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These also
are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day
that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
02 And these are the names of the sons of
Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
03 These are the names of the sons of
Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he
consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
04 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.
05 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
06 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and
present them before Aaron the priest, that they
may minister unto him.
07 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.
08 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.
09 And thou shalt give the Levites unto
Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto
him out of the children of Israel.
10 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.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 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;
13 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.
14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 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.
16 And Moses numbered them according to the
word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their
names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the sons of
Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their
families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 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.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the
Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these
are the families of the Gershonites.
22 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.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall
pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 And the chief of the house of the father
of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of
Lael.
25 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,
26 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.
27 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.
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28 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.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall
pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of the father
of the families of the Kohathites shall be
Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 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.
32 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.
33 Of Merari was the family of the
Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these
are the families of Merari.
34 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.
35 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.
36 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,
37 And the pillars of the court round
about, and their sockets, and their pins, and
their cords.
38 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.
39 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.
40 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.
41 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.
42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord
commanded him, all the firstborn among the
children of Israel.
43 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.
44 And the Lord spake unto 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 the Lord.
46 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;
47 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:)
48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith
the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto
Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemption money of
them that were over and above them that were
redeemed by the Levites:
50 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:
51 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..
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