These are the generacyons of
Aar&obar; and Moses, in þe; daye
that the Lord spake &wt; Moses
in mount Synai, ∧ these
are the names of the sonnes
of Aaron: Nadad the eldest
sone, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. noteThese
are the names of the sonnes of Aaron which
were note Preastes anoynted, ∧ whose hande
was consecrated to minystre. noteAnd Nadab
and Abihu dyed before the Lorde whan they
offred straunge fyre before the Lorde in the
wyldernesse of Synai, and had no chyldren.
And Eleazar and Ithamar mynistred in the
syght of Aaron their father.
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, sayinge:
brynge the trybe of Leui, and set them before
Aar&obar; the Preast note that they maye serue
hym and wayte vpon hym and vpon all the
multitude, before the tabernacle of witnesse,
to do the seruyce of þe; habitacy&obar;. They shall
kepe all þe; apparell of the tabernacle of wytnesse,
and wayte vp&obar; the chyldren of Israel,
to do the seruyce of the habitacion. And thou
shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and hys
sonnes, for they are geu&ebar; and delyuered vnto
him of the chyldren of Israel. And thou
shalt appoynte Aar&obar; ∧ hys sonnes to wayte
on their Preastes offyce: and the straunger
that commeth nye, shall be slayne.
And the Lord spake vnto Moses sayinge:
beholde I haue taken the Leuites fr&obar; amonge
þe; chyldr&ebar; of Israell note for all the fyrst
borne þt; openeth the matrice amonge þe; chyldren
of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe myne:
because all the fyrst borne are myne: for the
same daye þt; I smote all the fyrst borne in the
lande of Egypte, I halowed vnto me all the
fyrstborne in Israel, both man ∧ beast, and
myne they shalbe: I am the Lorde.
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the
wyldernesse of Synai sayinge: Nombre the
chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers
in their kynredes. All that are males,
from a moneth olde and aboue shalt þu; nombre.
And Moses nombred them, accordynge
to the c&obar;maundement of the Lord, and as he
had c&obar;maunded. noteAnd these were the chyldren
of Leui in their names: Gerson, ∧ Cahath
and Merari. And these are the names
of the chyldren of Gerson in their kynredes:
Libni and Semei. The sonnes of Cahath in
their kynredes: Amram, Iezehar, Hebron ∧
Oziel. And the sonnes of Merari in their
kynredes Maheli and Musi. These are the
kynredes of the Leuites, accordynge to the
houses of their fathers.
D Of Gerson came the kynred of the Libnites
and the kynred of the Semeites. These
are the kynredes of the Gersonites. And the
summe of th&ebar; (after the n&obar;bre of all the males
from a moneth olde and aboue) was .vii.
thousande and fyue hundred. And the kynredes
of the Gersonytes shall pitche behynde
the habitacyon west warde. The captayne ∧
most aunci&ebar;t of the house of the Gersonites,
was Eliasaph the sonne of Lael. And vnder
the kepynge of the chyldren of Gerson in the
tabernacle of witnesse was &rhand; the habitacyon
and the tente, the couerynge therof, and
the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of
-- --
The offyces of the Leuites
wytnesse, and the hangynges of the courte,
and the curtayne of the dore of the courte:
which is rounde about the Tabernacle, and
the alter, and the cordes of it for all the seruyce
therof. And of Cahath came the kynred
of the Amramites, and þe; kynred of the Iezeharites:
the kynred of the Hebronites, and
the kynred of the Ozielites: These are the
kynredes of the Cahathites. And the nombre
of all the males from a moneth olde and
aboue, was .viij. thousande and syxe h&ubar;dred:
and these shall kepe the thynges that are to
be kepte in the holy place. And the kynred of
the chyldren of Cahath shall pytche on the
southsyde of the Tabernacle. The captayne
and most auncient of the house of the kynred
of the Cahathites, was Elisaphan the sonne
of Oziel, and vnder their kepynge was
the arcke, the table, the candelstyck, and the
alters, and all the vessels of the sanctuary
þt; they mynistre in, and the vayle, and whatsoeuer
belonged to the mynistracyon therof.
And Eleazar the sonne of Aar&obar; the Preaste,
was captayne ouer all the captaynes of the
Leuites, and had the ouersyghte of th&ebar; that
wayted vpon the sanctuary.
E And of Merari came the kynred of the
Mahelites, and the kynred of the Musites:
These are the kynredes of Merari. And the
summe of them accordynge to the nombre of
all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue
was .vj thousande and .ij. hundred. The captayne
and the most auncient of their house
that were of the kynred of Merari, was Zuriel
the sonne of Abihael: and these shall pitche
on the north syde of the tabernacle. And
vnder the custody of the sonnes of Merari
shalbe the bordes of the dwellynge, and the
barres, pyllers and sockettes therof, all the
vessell therof, and all that serueth therto: ∧
the pyllers of the courte rounde aboute with
their sockettes, their pynnes ∧ their cordes.
But on the forefront of the habitacyon before
the Tabernacle of wytnesse eastwarde,
shall Moses ∧ Aaron and his sonnes pytche,
and wayte to kepe the sanctuary, and to kepe
the chyldren of Israel. And þe; straunger that
commeth nye, shall be slayne. And the hole
summe of þe; Leuites whych Moses and Aaron
F
nombred, at the commaundement of the
Lorde thorowe out their kynredes (euen all
the males from a moneth olde and aboue)
was note &rhand; xxij. thousande.
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: Nombre
all the fyrst borne that are males am&obar;ge
tbe chyldren of Israel (from a moneth olde
and aboue) and take the nombre of their names.
And thou shalt apoynte the Leuites to
me (for I am the Lorde,) for all þe; fyrstborne
of the chyldren of Israel, and the catell of the
Leuites, for all the fyrst gendred of the catell
of the chyldren of Israel. And Moses nombred
The offyces of the Leuites
as the Lorde commaunded hym, all the
fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israel. And all
the fyrst borne males rehearsed by their names,
(from a moneth olde and aboue, accordynge
to their nombre) were .xxij. thousande
ij. hundred and .lxxiij.
G And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge:
take the Leuites for all the fyrst borne of
the chyldren of Israel, and the catell of þe; Leuites
for their catell: and the Leuites shalbe
myne. I am the Lorde. And for þe; redemynge
of the two hundred and .lxxiij. (whych are
moo then the Leuites in þe; fyrst borne of the
chyldren of Israel,) take .v. sycles of euery
&rhand; heade, after the weyght of þe; Sanctuary
note the Sycle conteynynge twenty halfpens.
And geue the money wher with the odde n&obar;bre
of them is redemed, vnto Aaron and his
sonnes. And Moses toke þe; redempcyon money,
of the ouerplus that were moo then the
Leuites: of the fyrst borne of the chyldren of
Israel toke he thys money: euen a thousande
iij. hundred and .lxv. sycles, after the sycle of
the Sanctuary. And Moses gaue the money
of them that were redemed, vnto Aar&obar; and
his sonnes accordynge to þe; worde of þe; Lord,
euen as the Lorde commaunded Moses.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
