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Aaron and his

EXODUS.

sons sanctified. commanded Moses, so the children of be an everlasting priesthood through

Israel made all the work.

43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded,even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. CHAP. XL.

out their generations.

16 Thus did Moses: according to an that the LORD commanded him, so did be.

17 T And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, day of the month, that the tabernacle

saying,

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

4 And thou shalt bring m the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

6 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the banging of the door to the tabernacle.

6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

was reared up.

18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the cov ering of the tent above upon it; as the LonD commanded Moses.

20 T And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Load commanded Moses.

22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

23 And he set the bread in order upon 8 And thou shalt set up the court it before the LonD; as the LORD had round about, and hang up the hanging commanded Moses. at the court-gate.

9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt ballow it, nd all the vessels thereof: and it shall De holy.

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt-offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.

24 And be lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

26 T And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil,

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver 27. And he burnt sweet incense thereand his foot, and sanctify it. on; as the LORD commanded Moses12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and 28 T And he set up the hanging at his sous unto the door of the taberna-the door of the tabernacle. cle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unfo me in the priest's office.

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

29 And he put the altar of burntoffering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meat-offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

30 TAnd be set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, 15 And thou shalt anoint them. as and put water there, to wash withal. hou didst anoint their father, that they 31 And Moses and Aaron, and his ray minister unto me in the priest's sons, washed their hands and their fice: for their anointing shall surely|feet thercat:

A cloud coverctà

CHAP. I, II.

th; Tabernacle. 32 When they went into the tent of glory of the LORD filed the taberna the congregation, and when they came cle. near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.

33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court-gate. So Moses finished the work.

34 T Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, be cause the cloud abode thereon, and the

36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the childron of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

98 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

¶ The Third Book of Moses, called LEVITICUS.

CHAP. I.

the LORD called unto Moses,

AND spake unto him out of the tab
ernacle of the congregation, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them,If any man of you
bring an offering unto the LORD, ye
shall bring your offering of the cattle,
even of the herd, and of the flock.

3 If his offering be a burnt-sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male with out blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation be

fore the Lond.

goats, for a burnt-sacrifice; he shal bring it a male without blemishi.

11 And he shall kill it on the side of

the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar.

13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the faltar: it is a burut-sac fisice, an offer fing made by fire, of u sweet savour

+ And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall junto the LORD. be accepted for him to make atone- 14 ¶ And if the burnt-sacrifice for his ment for him.

offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

5. And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprin- 15 And the priest shall bring it unto kle the blood round about upon the the altar, and wring off his head, and altar that is by the door of the taber-burn it on the altar; and the olood nacle of the congregation. thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

6 And he shall Hay the burnt-offering, and cut it into his pieces.

7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

16 And he shall pick away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside tha altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

3 And the priests, Aaron's sons, s.all 17 Aud he shall cleave it with the lay the parts, the head, and the fa, in wings thereof, but shall not divide it order upon the wood that is or. the fasunder: and the priest shall burn it fire which is upon the altar : upon the altar, upon the wood that is 9 But his inwards and his legs shall upon the fire; it is a burnt-sacrifice, he wash in water; and the priest shall an offering made by fire, of a sweet burn all on the altar, to be a burnt-sa-savour unto the LORD. crifice, an offering made by fire, of a

CHAP. II.

sweet savour unto the LORD. AND when any will offer a ment

10 T And if his offering be of the offering unto the LORD, his offer Яocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the ling shall be of fine flour; and ho aball

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Meal offerings.

LEVITICUS.

Peace-offerings.

pour oil upon it, and put frankincense| first-fruits, green ears of corn dried by
thereon:
the fire, even corn beaten out of full
ears.

2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons
the priests: and he shall take thereout
bis handful of the flour thereof, and of
The oil thereof, with all the frankin-
cense thereof; and the priest shall
burn the memorial of it upon the altar,
to be an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD:

15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meatoffering.

16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten cora thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the CHAP. III.

3 And the remnant of the meat-offer
ing shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is LORD.
a thing most holy of the offerings of
the Lond made by fire.

4 And if thou bring an oblation of AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of
peace-offering, if he offerit of the
a meat-ollering baken in the oven, it herd; whether it be a male or female,
shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour| he shall offer it without blemish be-
mingled with oil, or unleavened wa fire the LORD.
fers anomted with oil.

2. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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5 And if thy oblation be a meat of
fering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine
flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and
pour oil thereon, it is a meat-offering.
7 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat- 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
offering baken in the frying pan, it of the peace-offering, an offering made
shall be made of fine flour with oil. by fire unto the LORD; the fat that
8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offer-covereth the inwards, and all the fat
ing that is made of these things unto that is upon the inwards,
the Lord; and when it is presented 4 And the two kidneys, and the fa
unto the priest, he shall bring it unto that is on them, which is by the flanks,
the altar.
and the caul above the liver, with the
9 And the priest shall take from the kidneys, it shall he take away.
meat-offering a memorial thereof, and] 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on
shall burn it upon the altar: it is an the altar upon the burnt-sacrifice,
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour which is upon the wood that is on the
unto the Lord.
fire; it is an offering made by fire, of
10 And that which is left of the meat-{a sweet savour unto the LORD.
offering shall be Aaron's and his son's: 6 T And if his offering for a sacrifice
it is a thing most holy of the offerings of peace-offering unto the Lord be of
of the Loup made by fire.
the flock; male or female, he shall
offer it without blemish.

11 No meat-offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lond, shall be inade with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.

7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before 12 As for the oblation of the first-the tabernacle of the congregation: and fruits, ye shall offer them unto the Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

13 And every oblation of thy meatoffering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offering: with all thine offer ings thou shalt offer salt.

14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits unto the LORD, thou chall offer, for the meat-offering of thy

thereof round about upon the altar.

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver,

Sin-offerings.

CHAP. IV Sin-offerings. with the kidneys, it shall he take away. [tion; and shall pour all the blood of 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the bullock at the bottom of the altar the altar: it is the food of the offering of the burnt-offering, which is at the made by fire unto the LORD. door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 T And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lond. 8 And he shall take off from it all the 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the fat of the bullock for the sin-offering; head of it, and kill it before the taber-the fat that covereth the inwards, and nacle of the congregation: and the all the fat that is upon the inwards, gons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat thereof upon the altar round about. that is upon them, which is by the 14 And he shall offer thereof his offlanks, and the caul above the liver, fering, even an offering made by fire with the kidneys, it shall he take away. unto the LORD; the fat that covereth 10 As it was taken off from the bulthe inwards, and all the fat that is lock of the sacrifice of peace-offering; upon the inwards, and the priest shall burn them upon 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat the altar of the burnt-offering. that is upon them, which is by the 11. And the skin of the bullock, and flanks, and the caul above the liver, all his flesh, with his head, and with with the kidneys, it shall he take away. his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 16 And the priest shall burn them 12 Even the whole bullock shall he upon the altar: it is the food of the carry forth without the camp unto a offering made by fire for a sweet sa-clean place, where the ashes are pouryour: all the fat is the LORD'S. ed out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.

17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor

blood.

CHAP. IV.

13 ¶ And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, assembly, and they have done some

what against any of the command2 Speak unto the children of Israel, ments of the LORD concerning things saying, If a soul shall sin through ig-which should not be done, and are norance against any of the command-guilty;

ments of the LORD concerning things|| 14 When the sin, which they have which ought not to be done, and shall sunned against it, is known, then the do against any of them :

3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock with out blemish unto the LoRD for a sinollering.

4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the con

congregation shall offer a young bul-
lock for the sin, and bring him before
the tabernacle of the congregation.
15 And the elders of the congregation
shall lay their hands upon the head of
the bullock before the LoRD: and the
bullock shall be killed before the
Lond.

16 And the priest that is anointed gregation before the LORD; and shall shall bring of the bullock's blood to lay his hand upon the bullock's head, the tabernacle of the congregation: and kill the bullock before the Lond. 17 And the priest shall dip his finger 5 And the priest that is anointed shall in some of the blood, and sprinkle it take of the bullock's blood, and bring seven times before the LORD, even beit to the tabernacle of the congregation: fore the veil 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary.

18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lond, that is in the taber nacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the

7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lond, which is in the 1 bernacle of the congrega Icongregation.

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Trespass offerings.

the priest shall burn it upon the altar
for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and
the priest shall make an atonement for
him, and it shall be forgiven him.
32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin
offering, he shall bring it a female

19 And he shali take all his fat from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin-offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bul-without blemish. Jock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a Bin-offering for the congregation. 22 ¶ When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance 34 And the priest shall take of the against any of the commandments of blood of the sin offering with his finthe LORD his God concerning things ger, and put it upon the horns of the which should not be done, and is altar of burnt-oflering, and shall pour guilty; out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish :

24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before the LORD: it is a sin-offering.

25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering.

33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.

35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrilice of the peaceoffering; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. CHAP. V.

AD if a soul sin, and hear the

voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

26 And he shall burn all his fat upon
the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of
peace-offerings: and the priest shall 2Or ifa soul touch any unclean thing,
make an atonement for him as con-whether it be a carcase of an unclean
cerning his sin, and it shall be for-beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or
given liim.
the carcase of unclean creeping things,
27 ¶ And if any one of the common and if it be hidden from him; he
people sin through ignorance, while also shall be unclean, and guilty
he doeth somewhat against any of the 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of
commandments of the LORD concern-man, whatsoever uncleanness it be
ing things which ought not to be that a man shall be defiled withal, and
done, and be guilty;
it be bid from him: when he knoweth

28 Ór if his sin, which he hath sin-of it, then he shall be guilty.
ned, come to his knowledge; then he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the
goats, a female without blemish, for
his sin which he hath sinned,

29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.

30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the borns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereol at the bottom of the altar.

31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from

4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an cath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

6 And he shall bring his trespassoffering unto the LORD, for his sin which he bath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall

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