1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in
the day that the
LORD spake 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 which were anointed, whom he
consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4 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.
5 And
the LORD spake 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
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.
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.
