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Numbers
Chapter 3
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These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses
in
the day that Jehovah/God spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.
2
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron:
Nadab
the firstborn,
and
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3
These are the names of the sons of Aaron,
the
priests who were anointed,
whom
he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4
And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah/God,
when
they offered strange fire before Jehovah/God,
in
the desert of Sinai, and they had no children.
And
Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office
in
the sight of Aaron their father.
5
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 6
Bring
the tribe of Levi near,
and
present them before Aaron the priest,
that
they may minister unto him.
7
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.
8
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.
9
And you will give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons.
They
are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10
And you will appoint Aaron and his sons,
and
they shall wait on their priest's office.
And
the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
11
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 12
And
I, behold, I have taken the Levites
from
among the children of Israel
instead
of all the firstborn who opened 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 animal/beast.
Mine
shall they be.
I
am Jehovah/God.
14
And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses
in
the desert 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
will
you number them.
16
And Moses numbered them
according
to the word of Jehovah/God,
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 Kohas
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 who were numbered of them,
according
to the number of all the males,
from
a month old and upward,
even
those who 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 Kohas
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.
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 Kohas
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 those who 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 who 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 who serve thereto.
37
And the pillars of the court round about,
and
their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38
But those who 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 who comes near shall be put to death.
39
All who were numbered of the Levites,
which
Moses and Aaron numbered
at
the commandment of Jehovah/God,
throughout
their families,
all
the males from a month old and upward,
were
twenty and two thousand.
40
And Jehovah/God 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 you will take the Levites for Me
(I
. . . {am} Jehovah/God)
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
Jehovah/God 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 who were numbered of them,
were
twenty and two thousand
two
hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44
And Jehovah/God spoke 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 Jehovah/God.
46
And for those who are to be redeemed
of
the two hundred and threescore and thirteen
of
the firstborn of the children of Israel,
who
are more than the Levites 47
you
will even take five shekels apiece by the poll,
after
the shekel of the sanctuary will you take them.
(the
shekel is twenty gerahs)
48
And you will 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
those who were over and above those
who
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
those who were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons,
according
to the word of Jehovah/God,
as
Jehovah/God commanded Moses.
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