cense thereon, because it is a jealousy-offering, for a memorial to bring iniquity to remembrance. 16. The priest shall bring this to the court of the ta bernacle before the Eternal; 17. And take conse crated water in an earthen vessel, and put some of the dust on the floor therein, 18. And place her be fore the tabernacle, in the Eternal's presence, and uncover her head, and put the jealousy-offering into her hand; and he shall have in his hand the bitter water of the curse; 19. And he shall charge her solemnly, saying, If thou art innocent, be thou free from this bitter water of the curse; 20. But if thou be guilty, thou art accursed. 21. Then he shall charge her with a solemn imprecation, saying, The Eternal make thee an execration, and a term of imprecation, and thy bowels to swell, and thy limbs. to mortify, 22. By this bitter water of the curse. And she shall say, So be it, Amen.

23. And he shall write these curses in a book, and blot them out with the bitter execration water. 24. And he shall cause her to drink it, it shall be bitter in her bowels.

25. Then he shall take the jealousy-offering out of her hand, and wave it before the Eternal, and offer it on the altar. 26. And having taken an handful of it for a memorial, and burnt it on the altar, and afterwards caused her to drink the water; 27. Which she having done, if she be guilty it shall be bitter in her bowels, and cause them to swell, and her limbs to mortify, and she shall be a curse among her people. 28. But if she be innocent, she shall be free from those evils, and be fruitful.

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29. This is the manner in cases of jealousy, When a man is seized with the spirit of it. 31. If the woman be guilty, she shall bear her iniquity, and the husband shall be guiltless.

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CHAP. VI,

THE LAW OF THE NAZARITES.

THE Eternal also said to Moses, 2. Say to the Israelites, When either a man or a woman is devoted or set apart to the Eternal, by taking the vow of a Nazarite (as a hermit monk), 3. They shall ab stain from wine and strong drink, and vinegar of any kind, and all liquor expressed from grapes, and not eat grapes moist or dried. 4. During the Na zariteship they shall eat no production of the vine, even from the stones to the rind.

5. He shall not shave, but let the hair of his head grow; being separated to the Eternal he shall be holy.

6. He shall come at no dead body; 7. Nor make himself unclean for his father or his mother, or his brother or his sister, when they die, 8. Because the consecration of his God is on his head. 9. And if any die suddenly beside him, whereby he hath profaned his consecrated hair, he shall shave it the se venth day, the day of his purification. 10. And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle doves, or two pigeons, to the tabernacle door; 11. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for his pollution by the dead; and the same day consecrate his head, 12. And bring a lamb a year old for a trespass-offering, and begin his Nazariteship again; the past time shall be lost, because his consecration was polluted.

13. And when his time of separation is finished, he shall come to the tabernacle door, 14. And of fer his offering to the Eternal, a male and female lamb of a year old, for a burnt-offering and a sin offering, and one ram for a peace-offering, all without blemish. 15. And a basket of unleavened bread, namely, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and

wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat-offerings and drink-offerings. 16. And the priest shall bring them before the tabernacle door, 17. And offer them.

18. Then the Nazarite shall shave his consécrated head at the tabernacle door, and put the hair in the fire, below the peace-offering. 19. And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, with a cake, and a wafer of unleavened bread, and lay them on the Nazarite's hands, after the hair of his Nazariteship is shaven; 20. And he shall wave them for a wave-offering before the Eternal: this is the priest's portion, being sacred, with the wave-breast and heave-shoulder and after that, the Nazarite may drink wine.

21. This is the law for taking the vow of a Na zarite, and of the offering to the Eternal, for the separation, besides what more they may bind them selves to offer.

22. The Eternal said again to Moses, 23. Say to Aaron and his sons, In this form ye shall bless the Israelites, saying to them, 24. The Eternal bless thee, and preserve thee: 25. The Eternal make the light of his countenance shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee: 26. The Eternal show thee mer cy, and give thee peace. 27. The Israelites shall be called by my name, being my people, and I will bless them, 2 Cor. xiii. 14.

CHAP. VII.

THE OFFERINGS OF THE CHIEFS.

Now when Moses finished setting up the taber nacle, and the altar, and anointed and consecrated them, with all their instruments, 2. The chiefs of the Israelites' patriarchal tribes, who presided os ver those that were numbered, 3. Brought their offering before the tabernacle door, where the syinbol of the divine presence dwelt; six covered wagw

gons drawn by twelve oxen, a waggon for every two chiefs, and an ox for each of them.

4. Then the Eternal said to Moses, 5. Take their offerings for the tabernacle service, and give them to the Levites, as each man shall have occasion for them.

6, And Moses did so. 7. He gave two waggons with four oxen to Gershon's sons, as their service required them; S. And four waggons with eight oxen to Merari's sons, as their service required, both under the inspection of Ithamar, the priest, Aaron's son; 9, But he gave none to Kohath's sons, because their service with regard to the sanctuary, was to carry their charge on their shoulders.

10. Then the chiefs offered their offering for dedicating the altar before it, when it was anointed.

11. Then the Eternal said to Moses, Each chief shall offer his offering on a separate day for dedicat ing the altar,

12. Nahshon, Amminadab's son, of Judah's tribe, offered on the first day, 13. A silver platter, weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, a silver sprinkling vial, of seventy sacred shekels, both full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering; 14. A golden incense pot, full of incense, of ten shekels; 15. A young bullock, a ram, and a lamb of a year old, for a burnt-offering; 16. One kid for a sin-offering; 17. And for thank-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of a year old.

18-23. On the second day, Nathanael, Zuar's son, chief of Issachar's tribe, offered in like manner. 24-29. And on the third day, Eliab, Helon's son, chief of Zebulon's tribe, offered such things, like the others,

30-35. On the fourth day, Elizur, Shedour's son, chief of Reuben's tribe, offered like the rest. 36-41. On the fifth day, Shelumiel, Zurishaddai's son, chief of Simeon's tribe, offered like the athers,

42-17. On the sixth day, Eliasaph, Duel's son, chief of Gad's tribe, offered like the rest.

48-53. On the seventh day, Elishamah, Ammihud's son, the chief of Ephraim's tribe, offered like the others.

54-59. On the eighth day, Gamaliel, Pedahzur's son, the chief of Manasseh's tribe, offered like the others.

60-65. On the ninth day, Abidan, Gideoni's son, the chief of Benjamin's tribe, offered like the others.

66-71. On the tenth day, Ahiezer, Ammishaddai's son, the chief of Dan's tribe, offered like the others.

72-77. On the eleventh day, Pagiel, Ocran's son, the chief of Asher's tribe, offered like the others. 78-83. On the twelfth day, Ahira, Enan's son, the chief of Naphthali's tribe, offered like the rest.

84. This was the whole donation of the chiefs of Israel's tribes when the tabernacle was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bòwls, twelve golden incense pans: 85. Each silver platter weigh ing one hundred and thirty shekels; each sprinkling vial seventy. All the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 86. There were twelve golden pans full of incense, each weighing ten sacred shekels: all the gold of the incense pans was one hundred and twenty shekels. 87. There were twelve bullocks, twelve rams, twelve lambs, of a year old, for a burnt-offering, with their meat-offerings, and twelve kids for a sin-offering. 88. There were twenty-four bullocks, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty lambs of a year old, for peace-offerings, for the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.

89. And whenever Moses entered into the tabernacle, to speak with God, he heard a voice speaking to him from the oracle over the (atonement covering, or) mercy-seat, upon the ark of the testimony, from between the cherubims.