Numbers 3:1-4:49 And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, on the day that the Lord spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, on the day that the Lord spoke with Moses on mount Sinai. ² And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, who were consecrated to minister as priests. ⁴ And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered a strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Elazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the life-time of Aaron their father. ⁵ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ⁶ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present the same before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. ⁷ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the vessels of the tent 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: as associates are they given unto him out of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And Aaron and his sons shalt thou instruct, that they shall guard well their priest’s office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ¹¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ¹² And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. ¹³ Because mine is every first-born; on the day when I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me every first-born in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be; I am the Lord. ¹⁴ And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ Number the children of Levi after their divisions, by their families; every male of them from a month old and upward shalt thou number. ¹⁶ And Moses numbered them according to the order of the Lord, as he had been commanded. ¹⁷ And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon after their families: Libni, and Shimi. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kehath after their families: ‘Amram, and Yizhar, Chebron, and ‘Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari after their families: Machli, and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their family divisions. ²¹ Of Gershon: the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershunites. ²² Those that were numbered of them, by the numbering 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 Gershunites used to encamp behind the tabernacle, westward. ²⁴ And the prince of the family division of the Gershunites was Elyassaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, 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 its cords for all the service thereof. ²⁷ And of Kehath: the family of the ‘Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the ‘Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites. ²⁸ By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward. ³⁰ And the prince of the division of the families of the Kehathites was Elizaphan the son of ‘Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary which are used for the service, and the vail, and all belonging thereto. ³² And the chief over the princes of the Levites was Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, having the oversight of those that kept the charge of the sanctuary. ³³ Of Merari: the family of the Machlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari. ³⁴ And those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ And the chief of the division of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abichayil: they used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, northward. ³⁶ And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari were the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all that belongeth thereto, ³⁷ And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. ³⁸ But those that encamped before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation toward the rising of the sun, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that came nigh was to be put to death. ³⁹ All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to 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 first-born 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, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel. ⁴² And Moses numbered, as the Lord had commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. ⁴³ And all the first-born males, by the numbering of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three. ⁴⁴ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ Take the Levites instead of all the first-born 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, the two hundred and seventy and three of the first-born of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites, ⁴⁷ Thou shalt take five shekels apiece for the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty gerahs to the shekel; ⁴⁸ And thou shalt give unto Aaron and to his sons the money, for those who are to be redeemed of those that are over the number of them. ⁴⁹ And Moses took the redemption-money of those that were over in number above those who were redeemed by the Levites: ⁵⁰ Of the first-born of the children of Israel did he take the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁵¹ And Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed unto Aaron and unto his sons, by the order of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁴ ¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ² Take the sum of the sons of Kehath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by their divisions, ³ From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that are fitted for the service, to do work at the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴ This shall be the service of the sons of Kehath at the tabernacle of the congregation: The most holy things. ⁵ And Aaron shall come with his sons, when the camp setteth forward, and they shall take down the vail of the separation, and cover therewith the ark of the testimony; ⁶ And they shall put over it a covering of badgers’ skins, and they shall spread over all a cloth wholly of blue woollen yarn, and they shall put in its staves. ⁷ And over the table of the showbread shall they spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the tubes, and the staves of the covering; and the continual bread shall be thereon: ⁸ And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins; and they shall put in its staves. ⁹ And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the lighting, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, and all the oil-vessels thereof, wherewith they minister by it: ¹⁰ And they shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of badgers’ skins, and they shall put it upon a barrow. ¹¹ And over the golden altar shall they spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins; and they shall put in its staves. ¹² And they shall take all the vessels of the service, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins; and they shall put them on a barrow. ¹³ And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread over it a cloth of purple; ¹⁴ And they shall put upon it all its vessels, wherewith they minister upon it, the fire-pans, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread over it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put in its staves. ¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have thus made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward: then shall, after that, the sons of Kehath come to carry it; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die; these are the things which the sons of Kehath are to carry at the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹⁶ And under the supervision of Elazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the lighting, and the incense of spices, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing-oil; the supervision of all the tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its vessels. ¹⁷ And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ¹⁸ Do ye not cause the tribe of the families of the Kehathites to be cut off from among the Levites; ¹⁹ But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them, every one, to his service and to his burden; ²⁰ That they may not go in to see when the holy things are covered, and die. ²¹ And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ²² Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, by their divisions, after their families; ²³ From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that are fitted for the service, to do work in the tabernacle of the congregation. ²⁴ This shall be the service of the families of the Gershunites, to serve, and to carry: ²⁵ They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and of the tent of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is over it above, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, ²⁶ And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service; and all that is delivered to them shall they perform. ²⁷ By the order of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershunites, in all their carrying, and in all their service: and ye shall designate unto them in charge all which they have to carry. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershunites at the tabernacle of the congregation; their charge shall be under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ The sons of Merari, shalt thou number after their families, by their divisions; ³⁰ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, shalt thou number them, every one that is fitted for the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. ³¹ And this is what is confided to them to carry, regarding all their service at the tabernacle of the congregation: The boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, ³² And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and all which belongeth thereto; and by name shall ye designate to them the vessels which are confided to them to carry. ³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, regarding all their service, at the tabernacle of the congregation, under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron, the priest. ³⁴ And Moses with Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kehathites after their families, and after their divisions, ³⁵ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that was fitted for the service, for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation. ³⁶ And those that were numbered of them after their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kehathites, all that could do service at the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses. ³⁸ And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, after their families, and after their divisions, ³⁹ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that was fitted for the service, for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation, ⁴⁰ Even those that were numbered of them, after their families, after their divisions, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that could do service at the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord. ⁴² And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, after their divisions, ⁴³ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that was fitted for the service, for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴⁴ Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. ⁴⁵ These are those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses. ⁴⁶ All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses with Aaron and the chiefs of Israel numbered, after their families, and after their divisions, ⁴⁷ From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the carrying at the tabernacle of the congregation, ⁴⁸ Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. ⁴⁹ By the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses, did he appoint them, every one to his proper service, and to his proper carrying: and they were numbered, as the Lord had commanded Moses.