And þe; Lord spake vnto Moses ∧ Aar&obar; ∧ bade th&ebar; take þe; summe of þe; childern of Cahath fr&obar; amonge þe; sonnes of leui / in their kynredes and housses of their fathers / from xxx. yere and aboue vntill fyftie / all that were able to warre / for to doo the worke in

the tabernacle of witnesse: euen in the most holy place. And when þe; hoste remoueth / Aaron &abar;d his sonnes shall come and take doune the vayle and couer the arcke of witnesse there with / and shall put there on a couerynge of taxus skynnes / and shall sprede a cloth þt; is altogether of Iacyncte aboue all / and put the staues thereof in. And apon the shewe table / they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte / and put there&obar; / the dishes / spones / flat peces and pottes to poure with / and the dayly bred shalbe thereon: and they shall spred apon them a couerynge of purple / and couer the same with a couerynge of taxus skynnes / and put the staues thereof in.

And they shall take a cloth of Iacyncte ∧ couer the candelsticke of light and hir l&abar;pes and hir snoffers and fyre pannes and all hir oyle vessels which they occupye aboute it / ∧ shall put apon her and on all hir instrumentes / a couerynge of taxus skynnes / and put it apon staues. And apon the golden alter they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte / and put on hir staues. And they shall take all the th&ibar;ges which they occupye to minystre with in þe; holy place / ∧ put a cloth of Iacyncte apon them and couer them with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put them on staues. And they shall take a waye the asshes out of the alter / and sprede a scarlet cloth thereon: ∧ put aboute it / the fyre pannes / the flesh hokes / the shouels

/ the basens and all that belongeth vnto the alter / and they shall sprede apon it a coueryng of taxus skynnes and put on the staues of it.

And when Aaron and his sonnes haue made an ende of couerynge the sanctuary &abar;d all the thinges of the sanctuarye / agenst that the hoste remoue / then the sonnes of Cahath shall come in for to bere / and so let them not twich the santuary lest they dye. And this ys the charge of the sonnes of Cahath in the tabernacle of witnesse. And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preast / shall haue the charge to prepare oyle for the lightes and swete cens / ∧ the dayly meatofferynge and the anoyntinge oyle / and the ouersyghte of all the dwellynge and of all that therein is: both ouer the sanctuary ∧ ouer all that pertayneth thereto.

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses ∧ Aaron sayenge: destroye not the trybe of the kynredes of the Cahathites / from amonge the leuites. But thus doo vnto them that they maye lyve and not dye / wh&ebar; they goo vnto þe; most holy place. Aaron and his sonnes shall goo in and put them / euery man vnto his seruyce and vnto his burthen. But let them not goo in to se when they couer the sanctuarye / lest they dye.

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Take the summe of the childern of Gerson / in the houses of their fathers &abar;d in their kynredes:

from .xxx. yere and aboue / vntyll .l. all that are able to goo forth in warre / for to doo seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse. And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersonites / to serue and to beare. They shall bere the curtaynes of the dwellynge and the roffe of þe; tabernacle of witnesse and his couerynge &abar;d the coueryng of taxus skynnes that is an hye aboue apon it / and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse: and the hanginge of the courte and the hangynge of the gate of the courte that is rounde aboute the dwellynge and the altare / and the cordes of them / and all the instrumentes that serue vnto them and all that is made for them. And at the mouth of Aaron and his sonnes / shall all the seruyce of the childern of the Gersonites be done / in all their charges and in all their seruyce / and ye shall appoynte them vnto al their charges that they shall wayte ap&obar;. And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the children of the Gersonites in þe; tabernacle of witnesse / and their wayte shalbe in the honde of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast.

And thou shalt numbre the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes and in the houses of their fathers / from .xxx. yeres and aboue vnto .l. All that is able to goo forth in warre / to doo the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnesse. And this is the charge that they must wayte

vppon in all that they must serue in the tabernacle of witnesse: The bordes of the dwellynge / and the barres / pylers / and sokettes thereof / and the pylers of the courte rounde aboute / and their sokettes / pynnes and cordes with all that pertayneth and serueth vnto them. And by name ye shall reken the thynges that they must wayte apon to bere. Thys is the seruyce of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Merari in all theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse by the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast.

And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbred the sonnes of the Cahathites in their kynredes and housses of theire fathers / from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftie / all that were able to goo forth in the hoste and to do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse. And the numbre of them in their kynredes were two thousande / seuen hundred and .l. These are the numbres of the kynredes of the Cahathites / of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse / whyche Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundment of the Lorde by the h&abar;de of Moses.

And the sonnes of Gerson were numbred in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers / from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftye /

all that were able to goo forth in the hoste for to doo servyce in the tabernacle of witnesse. And the numbre of them in their kynredes / and in the housses of their fathers / was two thousande / sixe hundred and .xxx. This is the numbre of the kynredes of the sonnes of Gerson / of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse / which Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundement of the Lorde.

And the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari were numbred in their kynredes and in the houses of their fathers / from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftie. all that were able to goo forth with the hoste / to do seruice in þe; tabernacle of witnesse. And the numbre of them was in theyr kynredes / thre thousande and two hundred. This is the numbre of the kynredes of þe; sonnes of Merari / whiche Moses and Aaron numbred at the byddynge of the Lorde / by þe; hande of Moses.

The whole summe which Moses / Aaron and the lordes of Israell numbred amonge the leuites in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers / from .xxx. yere vpp vnto .l. euery man to doo his office and seruyce and to bere his burthen in the tabernacle of witnesse: was .viij. thousande / fyue hundred &abar;d lxxx. which they numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euery man vnto his seruyce and burthen: as

the Lorde commaunded Moses.

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