Chapter 3

These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake¹⁵ with Moses in mount Sinai.

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

These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed,⁷ whom he consecrated^{14 3027} to minister in the priest's office.¹⁵

And Nadab and Abihu died⁴ before the LORD, when they offered⁵³ strange⁵ fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office¹⁷ in the sight of Aaron their father.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Bring the tribe of Levi near,⁵⁴ and present⁵² them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister¹⁴ unto him.

And they shall keep¹ his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do² the service of the tabernacle.

And they shall keep¹ all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do² the service of the tabernacle.

And thou shalt give¹ the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly⁷ given⁷ unto him out of the children of Israel.

And thou shalt appoint⁴ Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on¹ their priest's office: and the stranger⁵ that cometh nigh shall be put to death.⁹³

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

And I, behold, I have taken¹ the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote⁵³ all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed⁵² unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,²

Number³ the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number⁴ them.

And Moses numbered⁴ them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.²⁷

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.

Those that were numbered⁷ of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered⁷ of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch⁴ behind the tabernacle westward.

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael.

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

And of Kohath [was] 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.

In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping⁶ the charge of the sanctuary.

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch⁴ on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister,¹⁷ and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep⁶ the charge of the sanctuary.

Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.

And those that were numbered⁷ of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand and two hundred.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch⁴ on the side of the tabernacle northward.

And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

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

But those that encamp⁶ before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping⁶ the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger⁵ that cometh nigh shall be put to death.⁹³

All that were numbered⁷ of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered¹ at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand.

And the LORD said⁴ unto Moses, Number³ all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take³ the number of their names.

And thou shalt take¹ the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

And Moses numbered,⁴ as the LORD commanded¹⁴ him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered⁷ of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. ⁷⁹⁶⁹

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses, saying,²

Take³ the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD.

And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen ⁷⁹⁶⁹ of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more⁶ than the Levites;

Thou shalt even take¹ five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take⁴ [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)

And thou shalt give¹ the money, wherewith the odd number⁶ of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

And Moses took⁴ the redemption money of them that were over and above⁶ them that were redeemed by the Levites:

Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took¹ he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

And Moses gave⁴ the money of them that were redeemed ⁶³⁰⁶ unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded¹⁴ Moses.