These also are the generations of Aaron
and Moses
in the day
that the LORD
spake
with Moses
in mount
Sinai
.
And these are the names of the sons
of Aaron
; Nadab
the firstborn
, and Abihu
, Eleazar
, and Ithamar
.
These are the names of the sons
of Aaron
, the priests
which were anointed
, whom he consecrated
to minister in the priest's office
.
And Nadab and Abihu
died
before
the LORD
, when they offered
strange
fire
before
the LORD
, in the wilderness
of Sinai
, and they had no children
: and Eleazar
and Ithamar
ministered in the priest's office
in the sight
of Aaron
their father
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
Bring the tribe
of Levi
near
, and present
them before
Aaron
the priest
, that they may minister
unto him.
And they shall keep his charge
, and the charge
of the whole congregation
before
the tabernacle
of the congregation
, to do
the service
of the tabernacle
.
And they shall keep all the instruments
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
, and the charge
of the children
of Israel
, to do
the service
of the tabernacle
.
And thou shalt give the Levites
unto Aaron
and to his sons
: they are wholly given
unto him out of the children
of Israel
.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron
and his sons
, and they shall wait on
their priest's office
: and the stranger
that cometh nigh
shall be put to death
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites
from among
the children
of Israel
instead of all the firstborn
that openeth
the matrix
among the children
of Israel
: therefore the Levites
shall be mine;
Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day
that I smote
all the firstborn
in the land
of Egypt
I hallowed
unto me all the firstborn
in Israel
, both man
and beast
: mine shall they be: I am the LORD
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
in the wilderness
of Sinai
, saying
,
Number the children
of Levi
after the house
of their fathers
, by their families
: every male
from a month
old
and upward
shalt thou number
them.
And Moses numbered
them according to the word
of the LORD
, as he was commanded
.
And these were the sons of Levi
by their names
; Gershon
, and Kohath
, and Merari
.
And these are the names of the sons
of Gershon
by their families
; Libni
, and Shimei
.
And the sons of Kohath
by their families
; Amram
, and Izehar
, Hebron
, and Uzziel
.
And the sons of Merari
by their families
; Mahli
, and Mushi
. These are
the families
of the Levites
according to the house
of their fathers
.
Of Gershon was the family
of the Libnites
, and the family
of the Shimites
: these are the families
of the Gershonites
.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number
of all the males
, from a month
old
and upward
, even those that were numbered
of them were seven
thousand
and five
hundred
.
The families of the Gershonites
shall pitch
behind
the tabernacle
westward
.
And the chief of the house
of the father
of the Gershonites
shall be Eliasaph
the son
of Lael
.
And the charge of the sons
of Gershon
in the tabernacle
of the congregation
shall be the tabernacle
, and the tent
, the covering
thereof, and the hanging
for the door
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
,
And the hangings of the court
, and the curtain
for the door
of the court
, which is by the tabernacle
, and by the altar
round about
, and the cords
of it for all the service
thereof.
And of Kohath was the family
of the Amramites
, and the family
of the Izeharites
, and the family
of the Hebronites
, and the family
of the Uzzielites
: these are the families
of the Kohathites
.
In the number of all the males
, from a month
old
and upward
, were eight
thousand
and six
hundred
, keeping
the charge
of the sanctuary
.
The families of the sons
of Kohath
shall pitch
on the side
of the tabernacle
southward
.
And the chief of the house
of the father
of the families
of the Kohathites
shall be Elizaphan
the son
of Uzziel
.
And their charge shall be the ark
, and the table
, and the candlestick
, and the altars
, and the vessels
of the sanctuary
wherewith they minister
, and the hanging
, and all the service
thereof.
And Eleazar the son
of Aaron
the priest
shall be chief
over the chief
of the Levites
, and have the oversight
of them that keep
the charge
of the sanctuary
.
Of Merari was the family
of the Mahlites
, and the family
of the Mushites
: these are the families
of Merari
.
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number
of all the males
, from a month
old
and upward
, were six
thousand
and two hundred
.
And the chief of the house
of the father
of the families
of Merari
was Zuriel
the son
of Abihail
: these shall pitch
on the side
of the tabernacle
northward
.
And under the custody and charge
of the sons
of Merari
shall be the boards
of the tabernacle
, and the bars
thereof, and the pillars
thereof, and the sockets
thereof, and all the vessels
thereof, and all that serveth
thereto,
And the pillars of the court
round about
, and their sockets
, and their pins
, and their cords
.
But those that encamp before
the tabernacle
toward the east
, even before
the tabernacle
of the congregation
eastward
, 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
that cometh nigh
shall be put to death
.
All that were numbered of the Levites
, which Moses
and Aaron
numbered
at the commandment
of the LORD
, throughout their families
, all the males
from a month
old
and upward
, were twenty
and two
thousand
.
And the LORD said
unto Moses
, Number
all the firstborn
of the males
of the children
of Israel
from a month
old
and upward
, and take
the number
of their names
.
And thou shalt take the Levites
for me (I am the LORD
) instead of all the firstborn
among the children
of Israel
; and the cattle
of the Levites
instead of all the firstlings
among the cattle
of the children
of Israel
.
And Moses numbered
, as the LORD
commanded
him, all the firstborn
among the children
of Israel
.
And all the firstborn males
by the number
of names
, from a month
old
and upward
, of those that were numbered
of them, were twenty
and two
thousand
two hundred
and threescore and thirteen
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
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 the LORD
.
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred
and threescore and thirteen
of the firstborn
of the children
of Israel
, which are more
than
the Levites
;
Thou shalt even take five
shekels
apiece by the poll
, after the shekel
of the sanctuary
shalt thou take
them : (the shekel
is twenty
gerahs
:)
And thou shalt give the money
, wherewith the odd number
of them is to be redeemed
, unto Aaron
and to his sons
.
And Moses took
the redemption
money
of them that were over
and above them that were redeemed
by the Levites
:
Of the firstborn of the children
of Israel
took
he the money
; a thousand
three
hundred
and threescore
and five
shekels , after the shekel
of the sanctuary
:
And Moses gave
the money
of them that were redeemed
unto Aaron
and to his sons
, according to the word
of the LORD
, as the LORD
commanded
Moses
.