LORDE spake vnto Moses ∧
Aaron, ∧ sayde: Take þe; summe of the
childr&ebar; of Rahath from amonge the
childr&ebar; of Leui, after their kynreds ∧ fathers
houses note from thirtie yeare and aboue vntill
fiftye yeare, all that are mete for the warre,
that they maye do the worke in the Tabernacle
of witnesse. This shal be the office of
the children of Rahath in the Tabernacle
of wytnesse, which is most holy.
Whan the hoost breaketh vp, Aaron and
his sonnes shall go in, and take downe the
vayle, and couer the Arke of wytnesse therwith,
and laye the couerynge of doo skynnes
vpon it, and sprede a whole yalowe clothe
aboue theron, and put his staues therin.
And vpon the shewe table they shal sprede
a yalowe clothe also, and set ther on the disshes,
spones, flatpeces and pottes to poure
out and in, and the daylie bred shal lye vpon
it, and they shall sprede a purple clothe ther
ouer, and couer it with a couerynge of doo
skynnes, and put the staues of it therin.
And they shal take a yalowe clothe, and
couer the c&abar;dilsticke of light therwith, and
his lampes, with his snoffers and outquenchers,
and all the oyle vessels that belonge
to the seruyce, and aboute all this shal they
put a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put it
vpon staues.
B So shal they sprede a yalowe clothe ouer
the golden altare also, and couer the same
with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put
it vpon staues. All the vessels that they occupye
in the Sanctuary, shal they take, and
put a yalowe clothe ther ouer, ∧ couer them
with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put
them vpon staues. They shal swepe the asshes
also from the altare, and sprede a clothe
of scarlet ouer it, and set all his vessels theron,
that they occupye vpon it: colepames,
fleshokes, shouels, basens, with all the apparell
of the altare, and they shal sprede a couerynge
of doo skynnes theron, and put his
staues therto.
Now whan Aaron and his sonnes haue
done this, and haue couered the Sanctuary
∧ all the ornam&ebar;tes therof, whan the hoost
breaketh vp, note then shal the children of Rahath
go in, that they maye beare it, and the
Sanctuary shall they not touche, note lest they
dye. This is the charge of the childr&ebar; of Rahath
in the Tabernacle of wytnesse.
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C And Eleasar the sonne of Aaron þe; prest,
shal haue the office, to prepare the oyle for
the light, and the spyces for the incense, and
the daylie meatofferynge, and the anoyntinge
oyle, to order the whole habitacion, ∧ all
that therin is, in the Sanctuary and the ornamentes
therof.
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and
Aaron, ∧ sayde: Ye shal not destroye the trybe
of the kynred of the Rahathites am&obar;ge
the Leuites, but this shal ye do with them,
þt; they maye lyue ∧ not dye, yf they touche
the most holy. Aaron and his sonnes shal go
in, and appoynte euery one vnto his office
∧ charge. But they shal not go in, presumptuously
to loke vp&obar; þe; Sanctuary, lest they
die. And þe; LORDE spake vnto Moses and
Aaron ∧ sayde: Take the summe of the children
of Gerson also, after their fathers house
∧ kynred, note from thirtye yeare ∧ aboue, vntyll
fiftye yeare, ∧ appoynte them all þt; are
mete for the warre, to haue an office in the
Tabernacle of wytnesse.
D This shalbe the office of the kynred of
the Gersonites, eu&ebar; to serue ∧ to beare. They
shal beare the curtaynes of the habitacion
and of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and his
couerynge and the coueringe of doo skynnes,
that is aboue theron, and the hanginge
in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse,
and the hanginge aboute the courte, which
goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare,
and their cordes, and all the instrumentes þt;
serue for th&ebar;, and all that belongeth to their
occupienge. Acordinge vnto the worde of
Aaron and of his sonnes, shal all the office
of the children of Gerson be done, what so
euer they shall beare and occupye. And ye
shal se, that they wayte vpon all their charge.
This shal be þe; office of þe; kinred of þe; childr&ebar;
of þe; Gersonites in þe; Tabernacle of witnes.
And their waytinge shal be vnder þe; h&abar;de
of Ithamar, the sonne of Aar&obar; the prest.
E The children of Merari after their kynred
and fathers house, shalt thou appoynte
also, from thirtie yeare and aboue, vnto fiftie
yeare, all that are mete for the warre, þt; they
maye haue an office in the Tabernacle of
wytnesse. But vpon this charge shall they
wayte acordinge to all their office in þe; Tabernacle
of witnesse, that they beare the bordes
of the Habitacion, and the barres, and
pilers, and sokettes: the pilers of the courte
also rounde aboute, and the sokettes and
nales and cordes, with all their apparell,
acordynge to all their seruyce. And vnto
euery one shall ye appoynte his porcion
of charge to waite vpon the apparell. Let
this be the office of the kynred of the children
of Merari, all that they shall do in the
Tabernacle of wytnesse vnder the hande of
Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest.
F And Moses and Aaron with the captaynes
of the congregacion, nombred the
children of þe; Rahathites, acordinge to their
kynreds and houses of their fathers, from
thirtie yeare and aboue, vntyll fyftye, all
that were mete for the warre, to haue offyce
in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And the
summe was, two thousande, seuen hundreth
and fyftie. This is the summe of the kynred
of the Rahathites (which all had seruyce in
the Tabernacle of witnesse) whom Moses
and Aaron nombred, acordynge to the worde
of the LORDE by Moses.
The children of Gerson were nombred also
in their kynreds and fathers houses from
thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftie, all that
were mete for the warre, to haue office in þe;
Tabernacle of witnesse, and the summe was
two thousande, syxe hundreth and thirtie.
This is þe; summe of the kinred of the childr&ebar;
of Gerson, which all had to do in the Tabernacle
of wytnesse, whom Moses and Aaron
nombred, acordinge to þe; worde of þe; LORDE.
G The children of Merari were nombred also
acordinge to their kynreds and fathers
houses, from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll
fyftye, all that were mete for the warre, to
haue office in the Tabernacle of witnesse, ∧
the summe was thre thousande, and two
hundreth. This is the summe of the kynred
of the childr&ebar; of Merari, whom Moses and
Aaron nombred, acordinge to the worde of
the LORDE by Moses.
The summe of all the Leuites, whom
Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of
Israel tolde, after their kinreds and fathers
houses, from thyrtie yeare and aboue vntyll
fyftye, all that wente in to do euery one his
office, and to beare the burthen in þe; Tabernacle
of wytnesse, was eight thousande fyue
hundreth and foure score, which were nombred
acordinge to the worde of the LORDE
by Moses, euery one to his office ∧ charge,
as the LORDE commaunded Moses.
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
