Numbers 3

1 And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.

And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day of YHWH’s speaking with Moses in Mount Sinai.

2 And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;

3 These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.

these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he has consecrated for acting as priest.

4 And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.

And Nadab dies—Abihu also—before YHWH, in their bringing strange fire near before YHWH, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they did not have sons; and Eleazar—Ithamar also—acts as priest in the presence of their father Aaron.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

6 Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and you have caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

7 and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.

and kept his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the Dwelling Place;

8 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.

and they have kept all the vessels of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the Dwelling Place;

9 And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.

and you have given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

And you appoint Aaron and his sons, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who comes near is put to death.”

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

12 Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.

“And I, behold, have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;

13 For every first-born [is] mine; in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I [am] the Lord.

for every firstborn [is] Mine, in the day of My striking every firstborn in the land of Egypt I have sanctified to Myself every firstborn in Israel, from man to beast; they are Mine; I [am] YHWH.”

14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,

And YHWH speaks to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15 Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.

“Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward—you number them.”

16 And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.

And Moses numbers them according to the command of YHWH, as he has been commanded.

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

19 and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:

And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.

And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.

21 To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.

Of Gershon—the family of the Libnite and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

22 The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering [was] seven thousand and five hundred.

Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred.

23 And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.

The families of the Gershonite encamp westward behind the Dwelling Place.

24 And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael.

And the prince of a father’s house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael.

25 And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting [is] the Dwelling Place, and the tent, its covering, and the veil at the opening of the Tent of Meeting,

26 and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the opening of the court, which [is] by the Dwelling Place and by the altar all around, and its cords, to all its service.

27 To Caath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number.

And of Kohath—the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite.

28 Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, [are] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the holy place.

29 The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

The families of the sons of Kohath encamp southward by the side of the Dwelling Place.

30 And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel.

And the prince of a father’s house for the families of the Kohathite [is] Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

31 And their charge [was] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

And their charge [is] the Ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the holy place with which they serve, and the veil, and all its service.

32 And the chief over the chief of the Levites, [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

And Eleazar son of Aaron the priest [is] the prince of the princes of the Levites, [with] the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the holy place.

33 To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.

Of Merari—the family of the Mahlite and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.

34 The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.

And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, [are] six thousand and two hundred.

35 And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

And the prince of a father’s house for the families of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; they encamp northward by the side of the Dwelling Place.

36 The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,

And the oversight [and] charge of the sons of Merari [are] the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service,

37 and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.

and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

38 They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east [shall be] Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

And those encamping before the Dwelling Place eastward, before the Tent of Meeting, at the east, [are] Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who comes near is put to death.

39 All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, [were] two and twenty thousand.

All those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered—Aaron also—by the command of YHWH, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward, [are] twenty-two thousand.

40 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

And YHWH says to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me—I [am] the Lord—instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

and you have taken the Levites for Me (I [am] YHWH), instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel.”

42 And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.

And Moses numbers, as YHWH has commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

43 And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.

And every firstborn male, by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I [am] the Lord.

“Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites have been Mine; I [am] YHWH.

46 And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel;

And [from] those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are more than the Levites,

47 thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.

you have even taken five shekels apiece by the counted head—you take by the shekel of the holy place; the shekel [is] twenty gerahs;

48 And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.

and you have given the money to Aaron and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.”

49 And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.

And Moses takes the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;

50 He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.

he has taken the money from the firstborn of the sons of Israel—one thousand and three hundred and sixty-five, by the shekel of the holy place;

51 And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

and Moses gives the money of those ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the command of YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.