Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.