Numbers 3:28 - Prayer Tents

Levites to Be Priesthood

3Now these are [the records of] the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H5514

2These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.H8034H1121H175H5070H1060H30H499H385

3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H3547

4But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H1

5Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,H3068H1696H4872H559

6"Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H8334

7"And they shall perform the duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H4908

8"They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H4908

9"You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H3478

10"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to death."H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H4191

11Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,H3068H1696H4872H559

12"Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every first-born, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H3881

13"For all the first-born are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the first-born in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD."H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H3068

14Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H559

15"Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number."H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485

16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, just as he had been commanded.H4872H6485H6310H3068H6680

17These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and 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 and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H5816

20and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H1

21Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these [were] the families of the Gershonites.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H1649

22Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, [even] their numbered men [were] 75000.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H3967

23The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H3220

24and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites [was] Eliasaph the son of Lael.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H3815

Duties of the Priests

25Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting [involved] the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H4150

26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H5656

27And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H6956

28In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, [there were] 86000, performing the duties of the sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H6944

29The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle,H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H8486

30and the leader of the fathers' households of the Kohathite families was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H5816

31Now their duties [involved] the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service concerning them;H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H5656

32and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [was] the chief of the leaders of Levi, [and had] the oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H6944

33Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these [were] the families of Merari.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H4847

34Their numbered men in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, [were] 62000.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H3967

35And the leader of the fathers' households of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail. They [were] to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H6828

36Now the appointed duties of the sons of Merari [involved] the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its equipment, and the service concerning them,H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H5656

37and the pillars around the court with their sockets and their pegs and their cords.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H4340

38Now those who were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the layman coming near was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H4191

39All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the LORD by their families, every male from a month old and upward, [were] 220000.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H505

Firstborn Redeemed

40Then the LORD said to Moses, "Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H8034

41"And you shall take the Levites for Me, I am the LORD, instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the sons of Israel."H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H3478

42So Moses numbered all the first-born among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him;H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H3478

43and all the first-born males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 222733.H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H7969

44Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,H3068H1696H4872H559

45"Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the LORD.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H3068

46"And for the ransom of the 273 of the first-born of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites,H6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H3881

47you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take [them] in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H1626

48and give the money, the ransom of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons. "H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H1121

49So Moses took the ransom money from those who were in excess, beyond those ransomed by the Levites;H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H3881

50from the first-born of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 13655.H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H6944

51Then Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and to his sons, at the command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872