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 ordre of the lampes. The forme of the candelstycke. The clensynge and offerynge of the Leuites

CAPI. VIII. [unspec A]

ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses, say∣enge: speake vnto Aaron / and saye vn∣to hym: * 1.1 when thou puttest on the lampes, the same seuen Lampes shall gyue lyght to∣warde the forefront of the Candelstycke.

And Aaron dyd euen so, and lyghted the lampes toward the forefront of the Candel∣stycke, as the Lorde commaunded Moses, and the worke of the Candelstycke ☞ was of styffe golde, bothe the shafte and the flou∣res therof, accordyng vnto the vision which the Lorde had shewed Moses / euen so he made the Candelstycke. And the lorde spake vnto Moses, saynge: take the Leuites from amonge the Chyldren of Israell, and clense them. But thus shalte thou do vnto them, when thou clensest them: sprynkle water of purifyenge vpon them, and let them make a rasure to runne alonge vpon all the flesshe of them, and let them wasshe theyr clothes / and so make them selues cleane.

Then let them take a bullocke with his [unspec B] meatofferynge: euen fyne floure / myngled with oyle: and another bullocke shalte thou take for synne. And when thou doest brynge the Leuites before the tabernacle of wytnes thou shalt gather the hoole multytude of the Chyldren of Israell togyther, and bryng the Leuites before the lorde, and the chyldren of Israell shall put theyr handes vpon the Le∣uites. And Aaron ☞ shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde, for a waueofferynge of the Chyldren of Israell, that they maye execute the minystracion of the seruyce of the Lorde.

And the Liuytes shall put theyr handes vpon the heades of the bullockes, and thou shalte offre the one for synne, and the other for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde / that thou mayst make an attonement for the Le∣uites. And thou shalte set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes / and waue them for a waueofferynge before the Lorde. And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the Chyldren of Israel, and the Leuites shal be myn: after that, shall the Leuites go in, to do the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse.

And thou shalt clense them and waue them, [unspec C] for they are gyuen, and delyuered vnto me from amonge the Chyldren of Israell, for such as open euery wombe: euen for the fyrst borne of all the Chyldren of Israell haue I taken them vnto me.

* 1.2 For all the fyrste borne of the Chyldren of Israell are myne / bothe man and beast: synce the daye that I smote euery fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt, I sanctifyed them for my selfe: and I haue taken the Leuytes for all the fyrst borne of the Chyldren of Israell, and haue gyuen the Leuytes as a gyfte vn∣to Aaron, and his sonnes from amonge the

Chyldren of Israell, to do the seruyce of the chyldren of Israell in the Tabernacle of wyt¦nes, to make an attonement for the chyldren of Israell, that there be no plage among the chyldren of Israell, yf the chyldren of Israel come nye vnto the holy thynges. And Mo∣ses, and Aaron, and all the congregacyon of the chyldren of Israel dyd with the Leuites, accordynge vnto all that the Lorde cōmaun¦ded Moses concernynge the Leuytes: euen so dyd the chyldren of Israel vnto them. And the Leuites were purifyed, and washed theyr clothes.

And Aaron waued them before the lorde, [unspec D] and made an attonement for them, and clen sed them. After that went the Leuytes in to do theyr seruice in the Tabernacle of wyt∣nesse, before Aaron, and his Sonnes: as the lorde had commaunded Moses concernyng the Leuites, euen so they dyd vnto them. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, sayenge: this is it that belongeth vnto the Leuytes: * 1.3 from. xxv. yere vpwarde they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse, and from the age of. l. yeare, they shall cease waytynge vpon the seruyce ther∣of, and shall serue no more: ☞ but shall mi∣nystre vnto theyr brethren in the Taberna∣nacle of wytnesse, to wayte, but shall do no more seruyce. Thus therfore shalte thou do vnto the Leuytes in theyr watche.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Exodi. 25. d
• * 1.2

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• * 1.3

  Num. iiii. ••