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Numbers 7 / Basic English

1. And when Moses had put up the House completely, and had put oil on it and made it holy, with all the things in it, and had made the altar and all its vessels holy with oil;
2. Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings; these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.
3. And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.
4. And the Lord said to Moses,
5. Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.
6. So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7. Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;
8. And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
9. But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.
10. And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it; they made their offering before the altar.
11. And the Lord said to Moses, Let every chief on his day give his offering to make the altar holy.
12. And he who made his offering on the first day was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
13. And his offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
14. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;
15. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
16. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
17. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
18. On the second day Nethanel, the son of Zuar, chief of Issachar, made his offering:
19. He gave one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
20. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
21. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
22. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
23. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethanel, the son of Zuar.
24. On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, chief of the children of Zebulun:
25. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
26. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
27. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
28. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
29. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon.
30. On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, chief of the children of Reuben:
31. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
32. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
33. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
34. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
35. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
36. On the fifth day Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, chief of the children of Simeon:
37. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
38. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
39. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
40. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
41. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.
42. On the sixth day Eliasaph, the son of Reuel, chief of the children of Gad:
43. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
44. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
45. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
46. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
47. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph, the son of Reuel
48. On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:
49. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
50. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
51. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
52. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
53. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
54. On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, chief of the children of Manasseh:
55. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
56. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
57. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
58. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
59. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
60. On the ninth day Abidan, the son of Gideoni, chief of the children of Benjamin:
61. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
62. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
63. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year for a burned offering;
64. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
65. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
66. On the tenth day Ahiezer; the son of Ammishaddai, chief of the children of Dan:
67. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
68. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
69. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
70. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
71. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
72. On the eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Ochran, chief of the children of Asher:
73. His offering was one silver plate; a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
74. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
75. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
76. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
77. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel, the son of Ochran.
78. On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, chief of the children of Naphtali:
79. His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;
80. One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice;
81. One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;
82. One male of the goats for a sin-offering;
83. And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira, the son of Enan.
84. These were the offerings given for the altar by the chiefs of Israel, when the holy oil was put on it: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold spoons;
85. The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy; the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place;
86. The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place; all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels;
87. All the oxen, for the burned offering were twelve, the male sheep twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, with their meal offering; and the males of the goats for sin-offering twelve;
88. And all the oxen for the peace-offerings, twenty-four oxen, the male sheep sixty, and the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was given for the altar after the holy oil was put on it.
89. And when Moses went into the Tent of meeting to have talk with him, then the Voice came to his ears from over the cover which was on the ark of witness, from between the two winged ones. And he had talk with him.

Mark 14 / Basic English

1. It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:
2. But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.
3. And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.
4. But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?
5. We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.
6. But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.
7. The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.
8. She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.
9. And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.
10. And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.
11. And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.
12. And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?
13. And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;
14. And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?
15. And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.
16. And the disciples went out and came into the town, and saw that it was as he had said: and they made ready the Passover.
17. And when it was evening he came with the twelve.
18. And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.
19. They were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I?
20. And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.
21. The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.
22. And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
23. And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.
24. And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.
25. Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.
26. And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.
27. And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.
28. But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.
29. But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.
30. And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.
31. But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same.
32. And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.
33. And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.
34. And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.
35. And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him.
36. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
37. And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?
38. Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
39. And again he went away, and said a prayer, using the same words.
40. And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.
41. And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.
42. Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.
43. And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.
44. Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.
45. And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.
46. And they put their hands on him, and took him.
47. But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.
48. And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?
49. I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.
50. And they all went away from him in fear.
51. And a certain young man went after him, with only a linen cloth about his body; and they put their hands on him;
52. But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.
53. And they took Jesus away to the high priest; and there came together with him all the chief priests and those in authority and the scribes.
54. And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.
55. Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.
56. For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.
57. Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,
58. He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.
59. And even so their witness was not in agreement.
60. And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?
61. But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?
62. And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
63. And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses?
64. His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.
65. And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.
66. And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;
67. And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus.
68. But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.
69. And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.
70. But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.
71. But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.
72. And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.