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.

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 the firstborn - Nadab 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 priests anointed whom he filled hand their to serve as priests.

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 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.

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 he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

6 Bring near [the] tribe of Levi and you will make stand it before Aaron the priest and they will serve 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 will keep duty his and [the] duty of all the congregation before [the] tent of meeting by serving [the] service of the tabernacle.

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

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

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.

And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

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.

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 he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.

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

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

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

The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.

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

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

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.

The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.

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].

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

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.

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

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

These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,

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

Under their prince 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.

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

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.

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 [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].

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 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.

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

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

And shall camp on the south side.

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

And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:

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.

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] 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.

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 [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].

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

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.

All of the male kind from one month and upward, 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.

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

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.

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 courtyard all around and bases their and tent pegs their and ropes their.

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

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

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

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.

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

44 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:

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 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 [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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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