Numbers 4 Parallel Bible

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	SEP Brenton Septuagint Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,	The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2	Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers' households;	“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,	“Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.
3	from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, every one that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can come on duty, to do the work in the tent of meeting.	Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
4	And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.	This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.	“This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.
5	And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony.	When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it.	When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law.
6	And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through the rings .	Then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin and spread on top of that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.	Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather, spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.
7	And they shall put on the table set forth for shew-bred a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.	And over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and the flagons for the drink offering; the regular showbread also shall be on it.	“Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is continually there is to remain on it.
8	And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it.	Then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.	They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover that with the durable leather and put the poles in place.
9	And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister.	And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.	“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand that is for light, together with its lamps, its wick trimmers and trays, and all its jars for the olive oil used to supply it.
10	And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers.	And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of goatskin and put it on the carrying frame.	Then they are to wrap it and all its accessories in a covering of the durable leather and put it on a carrying frame.
11	And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves.	And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.	“Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth and cover that with the durable leather and put the poles in place.
12	And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves.	And they shall take all the vessels of the service that are used in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of goatskin and put them on the carrying frame.	“They are to take all the articles used for ministering in the sanctuary, wrap them in a blue cloth, cover that with the durable leather and put them on a carrying frame.
13	And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.	And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.	“They are to remove the ashes from the bronze altar and spread a purple cloth over it.
14	And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.	And they shall put on it all the utensils of the altar, which are used for the service there, the fire pans, the forks, the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.	Then they are to place on it all the utensils used for ministering at the altar, including the firepans, meat forks, shovels and sprinkling bowls. Over it they are to spread a covering of the durable leather and put the poles in place.
15	And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Caath shall go in to take up the furniture ; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle of witness.	And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.	“After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.
16	Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer - the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.	“And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels.”	“Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy furnishings and articles.”
17	And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,	The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
18	Ye shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.	“Let not the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites,	“See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the Levites.
19	This do ye to them, and they shall live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place them each in his post for bearing.	but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,	So that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry.
20	And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.	but they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.”	But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”
21	And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,	The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,	The LORD said to Moses,
22	Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to their families.	“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses and by their clans.	“Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.
23	Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness.	From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.	Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
24	This is the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and to bear.	This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:	“This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work:
25	And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness.	they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting	They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, that is, the tent of meeting, its covering and its outer covering of durable leather, the curtains for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
26	And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.	and the hangings of the court and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service. And they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.	the curtains of the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes and all the equipment used in the service of the tent. The Gershonites are to do all that needs to be done with these things.
27	According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them.	All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry and in all that they have to do. And you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.	All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You shall assign to them as their responsibility all they are to carry.
28	This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.	This is the service of the clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.	This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting. Their duties are to be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
29	The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take ye the number of them.	“As for the sons of Merari, you shall list them by their clans and their fathers’ houses.	“Count the Merarites by their clans and families.
30	Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness.	From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, everyone who can come on duty, to do the service of the tent of meeting.	Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
31	And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the chapiters of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and there shall be their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle.	And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,	As part of all their service at the tent, they are to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,
32	And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.	and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall list by name the objects that they are required to carry.	as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, ropes, all their equipment and everything related to their use. Assign to each man the specific things he is to carry.
33	This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.	This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”	This is the service of the Merarite clans as they work at the tent of meeting under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.”
34	And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the sons of Caath according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage;	And Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the congregation listed the sons of the Kohathites, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,	Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the Kohathites by their clans and families.
35	from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years, every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of witness.	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting;	All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
36	And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.	and those listed by clans were 2,750.	counted by clans, were 2,750.
37	This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.	This was the list of the clans of the Kohathites, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.	This was the total of all those in the Kohathite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
38	And the sons of Gedson were numbered according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage,	Those listed of the sons of Gershon, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,	The Gershonites were counted by their clans and families.
39	from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of witness.	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty for service in the tent of meeting—	All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
40	And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was two thousand six hundred and thirty.	those listed by their clans and their fathers’ houses were 2,630.	counted by their clans and families, were 2,630.
41	This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.	This was the list of the clans of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD.	This was the total of those in the Gershonite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command.
42	And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;	Those listed of the clans of the sons of Merari, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,	The Merarites were counted by their clans and families.
43	from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting—	All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
44	And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was three thousand and two hundred.	those listed by clans were 3,200.	counted by their clans, were 3,200.
45	This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.	This was the list of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.	This was the total of those in the Merarite clans. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
46	All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, namely , the Levites, according to their families and according to the houses of their lineage,	All those who were listed of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel listed, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,	So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families.
47	from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to the service of the works, and the charge of the things that are carried in the tabernacle of witness.	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,	All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting
48	And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.	those listed were 8,580.	numbered 8,580.
49	He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their respective work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses.	According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were listed, each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, as the LORD commanded Moses.	At the LORD’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry. Thus they were counted, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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