24 30 36 42 holy shekel, both full of fine flour, mixed up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Nathaniel son of Sogar. On the third day the chief of the Zabulonites, Eliab, son of Chailon, offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Eliab, son of Chailon. On the fourth day the chief of the Reubenites, Elisur son of Sedur, offered as his gift one silver charger the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one -lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering; one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisur son of Sedur. On the fifth day the chief of the Symeonites, Salamiel, son of Surisadai, offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Salamiel, son of Surisadai. On the sixth day the chief of the Gadites, Elisaph son of Raguel, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of 48 which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of scventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiv ing, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisaph, son of Raguel. On the seventh day the chief of the Ephraimites, Elisama, son of Emiud, offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and, for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisama, son of Emiud. 54 On the eighth day the chief of the children of Manasses, Gamaliel, son of Phadassur, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil for a sacrifice, one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five hegoats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Gamaliel, son of Phadassur. 60 On the ninth day the chief of the Benjaminites, Abidan, son of Gadeoni, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of two shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering; and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs 66 72 78 84 of the first year. This was the gift of Abidan, son of Gadeoni. On the tenth day, the chief of the Danites, Achieser, son of Amisadai, offered as his gift, one silver charger the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Achieser, son of Amisadai. On the eleventh day, the chief of the Aşerites, Phagael, son of Echran, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil, for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering; and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Phagael, son of Echran. On the twelfth day, the chief of the Nephthaleimites, Achire, son of Ainan, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten, shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering; and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Achire, son of Ainan. This was the dedication of the altar, when he anointed it, from the chiefs of the Israelites, twelve silver chargers, twelve 85 silver cups, twelve censers of gold, each charger one hundred and thirty shekels, and each cup seventy shekels, all the silver 86 of these vessels, two thousand four hundred shekels, and the shekels were after the holy shekel; twelve golden censers, full of incense; all the gold of the censers was one hundred and 87 twenty shekels. All the cattle for the whole burnt offering were twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve lambs of the first year, with their sacrifices of flour and their libations; and 88 twelve kids of the goats for the sin offering. All the cattle for the sacrifice of thanksgiving, were twenty four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty ewe lambs of the first year, without blemish. This was the dedication of the altar. 89 After filling his own hands, and after the anointing, when Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony to speak to the Lord, he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him, from above the propitiatory, which is over the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubims, and he answered him, and the VIII. Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, and thou 2 shalt say to him, When thou hast put on the side lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in a range with the front of the 3 candlestick. And Aaron did so. On each side, on a range with the front of the candlestick, he lighted the lamps thereof 4 as the Lord commanded Moses. Now the workmanship of the candlestick was of solid gold; both its stem, and its lillies, were of one solid piece. He had made the candlestick according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses. 5 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take the Le6 vites from among the children of Israel, and purify them. And 7 in this manner thou shalt perform their purification. Thou shalt sprinkle them with the water of purification, and a razor shall pass over their whole body, and they shall wash their clothes, 8 and they will be clean. Then they shall take a young bull from the herd, with his sacrifice, to wit, fine flour mixed up with oil; and thou shalt take a yearling bull from the herd for a sin of9 fering, and bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the testi10 mony, and assemble all the congregation of Israel's sons, and present the Levites before the Lord. And the sons of Israel 11 shall lay their hands on the Levites; and Aaron shall set the Levites apart before the Lord, as a gift from the sons of Israel; and they shall be set apart to perform the works of the Lord. 12 Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the young bulls. And thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering, to make atonement 13 for them. Then thou shalt place the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron and before his sons, and give them as a gift 14 before the Lord. So thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and they shall belong to me. 15 And after this, the Levites shall go in to do the works of the tabernacle of the testimony, when thou hast purified them, and 16 given them up before the Lord. Because they are solemnly given up to me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for myself from among the children of Israel, instead of all the males who are the first born of their mothers. 17 Because every first born among the children of Israel, whether 18 of man or beast, belongeth to me (on the day when I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them for myself) and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first 19 born among the children of Israel, and have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons, from among the children of Israel, to do the works of the children of Israel at the tabernacle of the testimony, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; therefore none among the children of Israel shall come near the Holies. 20 21 So Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses in respect to them. Now when the children of Israel had done so to them, and the Levites were purified, and had washed their clothes, and Aaron had solemnly given them up in the presence of the 22 Lord, and had made atonement for them to purify them; and, after this, the Levites had gone in to perform their service in the tabernacle of the testimony, in the presence of Aaron and his sons-when they had done thus for the Levites, as the Lord had commanded Moses in respect to them; then the Lord 23 spoke to Moses, saying, There is this further in respect to the 24 Levites-from twenty five years and upwards, they shall go in 25 to perform service at the tabernacle of the testimony; but af ter fifty years of age, they are to be withdrawn from the ser26 vice, and work no more. As brothers, they are to keep watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, but not to perform laborious work. In this manner thou shalt dispose of the Levites among their watches. IX. Now in the second year after their coming out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, the Lord spoke to Moses in the |