Numbers 03
The sons of Aaron and the Levites are chosen for the service of the tabernacle
1 And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab; and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, of the anointed priests, whose hands were ordained to minister in the priest's office.
4 But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: but Eleazar and Ithamar ministered the priesthood before Aaron their father.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring in the tribe of Levi, and set it before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him,
7 And beware of his charge, and of the charge of all the congregation, before the tabernacle of the congregation, to minister the service of the tabernacle.
8 And beware of all the vessels of the tabernacle of the congregation, and of the charge of the children of Israel, to minister the service of the tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: of the children of Israel they are given to them for a gift.
10 But to Aaron and his sons you shall command them to keep their priesthood, and the stranger who comes near shall die.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, instead of all the firstborn, that openeth the womb among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
13 For all my firstborn is: From the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I have sanctified for myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast; I am the LORD.
14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 He shall number the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, throughout their generations; thou shalt number every man of the age from a month old and upward.
16 And Moses numbered them according to the commandment of the LORD, as it was commanded.
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these are the sons of Gershon by their generations: Libni and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their generations: Amram, and Gizar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their generations: Maeli and Mushi: these are the generations of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon is the generation of the Libnites, and the generation of the Shimeites: these are the generations of the Gershonites.
22 Those that were numbered of them by the number of all the males from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23 The generations of the Gershonites shall set their tents behind the tabernacle westward.
24 And the prince of the father-house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 And the guard of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tabernacle, and the covering thereof, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 And the curtains of the court, and the pavilion of the gate of the court, which are by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about: and their cords for all their service.
27 And of Kohath is the generation of the Anramites, and the generation of the Gizaites, and the generation of the Hebronites, and the generation of the Uzzielites: these are the generations of the Kohathites.
28 By the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, who took care of the care of the sanctuary.
29 The generations of the sons of Kohath shall set up their tents beside the tabernacle of the south.
30 And the prince of the house of the generations of the Kohathites shall be Elishaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And his charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the veil with all his service.
32 And the prince of the princes of Levi shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest; will have oversight over those who take care of the sanctuary guard.
33 Of Merari is the generation of the Maelites and the generation of the Mushites: these are the generations of Merari.
34 And those that were numbered of them by the number of all the man of a month and upward were six thousand and two hundred.
35 And the prince of the fathers' house of the generations of Merari shall be Suriel the son of Abihail;they shall set up their tents beside the tabernacle of the north.
36 And the boards of the children of Merari shall be the tables of the tabernacle, and their staves, and their pillars, and their sockets, and all their vessels, and all their service,
37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their stakes, and their cords.
38 And they that shall set up their tents before the tabernacle eastward before the tabernacle of the congregation unto the east side shall be Moses and Aaron, and their sons, and he shall keep the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel. : and the stranger who comes will die.
39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered by the commandment of the LORD, according to their generations, every male of a month and upward were twenty and two thousand.
40 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Let all the firstborn of the children of Israel be numbered from one month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 And for me you shall take the Levites (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the beasts of the Levites, instead of all the firstborn among the beasts of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD had commanded, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 And all the firstborn of the males, by the number of the names of those from a month old and upward, according to those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand and two hundred and seventy and three.
44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 The Levites take the place of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the Levites over their livestock: for the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
46 As for the two hundred and seventy-three who are to be redeemed, who surpass the Levites of the firstborn of the children of Israel,
47 And thou shalt take five shekels for each head: according to the shekel of the sanctuary thou shalt take them twenty shekels of the shekel.
48 And to Aaron and to his sons thou shalt give the money of the redeemed, of them that remain above them.
49 And Moses took the money of the ransom of the remnant of the Levites.
50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
51 And Moses gave the money of the ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the commandment of the LORD, as Jehovah commanded Moses.