c���g��1,2. The vow made. �����h��3-8. Observances during seperation. ����g��9-12. Vow interrupted. �����h��13-21. Observances at close of seperation.
1490 B.C.
�9: And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he has
defiled the head of his seperation; then he shall shave
his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day
shall he shave it.
�10: And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or
two young pigeons, to the priest, to the entrance of the
tent of the congregation:
�11: And the priest shall prepare the one for a sin
offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an
atonement (see Ex.29:33) for him, for that he sinned by the dead soul, and shall hallow his head that same day (i.e. by beginning anew the days of his vow, v.9, during which the hair must grow, as in v.5. For holy see Ex.3:5).
�12: And he shall seperate to Yehovah the days of his
Nazariteship, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for
a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall
be lost (Heb. fall, i.e. not be counted), because his Nazariteship was defiled.
�13: And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of
his Nazariteship are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the
entrance of the tent of the congregation:
�14: And he shall bring near his approach offering to the Lord
(Yehovah), one he lamb of the first year without blemish for
a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year
without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without
blemish for peace offerings,
�15: And a basket of unleavened bread, pierced cakes of
fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings.
�16: And the priest shall bring them before Yehovah, and
shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
�17: And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace
offerings to Yehovah, with the basket of unleavened
bread: the priest shall offer also his meal offering, and
his drink offering.
�18: And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his
separation at the entrance of the tent of the
congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his
separation, and put it in the fire which is under the
sacrifice of the peace offerings (cp. Acts 21:26,27).
�19: And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the
ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the
Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
�20: And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering
before Yehovah: this is set apart for the priest, with the
wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
�21: This is the law of the Nazarite who has vowed, and of
his offering to the Lord (Yehovah) for his Nazariteship, beside
that that his hand shall get (i.e., if able, he might voluntarily make an addition thereto): according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his Nazariteship.' "
�22: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
�23: "Speak to Aaron and to his sons (cp. Deut.21:5. 1 Chron.23:13), saying, 'On this wise you all shall bless (see Deut.10:8) the sons of Israel, saying to them,
�24: 'The Lord (Yehovah) (The Father, the source of all blessings, Eph.1:3. Heb.10:7) bless you, and keep you:
�25: The Lord (Yehovah) (The Son, the channel of all blessings, Eph.1:3. Cp. Acts 3:26. Heb.10:10) make His face shine upon you ("face" put for whole person), and be gracious to you:
�26: The Lord (Yehovah) (The Holy Spirit, the witness of all blessings. Cp. Heb.10:7,10,15) lift up His countenance upon you (same as "face" in v.25: this is the token of Divine favor and delight. Cp. Job 29:24. Ps.4:6, and result v.7), and give you peace' ' (=rest or security).
�27: And they shall put My name upon the son of
Israel; and I will bless them."
D��E��1-3. Offerings of the princes. ����F��4-9. Arrangement. ���E��10. Offerings of the princes. ����F��11-89. Arrangement.
F��i��k��4,5-. Acceptance. Command. �������l��-5. Distribution. Command. ���i��k��6-. Acceptance. Obedience. �������l��-6-9. Distribution. Obedience.
�4: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
�5: "Take it of them, that they may perform the solemn
service of the tent of the congregation;
and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
�6: And Moses took the wagons and the oxen,
and gave them to the Levites.
�7: Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of
Gershon, according to their service:
�8: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of
Merari, according to their service, under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
�9: But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the
service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they
should bear upon their shoulders.
�10: And the princes brought near for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes brought near their approach offering before the altar.
F��m���11. Command. ���m���12-89. Obedience.
�11: And the Lord (Yehovah) said to Moses (see 3:40), "They shall bring near their approach offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar."
�12: And he that brought near his approach offering the
first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the
tribe of Judah (the order is the same as in Chapter 2):
�13: And his approach offering was one silver bowl, the
weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels (aprox. 65 oz.), one silver bowl of seventy shekels (35 oz.), after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�14: One spoon of ten shekels of gold (3 oz.), full of incense:
�15: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�16: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�17: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the approach offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
�18: On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
�19: He brought near for his approach offering one silver
bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift offering:
�20: One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
�21: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�22: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�23: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
�24: On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
�25: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�26: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�27: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�28: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�29: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
�30: On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
�31: His approach offering was one silver bowl of the
weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�32: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�33: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�34: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�35: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
�36: On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
�37: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�38: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�39: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�40: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�41: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
�42: On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel
(=Deguel, in 2:14 = Reguel. See note there and cp. 1:14), prince of the children of Gad, offered:
�43: His approach offering was one silver bowl of the
weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�44: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�45: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�46: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�47: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
�48: On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
�49: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�50: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�51: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�52: one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�53: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
�54: On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
�55: His approach offering was one silver bowl of the
weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�56: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�57: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�58: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�59: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
�60: On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of
the children of Benjamin, offered:
�61: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�62: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�63: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�64: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�65: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
�66: On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
prince of the children of Dan, offered:
�67: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�68: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�69: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�70: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�71: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
�72: On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
�73: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�74: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�75: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�76: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�77: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
�78: On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of
the children of Naphtali, offered:
�79: His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
�80: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
�81: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering:
�82: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
�83: And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
�84: This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when
it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve bowls of
silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
�85: Each bowl of silver weighing an hundred and thirty
shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed
two thousand and four hundred shekels (aprox. 75 lbs.), after the shekel of the sanctuary:
�86: The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense,
weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the
sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and
twenty shekels (aprox. 36 oz.).
�87: All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve
bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year
twelve, with their meal offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
�88: And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace
offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty,
the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was
anointed.
�89: And when Moses was gone into the tent of the meeting
to speak with Him (Yehovah, cp. v.11), then he heard the voice of One speaking to him from off the mercy seat (see Ex.25:17) that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and He spoke to him.
b��n���1-4. Service of Aaron. ����o���5-14. Levitess' purificaton. Command. ���n���15-19. Service of Levites. ����o���20,21. Levites' purification. Obedience. ���n���22-26. Service of Levites.
�5: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
�6: "Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and
cleanse them.
�7: And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them:
Sprinkle water of purifying upon them (=sin water, i.e. water prepared as in Chapter 19), and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
�8: Then let them take a young bullock with his meal
offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another
young bullock shall you take for a sin offering.
�9: And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of
meeting: and you shall gather the whole assembly of the
sons of Israel together:
�10: And you shall bring the Levites before Yehovah: and
the sons of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
�11: And Aaron shall offer (Heb. =wave, see Ex.29:27) the Levites before Yehovah for a wave offering of the sons of Israel, that they may perform the solemn service of Yehovah.
�12: And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads
of the bullocks: and you shall prepare the one for a sin
offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to Yehovah,
to make an atonement for the Levites (see 29:33).
�13: And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and wave them for a wave offering to the Lord (Yehovah).
�14: Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the
sons of Israel: and the Levites shall be Mine (cp.3:45).
�15: And after that shall the Levites go in to do the
service of the tent of the congregation: and you
shall cleanse them, and wave them for a wave offering.
�16: For they are wholly given to Me from among the
sons of Israel; instead of such as open every womb,
even instead of the firstborn of all the children of
Israel, have I taken them to Me.
�17: For all the firstborn of the sons of Israel are Mine (cp. Ex.13:2. Num.3:13), both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
�18: And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of
the sons of Israel.
�19: And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the solemn
service of the sons of Israel in the tent of the
congregation, and to make an atonement for the sons of
Israel: that there be no plague among the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
�20: And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the
sons of Israel, did to the Levites according to all
that the Lord (Yehovah) commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so
did the sons of Israel to them.
�21: And the Levites were purified, and they washed their
clothes; and Aaron waved them as a wave offering before the Lord (Yehovah); and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
�22: And after that went the Levites in to do their solemn service in the tent of the congregation before Aaron, and
before his sons: as Yehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them.
�23: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
�24: "This is it that belongs to the Levites: from
twenty and five years old and upward (this was the comencement of a five years' probation. The age, 30, was the age of their numbering. See 4:3) they shall go in to wait upon the solemn service of the tent of the congregation (as in vv.11,15,19. Fig., literally war the warfare):
�25: And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the solemn service thereof, and shall serve no more (observe the gracious care of the Lord (Yehovah)):
�26: But shall minister with their brethren in the tent of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no solemn service. Thus shall you do to the Levites touching their charge."
�1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai (see 1:1. During the first week of Aaron' consecation), in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt (therefore before the numbering which was on the first day of the second month, 1:1,2. The observance mentioned here in connection with the second passover, a month later, vv.6-11), saying,
�4: And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
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�5: And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai (the 2nd of 10 recorded. See Ex.12:18,28. Lev.23:5. Num.28:16. Deut.16:2, and cp. 7:89 - 9:14): according to all that the Lord (Yehovah) commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel.
�6: And there were certain men (probably Mishael and Elizaphan, who had buried Nadab and Abihu [Lev.10:1-4]; they were thus rendered unclean, and could not keep the passover [Num.19:11; 5:2]), who were defiled for touching the dead body (soul) of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
�9: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
�15: And on the day that the dwelling place (of Yehovah. i.e. the tabernacle) came to be reared up (i.e. remained) the cloud covered the dwelling place, namely, the tent of the testimony:
and at evening there was upon the dwelling place as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
�16: So it was always:
the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
�17: And when the cloud was taken up from the tent of the congregation, then after that the sons of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the sons of Israel pitched their tents.
�18: At the commandment of the Lord (Yehovah) the sons of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Yehovah they encamped:
as long as the cloud abode upon the dwelling place they rested in their tents.
according to the commandment of the Lord (Yehovah) they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord (Yehovah) they journeyed.
�21: And so it was, when the cloud abode from evening unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
�23: At the commandment of the Lord (Yehovah) they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of Yehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord (Yehovah), at the commandment of the Lord (Yehovah) by the hand of Moses (=meditation, or ministry; "hand" put by Fig. Metonymy [of Cause] ).
9:1-14. Laws for the People.
a��p��1-3. Command. Passover.
����q��4,5. Obedience rendered.
���p��6-8. Obedience hindered.
����q��9-14. Command. Second Passover.
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21-22 thru 28-29th of March, 1490 B.C.
�2: "Let the sons of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
�3: In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you all shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall you all keep it."
�7: And those men said to him, "We are defiled by the dead body (soul) of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord (Yehovah) in his appointed season among the sons of Israel?"
�8: And Moses said to them, "Stand still, and I will hear what Yehovah will command concerning you."
�10: "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body (soul), or be in a journey, yet he shall keep the passover to Yehovah.
�11: The fourteenth day of the second month at evening (3-4th May, therefore a month later than the appointed time [v.1]) they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
�12: They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
�13: But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbears to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the approach offering of Yehovah in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
�14: And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover to the Lord (Yehovah); according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: you all shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 15-23. Event. Erection of the Tabernacle.
D��G���15-. Time: "on the day".
����H���-15. Event - Cloud and fire.
���G���16-. Time: "alway".
����H���-16. Event - Cloud and fire.
���G���17. Time: when cloud taken up.
����H���18-. Event - They journeyed.
���G4��-18-20-. Time: alternations.
����H4��-20. Event - Command to journey.
���G5��21,22. Time: alternations.
����H5��23. Event - Command to rest.
�19: And when the cloud tarried long upon the dwelling place many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Yehovah, and journeyed not.
�20: And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the dwelling place (Heb. = "days of number", i.e. days easily counted);
�22: Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the dwelling place, remaining thereon, the sons of Israel abode in their tents (cp. Ex.40:34-38), and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.