3NOW THESE are the generations of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.H8435H175H4872H3117H3068H1696H4872H2022H55142These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.H8034H1121H175H5070H1060H30H499H3853These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom Aaron consecrated {and} ordained to minister in the priest's office.H8034H1121H175H3548H4886H4390H3027H35474But 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 ministered in the priest's office in the presence {and} under the supervision of Aaron their father.H5070H30H4191H6440H3068H7126H2114H784H6440H3068H4057H5514H1121H499H385H3547H6440H175H15And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5596Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.H7126H4294H3878H7126H5975H6440H175H3548H83347And they shall carry out his instructions and the duties connected with the whole assembly before the Tent of Meeting, doing the service of the tabernacle.H8104H4931H4931H5712H6440H168H4150H5647H5656H49088And they shall keep all the instruments {and} furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and take charge of [attending] the Israelites, to serve in the tabernacle.H8104H3627H168H4150H4931H1121H3478H5647H5656H49089And you shall give the Levites [as servants and helpers] to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the Israelites.H5414H3881H175H1121H5414H1121H347810And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe {and} attend to their priest's office; but the excluded [anyone daring to assume priestly duties or privileges who is not of the house of Aaron and called of God] who comes near [the holy things] shall be put to death.H6485H175H1121H8104H3550H2114H7131H419111And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55912Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites; and the Levites shall be Mine,H3947H3881H8432H1121H3478H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H388113For all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast; Mine they shall be. I am the Lord.H1060H3117H5221H1060H776H4714H6942H1060H3478H120H929H306814And the Lord said to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H55915Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses and by families. Every male from a month old and upward you shall number.H6485H1121H3878H1004H1H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H648516So Moses numbered them as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.H4872H6485H6310H3068H668017These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1121H3878H8034H1648H6955H484718And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.H8034H1121H1648H4940H3845H809619The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.H1121H6955H4940H6019H3324H2275H581620The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.H1121H4847H4940H4249H4187H1992H4940H3881H1004H121Of Gershon were the families of the Libnites and of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.H1648H4940H3846H4940H8097H4940H164922The males who were numbered of them from a month old and upward totaled 7,500.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H6485H7651H505H2568H396723The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,H4940H1649H2583H310H4908H322024The leader of the fathers' houses of the Gershonites being Eliasaph son of Lael.H5387H1004H1H1649H460H1121H381525And the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of Meeting,H4931H1121H1648H168H4150H4908H168H4372H4539H6607H168H415026And the hangings of the court, the curtain for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, its cords, and all the service pertaining to them.H7050H2691H4539H6607H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H565627Of Kohath were the families of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.H6955H4940H6020H4940H3325H4940H2276H4940H5817H4940H695628The number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 8,600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8083H505H8337H3967H8104H4931H694429The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle,H4940H1121H6955H2583H3409H4908H848630The chief of the fathers' houses of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan son of Uzziel.H5387H1004H1H4940H6956H469H1121H581631Their charge was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen, and all the service having to do with these.H4931H727H7979H4501H4196H3627H6944H8334H4539H565632Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.H499H1121H175H3548H5387H5387H3881H6486H8104H4931H694433Of Merari were the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.H4847H4940H4250H4940H4188H4940H484734Their number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 6,200.H6485H4557H2145H2320H1121H4605H8337H505H396735And the head of the fathers' houses of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail; the Merarites were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.H5387H1004H1H4940H4847H6700H1121H32H2583H3409H4908H682836And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari was the boards {or} frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, pillars, sockets {or} bases, and all the accessories {or} instruments of it, and all the work connected with them,H6486H4931H1121H4847H7175H4908H1280H5982H134H3627H565637And the pillars of the surrounding court and their sockets {or} bases, with their pegs and their cords.H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H434038But those to encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, before the Tent of Meeting, toward the sunrise, were to be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the full charge of the rites of the sanctuary in whatever was required for the Israelites; and the excluded [one not a descendant of Aaron and called of God] who came near [the sanctuary] was to be put to death.H2583H6440H4908H6924H6440H168H4150H4217H4872H175H1121H8104H4931H4720H4931H1121H3478H2114H7131H419139All the Levites whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were 22,000.H6485H3881H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H4940H2145H2320H1121H4605H6242H8147H50540And the Lord said to Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.H3068H559H4872H6485H1060H2145H1121H3478H2320H1121H4605H5375H4557H803441You shall take the Levites for Me instead of all the firstborn among the Israelites. I am the Lord; and you shall take the cattle of the Levites for Me instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the Israelites.H3947H3881H3068H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H1060H929H1121H347842So Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn Israelites.H4872H6485H3068H6680H1060H1121H347843But all the firstborn males from a month old and upward as numbered were 22,273 [273 more than the Levites].H1060H2145H4557H8034H2320H1121H4605H6485H6242H8147H505H3967H7657H796944And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55945Take the Levites [for Me] instead of all the firstborn Israelites, and the Levites' cattle instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine. I am the Lord.H3947H3881H1060H1121H3478H929H3881H929H3881H306846And for those 273 who are to be redeemed of the firstborn of the Israelites who outnumber the Levites,H6302H3967H7657H7969H1060H1121H3478H5736H5921H388147You shall take five shekels apiece, reckoning by the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs; you shall collect them,H3947H2568H8255H1538H8255H6944H3947H8255H6242H162648And you shall give the ransom silver from the excess number [over the Levites] to be redeemed to Aaron and his sons.H5414H3701H5736H6302H175H112149So Moses took the redemption money from those who were left over from the number who were redeemed by the Levites.H4872H3947H6306H3701H5736H6302H388150From the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, 1,365 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.H1060H1121H3478H3947H3701H505H7969H3967H8346H2568H8255H694451And Moses gave the money from those who were ransomed to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord commanded Moses.H4872H5414H3701H6302H6306H175H1121H6310H3068H3068H6680H4872
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