Dual Panel1Now these <0428> are the records <08435> of Aaron <0175> and Moses <04872> when <03117> the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> with <0854> Moses <04872> on Mount <02022> Sinai <05514>.
2These <0428> 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 <0428> are the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>, the anointed <04886> priests <03548>, whom <0834> he consecrated <03027> <04390> to minister as priests <03547>.
4Nadab <05070> and Abihu <030> died <04191> before <06440> the Lord <03068> when they offered <07126> strange <02114> fire <0784> before <06440> the Lord <03068> in the wilderness <04057> of Sinai <05514>, and they had <01961> no <03808> children <01121>. So Eleazar <0499> and Ithamar <0385> ministered as priests <03547> in <05921> the presence <06440> of Aaron <0175> their father <01>.
5The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
6“Bring <07126> the tribe <04294> of Levi <03881> near <07126>, and present <05975> them before <06440> Aaron <0175> the priest <03548>, that they may serve <08334> him.
7They are responsible <08104> for his needs <04931> and the needs <04931> of the whole <03605> community <05712> before <06440> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, by attending <05647> to the service <05656> of the tabernacle <04908>.
8And they are responsible <08104> for all <03605> the furnishings <03627> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, and for the needs <04931> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>, as they serve <05656> <05647> in the tabernacle <04908>.
9You are to assign <05414> the Levites <03881> to Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>; they <01992> will be assigned exclusively <05414> <05414> to him out of <0854> all the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
10So you are to appoint <06485> Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>, and they will be responsible <08104> for their priesthood <03550>; but the unauthorized person <02114> who comes near <07126> must be put to death <04191>.”
11Then the Lord <03069> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
12“Look <02009>, I myself <0589> have taken <03947> the Levites <03881> from among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121> instead <08478> of every <03605> firstborn <01060> who opens <06363> the womb <07358> among the Israelites <03478> <01121>. So the Levites <03881> belong <01961> to me,
13because <03588> all <03605> the firstborn <01060> are mine. When <03117> I destroyed <05221> all <03605> the firstborn <01060> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, I set apart <06942> for myself all <03605> the firstborn <01060> in Israel <03478>, both man <0120> and beast <0929>. They belong to <01961> me. I <0589> am the Lord <03068>.”
14Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872> in the wilderness <04057> of Sinai <05514>:
15“Number <06485> the Levites <03881> <01121> by their clans <01004> and their families <04940> <01>; every <03605> male <02145> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605> you are to number <06485>.”
16So Moses <04872> numbered <06485> them according to <05921> the word <06310> of the Lord <03068>, just as <0834> he had been commanded <06680>.
17These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Levi <03881> by their names <08034>: Gershon <01648>, Kohath <06955>, and Merari <04847>.
18These <0428> are the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Gershon <01648> by their families <04940>: Libni <03845> and Shimei <08096>.
19The sons <01121> of Kohath <06955> by their families <04940> were: Amram <06019>, Izhar <03324>, Hebron <02275>, and Uzziel <05816>.
20The sons <01121> of Merari <04847> by their families <04940> were Mahli <04249> and Mushi <04187>. These <0428> are the families <04940> of the Levites <03881> by their clans <01> <01004>.
21From Gershon <01648> came the family <04940> of the Libnites <03846> and the family <04940> of the Shimeites <08097>; these <0428> were the families <04940> of the Gershonites <01649>.
22Those of them who were numbered <06485>, counting <04557> every <03605> male <02145> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>, were 7,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <07651>.
23The families <04940> of the Gershonites <01649> were to camp <02583> behind <0310> the tabernacle <04908> toward the west <03220>.
24Now the leader <05387> of the clan <01> <01004> of the Gershonites <01649> was Eliasaph <0460> son <01121> of Lael <03815>.
25And the responsibilities <04931> of the Gershonites <01648> <01121> in the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> included the tabernacle <04908>, the tent <0168> with its covering <04372>, the curtain <04539> at the entrance <06607> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>,
26the hangings <07050> of the courtyard <02691>, the curtain <04539> at the entrance <06607> to the courtyard <02691> that <0834> surrounded <05439> the tabernacle <04908> and the altar <04196>, and their ropes <04340>, plus all <03605> the service <05656> connected with these things.
27From Kohath <06955> came the family <04940> of the Amramites <06020>, the family <04940> of the Izharites <03325>, the family <04940> of the Hebronites <02276>, and the family <04940> of the Uzzielites <05817>; these <0428> were the families <04940> of the Kohathites <06956>.
28Counting <04557> every <03605> male <01121> <02145> from a month <02320> old and upward <04605>, there were 8,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> <08083>. They were responsible <08104> for the care <04931> of the sanctuary <06944>.
29The families <04940> of the Kohathites <06955> <01121> were to camp <02583> on <05921> the south <08486> side <03409> of the tabernacle <04908>.
30Now the leader <05387> of the clan <01004> of the families <04940> of the Kohathites <06956> was Elizaphan <0469> son <01121> of Uzziel <05816>.
31Their responsibilities <04931> included the ark <0727>, the table <07979>, the lampstand <04501>, the altars <04196>, and the utensils <03627> of the sanctuary <06944> with which <0834> they ministered <08334>, the curtain <04539>, and all <03605> their service <05656>.
32Now the head <05387> of all the Levitical <03881> leaders <05387> was Eleazar <0499> son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548>. He was appointed over <06486> those who were responsible <04931> for the sanctuary <06944>.
33From Merari <04847> came the family <04940> of the Mahlites <04250> and the family <04940> of the Mushites <04188>; these <0428> were the families <04940> of Merari <04847>.
34Those of them who were numbered <06485>, counting <04557> every <03605> male <02145> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>, were 6,200 <03967> <0505> <08337>.
35Now the leader <05387> of the clan <01004> of the families <04940> of Merari <04847> was Zuriel <06700> son <01121> of Abihail <032>. These were to camp <02583> on <05921> the north <06828> side <03409> of the tabernacle <04908>.
36The appointed <06486> responsibilities <04931> of the Merarites <04847> <01121> included the frames <07175> of the tabernacle <04908>, its crossbars <01280>, its posts <05982>, its sockets <0134>, its utensils <03627>, plus all <03605> the service <05656> connected with these things,
37and the pillars <05982> of the courtyard <02691> all around <05439>, with their sockets <0134>, their pegs <03489>, and their ropes <04340>.
38But those who were to camp <02583> in front <06440> of the tabernacle <04908> on the east <06924>, in front <06440> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, were Moses <04872>, Aaron <0175>, and his sons <01121>. They were responsible <08104> for the needs <04931> of the sanctuary <04720> and for the needs <04931> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>, but the unauthorized <02114> person who approached <07126> was to be put to death <04191>.
39All <03605> who were numbered <06485> of the Levites <03881>, whom <0834> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> numbered <06485> by <05921> the word <06310> of the Lord <03068>, according to their families <04940>, every <03605> male <02145> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>, were 22,000 <0505> <06242> <08147>.
40Then the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Number <06485> all <03605> the firstborn <01060> males <02145> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>, and take <05375> the number <04557> of their names <08034>.
41And take <03947> the Levites <03881> for me– I <0589> am the Lord <03068>– instead <08478> of all <03605> the firstborn males <01060> among the Israelites <03478> <01121>, and the livestock <0929> of the Levites <03881> instead <08478> of all <03605> the firstborn <01060> of the livestock <0929> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>.”
42So Moses <04872> numbered <06485> all <03605> the firstborn males <01060> among the Israelites <03478> <01121>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> him.
43And all <03605> the firstborn <01060> males <02145>, by the number <04557> of the names <08034> from a month <02320> old <01121> and upward <04605>, totaled 22,273 <03967> <07657> <07969> <0505> <06242>.
44Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
45“Take <03947> the Levites <03881> instead <08478> of all <03605> the firstborn males <01060> among the Israelites <03478> <01121>, and the livestock <0929> of the Levites <03881> instead <08478> of their livestock <0929>. And the Levites <03881> will be <01961> mine. I <0589> am the Lord <03068>.
46And for the redemption <06302> of the 273 <03967> <07657> <07969> firstborn males <01060> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> who exceed <05736> the number of the Levites <03881>,
47collect <03947> five <02568> <02568> shekels <08255> for each one individually <01538>; you are to collect <03947> this amount in the currency of the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255> (this shekel <08255> is twenty <06242> gerahs <01626>).
48And give <05414> the money <03701> for the redemption <06302> of the excess <05736> number of them to Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>.”
49So Moses <04872> took <03947> the redemption <06306> money <03701> from those who were in <05921> excess <05736> of those redeemed <06302> by the Levites <03881>.
50From the firstborn males <01060> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> he collected <03947> the money <03701>, 1,365 <0505> <03967> <07969> <08346> <02568> shekels <08255>, according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel.
51Moses <04872> gave <05414> the redemption <06302> money <03701> to Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121>, according to the word <06310> of the Lord <03068>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.