1These also [are] the generations <08435> of Aaron <0175> and Moses <04872> in the day <03117> [that] the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8763) with Moses <04872> in mount <02022> Sinai <05514>_.
2And these [are] the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>_; Nadab <05070> the firstborn <01060>_, and Abihu <030>_, Eleazar <0499>_, and Ithamar <0385>_.
3These [are] the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>_, the priests <03548> which were anointed <04886> (8803)_, whom he consecrated <04390> (8765) <03027> to minister in the priest's office <03547> (8763)_. {whom...: Heb. whose hand he filled}
4And Nadab <05070> and Abihu <030> died <04191> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, when they offered <07126> (8687) strange <02114> (8801) fire <0784> before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, in the wilderness <04057> of Sinai <05514>_, and they had no children <01121>_: and Eleazar <0499> and Ithamar <0385> ministered in the priest's office <03547> (8762) in the sight <06440> of Aaron <0175> their father <01>_.
5And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Moses <04872>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
6Bring <07126> (0) the tribe <04294> of Levi <03878> near <07126> (8685)_, and present <05975> (8689) them before <06440> Aaron <0175> the priest <03548>_, that they may minister <08334> (8765) unto him.
7And they shall keep <08104> (8804) his charge <04931>_, and the charge <04931> of the whole congregation <05712> before <06440> the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>_, to do <05647> (8800) the service <05656> of the tabernacle <04908>_.
8And they shall keep <08104> (8804) all the instruments <03627> of the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>_, and the charge <04931> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, to do <05647> (8800) the service <05656> of the tabernacle <04908>_.
9And thou shalt give <05414> (8804) the Levites <03881> unto Aaron <0175> and to his sons <01121>_: they [are] wholly given <05414> (8803) unto him out of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_.
10And thou shalt appoint <06485> (8799) Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>_, and they shall wait on <08104> (8804) their priest's office <03550>_: and the stranger <02114> (8801) that cometh nigh <07131> shall be put to death <04191> (8714)_.
11And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Moses <04872>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
12And I, behold, I have taken <03947> (8804) the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> instead of all the firstborn <01060> that openeth <06363> the matrix <07358> among the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_: therefore the Levites <03881> shall be mine;
13Because all the firstborn <01060> [are] mine; [for] on the day <03117> that I smote <05221> (8687) all the firstborn <01060> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> I hallowed <06942> (8689) unto me all the firstborn <01060> in Israel <03478>_, both man <0120> and beast <0929>_: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD <03068>_.
14And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Moses <04872> in the wilderness <04057> of Sinai <05514>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
15Number <06485> (8798) the children <01121> of Levi <03878> after the house <01004> of their fathers <01>_, by their families <04940>_: every male <02145> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605> shalt thou number <06485> (8799) them.
16And Moses <04872> numbered <06485> (8799) them according to the word <06310> of the LORD <03068>_, as he was commanded <06680> (8795)_. {word: Heb. mouth}
17And these were the sons <01121> of Levi <03878> by their names <08034>_; Gershon <01648>_, and Kohath <06955>_, and Merari <04847>_.
18And these [are] the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Gershon <01648> by their families <04940>_; Libni <03845>_, and Shimei <08096>_.
19And the sons <01121> of Kohath <06955> by their families <04940>_; Amram <06019>_, and Izehar <03324>_, Hebron <02275>_, and Uzziel <05816>_.
20And the sons <01121> of Merari <04847> by their families <04940>_; Mahli <04249>_, and Mushi <04187>_. These [are] <01992> the families <04940> of the Levites <03881> according to the house <01004> of their fathers <01>_.
21Of Gershon <01648> [was] the family <04940> of the Libnites <03846>_, and the family <04940> of the Shimites <08097>_: these [are] the families <04940> of the Gershonites <01649>_.
22Those that were numbered <06485> (8803) of them, according to the number <04557> of all the males <02145>_, from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, [even] those that were numbered <06485> (8803) of them [were] seven <07651> thousand <0505> and five <02568> hundred <03967>_.
23The families <04940> of the Gershonites <01649> shall pitch <02583> (8799) behind <0310> the tabernacle <04908> westward <03220>_.
24And the chief <05387> of the house <01004> of the father <01> of the Gershonites <01649> [shall be] Eliasaph <0460> the son <01121> of Lael <03815>_.
25And the charge <04931> of the sons <01121> of Gershon <01648> in the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150> [shall be] the tabernacle <04908>_, and the tent <0168>_, the covering <04372> thereof, and the hanging <04539> for the door <06607> of the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>_,
26And the hangings <07050> of the court <02691>_, and the curtain <04539> for the door <06607> of the court <02691>_, which [is] by the tabernacle <04908>_, and by the altar <04196> round about <05439>_, and the cords <04340> of it for all the service <05656> thereof.
27And of Kohath <06955> [was] the family <04940> of the Amramites <06020>_, and the family <04940> of the Izeharites <03325>_, and the family <04940> of the Hebronites <02276>_, and the family <04940> of the Uzzielites <05817>_: these [are] the families <04940> of the Kohathites <06956>_.
28In the number <04557> of all the males <02145>_, from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, [were] eight <08083> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967>_, keeping <08104> (8802) the charge <04931> of the sanctuary <06944>_.
29The families <04940> of the sons <01121> of Kohath <06955> shall pitch <02583> (8799) on the side <03409> of the tabernacle <04908> southward <08486>_.
30And the chief <05387> of the house <01004> of the father <01> of the families <04940> of the Kohathites <06956> [shall be] Elizaphan <0469> the son <01121> of Uzziel <05816>_.
31And their charge <04931> [shall be] the ark <0727>_, and the table <07979>_, and the candlestick <04501>_, and the altars <04196>_, and the vessels <03627> of the sanctuary <06944> wherewith they minister <08334> (8762)_, and the hanging <04539>_, and all the service <05656> thereof.
32And Eleazar <0499> the son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548> [shall be] chief <05387> over the chief <05387> of the Levites <03881>_, [and have] the oversight <06486> of them that keep <08104> (8802) the charge <04931> of the sanctuary <06944>_.
33Of Merari <04847> [was] the family <04940> of the Mahlites <04250>_, and the family <04940> of the Mushites <04188>_: these [are] the families <04940> of Merari <04847>_.
34And those that were numbered <06485> (8803) of them, according to the number <04557> of all the males <02145>_, from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, [were] six <08337> thousand <0505> and two hundred <03967>_.
35And the chief <05387> of the house <01004> of the father <01> of the families <04940> of Merari <04847> [was] Zuriel <06700> the son <01121> of Abihail <032>_: [these] shall pitch <02583> (8799) on the side <03409> of the tabernacle <04908> northward <06828>_.
36And [under] the custody <06486> and charge <04931> of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847> [shall be] the boards <07175> of the tabernacle <04908>_, and the bars <01280> thereof, and the pillars <05982> thereof, and the sockets <0134> thereof, and all the vessels <03627> thereof, and all that serveth <05656> thereto, {under...: Heb. the office of the charge}
37And the pillars <05982> of the court <02691> round about <05439>_, and their sockets <0134>_, and their pins <03489>_, and their cords <04340>_.
38But those that encamp <02583> (8802) before <06440> the tabernacle <04908> toward the east <06924>_, [even] before <06440> the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150> eastward <04217>_, [shall be] Moses <04872>_, and Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>_, keeping <08104> (8802) the charge <04931> of the sanctuary <04720> for the charge <04931> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_; and the stranger <02114> (8801) that cometh nigh <07131> shall be put to death <04191> (8714)_.
39All that were numbered <06485> (8803) of the Levites <03881>_, which Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> numbered <06485> (8804) at the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>_, throughout their families <04940>_, all the males <02145> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, [were] twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505>_.
40And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Moses <04872>_, Number <06485> (8798) all the firstborn <01060> of the males <02145> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, and take <05375> (8798) the number <04557> of their names <08034>_.
41And thou shalt take <03947> (8804) the Levites <03881> for me (I [am] the LORD <03068>) instead of all the firstborn <01060> among the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_; and the cattle <0929> of the Levites <03881> instead of all the firstlings <01060> among the cattle <0929> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_.
42And Moses <04872> numbered <06485> (8799)_, as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) him, all the firstborn <01060> among the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_.
43And all the firstborn <01060> males <02145> by the number <04557> of names <08034>_, from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, of those that were numbered <06485> (8803) of them, were twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505> two hundred <03967> and threescore and thirteen <07657> <07969>_.
44And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) unto Moses <04872>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
45Take <03947> (8798) the Levites <03881> instead of all the firstborn <01060> among the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, and the cattle <0929> of the Levites <03881> instead of their cattle <0929>_; and the Levites <03881> shall be mine: I [am] the LORD <03068>_.
46And for those that are to be redeemed <06302> of the two hundred <03967> and threescore and thirteen <07657> <07969> of the firstborn <01060> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, which are more <05736> (8802) than <05921> the Levites <03881>_;
47Thou shalt even take <03947> (8804) five <02568> shekels <08255> apiece by the poll <01538>_, after the shekel <08255> of the sanctuary <06944> shalt thou take <03947> (8799) [them]: (the shekel <08255> [is] twenty <06242> gerahs <01626>:)
48And thou shalt give <05414> (8804) the money <03701>_, wherewith the odd number <05736> (8802) of them is to be redeemed <06302>_, unto Aaron <0175> and to his sons <01121>_.
49And Moses <04872> took <03947> (8799) the redemption <06306> money <03701> of them that were over <05736> (8802) and above them that were redeemed <06302> by the Levites <03881>_:
50Of the firstborn <01060> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> took <03947> (8804) he the money <03701>_; a thousand <0505> three <07969> hundred <03967> and threescore <08346> and five <02568> [shekels], after the shekel <08255> of the sanctuary <06944>_:
51And Moses <04872> gave <05414> (8799) the money <03701> of them that were redeemed <06302> (8675) <06306> unto Aaron <0175> and to his sons <01121>_, according to the word <06310> of the LORD <03068>_, as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) Moses <04872>_.