[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .vij. Chapter.

And when Moses had full set up the habitation and anointed it and sanctified it and all the apparel thereof / and had anointed and sanctified y• alter also and all the vessels there of: then the princes of Israel heeds over the houses of their fathers which were the lords of the tribes that stood and numbered / offered and brought their gifts before the Lord six covered chariots and .xij. oxen: two and two a chariot and an ox every man / and they brought them before the habitation.

ANd when Moses had full sett vp the habitacion and anoynted it ād sanctifyed it and all the apparell thereof / and had anoynted and sanctifyed y• alter also and all the vessels there of: then the prynces of Ysrael heedes ouer the housses of their fathers which were the lordes of the trybes that stode ād numbred / offered ād broughte their giftes before the Lorde sixe couered charettes and .xij. •xen: two and two a charet and an oxe euery man / and they broughte them before the habitacion.

And the Lord spake unto Moses saying take it of them and let them be to do the servile ce of y• tabernacle of witness / and give them unto the levites / every man according unto his office And Moses toke the chariots and the oxen / & gave them unto the levites: ij. chariots and .iiij. oxen he gave unto the sons of Gerson according unto their office. And iiij. chariots and eight oxen he gave unto y• sons of Merari according unto their offices / under the hands of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of Cahath he gave none / for the office that pertained to them was holy / & therefore they must bear upon shoulders.