The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The offyce of the leuytes. The tythes, and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them. Aarons herytage.

CAPI. XVIII.

ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron: Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house, with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place. And thou & thy sonnes with the, shall beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in your Preesthode. * 1.1 And thy brethren of the tribe of Leui, and of thy fathers housholde / shalte thou take vnto the, that they maye be ioyned vnto the, and ministre vnto the: euen vnto the, and thy sonnes with the, before the tabernacle of wytnesse.

They shal wayte vpon the, and vpon al the Tabernacle: only let them not come nygh the vessels of the sanctuary and the aulter, that

they, and ye also dye not. And they shalbe by the & wayte vpon the tabernacle of wytnesse, for al the seruyce of the tabernacle, and let no straunger come nygh vnto you.

Therfore shall ye kepe the holy place and the aulter, that there fal no more wrath vpon the chyldren of Israel: beholde, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from amonge the chyldren of Israel, which as a gyft of yours are gyuen vnto the lorde, to do the seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnesse. Therfore shalte thou / and thy Sonnes with the / take hede vnto your preestes offyce, for all thyng{is} that perteyne vnto the aulter, and for all that are within the vayle. And se that ye serue, for I haue gyuen your preestes offyce vnto you as a gyfte: & therfore the straunger that cometh nye, must be flayne.

And the lorde spake vnto Aaron: beholde, [unspec B] I haue gyuen the, the kepyng ☞ of my heue offerynges of all the halowed thynges of the chyldren of Israel. Euen vnto the I haue gy¦uen them for anoyntyng, & to thy sonnes: for a dutye for euer. This shall be thyne of most holy from the fyre of the aulter. All theyr sa∣crifices for all theyr meatofferynges, synoffe¦rynges, or trespaceofferynges, whiche they bryng vnto me, are moost holy. It is thyne & thy sonnes. In the most holy place shalt thou eate it: and all that are males shall eate of it: let it be holy vnto the.

And this also is thyne * 1.2 the heueofferynges of theyr gyftes, thorowout all the waueoffe∣rynges of the chyldren of Israel: I haue gy∣uen them vnto the, and thy sonnes, and thy doughters with the, to be a dutye for euer, & al that are cleane in thy house, shal eate of it: all the fat of the oyle, & all the fat of the wyne and of the corne, whiche they shall offre vnto the Lorde for fyrst fruytes, the same haue I gyuen vnto the. And what soeuer is fyrste rype in theyr lande whiche they brynge vnto the Lorde, shall be thyne: & all that are cleane in thyne house, shall eate of it.

All dedicate thyng{is} in Israel shalbe thyn. [unspec C] All that openeth the matrice in al flesshe that men brynge vnto the Lorde, whyther it be of men, or beastes, shalbe thyne. Neuerthelatter the fyrst borne of man shalt thou redeme, and the fyrst borne of vncleane beastes shalt thou redeme lykewyse. Those that are to be rede∣med, shalt thou redeme from the age of a mo∣neth, for the value of the money, namelye for fyue sycles, after the sycle of the sanctuary. A sycle maketh twentye halfepence. But the fyrst borne of oxen, shepe and gootes, shalte thou not redeme. For they are holy, therfore thou shalt sprynkle theyr blood vpon the aul¦ter, and shalt burne theyr fat vpon the sacri∣fice for a swete sauoure vnto the lorde.

And the flesshe of them is thyn * 1.3 as the waue brest and the ryght shoulder: these are thyn. All the holy heueofferynges whiche the chyl∣dren of Israel offre vnto the Lorde, haue I gyuen the, and thy sonnes, & thy doughters with the, to be a dutye for euer: let it be ☞ a salted couenaunt for euer, before the Lorde, bothe vnto the, and to thy seede with the.

And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron * 1.4 thou shalt haue none enheritaunce in theyr lande, neyther shalte thou haue any parte amonge them. I am thy parte & thyne enherytaunce amonge the chyldren of Israel. Beholde, I haue gyuen the chyldren of Leui al the tenth in Israel to enheryte for the seruyce, whiche they serue in the tabernacle of wytnesse. Ney¦ther must the chyldren of Israel hence forthe¦come nygh the Tabernacle of wytnesse, leest they beare synne & dye. But the Leuites shal do the seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse & ☞ beare theyr synne: It shalbe a law for euer in your generacions, that among the chyldrē of Israel they possesse none enheritaunce.

But the tythes of the chyldren of Israell [unspec D] whiche they pay at an heueofferyng vnto the Lorde, I haue gyuen the Leuites to enherite. And therfore I haue sayd vnto them: among the chyldren of Israel ye shall possesse none enheritaunce.

And the lorde spake vnto Moses, saynge: speake vnto the Leuites and say vnto them: when ye take of the chyldren of Israel the ti∣thes whiche I haue gyuen you of them for your enheritaunce, ye shall take an heueoffe∣ryng of the same for the lorde: euen the tenth parte of that tithe. And this your heueoffe∣ring shalbe rekened vnto you, euē as though it were of the corne of the barne, or out of the fulnesse of the wyne presse.

Of this maner ye shall therfore seperate an heueoffryng vnto the lorde, of all your ty∣thes whiche ye receyue of the chyldren of Is∣rael, & ye shall gyue therof vnto the lorde an heueofferyng, which shall belonge to Aaron the preest. Of al your gyftes, ye shal take out all the lordes heueoffrynges: ☞ euen the fat of theyr halowed thynges. Therfore y^u shalte say vnto them: When ye haue taken awaye the fat of it from it, it shall be counted vnto the Leuites, as yf it were the encrease of the corne floore, or the encrease of the wyne presse And ye shall eate it in all places, both ye and your housholdes, for it is youre rewarde for your seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse.

And ye shall beare no synne by the reason of it, when ye haue taken from it the fat of it: neyther shall ye vnhalowe the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel, lest ye dye.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Num. iii. ••••
• * 1.2

  Leui. vii. d
• * 1.3

  Leuit. viii
• * 1.4

  Deut. 18•• Eccle. 〈…〉〈…〉