Numbers 3
1 This is the account concerning Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.
And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.
2 The names of the sons of Aaron were: Nadab (firstborn), Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.
3 These were the names of Aaron's sons who were anointed and ordained to serve as priests.
These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.
4 Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord's presence when they offered forbidden fire before the Lord in the Sinai desert. Since they didn't have any sons, Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests while their father Aaron was alive.
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.
5 The Lord told Moses,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Gather the tribe of Levi together and present them to Aaron the priest to help him with the ministry.
Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,
7 They are to carry out duties on his behalf and for all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting, looking after the service of the Tabernacle.
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.
8 They are responsible for caring for all the furniture of the Tent of Meeting, serving the Israelites through what they do in the Tabernacle.
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.
9 The Levites are to work exclusively for Aaron and his sons of because this is their assignment among the Israelites.
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.
10 You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to have the responsibility of the priesthood. Anyone else who tries to act as a priest must be executed.”
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.
11 The Lord told Moses,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 “I've taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every one of their firstborn. The Levites belong to me
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.
13 because all the firstborn are mine. When I killed every firstborn in Egypt I set apart as holy to me all the firstborn of Israel, human and animal. They are mine. I am the Lord.”
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.
14 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert. He told him,
And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,
15 “Register the Levites by their father's line and family. Count every male aged one month or older.”
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.
16 So Moses registered them following the Lord's instructions, just as he had been told.
And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.
17 These were the names of Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
18 These were the names of the Gershon's sons by family: Libni and Shimei.
And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:
19 Kohath's sons by family were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:
20 Merari's sons by family were Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites, according to their father's line.
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.
21 The family of Libni and the family of Shimei came from Gershon. These were the families of Gershon.
To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.
22 The total of all males aged one month or older was 7,500.
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.
23 The camp of families of Gerson was to the west, behind the Tabernacle.
And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.
24 The leader of the Gershon families was Eliasaph, son of Lael.
And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael.
25 Their assigned responsibility for the Tent of Meeting was to take care of the Tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
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,
26 the courtyard curtains, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the Tabernacle and altar, the ropes, and everything connected with their use.
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.
27 The families of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel came from Kohath. These were the families of Kohath.
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.
28 The total of all males aged one month or older was 8,600. Their assigned responsibility was to take care of the sanctuary.
Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.
29 The camp of families of Kohath was on the south side of the Tabernacle.
The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.
30 The leader of the Kohath families was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel.
31 Their assigned responsibility was to care for the Ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, the veil, and everything connected with these items.
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.
32 The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest. He was in charge of those responsible for serving in the sanctuary.
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.
33 The family of Mahli and the family of Mushi came from Merari. These were the families of Merari.
To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.
34 The total of all males aged one month or older was 6,200.
The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.
35 The leader of the Merari families was Zuriel, son of Abihail. Their camp was on the north side of the Tabernacle.
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.
36 Their assigned responsibility was to take care of the Tabernacle's frames, crossbars, posts, stands, all its equipment, and everything connected with their use,
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,
37 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their stands, tent pegs, and ropes.
and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.
38 The camp of Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons was to the east of the Tabernacle, in the direction of the sunrise, in front of the Tent of Meeting. They were responsible for the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who tried to act as a priest was to be executed.
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.
39 The sum total of Levites registered by Moses and Aaron as the Lord ordered was 22,000. This included all males aged one month or older.
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.
40 The Lord told Moses, “Conduct a census of all the firstborn Israelite males aged one month or older, and register their names.
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.
41 Assign the Levites to me. I am the Lord. They are in place of all of the Israelites' firstborn children. The livestock of the Levites are in place of all the Israelites' firstborn livestock.”
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.
42 Moses conducted a census of all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord had instructed him.
And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.
43 The sum total of the firstborn males a month old or more, registered by name, was 22,273.
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.
44 The Lord spoke to Moses and told him,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
45 “You are to take the Levites in place of all the firstborn children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock, because the Levites belong to me. I am the Lord.
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.
46 In order to buy back the 273 firstborn Israelites who are more than the number of Levites,
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;
47 collect five shekels for each of them, (using the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs).
thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.
48 He handed the money over to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra Israelites.”
And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.
49 Moses collected the redemption money for those extra Israelites that were more than the number redeemed by the Levites.
And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.
50 He collected the money given on behalf of the Israelites' firstborn children. It came to 1,365 shekels, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).
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.
51 Moses gave this redemption money to Aaron and his sons as the Lord had told him to, following the Lord's instructions.
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.
