i Every part and parcel therefore ſhall be put in an inventory ; which is required here rather than in the foregoing particulars , partly becaute theſe were much more numerous than the former ; partly becauſe being meaner things and ſuch as might eaſily be ſupplied, they might etherwiſe have been negleGed ; and partly to teach us, that God eſteems nothing ſmall in his worſhip and ſervice, and that he exvetts his Will ſhould be obſerved in the minuteſt circumſtances.
33 This 5s the ſervice of the families, of the ſons of Merari, according to all their ſervice, in the tabernacle of the congregation under the hand of Ithamar the ſon of Aaron the prieſt.
24 And Moſes and Aaron, and the chief of the con- gregation numbred the ſons of the Kohathites,after their families, and after the houſe of their fathers.
35 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifry years old, every one that entreth into the ſervice, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
35 And thoſe that were numbred of them by their families, were two thouſand ſeven hundred and fifty.
37 Theſe were they that were numbred of the fami- lies of the Kohathites, all that might do ſervice in the tabernacle of che congregation, which Moſes and Aaron did number, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moſes.
38 Andthoſe that were numbredof the ſonsof Gerſhon; throughout their families,8 by the houſe of their fathers,
39 From thirty . years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entreth into the ſervice for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation : :
40 Even thoſe that were numbred of them, through- out their families, by the houſe of their tathers, were ewo thouſand and ſix hundred and thirty,
41 Theſe are they that were numbred of the families of the ſons of Gerſhon, of all that might do ſervice in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moſes and Aaron did number, according ro the commandment of the LORD.
6 = _ Rr numbred x the families of tne lons or Merari, throughout their famili houſe of their fathers : s | _
43 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entreth into the ſervice for the work in the tabernacle of the Congregation, Z
44. Even thoſe that were numbred of them after their families, were three thouſand and two hundred k.
_ k Here appears the wiſdom of Divine providence, that whereas in the Kohathites and Gerſhonites, whoſe burdens were fewer and ea« ſier, there were but about a third part of them wbich were fit for
ſervice, the Merarites, whoſe burdens were more and heavier, had above one half of them fic for this work.
45 Theſe b» thoſe that were numbred of the families
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46 All thoſe that were numbred of the Levites, whom Moſes, and Aaron, and the chief of Iſrael numbred, af- ter their families, and after the houſe of their fathers:
47 From thirty years old and upward, even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the ſervice of the miniſtery, and the ſervice of the burden in the ta- bernacle of the congregation;
48 Even
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48 Even thoſe that were numbred of them, were eight
thouſand and five hundred and fourſcore 1, |
! Which number was much inferior to any other Tribe, for the reaſon mentioned on, Numb: 3: 39.
49 According to the commandment of the LORD
they were numbred by the hand of Moſes, every one according to his ſervice, and according to his burden : thus were they numbred of him, as the LORD com- manded Moles.
CHAP. V.
God commands to put away all unclean Perſons from the Camp : it 1s exe- cuted, 1-==-4. Reſtitution commanded, and an Offering, Hallowed things, which belong to the Prieſt, 5 10. Laws Fealouſie, bitter Warer Ordain:d, 11----31.
N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying,
A 2 Command the chi:dren of Iſrael, thar they pur out of the camp # every * leper,and every one that hath an* illue 6.and whoſoever is defiled by the dead c,
2s In which the Pcople dwelt ; as afterward out of the cities and to-vns, that they might not converſe with others and infeCt them. b To wit,of genital {ed in men,or of blood in women in their ſea- ſons. « (; e-) by the touch of the dead. See Lev: 24: 1. Num: 6: 6.
; Boch male and female ſhall ye put out ; without the camp ihall ye put them,that they defile nor their camps d, in the mid{t whereof L dwell e
d By which cuution God would intimate the poſſibility and dan- ger of mens being made guilty by other mens fins, and the neceſ- lary duty of avoiding intimat converſe with wicked men. e By my ſpecial and gracious preſence ; and therefore the perm:iſion of ſuch impurities is the greater 10jury and rovocation to me, as be- ing done in my fight, and refletting diſhonour upon my Name
4 And the cnildren of Iſrael did fo, and put them out, without the camp, as the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſo did the chiidren of Iſrael. ,
5 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, faying,
6 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, * when a man or 2 woman (ball commit any fin that men commit f,to do j a treſpaſs againſt the LORD g,& thac perſon be guilty #: