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The Sons of Aaron

3This is the lineage of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H5514 2These 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 ordained to minister as priests.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H3547 4Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered illicit fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H1

The Duties of the Levites

5Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H8334 7They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, doing service at the tabernacle;H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H4908 8they shall be in charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and attend to the duties for the Israelites as they do service at the tabernacle.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H4908 9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H3478 10But you shall make a register of Aaron and his descendants; it is they who shall attend to the priesthood, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H4191 11Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 12I hereby accept the Levites from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine,H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H3881 13for all the firstborn are mine; when I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both human and animal; they shall be mine. I am the LORD.H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H3068

A Census of the Levites

14Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H559 15Enroll the Levites by ancestral houses and by clans. You shall enroll every male from a month old and upward.H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485 16So Moses enrolled them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.H4872H6485H6310H3068H6680 17The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H8034H1648H6955H4847 18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.H8034H1121H1648H4940H3845H8096 19The sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H5816 20The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H1 21To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H1649 22Their enrollment, counting all the males from a month old and upward, was seven thousand five hundred.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H3967 23The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H3220 24with Eliasaph son of Lael as head of the ancestral house of the Gershonites.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H3815 25The responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H4150 26the hangings of the court, the screen for the entrance of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service pertaining to these.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H5656 27To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; these are the clans of the Kohathites.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H6956 28Counting all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H6944 29The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H8486 30with Elizaphan son of Uzziel as head of the ancestral house of the clans of the Kohathites.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H5816 31Their responsibility was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen—all the service pertaining to these.H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H5656 32Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H6944 33To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H4847 34Their enrollment, counting all the males from a month old and upward, was six thousand two hundred.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H3967 35The head of the ancestral house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H6828 36The responsibility assigned to the sons of Merari was to be the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories—all the service pertaining to these;H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H5656 37also the pillars of the court all around, with their bases and pegs and cords.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H4340 38Those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east—in front of the tent of meeting toward the east—were Moses and Aaron and Aaron's sons, having charge of the rites within the sanctuary, whatever had to be done for the Israelites; and any outsider who came near was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H4191 39The total enrollment of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron enrolled at the commandment of the LORD, by their clans, all the males from a month old and upward, was twenty-two thousand.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H505

The Redemption of the Firstborn

40Then the LORD said to Moses: Enroll all the firstborn males of the Israelites, from a month old and upward, and count their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H8034 41But you shall accept the Levites for me—I am the LORD—as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the livestock of the Israelites.H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H3478 42So Moses enrolled all the firstborn among the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H3478 43The total enrollment, all the firstborn males from a month old and upward, counting the number of names, was twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H7969 44Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:H3068H1696H4872H559 45Accept the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H3068 46As the price of redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the Israelites, over and above the number of the Levites,H6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H3881 47you shall accept five shekels apiece, reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary, a shekel of twenty gerahs.H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H1626 48Give to Aaron and his sons the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed.H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H1121 49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H3881 50from the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H6944 51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872


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