vij. thousand and
fyue hundred. Aud the kynredes of the Gersonytes
pitched behynd the habitation westwarde.
And the captaine of the most aunci&ebar;t
house am&obar;ge the Gersonites, was Eliasaph
the s&obar;ne of Lael. And the office of the childr&ebar;
of Gerson in the tabernacle of wytnes was
to kepe the habitation ∧ the tent with the couerynge
therof and the hanginge of the dore
of the tabernacle of wytnesse, and the hangynges
of the court, and the curtayne of the
dore of the courte, whych court went round
about the dwelling, and the aulter, ∧ the cordes
þt; pertained vnto al the seruyce therof.
noteAnd of Cahath came the kynred of the Amramites
aud the kinred of the Iezeharites ∧
of the Hebronites and of the Ozielites: And
these are the kinreds of the Cahathites. And
the numbre of of all the males fr&obar; a moneth
olde and aboue, was .viij. thousand and sixe
h&ubar;dred which waited on the holy place. And
the kinred of the children of Cahath, pitched
on the southside of the dwelling. And the captayne
in the moste aunci&ebar;t house of the kynredes
of the Cahathites, was Elisaphan the
sonne of Oziel, ∧ their office was to kepe the
arcke, the table, the candilsticke, ∧ the altare
∧ the holye vessels to minister &wt; ∧ the vayle
wyth all that serued thereto. And Eleazar
the sonne of Aaron the prieste, was captaine
ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites, ∧ had
the ouer syghte of them that waited vp&obar; the
holy thynges.
E noteAnd of Merari came the kynredes of the
Mahelytes, and of the Musites: and these
are the kynredes of the Merarites. And the
numbre of them (when all the males from a
moneth olde and aboue was told) drewe vnto
.vi. thousande, and two hundred. And the
captaine of the most auncient house among
the kynredes of the Merarites, was Zuriel
the sonne Abihael whyche pytched on the
northsyde of the dwellynge. And the offyce
of the sonnes of merari was to kepe the bordes
of the dwellyng ∧ the barres, pyllers &wt;
the sockets therof, and all the instrumentes
therof ∧ al that serued therto: and the pillers
-- --
The offyce of the Leuites.
of the court rounde aboute ∧ their sockettes
with their pynnes ∧ cordes. noteBut on the forefront
of the habitacion ∧ before the tabernacle
of wytnesse eastward, shal Moses ∧ Aaron
∧ hys sonnes pytch, ∧ wayte on the sanctuary
in the steade of the chyldren of Israel.
And the straunger that cometh nye, shal dye
for it.
F And þe; whole summe of þe; Leuites whiche
Moses ∧ Aaron numbred, at the c&obar;mandement
of the Lord thorow out their kynredes,
euen of all the males of a moneth old ∧
aboue, was .xxij. thousande.
And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: Nombre
all the fyrst borne that are males among
the chyldren of Israel, from a moneth olde ∧
aboue and take the nombre of their names.
And thou shalt appoynte the Leuites to me
the Lorde, for all the fyrstborne amonge the
chyldren of Israel, and the cattel of the Leuites
for the fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israel.
And Moses numbred as the Lord commaunded
hym, al the fyrstborne of the chyldren
of Israel. And all the fyrstborne males,
in the summe of names, from a moneth olde
and aboue, were nombred .xxij. thousande .ij.
hundred and .lxxiij.
G And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying:
take the Leuites for all the fyrstborne of the
chyldren of Israell, and the cattel of the Leuites
for their cattel: and the Leuites shalbe
myne, which am the Lord. And for the redemynge
of the two hundred and .lxxiij. whych
are moo then the Leuites in the fyrstborne of
the children of Israel, take .v. sycles of euery
pece, after note the sycle of the holy place .xx. geras
the sycle. And geue the money wherwith
the odde nombre of them is redemed, vnto
Aaron and hys sonnes. And Moses toke the
redempci&obar; money of the ouerplus that were
moo then the Leuites, among the fyrstborne
of the chyldren of Israell: and it came to a
thousande .iij. hundred and .lxv. sycles, of the
holy sycle. And he gaue that redempcion money
vnto Aaron ∧ his sonnes at the word of
the Lorde, euen as the Lorde commaunded
Moses.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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