Levites.

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and weave before the LORD.

And thou shalt separate them from the children of Israel, that they may be mine.

And afterward they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the congregation. So shalt thou cleanse them, and weave them.

For they are my gift from the children of Israel, and I have taken them for all that break their mother, even for the firstborn of all the children.

For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast, from the time that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, and sanctified them unto me, 18. And he took the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

And he gave them for a present unto Aaron and to his sons of the children of Israel, to minister in the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, to make an atonement for the children of Israel; lest there be a plague among the children of Israel, when they came near unto the sanctuary.

And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did with the Levites all things, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And the Levites purified themselves, and washed their clothes; and Aaron wove them before the LORD, and made an atonement for them, that they might be clean.

And afterward they went in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and his sons. As the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did unto them.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

This is the due of the Levites: From twenty and five years old and upward they are fit for the host, and for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

But from the fiftieth year they shall be loosed from the service of the ministry, and shall serve no more,

But wait for the service of their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation: but they shall not minister. So shalt thou do with the Levites, that every man may keep his watch.
(Numbers)
Chapter 9
Of the Passover; sign to encamp or depart.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the second year after they came forth out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:

Let the children of Israel keep the passover in his season,

on the fourteenth day of this month between evenings; in his time they shall keep it according to all his statutes and judgments.

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel to keep the passover.

And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month between the evenings in
the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

And there were certain men unclean over a dead man, that they could not keep the passover that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

And they said unto him, We are unclean above a dead man: why should we be less, that we should not bring our offering unto the LORD in his time among the children of Israel?

And Moses said unto them: Wait, I will hear what the LORD gives you.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man be unclean over a dead body, or far from you in the field, or among your friends, he shall keep the passover unto the LORD; 11. But yet in the other month, on the fourteenth day between evenings, and he shall eat it beside unleavened bread and salts.

And they shall leave no part of it until to morrow, neither shall they break a bone of it: they shall keep it after all the manner of the passover.

And whosoever is clean, and is not above the field, and standeth by to keep the passover, his soul shall be cut off from among his people, because he brought not his offering unto the LORD in his season: he shall bear his sin.

And if a stranger sojourn among you, he also shall keep the passover unto the LORD, and shall keep it according to the statutes and judgments of the passover. This statute shall be unto you, as unto the stranger, as unto the inhabitant of the land.

And the day that the tabernacle was set up, a cloud covered it upon the tabernacle of the testimony: and there was a figure of fire over the tabernacle from even unto the morning.

So it was continually, that the cloud covered them, and in the night the form of fire.

And when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel departed: and in the place where the cloud abode the children of Israel pitched.

According to the word of the LORD went the children of Israel, and according to his word pitched they. As long as the cloud remained upon the tabernacle, they lay still.

And when the cloud departed many days upon the tabernacle, the children of Israel waited for the watch of the LORD, and departed not.

And it came to pass, when the cloud was upon the tabernacle a number of days, that they encamped according to the word of the LORD, and went according to the word of the LORD.

When the cloud was from evening till morning, and was lifted up, then they went: or when it was lifted up by day, or by night, then they also went.

And it came to pass, if she tarried in the tabernacle a fortnight, or a month, or so long, that the children of Israel lay down, and went not: and when she arose, they went.

For after the mouth of the LORD they lay, and after the mouth of the LORD they went, to wait for the LORD’S tabernacle, according to the word of the LORD by Moses.
(Numbers)
Chapter 10
Use of the drums. The journeys of the Israelites.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Make thee two trumpets of strong silver, that thou mayest use them to call the congregation, and when the army shall set out.

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt blow with both of them, that all the congregation shall be gathered unto thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

If a man blow but one ill, then shall the princes and the rulers of the thousands of Israel be gathered unto thee.

And it shall come to pass, when ye have sounded the trumpet, that the camps which lie toward the east shall break forth.

And when ye have sounded the trumpet the second time, then shall the camps arise that lie toward the south. For when they shall journey, then ye shall sound the trumpet.

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow evil, and not sound the trumpet.

And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets: and your statute shall be unto your seed for ever.

When ye go to battle in your land against your enemies that offend you, then ye shall beat with the trumpets, that ye may be remembered before the LORD your God, and be delivered from your enemies.

In like manner, when ye rejoice in your feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over your peace offerings; and it shall be for a memorial unto you before your God. I am the LORD your God.

On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle of the testimony.

And the children of Israel arose, and went out of the wilderness of Sinai: and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.

And the first arose after the word of the LORD by Moses.

Namely, the band of the camp of the children of Judah went first with their host: and over their host was Nahesson the son of Amminadab.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

And the tabernacle was taken down, and the children of Gershon and Meran went and carried the tabernacle.

And Danakh drew the standard of the camp of Reuben with their host: and over their host was Elizur the son of Sether.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Selumiel the son of Zuri-saddai.

And Eliasaph the son of Deuel over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad.

And the Kohathites also went, and carried the sanctuary: and they set up the tabernacle, until they came after.

And afterward the band of the camp of the children of Ephraim went forth with their host: and over their host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

And Gamliel the son of Pedazur over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh.

And Abidan the son of Gideoni over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.

And afterward the band of the camp of the children of Dan went up with their host: and so the camps were all up. And Ahi-Ezer the son of Ammi-saddai was over their host.

And Pagiel the son of Ochran over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher.

And Ahjrah the son of Enan over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.

So the children of Israel went with their host.

And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Regeuel his brother in law, of Midian, We go unto the place of which the LORD