~Numbers 3:1 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses inthe day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
~Numbers 3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadabthe first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
~Numbers 3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the prieststhat were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest'soffice.
~Numbers 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when theyoffered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, andthey had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in thepriest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.
~Numbers 3:5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaronthe priest, that they may minister unto him.
~Numbers 3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of thewhole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service ofthe tabernacle.
~Numbers 3:8 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent ofmeeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service ofthe tabernacle.
~Numbers 3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to hissons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children ofIsrael.
~Numbers 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and theyshall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall beput to death.
~Numbers 3:11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from amongthe children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth thewomb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
~Numbers 3:13 for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smoteall the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstbornin Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah.
~Numbers 3:14 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness ofSinai, saying,
~Numbers 3:15 Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses,by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thounumber them.
~Numbers 3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word ofJehovah, as he was commanded.
~Numbers 3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names:Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
~Numbers 3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon bytheir families: Libni and Shimei.
~Numbers 3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram,and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
~Numbers 3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli andMushi. These are the families of the Levites according to theirfathers' houses.
~Numbers 3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and thefamily of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
~Numbers 3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to thenumber of all the males, from a month old and upward, even thosethat were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
~Numbers 3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behindthe tabernacle westward.
~Numbers 3:24 And the prince of the fathers' house of theGershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
~Numbers 3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent ofmeeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof,and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
~Numbers 3:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for thedoor of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar roundabout, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
~Numbers 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, andthe family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and thefamily of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
~Numbers 3:28 According to the number of all the males, from amonth old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred,keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
~Numbers 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp onthe side of the tabernacle southward.
~Numbers 3:30 And the prince of the fathers' house of the families ofthe Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
~Numbers 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, andthe candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuarywherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.
~Numbers 3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall beprince of the princes of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of themthat keep the charge of the sanctuary.
~Numbers 3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and thefamily of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
~Numbers 3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according tothe number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were sixthousand and two hundred.
~Numbers 3:35 And the prince of the fathers' house of the families ofMerari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the sideof the tabernacle northward.
~Numbers 3:36 And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shallbe the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillarsthereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, andall the service thereof,
~Numbers 3:37 and the pillars of the court round about, and theirsockets, and their pins, and their cords.
~Numbers 3:38 And those that encamp before the tabernacleeastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall beMoses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuaryfor the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comethnigh shall be put to death.
~Numbers 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Mosesand Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by theirfamilies, all the males from a month old and upward, were twentyand two thousand.
~Numbers 3:40 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the firstbornmales of the children of Israel from a month old and upward,and take the number of their names.
~Numbers 3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah)instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and thecattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle ofthe children of Israel:
~Numbers 3:42 and Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him,all the first-born among the children of Israel.
~Numbers 3:43 And all the first-born males according to the numberof names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numberedof them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescoreand thirteen.
~Numbers 3:44 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born amongthe children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of theircattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
~Numbers 3:46 And for the redemption of the two hundred andthreescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, thatare over and above [the number of] the Levites,
~Numbers 3:47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; afterthe shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twentygerahs):
~Numbers 3:48 and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the oddnumber of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
~Numbers 3:49 And Moses took the redemption-money from themthat were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;
~Numbers 3:50 from the first-born of the children of Israel took hethe money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five[shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:
~Numbers 3:51 and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaronand to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovahcommanded Moses
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