These also are the generations [08435] of Aaron [0175] and Moses [04872] in the day [03117] that the Lord [03068] spake [01696] with Moses [04872] in mount [02022] Sinai [05514].
And these are the names [08034] of the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175]; Nadab [05070] the firstborn [01060], and Abihu [030], Eleazar [0499], and Ithamar [0385].
These are the names [08034] of the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], the priests [03548] which were anointed [04886], whom he consecrated [03027] [04390] to minister in the priest's office [03547].whom…: Heb. whose hand he filled
And Nadab [05070] and Abihu [030] died [04191] before [06440] the Lord [03068], when they offered [07126] strange [02114] fire [0784] before [06440] the Lord [03068], in the wilderness [04057] of Sinai [05514], and they had no children [01121]: and Eleazar [0499] and Ithamar [0385] ministered in the priest's office [03547] in the sight [06440] of Aaron [0175] their father [01].
And the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
Bring [07126] the tribe [04294] of Levi [03878] near [07126], and present [05975] them before [06440] Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], that they may minister [08334] unto him.
And they shall keep [08104] his charge [04931], and the charge [04931] of the whole congregation [05712] before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908].
And they shall keep [08104] all the instruments [03627] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and the charge [04931] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908].
And thou shalt give [05414] the Levites [03881] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121]: they are wholly given [05414] unto him out of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And thou shalt appoint [06485] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and they shall wait on [08104] their priest's office [03550]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].
And the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
And I, behold, I have taken [03947] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] instead of all the firstborn [01060] that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: therefore the Levites [03881] shall be mine;
Because all the firstborn [01060] are mine; for on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I hallowed [06942] unto me all the firstborn [01060] in Israel [03478], both man [0120] and beast [0929]: mine shall they be: I am the Lord [03068].
And the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] in the wilderness [04057] of Sinai [05514], saying [0559],
Number [06485] the children [01121] of Levi [03878] after the house [01004] of their fathers [01], by their families [04940]: every male [02145] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605] shalt thou number [06485] them.
And Moses [04872] numbered [06485] them according to the word [06310] of the Lord [03068], as he was commanded [06680].word: Heb. mouth
And these were the sons [01121] of Levi [03878] by their names [08034]; Gershon [01648], and Kohath [06955], and Merari [04847].
And these are the names [08034] of the sons [01121] of Gershon [01648] by their families [04940]; Libni [03845], and Shimei [08096].
And the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] by their families [04940]; Amram [06019], and Izehar [03324], Hebron [02275], and Uzziel [05816].
And the sons [01121] of Merari [04847] by their families [04940]; Mahli [04249], and Mushi [04187]. These are [01992] the families [04940] of the Levites [03881] according to the house [01004] of their fathers [01].
Of Gershon [01648] was the family [04940] of the Libnites [03846], and the family [04940] of the Shimites [08097]: these are the families [04940] of the Gershonites [01649].
Those that were numbered [06485] of them, according to the number [04557] of all the males [02145], from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], even those that were numbered [06485] of them were seven [07651] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967].
The families [04940] of the Gershonites [01649] shall pitch [02583] behind [0310] the tabernacle [04908] westward [03220].
And the chief [05387] of the house [01004] of the father [01] of the Gershonites [01649] shall be Eliasaph [0460] the son [01121] of Lael [03815].
And the charge [04931] of the sons [01121] of Gershon [01648] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] shall be the tabernacle [04908], and the tent [0168], the covering [04372] thereof, and the hanging [04539] for the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150],
And the hangings [07050] of the court [02691], and the curtain [04539] for the door [06607] of the court [02691], which is by the tabernacle [04908], and by the altar [04196] round about [05439], and the cords [04340] of it for all the service [05656] thereof.
And of Kohath [06955] was the family [04940] of the Amramites [06020], and the family [04940] of the Izeharites [03325], and the family [04940] of the Hebronites [02276], and the family [04940] of the Uzzielites [05817]: these are the families [04940] of the Kohathites [06956].
In the number [04557] of all the males [02145], from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], were eight [08083] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967], keeping [08104] the charge [04931] of the sanctuary [06944].
The families [04940] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] shall pitch [02583] on the side [03409] of the tabernacle [04908] southward [08486].
And the chief [05387] of the house [01004] of the father [01] of the families [04940] of the Kohathites [06956] shall be Elizaphan [0469] the son [01121] of Uzziel [05816].
And their charge [04931] shall be the ark [0727], and the table [07979], and the candlestick [04501], and the altars [04196], and the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944] wherewith they minister [08334], and the hanging [04539], and all the service [05656] thereof.
And Eleazar [0499] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] shall be chief [05387] over the chief [05387] of the Levites [03881], and have the oversight [06486] of them that keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the sanctuary [06944].
Of Merari [04847] was the family [04940] of the Mahlites [04250], and the family [04940] of the Mushites [04188]: these are the families [04940] of Merari [04847].
And those that were numbered [06485] of them, according to the number [04557] of all the males [02145], from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], were six [08337] thousand [0505] and two hundred [03967].
And the chief [05387] of the house [01004] of the father [01] of the families [04940] of Merari [04847] was Zuriel [06700] the son [01121] of Abihail [032]: these shall pitch [02583] on the side [03409] of the tabernacle [04908] northward [06828].
And under the custody [06486] and charge [04931] of the sons [01121] of Merari [04847] shall be the boards [07175] of the tabernacle [04908], and the bars [01280] thereof, and the pillars [05982] thereof, and the sockets [0134] thereof, and all the vessels [03627] thereof, and all that serveth [05656] thereto,under…: Heb. the office of the charge
And the pillars [05982] of the court [02691] round about [05439], and their sockets [0134], and their pins [03489], and their cords [04340].
But those that encamp [02583] before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] toward the east [06924], even before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] eastward [04217], shall be Moses [04872], and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], keeping [08104] the charge [04931] of the sanctuary [04720] for the charge [04931] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].
All that were numbered [06485] of the Levites [03881], which Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] numbered [06485] at the commandment [06310] of the Lord [03068], throughout their families [04940], all the males [02145] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], were twenty [06242] and two [08147] thousand [0505].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Number [06485] all the firstborn [01060] of the males [02145] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], and take [05375] the number [04557] of their names [08034].
And thou shalt take [03947] the Levites [03881] for me (I am the Lord [03068]) instead of all the firstborn [01060] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; and the cattle [0929] of the Levites [03881] instead of all the firstlings [01060] among the cattle [0929] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And Moses [04872] numbered [06485], as the Lord [03068] commanded [06680] him, all the firstborn [01060] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And all the firstborn [01060] males [02145] by the number [04557] of names [08034], from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], of those that were numbered [06485] of them, were twenty [06242] and two [08147] thousand [0505] two hundred [03967] and threescore and thirteen [07969] [07657].
And the Lord [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
Take [03947] the Levites [03881] instead of all the firstborn [01060] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and the cattle [0929] of the Levites [03881] instead of their cattle [0929]; and the Levites [03881] shall be mine: I am the Lord [03068].
And for those that are to be redeemed [06302] of the two hundred [03967] and threescore and thirteen [07969] [07657] of the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which are more [05736] than [05921] the Levites [03881];
Thou shalt even take [03947] five [02568] shekels [08255] apiece by the poll [01538], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944] shalt thou take [03947] them: (the shekel [08255] is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626]:)
And thou shalt give [05414] the money [03701], wherewith the odd number [05736] of them is to be redeemed [06302], unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121].
And Moses [04872] took [03947] the redemption [06306] money [03701] of them that were over [05736] and above them that were redeemed [06302] by the Levites [03881]:
Of the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] took [03947] he the money [03701]; a thousand [0505] three [07969] hundred [03967] and threescore [08346] and five [02568] shekels, after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]:
And Moses [04872] gave [05414] the money [03701] of them that were redeemed [06306] [06302] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121], according to the word [06310] of the Lord [03068], as the Lord [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].