1THESE were the descendants of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.
2The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the eldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These were the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests who had been installed in the priestly office.
4Nadab and Abihu fell dead before the LORD because they had presented illicit fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; they left no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar continued to perform the priestly office during their father's lifetime.
5The LORD said to Moses,
6“Bring forward the tribe of Levi and appoint them to serve Aaron the priest and to minister to him.
7They are to be in attendance on him and on the whole community before the Tent of Meeting, undertaking the service of the Tabernacle.
8They are to be in charge of all the equipment in the Tent of Meeting, and be in attendance on the Israelites, undertaking the service of the Tabernacle.
9You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons as especially dedicated to him out of all the Israelites.
10Commit the priestly office to Aaron and his line, and they are to perform its duties; any lay person who encroaches on it must be put to death.”
11The LORD said to Moses,
12“I take for myself, out of all the Israelites, the Levites as a substitute for the eldest male child of every woman; the Levites are to be mine.
13For every eldest child, if a boy, became mine when I destroyed all the eldest sons in Egypt. So I have consecrated to myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are to be mine. I am the LORD.”
14The LORD said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
15“Make a list of all the Levites by their families in the father's line, every male aged one month or more.”
16Moses made a list of them in accordance with the command given him by the LORD.
17Now these were the names of the sons of Levi. Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18Descendants of Gershon, by families: Libni and Shimei.
19Descendants of Kohath, by families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20Descendants of Merari, by families: Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of Levi, by fathers' families.
21Gershon: the family of Libni and the family of Shimei. These were the families of Gershon,
22and the number of males in their list as drawn up, aged one month or more, was seven thousand five hundred.
23The families of Gershon were stationed on the west, behind the Tabernacle.
24Their chief was Eliasaph son of Lael,
25and in the service of the Tent of Meeting they were in charge of the Tabernacle and the Tent, its covering, and the screen at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
26the hangings of the court, the screen at the entrance to the court all round the Tabernacle and the altar, and of all else needed for its maintenance.
27Kohath: the family of Amram, the family of Izhar, the family of Hebron, the family of Uzziel. These were the families of Kohath,
28and the number of males aged one month or more was eight thousand six hundred. They were the guardians of the holy things.
29The families of Kohath were stationed on the south, at the side of the Tabernacle.
30Their chief was Elizaphan son of Uzziel;
31they were in charge of the Ark, the table, the lampstands and the altars, together with the sacred vessels used in their service, and the screen with everything needed for its maintenance.
32The chief over all the chiefs of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, who was appointed overseer of those in charge of the sanctuary.
33Merari: the family of Mahli, the family of Mushi. These were the families of Merari,
34and the number of males in their list as drawn up, aged one month or more, was six thousand two hundred.
35Their chief was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were stationed on the north, at the side of the Tabernacle.
36The Merarites were in charge of the planks, bars, posts, and sockets of the Tabernacle, together with its vessels and all the equipment needed for its maintenance,
37the posts, sockets, pegs, and cords of the surrounding court.
38In front of the Tabernacle on the east, Moses was stationed, with Aaron and his sons, in front of the Tent of Meeting eastwards. They were in charge of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites; any lay person who came near would be put to death.
39The number of Levites recorded by Moses on the list by families at the command of the LORD was twenty-two thousand males aged one month or more.
40The LORD said to Moses, “Make a list of all the male firstborn in Israel aged one month or more, and count the number of persons.
41You are to reserve the Levites for me -- I am the LORD -- in substitution for the eldest sons of the Israelites, and in the same way the Levites” cattle in substitution for the firstborn cattle of the Israelites.'
42As the LORD had commanded him, Moses made a list of all the eldest sons of the Israelites,
43and the total number of firstborn males recorded by name in the register, aged one month or more, was twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44The LORD said to Moses,
45“Take the Levites as a substitute for all the eldest sons in Israel and the cattle of the Levites as a substitute for their cattle. The Levites are to be mine. I am the LORD.
46The eldest sons in Israel will outnumber the Levites by two hundred and seventy-three.
47This remainder must be redeemed, and for each of them you are to accept five shekels by the sacred standard, at the rate of twenty gerahs to the shekel;
48give the money with which they are redeemed to Aaron and his sons.”
49Moses took the money paid to redeem those who remained over when the substitution of Levites was complete.
50The amount received was one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels of silver by the sacred standard.
51In accordance with what the LORD had said, he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, doing what the LORD had commanded him.
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