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1 Now these are the genealogies of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke 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 who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4 And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai and they had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7 And they will keep his charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they will keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And you will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are entirely given to him from the sons of Israel. 10 And you will appoint Aaron and his sons and they will keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.
11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn who opens the womb among the sons of Israel. And the Levites will be mine, 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I killed* all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They will be mine. I am Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You will number them, every male from a month old and upward. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, 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 Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levite families according to their fathers' houses. 21 Of Gershon was the Libnite family and the Shimeite family. These are the Gershonite families. 22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The Gershonite family will encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the ruler of the fathers' house of the Gershonites will be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting will be the tabernacle and the tent, the covering of it and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around and the cords of it for all the service of it.
27 And of Kohath was the Amramite family and the Izharite family and the Hebronite family and the Uzzielite family. These are the Kohathite families. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the ruler of the fathers' house of the Kohathite families will be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge will be the ark and the table and the lamp-stand and the altars and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister and the screen and all the service of it. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will be ruler of the rulers of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the Mahlite family and the Mushite family. These are the families of Merari. 34 And those who 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 ruler of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They will encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari will be the boards of the tabernacle and the bars of it and the pillars of it and the sockets of it and all the instruments of it and all the service of it, 37 and the pillars of the court all around and their sockets and their pegs and their cords.
38 And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, will be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger that comes near will be put to death.
39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and take the number of their names. 41 And you will take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-offspring among the cattle of the sons of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites will be mine. I am Jehovah. 46 And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are over and above the number of the Levites, 47 you will take five shekels apiece by the poll. According to the shekel of the sanctuary you will take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs), 48 and you will give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemption-money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites. 50 He took the money from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
4 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
5 When the camp sets forward, Aaron will go in and his sons and they will take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it. 6 And will put on it a covering of certain skin and will spread over it a cloth all of blue and will put in the staves of it.
7 And upon the table of showbread they will spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the spoons and the bowls and the cups with which to pour out. And the continual bread will be on it. 8 And they will spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of certain skin and will put in the staves of it.
9 And they will take a cloth of blue and cover the lamp-stand of the light and its lamps and its snuffers and its snuff dishes and all the oil vessels of it, with which they minister to it. 10 And they will put it and all the vessels of it within a covering of certain skin and will put it upon the frame.
11 And upon the golden altar they will spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of certain skin and will put in the staves of it.
12 And they will take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of certain skin and will put them on the frame.
13 And they will take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth on it. 14 And they will put upon it all the vessels of it, with which they minister about it: the censors, the forks and the shovels and the basins, all the vessels of the altar. And they will spread upon it a covering of certain skin and put in the staves of it.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath will come to bear it, but they will not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
16 And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will be the oil for the light and the sweet incense and the continual meal offering and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it: the sanctuary and the furniture of it.
17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 You* cut not off the tribe of the Kohathite families from among the Levites, 19 but thus do to them, that they may live and not die, when they approach to the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint for them each one to his service and to his burden, 20 but they will not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
21 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 22 Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families, 23 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old you will number them, all who enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
24 This is the service of the Gershonite families, in serving and in bearing burdens: 25 They will bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting, its covering and the covering of certain skin that is above upon it and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around and their cords and all the instruments of their service and whatever will be done with them; they will serve in it.
27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons will be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service. And you* will appoint to those in charge all their burden. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting. And their charge will be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 As for the sons of Merari, you will number them by their families, by their fathers' houses. 30 From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old you will number them, each man who enters upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and the bars of it and the pillars of it and the sockets of it, 32 and the pillars of the court all around and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their instruments and with all their service. And you* will appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden by name. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of the congregation numbered by the sons of the Kohathite families and by their fathers' houses, 35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting. 36 And those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These are those who were numbered of the Kohathite families, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
38 And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families and by their fathers' houses, 39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 40 even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
42 And those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 43 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 44 even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers' houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, 48 even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. 49 According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, each man according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were numbered by him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
5 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7 And they will keep his charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they will keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And you will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are entirely given to him from the sons of Israel. 10 And you will appoint Aaron and his sons and they will keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.
11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn who opens the womb among the sons of Israel. And the Levites will be mine, 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I killed* all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They will be mine. I am Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You will number them, every male from a month old and upward. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, 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 Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levite families according to their fathers' houses. 21 Of Gershon was the Libnite family and the Shimeite family. These are the Gershonite families. 22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The Gershonite family will encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the ruler of the fathers' house of the Gershonites will be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting will be the tabernacle and the tent, the covering of it and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around and the cords of it for all the service of it.
27 And of Kohath was the Amramite family and the Izharite family and the Hebronite family and the Uzzielite family. These are the Kohathite families. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the ruler of the fathers' house of the Kohathite families will be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge will be the ark and the table and the lamp-stand and the altars and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister and the screen and all the service of it. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will be ruler of the rulers of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the Mahlite family and the Mushite family. These are the families of Merari. 34 And those who 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 ruler of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They will encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari will be the boards of the tabernacle and the bars of it and the pillars of it and the sockets of it and all the instruments of it and all the service of it, 37 and the pillars of the court all around and their sockets and their pegs and their cords.
38 And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, will be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger that comes near will be put to death.
39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward and take the number of their names. 41 And you will take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-offspring among the cattle of the sons of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites will be mine. I am Jehovah. 46 And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are over and above the number of the Levites, 47 you will take five shekels apiece by the poll. According to the shekel of the sanctuary you will take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs), 48 and you will give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the redemption-money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites. 50 He took the money from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
4 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
5 When the camp sets forward, Aaron will go in and his sons and they will take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it. 6 And will put on it a covering of certain skin and will spread over it a cloth all of blue and will put in the staves of it.
7 And upon the table of showbread they will spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the spoons and the bowls and the cups with which to pour out. And the continual bread will be on it. 8 And they will spread upon them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of certain skin and will put in the staves of it.
9 And they will take a cloth of blue and cover the lamp-stand of the light and its lamps and its snuffers and its snuff dishes and all the oil vessels of it, with which they minister to it. 10 And they will put it and all the vessels of it within a covering of certain skin and will put it upon the frame.
11 And upon the golden altar they will spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of certain skin and will put in the staves of it.
12 And they will take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of certain skin and will put them on the frame.
13 And they will take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth on it. 14 And they will put upon it all the vessels of it, with which they minister about it: the censors, the forks and the shovels and the basins, all the vessels of the altar. And they will spread upon it a covering of certain skin and put in the staves of it.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath will come to bear it, but they will not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
16 And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will be the oil for the light and the sweet incense and the continual meal offering and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it: the sanctuary and the furniture of it.
17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 You* cut not off the tribe of the Kohathite families from among the Levites, 19 but thus do to them, that they may live and not die, when they approach to the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint for them each one to his service and to his burden, 20 but they will not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
21 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 22 Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families, 23 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old you will number them, all who enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
24 This is the service of the Gershonite families, in serving and in bearing burdens: 25 They will bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting, its covering and the covering of certain skin that is above upon it and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around and their cords and all the instruments of their service and whatever will be done with them; they will serve in it.
27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons will be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service. And you* will appoint to those in charge all their burden. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting. And their charge will be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 As for the sons of Merari, you will number them by their families, by their fathers' houses. 30 From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old you will number them, each man who enters upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and the bars of it and the pillars of it and the sockets of it, 32 and the pillars of the court all around and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their instruments and with all their service. And you* will appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden by name. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of the congregation numbered by the sons of the Kohathite families and by their fathers' houses, 35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting. 36 And those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These are those who were numbered of the Kohathite families, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
38 And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families and by their fathers' houses, 39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 40 even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
42 And those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 43 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 44 even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers' houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, each man who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, 48 even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. 49 According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, each man according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were numbered by him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.