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for another, both it and that given in exchange shall be sacred. 11 But if it be any kind of unclean beast of which a gift cannot be made to the Lord, he shall present the beast before the priest; 12 and the priest shall value it at a medium between a good and

a bad one; and according as the priest shall value it, so it shall 13 stand; and if the person chuse to redeem it, he shall add a 14 fifth to the valuation. And if a man make a dedication of his

house to the Lord, the priest shall value it at a medium between a good and a bad house. And according as the priest 15 shall value it so it shall stand; and if he who dedicated it chuse to redeem it, he shall add thereto a fifth of the money at 16 which it was rated, and it shall be his. And if it be a part of the land of his possession, which a man shall dedicate to the Lord, the valuation shall be according to the seed thereof, fifty di17 drachms of silver for a core of barley-If he dedicate it at the 18 jubilee; at this valuation it shall stand. But if he dedicate his

field after the jubilee; the priest shall compute for him the money on the years which remain to the jubilee, and make a 19 deduction from the full valuation of it. And if the man who made the dedication chuse to redeem the field, he shall add one fifth of the money to the valuation of it, and it shall be his. 20 But if he decline to redeem the field, and selleth the field to 21 another man, he shall never afterwards redeem it; but at the

going out of the jubilee the field shall be consecrated to the Lord, and he shall have possession of it as land set apart 22 for the priest. And if a man make a dedication to the Lord of a field which he hath purchased, and which is not a part of 23 his inheritance, though the priest settle with him the amount of the price from the year of the jubilee, and he pay the price at which it was rated on the day he made the dedication to the 24 Lord; yet in the year of the jubilee the field shall be restored to the man of whom he purchased it, and whose field of posses25 sion it was. Now every valuation shall be by holy weight, twenty 26 oboli making a didrachm. And with regard to every firstling,

if it be among the cattle, it shall be for the Lord, and none shall dedicate it. Whether it be of the herds or flocks it is the 27 Lord's. And if it be of the four footed beasts which are unclean, he must redeem it according to the valuation, and add thereto a fifth, and it shall be his. And if he will not redeem it, it shall be sold for its value.

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But with respect to every Anathema which a man may devote to the Lord from all that he hath, whether from man or beast, or from field of his possession, it shall not be sold nor redeemed. Every anathema shall be most sacredly devoted to 29 the Lord. And every thing which hath been devoted as an anathema from among men, shall not be redeemable, but by 30 death. The whole tenth of the land, both of the produce of the land, and of the fruit of the trees, is for the Lord. It is dedi31 cated to the Lord. And if any man chuse to redeem his tenth

by purchase, he shall add to the valuation a fifth, and it shall be 32 his. Now the whole tenth of herds and flocks-even every

one which in numbering shall come under the rod, that tenth 33 shall be dedicated to the Lord. Thou shalt not change a good for a bad, nor a bad for a good; and if thou shalt actually make an exchange, that given in exchange shall also be consecrated, and shall not be redeemed.

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These are the commands which the Lord gave in charge to Moses for the children of Israel at mount Sina.

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Again the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of the testimony, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their coming out of the land 2 of Egypt, and said, Take ye the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, according to pedigrees, and according to the houses of their patriarchal families, and according to the num3 ber of their names, according to their poll, every male from twenty years old and upwards, every one who goeth out in the 4 army of Israel; review them with their army. Thou and Aaron shall review them, and with you there shall be of 5 the chiefs, one from each tribe. They shall be the chiefs of the patriarchal houses; and these are the names of the men 6, who shall attend you. Of the Reubenites, Elisur, son of Se7 dur; of the Symeonites, Salamiel, son of Surisadai; of the 8 children of Judas, Naasson, son of Aminadab; of the children of Issachar, Nathaniel, son of Sogar; of the Zabulonites, Eliab, 9 son of Chailon; of the children of Joseph-of the Ephraimites, 10 Elisama, son of Emiud; of the Manassites, Gamaliel, son of

11 Phadassur; of the Benjaminites, Abidon, son of Gadeoni; of 12 the Danites, Achiezer, son of Amisadai; of the Aserites, Pha13 giel, son of Echran; of the Gadites, Elisaph, son of Raguel; of 14 the Nephthaleimites, Achire, son of Ainan. These are renown

ed men of the congregation, chiefs of the tribes according to 17 their patriarchal families, the chiliarchs of Israel. So Moses 18 and Aaron took these men, who were expressly named, and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and marshalled them according to their pedigrees, according to their families, according to the number of their 19 names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male by their

poll, as the Lord commanded Moses, and reviewed them in 20 the wilderness of Sina. And there were of the children of Reuben, Jacob's first born, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of names by their poll-all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out 21 in the army, on the review of those of the tribe of Reuben, -were forty six thousand five hundred. 22 And of the Symeonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, 23 every one who went out in the army, on the review of them, of the tribe of Symeon, were fifty nine thousand three hundred.

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And of the children of Judas, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll; all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every 27 one who went out in the army, on the review of those of the tribe of Judas, were seventy four thousand six hundred.

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And of the Issacharites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all 29 the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty four thousand four hundred.

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And of the Zabulonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their

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families, according to the number of their names by their poll, 31 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Zabulon, were fifty seven thousand four hundred.

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And of the children of Joseph-Of the Ephraimites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old 33 and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five 34 hundred. And of the Manassites, according to their pedigrees,

according to their communities, according to the houses of 35 their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Manasses, were thirty two thousand two hundred.

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And of the Benjaminites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one 37 who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty five thousand four hundred.

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And of the Gadites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, 25 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Gad, were forty five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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And of the Danites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, 39 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Dan, were sixty two thousand seven hundred.

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And of the Aserites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, 41 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Aser, were forty one thousand five hundred.

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And of the Nephthaleimites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, 43 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Nephthaleim, were fifty three thousand four hundred.

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This was the review which Moses and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel made. The chiefs were twelve, a man for every tribe. They were of the patriarchal houses of their re45 spective tribes. And the whole review of the Israelites, compre46 hending their army from twenty years old and upwards, every

one who went out to be marshalled in Israel, was six hundred 47 and three thousand five hundred and fifty. But the Levites of 48 the tribe of their father's house, were not reviewed among the 49 Israelites for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, See that

thou review not the tribe of Levi, nor take an account of them 50 among the children of Israel. But thou shalt set the Levites

over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the utensils thereof, and over all the things which are in it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its utensils, and they shall minister 51 therein, and encamp about the tabernacle. And when the tabernacle is to remove, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, they shall set it up. And if any of another family come near, let him be put to 52 death. And when the Israelites encamp, every man in his sta

tion, and every man according to his command, with their ar53 my, let the Levites encamp before them, around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no lapse committed by the children of Israel; and that the Levites themselves may guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

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And when the Israelites had done according to all that the II. Lord commanded Moses, then the Lord spoke to Moses and 2 Aaron, saying, Let the children of Israel encamp close to one

another, by divisions, by standards, by the houses of their fa3 milies, facing the tabernacle of the testimony. All around it the Israelites shall encamp. And they who encamp first, towards the east, shall be the division of the camp of Judas with 4 their army; and the chief of the children of Judas shall be Naasson, son of Aminadab; his army-even they who were re

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