Genealogies & Census Verses

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD {of} a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. {of the...: Heb. a son of his year} {every...: Heb. morning by morning}

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen {this}? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

{It shall be} for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. {It...: or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests} {charge: or, ward, or, ordinance}

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. {they...: Chaldee, there is no hurt in them}

{Now} the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: {and} the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling {was} with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and {that} he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. {his heart...: or, he made his heart equal, etc}

This {is} the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

And Darius the Median took the kingdom, {being} about threescore and two years old. {being...: Chaldee, he as the son of, etc} {about: or, now}

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, {one} like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

And an host was given {him} against the daily {sacrifice} by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. {an host...: or, the host was given over for the transgression against the daily sacrifice}

So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end {shall be} the vision.