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Aaron’s Sons and the Levites

3These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H5514
2These are the names of Aaron's sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.H8034H1121H175H5070H1060H30H499H385
3These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H3547
4But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD's presence when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H1
5The LORD spoke to Moses:H3068H1696H4872H559
6"Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H8334
7They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H4908
8They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H4908
9Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H3478
10You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near [the sanctuary] must be put to death."H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H4191
11The LORD spoke to Moses:H3068H1696H4872H559
12"See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H3881
13because every firstborn belongs to Me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to Myself, both man and animal; they are Mine; I am the LORD."H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H3068

The Levitical Census

14The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H559
15"Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more."H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485
16So Moses registered them in obedience to the LORD as he had been commanded:H4872H6485H6310H3068H6680
17These were Levi's sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H8034H1648H6955H4847
18These were the names of Gershon's sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.H8034H1121H1648H4940H3845H8096
19Kohath's sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H5816
20Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H1
21The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H1649
22Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H3967
23The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side,H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H3220
24and the leader of the Gershonite family was Eliasaph son of Lael.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H3815
25The Gershonites' duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H4150
26the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the tent ropes— all the work relating to these.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H5656
27The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H6956
28Counting every male one month old or more, there were 8,600 responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H6944
29The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H8486
30and the leader of the family of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H5816
31Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen— and all the work relating to them.H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H5656
32The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H6944
33The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H4847
34Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H3967
35The leader of the family of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H6828
36The assigned duties of Merari's descendants involved the tabernacle's supports, crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H5656
37in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H4340
38Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near [it] was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H4191
39The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the LORD's command was 22,000.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H505

Redemption of the Firstborn

40The LORD told Moses: "Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H8034
41You are to take the Levites for Me— I am the Lord— in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites' cattle."H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H3478
42So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H3478
43The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H7969
44The LORD spoke to Moses again:H3068H1696H4872H559
45"Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H3068
46As the redemption price for the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,H6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H3881
47collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel— 20 gerahs to the shekel.H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H1626
48Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess among the Israelites."H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H1121
49So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the ones redeemed by the Levites.H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H3881
50He collected the money from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 [shekels measured] by the standard sanctuary shekel.H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H6944
51He gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the LORD, just as the LORD commanded Moses.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872


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