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[1] Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in 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 the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. [4] Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father. [5] Yahweh 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] They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. [8] They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. [9] You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel. [10] You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.” [11] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [12] “Behold,§ I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine, [13] for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.” [14] Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, [15] “Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.” [16] Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded. [17] These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. [18] These are 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] The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi.These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. [21] Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites. [22] Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred. [23] The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. [24] Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites. [25] The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, [26] the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service. [27] Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites. [28] According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary. [29] The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle. [30] The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. [31] Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service. [32] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary. [33] Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari. [34] Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.ⓘ [35] The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle. [36] The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service, [37] the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords. [38] Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death. [39] All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand. [40] Yahweh said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. [41] You shall take the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.” [42] Moses counted, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. [43] All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three. [44] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [45] “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh. [46] For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites, [47] you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekelⓘ of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahsⓘ); [48] and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.” [49] Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites; [50] from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred 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 Yahweh’s word, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Footnotes

  1. § 3:12 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
  2. ⓘ 3:34 + 22,000 is the sum rounded to 2 significant digits. The sum of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites given above is 22,300, but the traditional Hebrew text has the number rounded to 2 significant digits, not 3 significant digits.
  3. ⓘ 3:47a A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
  4. ⓘ 3:47b A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.
  5. ⓘ 3:50 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1365 shekels is about 13.65 kilograms or about 30 pounds.
King James Version

Priests and Levites

[1] These also are the generations H8435 of Aaron H175 and Moses H4872 in the day H3117 that the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielInf) with Moses H4872 in mount H2022 Sinai. H5514 [2] And these are the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Aaron; H175 Nadab H5070 the firstborn, H1060 and Abihu, H30 Eleazar, H499 and Ithamar. H385 [3] These are the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Aaron, H175 the priests H3548 which were anointed, H4886 (QalPasPtc) whom he consecrated H4390 (PielPerf)§ to minister in the priest’s office. H3547 (PielInf) [4] And Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30 died H4191 (QalImpf) before H6440 the Lord, H3068 when they offered H7126 (HiphInf) strange H2114 (QalPtc) fire H784 before H6440 the Lord, H3068 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai, H5514 and they had no children: H1121 and Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385 ministered in the priest’s office H3547 (PielImpf) in the sight H6440 of Aaron H175 their father. H1 [5] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto Moses, H4872 saying, H559 (QalInf) [6] Bring H7126 the tribe H4294 of Levi H3878 near, H7126 (HiphImpv) and present H5975 (HiphPerf) them before H6440 Aaron H175 the priest, H3548 that they may minister H8334 (PielPerf) unto him. [7] And they shall keep H8104 (QalPerf) his charge, H4931 and the charge H4931 of the whole congregation H5712 before H6440 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, H4150 to do H5647 (QalInf) the service H5656 of the tabernacle. H4908 [8] And they shall keep H8104 (QalPerf) all the instruments H3627 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, H4150 and the charge H4931 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 to do H5647 (QalInf) the service H5656 of the tabernacle. H4908 [9] And thou shalt give H5414 (QalPerf) the Levites H3881 unto Aaron H175 and to his sons: H1121 they are wholly given H5414 (QalPasPtc) unto him out of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [10] And thou shalt appoint H6485 (QalImpf) Aaron H175 and his sons, H1121 and they shall wait on H8104 (QalPerf) their priest’s office: H3550 and the stranger H2114 (QalPtc) that cometh nigh H7131 shall be put to death. H4191 (HophImpf) [11] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto Moses, H4872 saying, H559 (QalInf) [12] And I, behold, I have taken H3947 (QalPerf) the Levites H3881 from among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 instead of all the firstborn H1060 that openeth H6363 the matrix H7358 among the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 therefore the Levites H3881 shall be mine; [13] because all the firstborn H1060 are mine; for on the day H3117 that I smote H5221 (HiphInf) all the firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 I hallowed H6942 (HiphPerf) unto me all the firstborn H1060 in Israel, H3478 both man H120 and beast: H929 mine shall they be: I am the Lord. H3068 [14] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto Moses H4872 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai, H5514 saying, H559 (QalInf) [15] Number H6485 (QalImpv) the children H1121 of Levi H3878 after the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 by their families: H4940 every male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward H4605 shalt thou number H6485 (QalImpf) them. [16] And Moses H4872 numbered H6485 (QalImpf) them according to the word H6310§ of the Lord, H3068 as he was commanded. H6680 (PualPerf) [17] And these were the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 by their names; H8034 Gershon, H1648 and Kohath, H6955 and Merari. H4847 [18] And these are the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648 by their families; H4940 Libni, H3845 and Shimei. H8096 [19] And the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 by their families; H4940 Amram, H6019 and Izehar, H3324 Hebron, H2275 and Uzziel. H5816 [20] And the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 by their families; H4940 Mahli, H4249 and Mushi. H4187 These are H1992 the families H4940 of the Levites H3881 according to the house H1004 of their fathers. H1 [21] Of Gershon H1648 was the family H4940 of the Libnites, H3846 and the family H4940 of the Shimites: H8097 these are the families H4940 of the Gershonites. H1649 [22] Those that were numbered H6485 (QalPasPtc) of them, according to the number H4557 of all the males, H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 even those that were numbered H6485 (QalPasPtc) of them were seven H7651 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred. H3967 [23] The families H4940 of the Gershonites H1649 shall pitch H2583 (QalImpf) behind H310 the tabernacle H4908 westward. H3220 [24] And the chief H5387 of the house H1004 of the father H1 of the Gershonites H1649 shall be Eliasaph H460 the son H1121 of Lael. H3815 [25] And the charge H4931 of the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 shall be the tabernacle, H4908 and the tent, H168 the covering H4372 thereof, and the hanging H4539 for the door H6607 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, H4150 [26] and the hangings H7050 of the court, H2691 and the curtain H4539 for the door H6607 of the court, H2691 which is by the tabernacle, H4908 and by the altar H4196 round about, H5439 and the cords H4340 of it for all the service H5656 thereof. [27] And of Kohath H6955 was the family H4940 of the Amramites, H6020 and the family H4940 of the Izeharites, H3325 and the family H4940 of the Hebronites, H2276 and the family H4940 of the Uzzielites: H5817 these are the families H4940 of the Kohathites. H6956 [28] In the number H4557 of all the males, H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 were eight H8083 thousand H505 and six H8337 hundred, H3967 keeping H8104 (QalActPtc) the charge H4931 of the sanctuary. H6944 [29] The families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 shall pitch H2583 (QalImpf) on the side H3409 of the tabernacle H4908 southward. H8486 [30] And the chief H5387 of the house H1004 of the father H1 of the families H4940 of the Kohathites H6956 shall be Elizaphan H469 the son H1121 of Uzziel. H5816 [31] And their charge H4931 shall be the ark, H727 and the table, H7979 and the candlestick, H4501 and the altars, H4196 and the vessels H3627 of the sanctuary H6944 wherewith they minister, H8334 (PielImpf) and the hanging, H4539 and all the service H5656 thereof. [32] And Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 shall be chief H5387 over the chief H5387 of the Levites, H3881 and have the oversight H6486 of them that keep H8104 (QalActPtc) the charge H4931 of the sanctuary. H6944 [33] Of Merari H4847 was the family H4940 of the Mahlites, H4250 and the family H4940 of the Mushites: H4188 these are the families H4940 of Merari. H4847 [34] And those that were numbered H6485 (QalPasPtc) of them, according to the number H4557 of all the males, H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 were six H8337 thousand H505 and two hundred. H3967 [35] And the chief H5387 of the house H1004 of the father H1 of the families H4940 of Merari H4847 was Zuriel H6700 the son H1121 of Abihail: H32 these shall pitch H2583 (QalImpf) on the side H3409 of the tabernacle H4908 northward. H6828 [36] And under the custody H6486 and charge H4931§ of the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 shall be the boards H7175 of the tabernacle, H4908 and the bars H1280 thereof, and the pillars H5982 thereof, and the sockets H134 thereof, and all the vessels H3627 thereof, and all that serveth H5656 thereto, [37] and the pillars H5982 of the court H2691 round about, H5439 and their sockets, H134 and their pins, H3489 and their cords. H4340 [38] But those that encamp H2583 (QalActPtc) before H6440 the tabernacle H4908 toward the east, H6924 even before H6440 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 eastward, H4217 shall be Moses, H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons, H1121 keeping H8104 (QalActPtc) the charge H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the charge H4931 of the children H1121 of Israel; H3478 and the stranger H2114 (QalPtc) that cometh nigh H7131 shall be put to death. H4191 (HophImpf) [39] All that were numbered H6485 (QalPasPtc) of the Levites, H3881 which Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 numbered H6485 (QalPerf) at the commandment H6310 of the Lord, H3068 throughout their families, H4940 all the males H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 were twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand. H505 [40] And the Lord H3068 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Moses, H4872 Number H6485 (QalImpv) all the firstborn H1060 of the males H2145 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 and take H5375 (QalImpv) the number H4557 of their names. H8034 [41] And thou shalt take H3947 (QalPerf) the Levites H3881 for me (I am the Lord) H3068 instead of all the firstborn H1060 among the children H1121 of Israel; H3478 and the cattle H929 of the Levites H3881 instead of all the firstlings H1060 among the cattle H929 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [42] And Moses H4872 numbered, H6485 (QalImpf) as the Lord H3068 commanded H6680 (PielPerf) him, all the firstborn H1060 among the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [43] And all the firstborn H1060 males H2145 by the number H4557 of names, H8034 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward, H4605 of those that were numbered H6485 (QalPasPtc) of them, were twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand H505 two hundred H3967 and threescore and thirteen. H7657 [44] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto Moses, H4872 saying, H559 (QalInf) [45] Take H3947 (QalImpv) the Levites H3881 instead of all the firstborn H1060 among the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and the cattle H929 of the Levites H3881 instead of their cattle; H929 and the Levites H3881 shall be mine: I am the Lord. H3068 [46] And for those that are to be redeemed H6302 of the two hundred H3967 and threescore and thirteen H7657 of the firstborn H1060 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 which are more H5736 (QalActPtc) than H5921 the Levites; H3881 [47] thou shalt even take H3947 (QalPerf) five H2568 shekels H8255 apiece by the poll, H1538 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 shalt thou take H3947 (QalImpf) them: (the shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 gerahs:) H1626 [48] and thou shalt give H5414 (QalPerf) the money, H3701 wherewith the odd number H5736 (QalActPtc) of them is to be redeemed, H6302 unto Aaron H175 and to his sons. H1121 [49] And Moses H4872 took H3947 (QalImpf) the redemption H6306 money H3701 of them that were over H5736 (QalActPtc) and above them that were redeemed H6302 by the Levites: H3881 [50] of the firstborn H1060 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 took H3947 (QalPerf) he the money; H3701 a thousand H505 three H7969 hundred H3967 and threescore H8346 and five H2568 shekels, after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944 [51] and Moses H4872 gave H5414 (QalImpf) the money H3701 of them that were redeemed H6302 (Qere) unto Aaron H175 and to his sons, H1121 according to the word H6310 of the Lord, H3068 as the Lord H3068 commanded H6680 (PielPerf) Moses. H4872

Footnotes

  1. § 3:3 Heb. whose hand he filled
  2. § 3:16 Heb. mouth
  3. § 3:36 Heb. the office of the charge
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