1 These also are the generations * h8435 of Aaron * h175 and Moses * h4872 in the day * h3117 that the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8763 with Moses * h4872 in mount * h2022 Sinai * h5514.
2 And these are the names * h8034 of the sons * h1121 of Aaron * h175; Nadab * h5070 the firstborn * h1060, and Abihu * h30, Eleazar * h499, and Ithamar * h385.
3 These are the names * h8034 of the sons * h1121 of Aaron * h175, the priests * h3548 which were anointed * h4886 h8803, whom he consecrated * h4390 h8765 * h3027 to minister in the priest's office * h3547 h8763. whom...: Heb. whose hand he filled
4 And Nadab * h5070 and Abihu * h30 died * h4191 h8799 before * h6440 the LORD * h3068, when they offered * h7126 h8687 strange * h2114 h8801 fire * h784 before * h6440 the LORD * h3068, in the wilderness * h4057 of Sinai * h5514, and they had no children * h1121: and Eleazar * h499 and Ithamar * h385 ministered in the priest's office * h3547 h8762 in the sight * h6440 of Aaron * h175 their father * h1.
5 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872, saying * h559 h8800,
6 Bring * h7126 the tribe * h4294 of Levi * h3878 near * h7126 h8685, and present * h5975 h8689 them before * h6440 Aaron * h175 the priest * h3548, that they may minister * h8334 h8765 unto him.
7 And they shall keep * h8104 h8804 his charge * h4931, and the charge * h4931 of the whole congregation * h5712 before * h6440 the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150, to do * h5647 h8800 the service * h5656 of the tabernacle * h4908.
8 And they shall keep * h8104 h8804 all the instruments * h3627 of the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150, and the charge * h4931 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, to do * h5647 h8800 the service * h5656 of the tabernacle * h4908.
9 And thou shalt give * h5414 h8804 the Levites * h3881 unto Aaron * h175 and to his sons * h1121: they are wholly given * h5414 h8803 unto him out of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478.
10 And thou shalt appoint * h6485 h8799 Aaron * h175 and his sons * h1121, and they shall wait on * h8104 h8804 their priest's office * h3550: and the stranger * h2114 h8801 that cometh nigh * h7131 shall be put to death * h4191 h8714.
11 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872, saying * h559 h8800,
12 And I, behold, I have taken * h3947 h8804 the Levites * h3881 from among * h8432 the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478 instead of all the firstborn * h1060 that openeth * h6363 the matrix * h7358 among the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478: therefore the Levites * h3881 shall be mine;
13 Because all the firstborn * h1060 are mine; for on the day * h3117 that I smote * h5221 h8687 all the firstborn * h1060 in the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714 I hallowed * h6942 h8689 unto me all the firstborn * h1060 in Israel * h3478, both man * h120 and beast * h929: mine shall they be: I am the LORD * h3068.
14 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872 in the wilderness * h4057 of Sinai * h5514, saying * h559 h8800,
15 Number * h6485 h8798 the children * h1121 of Levi * h3878 after the house * h1004 of their fathers * h1, by their families * h4940: every male * h2145 from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605 shalt thou number * h6485 h8799 them.
16 And Moses * h4872 numbered * h6485 h8799 them according to the word * h6310 of the LORD * h3068, as he was commanded * h6680 h8795. word: Heb. mouth
17 And these were the sons * h1121 of Levi * h3878 by their names * h8034; Gershon * h1648, and Kohath * h6955, and Merari * h4847.
18 And these are the names * h8034 of the sons * h1121 of Gershon * h1648 by their families * h4940; Libni * h3845, and Shimei * h8096.
19 And the sons * h1121 of Kohath * h6955 by their families * h4940; Amram * h6019, and Izehar * h3324, Hebron * h2275, and Uzziel * h5816.
20 And the sons * h1121 of Merari * h4847 by their families * h4940; Mahli * h4249, and Mushi * h4187. These are * h1992 the families * h4940 of the Levites * h3881 according to the house * h1004 of their fathers * h1.
21 Of Gershon * h1648 was the family * h4940 of the Libnites * h3846, and the family * h4940 of the Shimites * h8097: these are the families * h4940 of the Gershonites * h1649.
22 Those that were numbered * h6485 h8803 of them, according to the number * h4557 of all the males * h2145, from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605, even those that were numbered * h6485 h8803 of them were seven * h7651 thousand * h505 and five * h2568 hundred * h3967.
23 The families * h4940 of the Gershonites * h1649 shall pitch * h2583 h8799 behind * h310 the tabernacle * h4908 westward * h3220.
24 And the chief * h5387 of the house * h1004 of the father * h1 of the Gershonites * h1649 shall be Eliasaph * h460 the son * h1121 of Lael * h3815.
25 And the charge * h4931 of the sons * h1121 of Gershon * h1648 in the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150 shall be the tabernacle * h4908, and the tent * h168, the covering * h4372 thereof, and the hanging * h4539 for the door * h6607 of the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150,
26 And the hangings * h7050 of the court * h2691, and the curtain * h4539 for the door * h6607 of the court * h2691, which is by the tabernacle * h4908, and by the altar * h4196 round about * h5439, and the cords * h4340 of it for all the service * h5656 thereof.
27 And of Kohath * h6955 was the family * h4940 of the Amramites * h6020, and the family * h4940 of the Izeharites * h3325, and the family * h4940 of the Hebronites * h2276, and the family * h4940 of the Uzzielites * h5817: these are the families * h4940 of the Kohathites * h6956.
28 In the number * h4557 of all the males * h2145, from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605, were eight * h8083 thousand * h505 and six * h8337 hundred * h3967, keeping * h8104 h8802 the charge * h4931 of the sanctuary * h6944.
29 The families * h4940 of the sons * h1121 of Kohath * h6955 shall pitch * h2583 h8799 on the side * h3409 of the tabernacle * h4908 southward * h8486.
30 And the chief * h5387 of the house * h1004 of the father * h1 of the families * h4940 of the Kohathites * h6956 shall be Elizaphan * h469 the son * h1121 of Uzziel * h5816.
31 And their charge * h4931 shall be the ark * h727, and the table * h7979, and the candlestick * h4501, and the altars * h4196, and the vessels * h3627 of the sanctuary * h6944 wherewith they minister * h8334 h8762, and the hanging * h4539, and all the service * h5656 thereof.
32 And Eleazar * h499 the son * h1121 of Aaron * h175 the priest * h3548 shall be chief * h5387 over the chief * h5387 of the Levites * h3881, and have the oversight * h6486 of them that keep * h8104 h8802 the charge * h4931 of the sanctuary * h6944.
33 Of Merari * h4847 was the family * h4940 of the Mahlites * h4250, and the family * h4940 of the Mushites * h4188: these are the families * h4940 of Merari * h4847.
34 And those that were numbered * h6485 h8803 of them, according to the number * h4557 of all the males * h2145, from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605, were six * h8337 thousand * h505 and two hundred * h3967.
35 And the chief * h5387 of the house * h1004 of the father * h1 of the families * h4940 of Merari * h4847 was Zuriel * h6700 the son * h1121 of Abihail * h32: these shall pitch * h2583 h8799 on the side * h3409 of the tabernacle * h4908 northward * h6828.
36 And under the custody * h6486 and charge * h4931 of the sons * h1121 of Merari * h4847 shall be the boards * h7175 of the tabernacle * h4908, and the bars * h1280 thereof, and the pillars * h5982 thereof, and the sockets * h134 thereof, and all the vessels * h3627 thereof, and all that serveth * h5656 thereto, under...: Heb. the office of the charge
37 And the pillars * h5982 of the court * h2691 round about * h5439, and their sockets * h134, and their pins * h3489, and their cords * h4340.
38 But those that encamp * h2583 h8802 before * h6440 the tabernacle * h4908 toward the east * h6924, even before * h6440 the tabernacle * h168 of the congregation * h4150 eastward * h4217, shall be Moses * h4872, and Aaron * h175 and his sons * h1121, keeping * h8104 h8802 the charge * h4931 of the sanctuary * h4720 for the charge * h4931 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478; and the stranger * h2114 h8801 that cometh nigh * h7131 shall be put to death * h4191 h8714.
39 All that were numbered * h6485 h8803 of the Levites * h3881, which Moses * h4872 and Aaron * h175 numbered * h6485 h8804 at the commandment * h6310 of the LORD * h3068, throughout their families * h4940, all the males * h2145 from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605, were twenty * h6242 and two * h8147 thousand * h505.
40 And the LORD * h3068 said * h559 h8799 unto Moses * h4872, Number * h6485 h8798 all the firstborn * h1060 of the males * h2145 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478 from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605, and take * h5375 h8798 the number * h4557 of their names * h8034.
41 And thou shalt take * h3947 h8804 the Levites * h3881 for me (I am the LORD * h3068) instead of all the firstborn * h1060 among the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478; and the cattle * h929 of the Levites * h3881 instead of all the firstlings * h1060 among the cattle * h929 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478.
42 And Moses * h4872 numbered * h6485 h8799, as the LORD * h3068 commanded * h6680 h8765 him, all the firstborn * h1060 among the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478.
43 And all the firstborn * h1060 males * h2145 by the number * h4557 of names * h8034, from a month * h2320 old * h1121 and upward * h4605, of those that were numbered * h6485 h8803 of them, were twenty * h6242 and two * h8147 thousand * h505 two hundred * h3967 and threescore and thirteen * h7657 * h7969.
44 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h1696 h8762 unto Moses * h4872, saying * h559 h8800,
45 Take * h3947 h8798 the Levites * h3881 instead of all the firstborn * h1060 among the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, and the cattle * h929 of the Levites * h3881 instead of their cattle * h929; and the Levites * h3881 shall be mine: I am the LORD * h3068.
46 And for those that are to be redeemed * h6302 of the two hundred * h3967 and threescore and thirteen * h7657 * h7969 of the firstborn * h1060 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, which are more * h5736 h8802 than * h5921 the Levites * h3881;
47 Thou shalt even take * h3947 h8804 five * h2568 shekels * h8255 apiece by the poll * h1538, after the shekel * h8255 of the sanctuary * h6944 shalt thou take * h3947 h8799 them : (the shekel * h8255 is twenty * h6242 gerahs * h1626:)
48 And thou shalt give * h5414 h8804 the money * h3701, wherewith the odd number * h5736 h8802 of them is to be redeemed * h6302, unto Aaron * h175 and to his sons * h1121.
49 And Moses * h4872 took * h3947 h8799 the redemption * h6306 money * h3701 of them that were over * h5736 h8802 and above them that were redeemed * h6302 by the Levites * h3881:
50 Of the firstborn * h1060 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478 took * h3947 h8804 he the money * h3701; a thousand * h505 three * h7969 hundred * h3967 and threescore * h8346 and five * h2568 shekels , after the shekel * h8255 of the sanctuary * h6944:
51 And Moses * h4872 gave * h5414 h8799 the money * h3701 of them that were redeemed * h6302 h8675 * h6306 unto Aaron * h175 and to his sons * h1121, according to the word * h6310 of the LORD * h3068, as the LORD * h3068 commanded * h6680 h8765 Moses * h4872.