Numbers 3

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

Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.

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

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3 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.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

4 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.

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. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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

"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

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

They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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

They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

10 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.

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death."

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

12 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.

"Look, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

13 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.

for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am the LORD."

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

The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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

"Count the descendants of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."

16 Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.

Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

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

These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.

These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

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

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

20 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.

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

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

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

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

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

23 These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,

The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the tabernacle westward.

24 Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.

The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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

The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26 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.

and the curtaining of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

27 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:

Of Kohath was 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.

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

According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

29 And shall camp on the south side.

The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the south side of the tabernacle.

30 And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:

The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

31 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.

Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.

32 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.

Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief of the leaders of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.

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

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.

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

Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

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

The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

36 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:

The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

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

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

38 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.

Those who camp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

39 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.

All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

40 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.

The LORD said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

41 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:

You shall take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."

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

Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

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

All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.

44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

45 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.

"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.

46 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,

For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,

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

you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

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

and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."

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

Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

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

from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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

and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.