These alsoarethe generations of Aaron and Moses in the daythattheLORDspake with Moses in mount Sinai.
And thesearethe names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Thesearethe 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 theLORD, when they offered strange fire before theLORD, 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 theLORDspake 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: theyarewholly 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 theLORDspake 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 firstbornaremine;foron 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: IamtheLORD.
And theLORDspake 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 theLORD, as he was commanded.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
And thesearethe 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. Thesearethe families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Of Gershonwasthe family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: thesearethe families of the Gershonites.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,eventhose that were numbered of themwereseven 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 Gershonitesshall beEliasaph the son of Lael.
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregationshall bethe 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, whichisby the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
And of Kohathwasthe family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: thesearethe families of the Kohathites.
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,wereeight 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 Kohathitesshall beElizaphan the son of Uzziel.
And their chargeshall bethe 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 priestshall bechief over the chief of the Levites,and havethe oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Of Merariwasthe family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: thesearethe families of Merari.
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,weresix thousand and two hundred.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of MerariwasZuriel the son of Abihail:theseshall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Andunderthe custody and charge of the sons of Merarishall bethe 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,evenbefore the tabernacle of the congregation eastward,shall beMoses, 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 theLORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward,weretwenty and two thousand.
And theLORDsaid 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 (IamtheLORD) 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 theLORDcommanded 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 theLORDspake 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: IamtheLORD.
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 takethem:(the shekelistwenty 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 fiveshekels, 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 theLORD, as theLORDcommanded Moses.