Numbers 3
1 These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses/me when Yahweh spoke to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain.
And these [are] [the] descendants of Aaron and Moses on [the] day [when] he spoke Yahweh with Moses on [the] mountain of Sinai.
2 Aaron’s four sons were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Aaron the firstborn - Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar.
3 They were appointed [MTY] (OR, Moses/I appointed them) to be priests.
These [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Aaron the priests anointed whom he filled hand their to serve as priests.
4 But, while Yahweh was watching, Nadab and Abihu died in the Sinai Desert because they burned [incense] in a manner that was different from what Yahweh had commanded. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar were the [only] sons of Aaron who [were left to be] priests, along with their father Aaron.
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.
5 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
6 “Bring [the men of] the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron, in order that they may assist him.
Bring near [the] tribe of Levi and you will make stand it before Aaron the priest and they will serve him.
7 They will serve Aaron and all the other Israeli people, while they do their work inside the Sacred Tent and outside it.
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.
8 They must serve all the Israeli people by taking care of all the things that are inside the Sacred Tent.
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.
9 Appoint them to [help] Aaron and his two sons. I have chosen them from all the Israeli people to do that.
And you will give the Levites to Aaron and to sons his [are] assigned assigned they to him from with [the] people of Israel.
10 Appoint Aaron and his two sons to do the work that priests do. But anyone else who comes close to the Sacred Tent [to do that work] must be executed.”
And Aaron and sons his you will appoint and they will keep priesthood their and the stranger approaching he will be put to death.
11 Yahweh also told Moses/me,
And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
12 “Note that from all the Israelis, I have chosen the men of the tribe of Levi to take the places of all the firstborn sons of the Israeli people. The male descendants of Levi belong to me,
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.
13 because truly all the firstborn [males] belong to me. That is because on the day that I killed all the firstborn [sons] of the people of Egypt, I [spared] all the firstborn [sons] of the Israelis and set them apart for myself. I also set apart the firstborn [males] of your domestic animals. They belong to me, Yahweh.”
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.
14 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again in the Sinai Desert. He said,
And he spoke Yahweh to Moses in [the] wilderness of Sinai saying.
15 “Count the male members of the tribe of Levi. Write down their names and the names of their clans and family groups. Count all the males who are at least one month old.”
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.
16 So Moses/I counted them, just as Yahweh commanded.
And he enrolled them Moses on [the] mouth of Yahweh just as he had been commanded.
17 Levi had [three] sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And they were these [the] sons of Levi by names their Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
18 Gershon had [two] sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons.
And these [were] [the] names of [the] sons of Gershon to clans their Libni and Shimei.
19 Kohath had [four] sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [four] sons.
And [the] sons of Kohath to clans their Amram and Izhar Hebron and Uzziel.
20 Merari had [two] sons: Mahli and Mushi. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons. Those are the clans that were descended from Levi.
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.
21 The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from [his sons] Libni and Shimei.
[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].
22 In those two clans there were 7,500 males who were at least one month old.
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.
23 They were told to set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent.
[the] clans of The Gershonite[s] behind the tabernacle they will encamp west-ward.
24 The leader of those two clans was Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
And [the] leader of [the] house of a father of the Gershonite[s] [was] Eliasaph [the] son of Lael.
25 Their work was to take care of the Sacred Tent, including the coverings of the tent, the curtain at the entrance of the tent,
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.
26 the (curtains/large pieces of cloth) that formed the walls around the courtyard that is around the tent and around the altar, the curtains that were at the entrance of the courtyard, and the ropes [for fastening the tent]. They also did all the work of taking care of the things outside the Sacred Tent.
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.
27 The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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].
28 In those four clans there were 8,600 males who were at least one month old. The work of the men of the clans was to take care of [the things that are inside] the Sacred Tent.
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.
29 They set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent.
[the] clans of [the] descendants of Kohath they will encamp at [the] side of the tabernacle south-ward.
30 The leader of those four clans was Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
And [the] leader of [the] house of a father of [the] clans of the Kohathite[s] [was] Elizaphan [the] son of Uzziel.
31 The work of the men of those clans was to take care of the sacred chest, the table [on which the priest put the sacred bread], the lampstand, the altars, all the items that the priest used in the Sacred Tent, and the curtain that is inside the tent. Their work was also to take care of the things inside the tent.
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.
32 Aaron’s son Eleazar was the leader of all the male descendants of Levi. He supervised all the work that was done at the Sacred Tent.
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.
33 The clans that were descended from Merari were those descended from [his sons] Mahli and Mushi.
[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].
34 In those two clans there were 6,200 males who were at least one month old.
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.
35 They were told to set up their tents on the north side of the Sacred Tent. The leader of those two clans was Zuriel, the son of Abihail.
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.
36 The work of the men of those two clans was to take care of the frames that held up the tent, the crossbars, the pillars, and the bases. They also did all the work that was connected with those items.
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.
37 Their work was also to take care of the posts [that held up the curtains that formed the walls of] the courtyard, and all the bases, tent pegs, and ropes [that fastened those curtains].
And [the] pillars of the courtyard all around and bases their and tent pegs their and ropes their.
38 Aaron and Moses/I and Aaron’s sons were told to set up their/our tents in the area in front of the Sacred Tent, on the east side. Their/Our work was to supervise the work that would be done in and around the Sacred Tent, for the benefit of the Israeli people. Only the priests were permitted to do that. [Yahweh declared that] we should execute anyone else who went near the tent [to do the work that the priests do].
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.
39 When Aaron and Moses/I counted all the males who were at least one month old, who belonged to the clans descended from Levi, the total was 22,000.
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.
40 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Now count all the [other] firstborn males in Israel who are at least one month old, and write down their names.
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.
41 Also, set apart for me the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn males of the other Israelis. And set apart for me the livestock of the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the other Israeli people.”
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.
42 So Moses/I did that. He/I counted the firstborn males of all the Israeli people, as Yahweh had commanded.
And he enrolled Moses just as he had commanded Yahweh him every firstborn among [the] people of Israel.
43 The total of those who were at least one month old was 22,273.
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.
44 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
45 “Set apart the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for [the firstborn males of] the other Israeli people. The descendants of Levi belong to me, Yahweh.
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.
46 There are 273 more firstborn males of the other Israeli people than of the descendants of Levi.
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.
47 To pay for these 273 males, collect five pieces of silver for each of them. Each of those pieces of silver must weigh the same as each of the silver coins that are stored in the Sacred Tent. Give this silver to Aaron and his sons.”
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.
And you will give the money to Aaron and to sons his [the] ransom of those [who] are in excess among them.
49 So Moses/I did that. He/I collected the silver from those 273 males.
And he took Moses [the] money of the ransom from with those [who] were in excess to [the] ransom of the Levites.
50 The total was 1,365 pieces of silver. Each silver coin weighed the same as each of the silver coins stored in the Sacred Tent.
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.
51 Moses/I gave these silver coins to Aaron and his sons, as Yahweh had commanded.
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.
