Numbers 3

1 And these [are] [the] descendants of Aaron and Moses on [the] day [when] he spoke Yahweh with Moses on [the] mountain of Sinai.

Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses on Mount Sinai.

2 And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Aaron the firstborn - Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar.

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

3 These [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Aaron the priests anointed whom he filled hand their to serve as priests.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.

4 And he died Nadab and Abihu before Yahweh when brought near they fire strange before Yahweh in [the] wilderness of Sinai and sons not they belonged to them and he served as priest Eleazar and Ithamar on [the] face of Aaron father their.

And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.

5 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord said to Moses,

6 Bring near [the] tribe of Levi and you will make stand it before Aaron the priest and they will serve him.

Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,

7 And they will keep duty his and [the] duty of all the congregation before [the] tent of meeting by serving [the] service of the tabernacle.

In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;

8 And they will keep all [the] articles of [the] tent of meeting and [the] duty of [the] people of Israel by serving [the] service of the tabernacle.

And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.

9 And you will give the Levites to Aaron and to sons his [are] assigned assigned they to him from with [the] people of Israel.

Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.

10 And Aaron and sons his you will appoint and they will keep priesthood their and the stranger approaching he will be put to death.

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

11 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord said to Moses,

12 And I here! I have taken the Levites from among [the] people of Israel in place of every firstborn [the] firstborn of a womb from [the] people of Israel and they will belong to me the Levites.

See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

13 For [belongs] to me every firstborn on [the] day struck I every firstborn in [the] land of Egypt I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel from humankind unto livestock to me they will belong I [am] Yahweh.

For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.

14 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses in [the] wilderness of Sinai saying.

And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,

15 Enroll [the] descendants of Levi to [the] house of ancestors their to clans their every male from a son of a month and up-wards you will enroll them.

Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.

16 And he enrolled them Moses on [the] mouth of Yahweh just as he had been commanded.

So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.

17 And they were these [the] sons of Levi by names their Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

18 And these [were] [the] names of [the] sons of Gershon to clans their Libni and Shimei.

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

19 And [the] sons of Kohath to clans their Amram and Izhar Hebron and Uzziel.

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

20 And [the] sons of Merari to clans their Mahli and Mushi these they [were] [the] clans of the Levites to [the] house of ancestors their.

And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.

21 [belonged] to Gershon [the] clan of the Libnite[s] and [the] clan of the Shimeite[s] these they [were] [the] clans of the Gershonite[s].

From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

22 Enrolled [men] their by [the] number of every male from a son of a month and up-wards enrolled [men] their [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

23 [the] clans of The Gershonite[s] behind the tabernacle they will encamp west-ward.

The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

24 And [the] leader of [the] house of a father of the Gershonite[s] [was] Eliasaph [the] son of Lael.

The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.

25 And [the] duty of [the] descendants of Gershon in [the] tent of meeting [was] the tabernacle and the tent covering its and [the] screen of [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting.

In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,

26 And [the] curtains of the courtyard and [the] screen of [the] entrance of the courtyard which [is] at the tabernacle and at the altar all around and ropes its for all service its.

And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.

27 And [belonged] to Kohath [the] clan of the Amramite[s] and [the] clan of the Izharite[s] and [the] clan of the Hebronite[s] and [the] clan of the Uzzielite[s] these they [were] [the] clans of the Kohathite[s].

From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

28 By [the] number of every male from a son of a month and up-wards eight thousand and six hundred [were] [the] keepers of [the] duty of the holy place.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

29 [the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath they will encamp at [the] side of the tabernacle south-ward.

The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House.

30 And [the] leader of [the] house of a father of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] [was] Elizaphan [the] son of Uzziel.

Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.

31 And duty their [was] the ark and the table and the lampstand and the altars and [the] equipment of the holy place which they will serve by them and the screen and all service its.

In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.

32 And [the] leader of [the] leaders of the Levite[s] [was] Eleazar [the] son of Aaron the priest [the] oversight of [the] keepers of [the] duty of the holy place.

Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.

33 [belonged] to Merari [the] clan of the Mahlite[s] and [the] clan of the Mushite[s] these they [were] [the] clans of [the] Merarite[s].

From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.

34 And enrolled [men] their by [the] number of every male from a son of a month and up-wards [were] six thousand and two hundred.

Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.

35 And [the] leader of [the] house of a father of [the] clans of [the] Merarite[s] [was] Zuriel [the] son of Abihail at [the] side of the tabernacle they will encamp north-ward.

The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.

36 And [the] office of [the] duty of [the] descendants of Merari [was] [the] frames of the tabernacle and bars its and pillars its and bases its and all articles its and all service its.

And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,

37 And [the] pillars of the courtyard all around and bases their and tent pegs their and ropes their.

And the pillars of the open space round it, with their bases and nails and cords.

38 And those [who] encamp before the tabernacle east-ward before [the] tent of meeting - east-ward [were] Moses - and Aaron and sons his keeping [the] duty of the sanctuary to [the] duty of [the] people of Israel and the stranger approaching he will be put to death.

And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.

39 All [those] enrolled of the Levites whom he enrolled Moses and Aaron on [the] mouth of Yahweh to clans their every male from a son of a month and up-wards [were] two and twenty thousand.

All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.

40 And he said Yahweh to Moses enroll every firstborn male of [the] people of Israel from a son of a month and up-wards and take [the] number of names their.

And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.

41 And you will take the Levites for me I [am] Yahweh in place of every firstborn among [the] people of Israel and [the] livestock of the Levites in place of every firstborn among [the] livestock of [the] people of Israel.

And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 And he enrolled Moses just as he had commanded Yahweh him every firstborn among [the] people of Israel.

So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.

43 And it was every firstborn male by [the] number of names from a son of a month and up-wards to enrolled [men] their [were] two and twenty thousand three and seventy and two hundred.

Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.

44 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord said to Moses,

45 Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among [the] people of Israel and [the] livestock of the Levites in place of livestock their and they will belong to me the Levites I [am] Yahweh.

Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.

46 And [the] ransom of the three and the seventy and the two hundred who are in excess to the Levites of [the] firstborn of [the] people of Israel.

And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,

47 And you will take five five shekels for the head by [the] shekel of the holy place you will take [is] twenty gerah[s] the shekel.

Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

48 And you will give the money to Aaron and to sons his [the] ransom of those [who] are in excess among them.

And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.

49 And he took Moses [the] money of the ransom from with those [who] were in excess to [the] ransom of the Levites.

So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;

50 From with [the] firstborn of [the] people of Israel he took the money five and sixty and three hundred and one thousand by [the] shekel of the holy place.

From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

51 And he gave Moses [the] money of (the ransom *Q(k)*) to Aaron and to sons his on [the] mouth of Yahweh just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.

And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.