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The
Levites
3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and
Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount
Sinai.
3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the
firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests
which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the
priest's office.
3:4 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.
3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before
Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
3:7 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.
3:8 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.
3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his
sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of
Israel.
3:10 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.
3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:12 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;
3:13 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.
3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, saying,
3:15 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.
3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the
LORD, as he was commanded.
3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names;
Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by
their families; Libni, and Shimei.
3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and
Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3:20 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.
3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the
family of the Shimites: these are the families of the
Gershonites.
3:22 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.
3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the
tabernacle westward.
3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the
Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
3:25 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,
3:26 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.
3:27 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.
3:28 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.
3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the
side of the tabernacle southward.
3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the
families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of
Uzziel.
3:31 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.
3:32 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.
3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the
family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
3:34 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.
3:35 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.
3:36 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,
3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their
sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
3:38 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.
3:39 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.
3:40 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.
3:41 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.
3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the
firstborn among the children of Israel.
3:43 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.
3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
3:45 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.
3:46 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;
3:47 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:)
3:48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd
number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his
sons.
3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were
over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
3:50 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:
3:51 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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