Num 3 | ABEn | STEP | And these are the origins of Aaron and Moses in which day the lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai.

‏ Numbers 3

CHAPTER 3 The Levites Officiate

1 And these are the origins of Aaron and Moses in which day the lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron -- first-born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, the ones being anointed whom were perfected of their hands to officiate as priest. 4 And [⁴came to an end ¹Nadab ²and ³Abihu] before the lord, of their offering [²fire ¹alien] before the lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and [²children ¹there were no] to them. And [⁴officiated as priest ¹Eleazar ²and ³Ithamar] with Aaron their father. 5 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 Take the tribe of Levi! And you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall officiate to him, 7 and they shall guard his watches, and the watches of the sons of Israel before the tent of the testimony, to work the works of the tent. 8 And they shall guard all the items of the tent of the testimony, and the watches of the sons of Israel, according to all the works of the tent. 9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron your brother, and to his sons to the priests for a gift being given; these to me are from the sons of Israel. 10 And Aaron and his sons you shall place over the tent of the testimony, and they shall guard their priesthood. And the foreigner touching shall die. 11 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 And behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, in place of every first-born male opening wide the womb of the sons of Israel; [²their ransoms ¹they shall be], and [³will be ⁴mine ¹the ²Levites]. 13 [⁴is mine ¹For ²every ³first-born]. In which day I struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel; from man unto beast they shall be mine. I am the lord.

The Levites are Numbered

14 And the lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the sons of Levi according to the houses of their patrimony, according to their kin! Every male from a month and up you number them! 16 And [⁴numbered ⁵them ¹Moses ²and ³Aaron] because of the voice of the lord in which manner [²gave orders ³to them ¹the lord]. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names -- Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their peoples -- Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath according to their peoples -- Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari according to their peoples -- Mahli, and Mushi. These are the peoples of the Levites according to the houses of their patrimony. 21 To Gershon was the people of Libni, and the people of Shemei; these are the peoples of Gershon -- 22 their numbering according to the number of every male from a month and up in their numbering -- seven thousand and five hundred. 23 And the sons of Gershon [²behind ³the ⁴tent ¹shall camp] towards the west. 24 And the ruler of the household of the family of the people of Gershon was Elisaph son of Lael. 25 And the watch of the sons of Gershon was in the tent of the testimony -- the tent, and the covering, and the overcovering of the door of the tent of the testimony, 26 and the shrouds of the courtyard, and the veil of the gate of the courtyard, of the one being at the tent, and the remainder of all its works. 27 To Kohath was [²division of people ³for Amram ¹one], and [²division of people ³for Izehar ¹one], and [²division of people ³for Hebron ¹one], and [²division of people ³for Uzziel ¹one]. These are the peoples of Kohath according to number. 28 Every male from a month and up -- eight thousand and six hundred, guarding the watches of the holy place. 29 The peoples of the sons of Kohath shall camp by the side of the tent towards the south. 30 And the ruler of the house of the patrimony of the peoples of Kohath was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. 31 And their watch is the ark, and the table, and the lamp-stand, and the altars, and the items of the holy place, as many as they officiate with them, and the overcovering, and all their works. 32 And the ruler, the one over the rulers of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest being placed, to guard the watches of the holy places. 33 To Merari was the people Mahli, and the people Mushi. These are the peoples of Merari. 34 Their numbering according to the number of every male, from a month and up -- six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the ruler of the house of the patrimony of the people of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. By the side of the tent they shall camp towards the north. 36 The numbering of the watch of the sons of Merari is the tips of the tent, and their bars, and their posts, and their bases, and all their items, and their works, 37 and the posts of the courtyard round about, and their bases, and their stanchions, and their ropes. 38 The ones camping according to the front of the tent of the testimony, from the east was Moses and Aaron and his sons, guarding the watches of the holy place, for the watches of the sons of Israel; and the foreigner approaching shall die. 39 All the numbering of the Levites, whom [⁴numbered ¹Moses ²and ³Aaron] through the voice of the lord, according to their peoples, every male from a month and up -- two and twenty thousand. 40 And the lord said to Moses, saying, Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel, from a month and up, and take their number by name! 41 And you shall take the Levites for me, I am the lord, in place of all the first-born of the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the first-born among the cattle of the sons of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered in which manner the lord gave charge to him -- every first-born among the sons of Israel. 43 And were all the first-born males, by number, and by name, from a month and up, from their numbering -- two and twenty thousand and three and seventy and two hundred. 44 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites in place of all the first-born sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle! And [³will be ⁴mine ¹the ²Levites]. I am the lord. 46 And for the ransoms of three and seventy and two hundred -- the ones abounding over the Levites, from the first-born of the sons of Israel, 47 you shall take five shekels per head; according to the double-drachma of the holy place you shall take them; twenty oboli was the shekel. 48 And you shall give the money to Aaron and his sons, the ransoms of the ones abounding to them. 49 And Moses took the money, the ransoms for the ones abounding for the ransoming of the Levites. 50 From the first-born of the sons of Israel he took the money -- a thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the holy place. 51 And Moses gave the money, the ransoms for the ones abounding, to Aaron and to his sons, by the voice of the lord, in which manner the lord gave charge to Moses.