Textus Receptus Bibles
Julia E. Smith Translation 1876
| 4:1 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses, and to Aaron, saying, |
| 4:2 | Take the head of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers: |
| 4:3 | From the son of thirty years and above, and to the son of fifty years, all coming in to war to do the works of the tent of appointment |
| 4:4 | These the works of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment, the holy of holies. |
| 4:5 | And Aaron came, and his sons, in the removing of the camp, and they took down the vail of the covering, and they covered with it the ark of the testimony. |
| 4:6 | And they gave upon it a covering of tahash skins, and they spread over a garment wholly cerulean purple from above, and they put up its bars. |
| 4:7 | And upon the table of the face they shall spread a garment cerulean purple, and they gave upon it the dishes, and the censers, and the bowls and the cups pouring out: and the continual bread shall be upon it. |
| 4:8 | And they spread upon them a garment of double scarlet, and they covered it with a cover of tahash skins, and they put up the bars. |
| 4:9 | And they took a garment cerulean purple, and covered the chandelier of the light, and its lamps and its,tongs and its fire pans, and all the vessels of its oil, which they shall serve to it with them: |
| 4:10 | And they gave it and all its vessels into a covering of tahash skins, and they gave upon the bar. |
| 4:11 | And upon the altar of gold they will spread a garment cerulean purple, and they covered it with a tahash skin covering, and they set up its bars. |
| 4:12 | And they shall take all the vessels of the service which they shall serve in them in the holy place, and they gave to the garment of cerulean purple, and they covered them in a tahash skin covering, and they gave upon the bar. |
| 4:13 | And they shall anoint the altar, and spread upon it a purple garment: |
| 4:14 | And they shall give upon it all its vessels which they shall serve upon it with them, the fire pans, and the flesh hooks, and the shovels and the vases, and all the vessels of the altar; and they covered over it a tahash skin covering, and they set up its bars. |
| 4:15 | And Aaron and his sons finished to cover the holy place, and all the vessels of the holy place, in removing the camp; and after this the sons of Kohath shall come forth to lift up: and they shall not touch the holy place, and die. These the lifting up of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment |
| 4:16 | And the care of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, the oil of the light, and the incense of aromatics, and the continual gift, and the oil of anointing, and the care of all the dwelling and all which in it, in the holy place, and in its vessels. |
| 4:17 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
| 4:18 | Ye shall not cut off the tribe from the families of the Kohathites from the midst of the Levites. |
| 4:19 | And this do ye to them, and they lived, and they shall not die, in their coming near the holy of holies: Aaron and his sons shall come in and set them a man, a man upon his works, and to his lifting up. |
| 4:20 | And they shall not go in to see for a moment's time the holy place, and die. |
| 4:21 | And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, |
| 4:22 | Take the head of the sons of Gershon, them also according to the house of their fathers, according to their families; |
| 4:23 | From the son of thirty years and above, even to the son of fifty years, thou shalt review them; all going, to war the warfare, to serve the service in the tent of appointment |
| 4:24 | This the service from the families of the Gershonites, for service, and for lifting up: |
| 4:25 | And they lifted up the curtains of the dwelling and the tent of appointment, its covering, and the covering of tahash which is upon it from above, and the covering of the door of the tent of appointment |
| 4:26 | And the curtains of the enclosure, and the covering of the door of the gate of the enclosure which is by the dwelling and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and all which shall be made for them: and they shall serve. |
| 4:27 | At the mouth of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites for all their lilting up and for all their service: and ye shall appoint upon them in their watches all their lifting up. |
| 4:28 | This the service from the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of appointment: and their watches in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest |
| 4:29 | The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, thou shalt review them; |
| 4:30 | From the son of thirty years and above, and even to the son of fifty years, thou shalt review them all going forth to war, to serve the service of the tent of appointment |
| 4:31 | And this the watches from their lifting up, for all their service in the tent of appointment; the boards of the dwelling, and its bars and its pillars, and its bases, |
| 4:32 | And the pillars of the enclosure round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords for all their vessels, and for all their service: and by name ye shall review the vessels of the watches of their lifting up. |
| 4:33 | This the service from the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service in the tent of appointment, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. |
| 4:34 | And Moses shall review, and Aaron, and the chiefs of the assembly, the sons of the Kohathites, according to their families, and according to the house of their fathers, |
| 4:35 | From the son of thirty years and above, even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to war, to the service in the tent of appointment |
| 4:36 | And they being numbered according to their families shall be two thousand seven hundred and fifty. |
| 4:37 | These the reviews of the families of the Kohathites, all serving in the tent of appointment, whom Moses reviewed and Aaron, at the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses. |
| 4:38 | And they being reviewed of the sons of Gershon, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, |
| 4:39 | From the son of thirty years and above, even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to war, for the service in the tent of appointment, |
| 4:40 | And they being reviewed according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, shall be two thousand six hundred and thirty. |
| 4:41 | These the reviewings of the families of the sons of Gershon, all serving in the tent of appointment, whom Moses reviewed and Aaron, at the mouth of Jehovah. |
| 4:42 | And they being reviewed of the families of the sons of Merari, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, |
| 4:43 | From the son of thirty years, even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to war, for the service in the tent of appointment; |
| 4:44 | And they being reviewed according to their families, shall be three thousand and two hundred. |
| 4:45 | These the reviewings of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses reviewed and Aaron, at the mouth of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses. |
| 4:46 | All the reviewings which Moses reviewed, and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel, the Levites, according to their families, and according to the house of their fathers, |
| 4:47 | From the son of thirty years and above, and even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to serve the works of the service, and the works of lifting up in the tent of appointment; |
| 4:48 | And they being reviewed shall be eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. |
| 4:49 | At the mouth of Jehovah he reviewed them by the hand of Moses, a man, a man for his works and for his lifting up: and they were reviewed which Jehovah commanded Moses. |
Julia E. Smith Translation 1876
The Julia Evelina Smith Parker Translation is considered the first complete translation of the Bible into English by a woman. The Bible was titled The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues, and was published in 1876.
Julia Smith, of Glastonbury, Connecticut had a working knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Her father had been a Congregationalist minister before he became a lawyer. Having read the Bible in its original languages, she set about creating her own translation, which she completed in 1855, after a number of drafts. The work is a strictly literal rendering, always translating a Greek or Hebrew word with the same word wherever possible. Smith accomplished this work on her own in the span of eight years (1847 to 1855). She had sought out no help in the venture, even writing, "I do not see that anybody can know more about it than I do." Smith's insistence on complete literalness, plus an effort to translate each original word with the same English word, combined with an odd notion of Hebrew tenses (often translating the Hebrew imperfect tense with the English future) results in a translation that is mechanical and often nonsensical. However, such a translation if overly literal might be valuable to consult in checking the meaning of some individual verse. One notable feature of this translation was the prominent use of the Divine Name, Jehovah, throughout the Old Testament of this Bible version.
In 1876, at 84 years of age some 21 years after completing her work, she finally sought publication. The publication costs ($4,000) were personally funded by Julia and her sister Abby Smith. The 1,000 copies printed were offered for $2.50 each, but her household auction in 1884 sold about 50 remaining copies.
The translation fell into obscurity as it was for the most part too literal and lacked any flow. For example, Jer. 22:23 was given as follows: "Thou dwelling in Lebanon, building as nest in the cedars, how being compassionated in pangs coming to thee the pain as in her bringing forth." However, the translation was the only Contemporary English translation out of the original languages available to English readers until the publication of The British Revised Version in 1881-1894.(The New testament was published in 1881, the Old in 1884, and the Apocrypha in 1894.) This makes it an invaluable Bible for its period.