1These also were the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2So these are the names of the sons of Aaron, Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron the anointed Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priest’s office.
4And 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.
5Then the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the Priest that they may serve him,
7And 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.
8They 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.
9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: for they are given him freely from among the children of Israel.
10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to execute their Priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh near, shall be slain.
11Also the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12Behold, 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,
13Because 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.
14Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15Number the children of Levi after the houses of their fathers, in their families: every male from a month old and above shalt thou number.
16Then Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18Also these were the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19The sons also of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi, according to the houses of their fathers.
21Of Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22The sum whereof (after the number of all the males from a month old and above) was counted seven thousand and five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward.
24The captain and ancient of the house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25And 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,
26And 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.
27And of Kohath came the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28The number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred, having the charge of the Sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the South side of the Tabernacle.
30The captain and ancient of the house and families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel:
31And 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.
32And 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.
33Of Merari came the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34And the sum of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and above was six thousand and two hundred.
35The captain and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shall be Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall pitch on the Northside of the Tabernacle.
36And 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,
37With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins and their cords.
38Also 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.
39The 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.
40And 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.
41And 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.
42And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
43And 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.
44And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45Take 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.)
46And for the redeeming of the two hundred seventy and three, (which are more than the Levites) of the firstborn of the children of Israel,
47Thou shalt also take five shekels for every person: after the weight of the Sanctuary shalt thou take it: the shekel containeth twenty gerahs.
48And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49Thus Moses took the redemption of them that were redeemed, being more than the Levites:
50Of 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.
51And 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.