VIN(i)
1 These are the accounts of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses at Mount Sinai.
2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
4 Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD's presence because they offered unauthorized fire in his presence in the Desert of Sinai. They had no children. So only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
5 the LORD said to Moses:
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to Aaron the priest that they may serve him.
7 They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle.
8 They are to take care of the utensils at the tent of meeting and the needs of the Israelites by performing the duties of the tabernacle.
9 "Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites will be the only Israelites given to them.
10 "Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to do the priests' duties must be put to death."
11 the LORD said to Moses:
12 "I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites. The Levites will be mine
13 because every firstborn is mine. The day I killed every firstborn male in Egypt, I set apart as holy every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They will be mine. I am the LORD."
14 the LORD said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai:
15 "Count the Levites by households and families. Count every male who is at least one month old."
16 Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.
17 And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18 These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:Libni and Shimei;
19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, 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 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites.
22 The number of all the males a month old and above were 7,500.
23 The Gershonite families encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
24 and the leader of the family of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.
26 the hangings at the courtyard, the curtain to the entrance of the courtyard, which surrounded the tabernacle, the altar and their ropes for all their services.
27 To Kohath are the families of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. These are the families of Kohath.
28 The number of all the males from a month old and above were 8,600. They were tasked to care of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the south side of the tabernacle.
30 The leader of the Kohathite families and households was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.
31 Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use.
32 The chief of all the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest. He was assigned overseer over those who take care of the services of the sanctuary.
33 To Merari belonged the clan of Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
34 The number of all the males a month old and above were 6, 200.
35 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
36 It was the duty of the Merarites to be in charge of the framework of the inner tent, the crossbars, posts, sockets, and all the equipment. They took care of these things.
37 They were responsible for the posts for the surrounding courtyard, the bases, pegs, and ropes.
38 Moses, Aaron, and his sons put up their tents on the east side in front of the tent of meeting. They were in charge of the holy place on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who tried to do the Levites' duties had to be put to death.
39 All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were twenty-two thousand.
40 Then the LORD said to Moses: Number all the first-born males of Israel from a month old and above and list their names.
41 And separate the Levites for me I am the LORD instead of all the first-born sons of Israel and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the first born of the livestock of Israel.
42 So Moses mustered all the firstborn among the Israelites just as the LORD commanded him.
43 All of the first-born male according to the list of their names from a month old and above were numbered at 22,273.
44 the LORD said to Moses:
45 Separate the Levites in place of all the first born sons of Israel and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to me I am the LORD.
46 As to the ransom of the 273 from the first-born sons of Israel, in excess of the Levites,
47 Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place the shekel is twenty gerahs;
48 And give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons."
49 So Moses took the redemption money, for those who exceeded the redemption made by the Levites.
50 From the first born of the Israelites, Moses took money amounting to 1,365 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the LORD’s word, as the LORD commanded Moses.