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The Levites

3This is the family tree of Aaron and Moses at the time GOD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H5514 2The names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar—H8034H1121H175H5070H1060H30H499H385 3anointed priests ordained to serve as priests.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H3547 4But Nadab and Abihu fell dead in the presence of GOD when they offered unauthorized sacrifice to him in the Wilderness of Sinai. They left no sons, and so only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father, Aaron.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H1 5GOD spoke to Moses. He said,H3068H1696H4872H559 6"Bring forward the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron so they can help him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H8334 7They shall work for him and the whole congregation at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of The Dwelling.H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H4908 8Their job is to be responsible for all the furnishings of The Dwelling, ministering to the affairs of The Dwelling as the People of Israel come to perform their duties.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H4908 9Turn the Levites over to Aaron and his sons; they are the ones assigned to work full time for him.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H3478 10Appoint Aaron and his sons to minister as priests; anyone else who tries to elbow his way in will be put to death."H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H4191 11GOD spoke to Moses:H3068H1696H4872H559 12"I have taken the Levites from among the People of Israel as a stand-in for every Israelite mother's firstborn son. The Levites belong to me.H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H3881 13All the firstborn are mine—when I killed all the firstborn in Egypt, I consecrated for my own use every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They belong to me. I am GOD."H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H3068 14GOD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H559 15"Count the Levites by their ancestral families and clans. Count every male a month old and older."H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485 16Moses counted them just as he was instructed by the mouth of GOD.H4872H6485H6310H3068H6680 17These are the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H8034H1648H6955H4847 18These are the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.H8034H1121H1648H4940H3845H8096 19The sons of Kohath by clan: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H5816 20The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H1 21Gershon was ancestor to the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites, known as the Gershonite clans.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H1649 22All the males who were one month and older numbered 7,500.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H3967 23The Gershonite clans camped on the west, behind The Dwelling,H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H3220 24led by Eliasaph son of Lael.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H3815 25At the Tent of Meeting the Gershonites were in charge of maintaining The Dwelling and its tent, its coverings, the screen at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H4150 26the hangings of the Courtyard, the screen at the entrance to the Courtyard that surrounded The Dwelling and Altar, and the cords—in short, everything having to do with these things.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H5656 27Kohath was ancestor to the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites. These were known as the Kohathite clans.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H6956 28All the males who were one month and older numbered 8,600. The Kohathites were in charge of the Sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H6944 29The Kohathite clans camped on the south side of The Dwelling,H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H8486 30led by Elizaphan son of Uzziel.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H5816 31They were in charge of caring for the Chest, the Table, the Lampstand, the Altars, the articles of the Sanctuary used in worship, and the screen—everything having to do with these things.H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H5656 32Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised the leaders of the Levites and those in charge of the Sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H6944 33Merari was ancestor to the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites, known as the Merarite clans.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H4847 34The males who were one month and older numbered 6,200.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H3967 35They were led by Zuriel son of Abihail and camped on the north side of The Dwelling.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H6828 36The Merarites were in charge of the frames of The Dwelling, its crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—everything having to do with these things,H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H5656 37as well as the posts of the surrounding Courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and cords.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H4340 38Moses and Aaron and his sons camped to the east of The Dwelling, toward the rising sun, in front of the Tent of Meeting. They were in charge of maintaining the Sanctuary for the People of Israel and the rituals of worship. Anyone else who tried to perform these duties was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H4191 39The sum total of Levites counted at GOD's command by Moses and Aaron, clan by clan, all the males one month and older, numbered 22,000.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H505 40GOD spoke to Moses: "Count all the firstborn males of the People of Israel who are one month and older. List their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H8034 41Then set apart for me the Levites—remember, I am GOD—in place of all the firstborn among the People of Israel, also the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. I am GOD."H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H3478 42So, just as GOD commanded him, Moses counted all the firstborn of the People of Israel.H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H3478 43The total of firstborn males one month and older, listed by name, numbered 22,273.H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H7969 44Again GOD spoke to Moses. He said,H3068H1696H4872H559 45"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 mine, I am GOD.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H3068 46Redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of LevitesH6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H3881 47by collecting five shekels for each one, using the Sanctuary shekel (the shekel weighing twenty gerahs).H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H1626 48Give that money to Aaron and his sons for the redemption of the excess number of Israelites."H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H1121 49So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H3881 50From the 273 firstborn Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels according to the Sanctuary shekel.H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H6944 51Moses turned over the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of GOD.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872


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