4:41. This is the people of the Gersonites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord. 4:42. The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers, 4:43. From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to fulfil the rites of the tabernacle of the covenant: 4:44. And they were found three thousand two hundred. 4:45. This is the number of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron reckoned up according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 4:46. All that were reckoned up of the Levites, and whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel took by name, by the kindreds and houses of their fathers, 4:47. From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old, that go into the ministry of the tabernacle, and to carry the burdens, 4:48. Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty. 4:49. Moses reckoned them up according to the word of the Lord, every one according to their office and burdens, as the Lord had commanded him. Numbers Chapter 5 The unclean are removed out of the camp: confession of sins, and satisfaction: firstfruits and oblations belonging to the priests: trial of jealousy. 5:1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 5:2. Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead: 5:3. Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you, 5:4. And the children of Israel did so, and they cast them forth without the camp, as the Lord had spoken to Moses. 5:5. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 5:6. Say to the children of Israel: When a man or woman shall have committed any of all the sins that men are wont to commit, and by negligence shall have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and offended, 5:7. They shall confess their sin, and restore the principal itself, and the fifth part over and above, to him against whom they have sinned. Shall confess... This confession and satisfaction, ordained in the Old Law, was a figure of the sacrament of penance. 5:8. But if there be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall be the priest's, besides the ram that is offered for expiation, to be an atoning sacrifice. 5:9. All the firstfruits also, which the children of Israel offer, belong to the priest: 5:10. And whatsoever is offered into the sanctuary by every one, and is delivered into the hands of the priest, it shall be his. 5:11. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 5:12. Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband, 5:13. Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot discover it, but the adultery is secret, and cannot be proved by witnesses, because she was not found in the adultery: