Numbers 3:28 - Prayer Tents

The Levites

3This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD talked with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H55142The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.H8034H1121H175H5070H1060H30H499H3853Those were the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H35474Nadab and Abihu, however, fell dead before the LORD when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons; so only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H15The LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5596"Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H83347They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle.H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H49088They are to take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H49089Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H347810Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be put to death."H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H419111The LORD also said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55912"I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H388113for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether man or animal. They are to be mine. I am the LORD."H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H306814The LORD said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H55915"Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more."H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H648516So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.H4872H6485H6310H3068H668017These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.H1121H3878H8034H1648H6955H484718These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.H8034H1121H1648H4940H3845H809619The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H581620The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H121To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H164922The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H396723The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle.H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H322024The leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H381525At the Tent of Meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H415026the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, and the ropes—and everything related to their use.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H565627To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites; these were the Kohathite clans.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H695628The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H694429The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H848630The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H581631They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H565632The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H694433To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H484734The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 6,200.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H396735The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H682836The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use,H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H565637as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs and ropes.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H434038Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the Tent of Meeting. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H419139The total number of Levites counted at the LORD'S command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H50540The LORD said to Moses, "Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H803441Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the LORD."H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H347842So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H347843The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H796944The LORD also said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55945"Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the LORD.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H306846To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,H6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H388147collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H162648Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons."H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H112149So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H388150From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H694451Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872