Numbers 3

1 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

These ben the generaciouns of Aaron and of Moises, in the dai in which the Lord spak to Moises, in the hil of Synay.

2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And these ben the names of `the sones of Aaron; his first gendrid, Nadab; aftirward, Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar; these ben the names of `Aarons sones,

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

preestis, that weren anoyntid, and whos hondis weren fillid and halewid, that thei schulden `be set in preesthod.

4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.

Nadab and Abyu, whanne thei offeriden alien fier in the `siyt of the Lord, in the deseert of Synay, weren deed without fre children; and Eleazar and Ythamar `weren set in preesthod bifor Aaron hir fadir.

5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises,

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

`and seide, `Presente thou the lynage of Leuy, and make to stonde in the siyt of Aaron, preest, that thei mynystre to hym;

7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

and wake, and that thei kepe what euer thing perteyneth to the religioun of multitude, bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng;

8 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

and that thei kepe the vessels of the tabernacle, and serue in the seruyce therof.

9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

And thou schalt yyue bi fre yifte the Leuytis to Aaron and hise sones, to whiche thei ben youun of the sones of Israel.

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Sotheli thou schalt ordeyne Aaron and hise sones on the religioun of preesthod; a straungere, that neiyeth for to mynystre, and schal die.

11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moyses, `and seide,

12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

Y haue take the Leuytis of the sones of Israel for ech firste gendrid thing that openeth the womb in the sones of Israel; and the Leuytis schulen be myne,

13 for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shall be; I am the LORD.

for ech firste gendrid thing is myn; sithen Y smoot the firste gendrid in the lond of Egipt, Y halewide to me what euer thing is borun first in Israel; fro man `til to beest thei ben myne; Y am the Lord.

14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises in the deseert

15 Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

of Synay, and seide, Noumbre thou the sones of Leuy bi `the housis of her fadris, and bi meynees, ech male fro o monethe and aboue.

16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

Moises noumbride, as the Lord comaundide.

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

And the sones of Leuy weren foundun, bi her names, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary;

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni and Shimei.

the sones of Gerson weren Lebny, and Semey;

19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

the sones of Caath weren Amram, and Jessaar, Hebron, and Oziel;

20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

and the sones of Merari weren Mooly, and Musi.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Of Gerson weren twei meynees, of Lebny, and of Semei;

22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

of whiche the puple of male kynde was noumbrid, fro o monethe and aboue, seuene thousynde and fyue hundrid.

23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

These schulen sette tentis aftir the tabernacle at the west,

24 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

vndur the prince Eliasaph, the sone of Jahel.

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,

And thei schulen haue kepyngis in the tabernacle of boond of pees, the tabernacle it silf, and the hilyng therof, the tente which is drawun bifor the yatis of the hilyng of the witnessyng of boond of pees;

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

and the curteyns of the greet street, also the tente which is hangid in the entryng of the greet street of the tabernacle, and what euer thing perteyneth to the custom of the auter, the cordis of the tabernacle, and al the purtenaunce therof.

27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

The kynrede of Caath schal haue the puplis of Amram, and of Jessaar, and of Ebron, and of Oziel;

28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

these ben the meynees of Caathitis, noumbrid bi her names, alle of male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, eiyte thousynde and sixe hundrid.

29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Thei schulen haue kepyngis of the seyntuarie, and schulen sette tentis at the south coost;

30 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

and `the prince of hem schal be Elisaphan, the sone of Oziel.

31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.

And thei schulen kepe the arke, and the boord, and the candilstike, the auters, and vesselis of the seyntuarie in whiche it is mynystrid, and the veil, and al sich purtenaunce.

32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Sotheli the prince of princis of Leuytis schal be Eleazar, the sone of Aaron, preest; and he schal be on the keperis of the kepyng of the seyntuarie.

33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

And sotheli of Merary schulen be the puplis of Mooli, and of Musi,

34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

noumbrid bi her names, alle of male kynde fro o monethe and aboue, sixe thousynde and two hundrid;

35 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

`the prince of hem schal be Suriel, the sone of Abiahiel; thei schulen sette tentis in the north coost.

36 And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof;

And vndur `the kepyng of hem schulen be the tablis of the tabernacle, and the barris, and the pileris, and `the foundementis of tho, and alle thingis that perteynen to sich ournyng,

37 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

and the pileris of the greet street bi cumpas, with her foundementis, and the stakis with coordis.

38 And those that pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Forsothe Moises and Aaron with hise sones schulen sette tentis bifor the tabernacle of boond of pees, that is, at the eest coost, and schulen haue the keping of the seyntuarie, in the myddis of the sones of Israel; what euer alien neiyeth, he schal die.

39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

Alle the Leuytis, whiche Moises and Aaron noumbriden, bi comaundement of the Lord, bi her meynees, in male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, were two and twenti thousynd.

40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

And the Lord seide to Moises, Noumbre thou the firste gendrid children of male kynde of the sones of Israel, fro o monethe and aboue; and thou schalt haue the summe of hem; and

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

thou schalt take Leuytis to me for alle the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel; Y am the Lord; and thou schalt take `the beestis of hem for alle the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel.

42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

And as the Lord comaundide, Moises noumbride the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel; and the males weren bi her names,

43 And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

fro o monethe and aboue, two and twenti thousynde two hundrid and seuenti and thre.

44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide,

45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine; I am the LORD.

Take thou Leuytis for the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel, and the beestis of Leuytis for the beestis of hem, and the Leuytis schulen be myne; Y am the Lord.

46 And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are over and above [the number of] the Levites,

Forsothe in the prijs of two hundrid seuenti and thre, that passen the noumbre of `Leuytis, of the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel,

47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

thou schalt take fyue ciclis bi ech heed, at the mesure of seyntuarie; a sicle hath xx. halpens;

48 and thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.

and thou schalt yyue the money to Aaron and to hise sones, the prijs of hem that ben aboue.

49 And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

Therfor Moises took the money of hem that weren aboue, and whiche thei hadden ayenbouyt of the Leuytis, for the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel,

50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

a thousand thre hundrid sixti and fyue of siclis, bi the weiyte of seyntuarie;

51 and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

and he yaf that money to Aaron and to hise sones, bi the word which the Lord comaundide to hym.