Numbers Chapter 3

Numbers Chapter 3
1 These also were the generations of
Aaron and Moses, in the day that the
Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2 So these are the names of the sons of
Aaron, Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of
Aaron the anointed priests, whom Moses
did consecrate to minister in the priest’s
office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died
before the Lord, when they offered
strange fire before the Lord in the
wilderness of Sinai, and had no
children: but Eleazar and Ithamar served
in the priest’s office in the sight of
Aaron their father. 5 Then the Lord
spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them
before Aaron the priest that they may
serve him,
7 And take the charge with him, even the
charge of the whole congregation before
the tabernacle of the congregation to do
the service of the tabernacle. 8 They
shall also keep all the instruments of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and have
the charge of the children of Israel to do
the service of the tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto
Aaron and to his sons: for they are given
him freely from among the children of
Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his
sons to execute their priest’s office: and
the stranger that cometh near, shall be
slain.
11 Also the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
12 Behold, I have even taken the Levites
from among the children of Israel: for all
the firstborn that openeth the matrice
among the children of Israel, and the
Levites shall be mine,
13 Because all the firstborn are mine:
for the same day, that I smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, I
sanctified unto me all the firstborn in
Israel, both man and beast: mine they
shall be: I am the Lord.
14 Moreover, the Lord spake unto
Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
saying, 15 Number the children of Levi
after the houses of their fathers, in their
families: every male from a month old
and above shalt thou number. 16 Then
Moses numbered them according to the
word of the Lord, as he was
commanded.
17 And these are the sons of Levi by
their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and
Merari.
18 Also these are the names of the sons
of Gershon by their families: Libni and
Shimei.
19 The sons also of Kohath by their
families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their
families: Mahli and Mushi. These are
the families of Levi, according to the
houses of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon came the family of the
Libnites, and the family of the Shimites:
these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 The sum whereof (after the number of
all the males from a month old and
above) was counted seven thousand and
five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall
pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 The captain and ancient of the house
of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the
son of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sons of
Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the tabernacle, and
the pavilion, the covering thereof, and
the veil of the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, 26 And the hanging of
the court, and the veil of the door of the
court, which is near the tabernacle, and
near the altar round about, and the cords
of it for all the service thereof.
27 And of Kohath came the family of the
Amramites, and the family of the
Izeharites, and the family of the
Hebronites, and the family of the
Uzzielites: these are the families of the
Kohathites.
28 The number of all the males from a
month old and above was eight thousand
and six hundred, having the charge of the
sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath
shall pitch on the south side of the
tabernacle.
30 The captain and ancient of the house,
and families of the Kohathites shall be
Elizaphan the son of Uzziel:
31 And their charge shall be the ark, and
the table, and the candlestick, and the
altars, and the instruments of the
sanctuary that they minister with, and the
veil, and all that serveth thereto.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest shall be chief captain of the
Levites , having the oversight of them
that have the charge of the sanctuary. 33
Of Merari came the family of the
Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites:
these are the families of Merari.
34 And the sum of them, according to the
number of all the males, from a month
old and above was six thousand and two
hundred.
35 The captain and the ancient of the
house of the families of Merari shall be
Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall
pitch on the north side of the tabernacle.
36 And in the charge and custody of the
sons of Merari shall be the boards of the
tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and his
pillars, and his sockets, and all the
instruments thereof, and all that serveth
thereto,
37 With the pillars of the court round
about, with their sockets, and their pins
and their cords.
38 Also on the forefront of the
tabernacle toward the east, before the
tabernacle, I say, of the congregation
eastward shall Moses and Aaron and his
sons pitch, having the charge of the
sanctuary, and the charge of the children
of Israel: but the stranger that cometh
near, shall be slain. 39 The whole sum
of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of the
Lord throughout their families, even all
the males from a month old and above,
was two and twenty thousand.
40 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Number all the firstborn that are males
among the children of Israel, from a
month old and above, 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 the cattle of
the Levites for all the firstborn of the
cattle of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord
commanded him, all the firstborn of the
children of Israel.
43 And all the firstborn males rehearsed
by name (from a month old and above)
according to their number were two and
twenty thousand, two hundred seventy
and three.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
45 Take the Levites for all 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 for the redeeming of the two
hundred seventy and three, (which are
more than the Levites) of the firstborn of
the children of of Israel, 47 Thou shalt
also take five shekels for every person:
after the weight of the sanctuary shalt
thou take it: the shekel containeth twenty
gerahs. 48 And thou shalt give the
money, wherewith the odd number of
them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his
sons.
49 Thus Moses took the redemption of
them that were redeemed, being more
than the Levites:
50 Of the firstborn of the children of
Israel took he the money: even a
thousand three hundred three score and
five shekels after the shekel of the
sanctuary.
51 And Moses gave the money of them
that were redeemed, unto Aaron and to
his sons according to the word of the
Lord, as the Lord had commanded
Moses.