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 priests
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 priests
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 priests
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 Y@hovah#) 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 #H7969.
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 #H7969of 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.