[1] Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the
day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. [2] These are the names of
the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[3] These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest`s office. [4] Nadab
and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh,
in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and
Ithamar ministered in the priest`s office in the presence of Aaron their
father. [5] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [6] Bring the tribe of Levi
near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
[7] They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation
before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tent. [8] They shall
keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the
children of Israel, to do the service of the tent. [9] You shall give the
Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him on the
behalf of the children of Israel. [10] You shall appoint Aaron and his
sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger who comes near
shall be put to death. [11] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [12] I, behold,
I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all
the firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel; and the
Levites shall be mine: [13] for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that
I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the
firstborn in Israel, both man and animal; mine they shall be: I am Yahweh.
[14] Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, [15] Number
the children of Levi by their fathers` houses, by their families: every
male from a month old and upward shall you number them. [16] Moses numbered
them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was commanded. [17] These were
the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. [18]
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and
Shimei. [19] The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar,
Hebron, and Uzziel. [20] The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and
Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers`
houses. [21] Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of
the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. [22] Those who
were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a
month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven
thousand and five hundred. [23] The families of the Gershonites shall
encamp behind the tent westward. [24] The prince of the fathers` house of
the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. [25] The charge of the
sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tent, and the Tent, the
covering of it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, [26]
and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court,
which is by the tent, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for
all the service of it. [27] Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and
the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the
family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. [28]
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary. [29] The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side
of the tent southward. [30] The prince of the fathers` house of the
families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. [31] Their
charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the lamp stand, and the altars,
and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen,
and all the service of it. [32] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall
be prince of the princes of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of those
who keep the charge of the sanctuary. [33] Of Merari was the family of the
Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
[34] Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the
males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. [35]
The prince of the fathers` house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the
son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tent northward. [36]
The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tent,
and the bars of it, and the pillars of it, and the sockets of it, and all
the instruments of it, and all the service of it, [37] and the pillars of
the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
[38] Those who encamp before the tent eastward, before the tent of meeting
toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the
charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the
stranger who comes near shall be put to death. [39] All who were numbered
of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yahweh,
by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were
twenty-two thousand. [40] Yahweh said to Moses, Number all the firstborn
males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the
number of their names. [41] You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh)
instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle
of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the
children of Israel: [42] and Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all
the first- born among the children of Israel. [43] All the firstborn males
according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who
were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
[44] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [45] Take the Levites instead of all
the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites
instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Yahweh. [46]
For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the
children of Israel, that are over and above [the number of] the Levites,
[47] you shall take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of
the sanctuary shall you take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): [48] and
you shall give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to
Aaron and to his sons. [49] Moses took the redemption-money from those who
were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites; [50] from the
firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money, one thousand three
hundred sixty-five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary: [51] and
Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the
word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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