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The Sons of Aaron

3Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H5514 2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.H8034H1121H175H5070H1060H30H499H385 3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H3547 4Nadab and Abihu had died before the LORD when they offered profane fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H1

The Levites Serve in the Tabernacle

5And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 6"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H8334 7"And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle.H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H4908 8"Also they shall attend to all the furnishings of the tabernacle of meeting, and to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H4908 9"And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H3478 10"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H4191 11Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 12"Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H3881 13"because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I am the LORD."H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H3068

Census of the Levites Commanded

14Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying:H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H559 15"Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above."H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485 16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.H4872H6485H6310H3068H6680 17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H8034H1648H6955H4847 18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.H8034H1121H1648H4940H3845H8096 19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H5816 20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H1 21From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these were the families of the Gershonites.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H1649 22Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above—of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H3967 23The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward.H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H3220 24And the leader of the fathers' house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H3815 25The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H4150 26the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all the work relating to them.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H5656 27From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H6956 28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H6944 29The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H8486 30And the leader of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H5816 31Their duty included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the screen, and all the work relating to them.H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H5656 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H6944 33From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H4847 34And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H3967 35The leader of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H6828 36And the appointed duty of the children of Merari included the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all the work relating to them,H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H5656 37and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H4340 38Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but the outsider who came near was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H4191 39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H505

Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn

40Then the LORD said to Moses: "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H8034 41"And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—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."H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H3478 42So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded him.H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H3478 43And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H7969 44Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 45"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the LORD.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H3068 46"And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are more than the number of the Levites,H6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H3881 47"you shall take five shekels for each one individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs.H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H1626 48"And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons."H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H1121 49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites.H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H3881 50From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H6944 51And Moses gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872


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