Numbers 3

1 And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.

These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.

2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.

These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood.

4 And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father.

Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.

5 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;

Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

7 and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

8 And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.

9 And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.

And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

10 And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to minister, shall be put to death.

11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;

I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

13 for every firstborn is mine. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast; mine shall they be: I am Jehovah.

For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the Lord.

14 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:

15 Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward.

16 And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as he had been commanded.

Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.

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

And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath and Merari.

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.

The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.

19 And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel:

20 And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.

21 Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites:

22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred.

23 The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.

These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,

24 And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.

And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant:

26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance to the court, which surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof for all its service.

The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof, the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the curtains of the court: the hanging also that is hanged in the entry of the court of the tabernacle, and whatsoever belongeth to the rite of the altar, the cords of the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof.

27 And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names:

28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.

All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,

29 The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And shall camp on the south side.

30 And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:

31 And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its service.

And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

32 And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary.

And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary.

33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by their names:

34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

All of the male kind from one month and upward, six thousand two hundred.

35 And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.

Their prince Suriel the son of Abihaiel: they shall camp on the north side.

36 And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its service,

Under their custody shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the pillars and their sockets, and all things that pertain to this kind of service:

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

And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets, and the pins with their cords.

38 And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side, shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death.

39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

All the Levites, that Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

40 And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them.

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:

42 And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:

43 And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, according to their numbering, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:

45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

46 And for those that are to be ransomed, the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are in excess over the Levites,

But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites,

47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, — twenty gerahs the shekel;

Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

48 and thou shalt give the money unto Aaron and unto his sons for those in excess among them who are to be ransomed.

And then shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above.

49 And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites;

Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,

50 of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five [shekels], according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary,

51 And Moses gave the money of them that were ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And gave it to Aaron and his sons, according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.