From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 18
Numbers 18:1
1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons
with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. Numbers 18:2
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto
thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle
of witness.
Numbers 18:3
3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Numbers 18:4
4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle
of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger
shall not come nigh unto you.
Numbers 18:5
5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. Numbers
18:6
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Numbers 18:7
7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for
every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have
given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger
that cometh nigh  shall be put to death. Numbers 18:8
8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge
of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of
Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy
sons, by an ordinance  for ever.
Numbers 18:9
9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin
offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. Numbers 18:10
10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it
shall be holy unto thee.
Numbers 18:11
11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to
thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one
that is clean in thy house shall eat  of it. Numbers 18:12
12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat,
the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I
given thee.
Numbers 18:13
13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto
the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat
of it.
Numbers 18:14
14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. Numbers 18:15
15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto
the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the
firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean
beasts  shalt thou redeem.
Numbers 18:16
16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem,
according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. Numbers 18:17
17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt
sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat  for an
offering made by fire,  for a sweet  savour  unto the LORD. Numbers 18:18
18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the
right shoulder are thine.
Numbers 18:19
19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel
offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with
thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt  for ever  before 
the LORD  unto thee and to thy seed  with thee. Numbers 18:20
20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their
land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine
inheritance among the children of Israel. Numbers 18:21
21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel
for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation. Numbers 18:22
22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle
of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. Numbers 18:23
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel  they
have  no inheritance.
Numbers 18:24
24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave
offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I
have said unto them, Among the children of Israel  they shall have  no
inheritance.
Numbers 18:25
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Numbers 18:26
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD,
even a tenth  part of the tithe.
Numbers 18:27
27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it
were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
Numbers 18:28
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your
tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give
thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest. Numbers 18:29
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD,
of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. Numbers
18:30
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof
from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the
threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. Numbers 18:31
31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is
your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. Numbers
18:32
32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it
the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of
Israel, lest ye die.
CHAPTER 19
Numbers 19:1
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Numbers 19:2
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish,  and upon which never  came  yoke:
Numbers 19:3
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her
forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: Numbers
19:4
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation
seven times:
Numbers 19:5
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and
her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: Numbers 19:6
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast
it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Numbers 19:7
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be
unclean until the even.
Numbers 19:8
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. Numbers 19:9
9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay
them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the
congregation of the children  of Israel  for a water  of separation:  it is
a purification for sin.
Numbers 19:10
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel,
and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute  for ever.
Numbers 19:11
11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:12
12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day
he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the
seventh day he shall not be clean.
Numbers 19:13
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth
not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from Israel: because the water  of separation  was not sprinkled 
upon him, he shall be unclean;  his uncleanness  is yet upon him. Numbers
19:14
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. Numbers
19:15
15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
Numbers 19:16
16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open
fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean
seven days. Numbers 19:17
17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a
vessel:
Numbers 19:18
18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons
that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain,  or one
dead,  or a grave:
Numbers 19:19
19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day,
and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and
wash his clothes, and bathe  himself in water,  and shall be clean  at
even. Numbers 19:20
20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that
soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled
the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled
upon him; he is unclean.
Numbers 19:21
21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth
the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the
water of separation shall be unclean until even. Numbers 19:22
22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the
soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAPTER 20
Numbers 20:1
1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the
desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and
Miriam died  there, and was buried  there. Numbers 20:2
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron. Numbers 20:3
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had
died when our brethren died before the LORD! Numbers 20:4
4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this
wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? Numbers 20:5
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in
unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or
of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. Numbers 20:6
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and
the glory of the LORD appeared  unto them. Numbers 20:7
7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Numbers 20:8
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy
brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give
forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water  out of the rock:
so thou shalt give  the congregation  and their beasts  drink. Numbers 20:9
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Numbers 20:10
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock,
and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of
this rock?
Numbers 20:11
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice:
and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their
beasts  also.
Numbers 20:12
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to
sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not
bring this congregation into the land which I have given  them. Numbers
20:13
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with
the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Numbers 20:14
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith
thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Numbers 20:15
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long
time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: Numbers 20:16
16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel,
and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a
city in the uttermost of thy border: Numbers 20:17
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through
the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of
the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right
hand  nor to the left,  until we have passed  thy borders. Numbers 20:18
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out
against thee with the sword.
Numbers 20:19
19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way:
and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will
only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. Numbers 20:20
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him
with much people, and with a strong hand. Numbers 20:21
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore
Israel turned away from him.
Numbers 20:22
22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from
Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
Numbers 20:23
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of
the land of Edom, saying,
Numbers 20:24
24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the
land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled
against my word at the water of Meribah. Numbers 20:25
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: Numbers 20:26
26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. Numbers 20:27
27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in
the sight of all the congregation.
Numbers 20:28
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar
came down  from the mount.
Numbers 20:29
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for
Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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