Numbers 3:1
These also are the generations{H8435} of Aaron{H175} and Moses{H4872} in the day{H3117} that the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8763)} with Moses{H4872} in mount{H2022} Sinai{H5514}.
Numbers 3:2
And these are the names{H8034} of the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175}; Nadab{H5070} the firstborn{H1060}, and Abihu{H30}, Eleazar{H499}, and Ithamar{H385}.
Numbers 3:3
These are the names{H8034} of the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175}, the priests{H3548} which were anointed{H4886}{(H8803)}, whom he consecrated{H4390}{(H8765)}{H3027} to minister in the priest's office{H3547}{(H8763)}.
Numbers 3:4
And Nadab{H5070} and Abihu{H30} died{H4191}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, when they offered{H7126}{(H8687)} strange{H2114}{(H8801)} fire{H784} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, in the wilderness{H4057} of Sinai{H5514}, and they had no children{H1121}: and Eleazar{H499} and Ithamar{H385} ministered in the priest's office{H3547}{(H8762)} in the sight{H6440} of Aaron{H175} their father{H1}.
Numbers 3:5
And the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Moses{H4872}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
Numbers 3:6
Bring{H7126} the tribe{H4294} of Levi{H3878} near{H7126}{(H8685)}, and present{H5975}{(H8689)} them before{H6440} Aaron{H175} the priest{H3548}, that they may minister{H8334}{(H8765)} unto him.
Numbers 3:7
And they shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} his charge{H4931}, and the charge{H4931} of the whole congregation{H5712} before{H6440} the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}, to do{H5647}{(H8800)} the service{H5656} of the tabernacle{H4908}.
Numbers 3:8
And they shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} all the instruments{H3627} of the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}, and the charge{H4931} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, to do{H5647}{(H8800)} the service{H5656} of the tabernacle{H4908}.
Numbers 3:9
And thou shalt give{H5414}{(H8804)} the Levites{H3881} unto Aaron{H175} and to his sons{H1121}: they are wholly given{H5414}{(H8803)} unto him out of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
Numbers 3:10
And thou shalt appoint{H6485}{(H8799)} Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121}, and they shall wait on{H8104}{(H8804)} their priest's office{H3550}: and the stranger{H2114}{(H8801)} that cometh nigh{H7131} shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
Numbers 3:11
And the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Moses{H4872}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken{H3947}{(H8804)} the Levites{H3881} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} instead of all the firstborn{H1060} that openeth{H6363} the matrix{H7358} among the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: therefore the Levites{H3881} shall be mine;
Numbers 3:13
Because all the firstborn{H1060} are mine; for on the day{H3117} that I smote{H5221}{(H8687)} all the firstborn{H1060} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} I hallowed{H6942}{(H8689)} unto me all the firstborn{H1060} in Israel{H3478}, both man{H120} and beast{H929}: mine shall they be: I am the LORD{H3068}.
Numbers 3:14
And the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Moses{H4872} in the wilderness{H4057} of Sinai{H5514}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
Numbers 3:15
Number{H6485}{(H8798)} the children{H1121} of Levi{H3878} after the house{H1004} of their fathers{H1}, by their families{H4940}: every male{H2145} from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605} shalt thou number{H6485}{(H8799)} them.
Numbers 3:16
And Moses{H4872} numbered{H6485}{(H8799)} them according to the word{H6310} of the LORD{H3068}, as he was commanded{H6680}{(H8795)}.
Numbers 3:17
And these were the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} by their names{H8034}; Gershon{H1648}, and Kohath{H6955}, and Merari{H4847}.
Numbers 3:18
And these are the names{H8034} of the sons{H1121} of Gershon{H1648} by their families{H4940}; Libni{H3845}, and Shimei{H8096}.
Numbers 3:19
And the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} by their families{H4940}; Amram{H6019}, and Izehar{H3324}, Hebron{H2275}, and Uzziel{H5816}.
Numbers 3:20
And the sons{H1121} of Merari{H4847} by their families{H4940}; Mahli{H4249}, and Mushi{H4187}. These are{H1992} the families{H4940} of the Levites{H3881} according to the house{H1004} of their fathers{H1}.
Numbers 3:21
Of Gershon{H1648} was the family{H4940} of the Libnites{H3846}, and the family{H4940} of the Shimites{H8097}: these are the families{H4940} of the Gershonites{H1649}.
Numbers 3:22
Those that were numbered{H6485}{(H8803)} of them, according to the number{H4557} of all the males{H2145}, from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, even those that were numbered{H6485}{(H8803)} of them were seven{H7651} thousand{H505} and five{H2568} hundred{H3967}.
Numbers 3:23
The families{H4940} of the Gershonites{H1649} shall pitch{H2583}{(H8799)} behind{H310} the tabernacle{H4908} westward{H3220}.
Numbers 3:24
And the chief{H5387} of the house{H1004} of the father{H1} of the Gershonites{H1649} shall be Eliasaph{H460} the son{H1121} of Lael{H3815}.
Numbers 3:25
And the charge{H4931} of the sons{H1121} of Gershon{H1648} in the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150} shall be the tabernacle{H4908}, and the tent{H168}, the covering{H4372} thereof, and the hanging{H4539} for the door{H6607} of the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150},
Numbers 3:26
And the hangings{H7050} of the court{H2691}, and the curtain{H4539} for the door{H6607} of the court{H2691}, which is by the tabernacle{H4908}, and by the altar{H4196} round about{H5439}, and the cords{H4340} of it for all the service{H5656} thereof.
Numbers 3:27
And of Kohath{H6955} was the family{H4940} of the Amramites{H6020}, and the family{H4940} of the Izeharites{H3325}, and the family{H4940} of the Hebronites{H2276}, and the family{H4940} of the Uzzielites{H5817}: these are the families{H4940} of the Kohathites{H6956}.
Numbers 3:28
In the number{H4557} of all the males{H2145}, from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, were eight{H8083} thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred{H3967}, keeping{H8104}{(H8802)} the charge{H4931} of the sanctuary{H6944}.
Numbers 3:29
The families{H4940} of the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} shall pitch{H2583}{(H8799)} on the side{H3409} of the tabernacle{H4908} southward{H8486}.
Numbers 3:30
And the chief{H5387} of the house{H1004} of the father{H1} of the families{H4940} of the Kohathites{H6956} shall be Elizaphan{H469} the son{H1121} of Uzziel{H5816}.
Numbers 3:31
And their charge{H4931} shall be the ark{H727}, and the table{H7979}, and the candlestick{H4501}, and the altars{H4196}, and the vessels{H3627} of the sanctuary{H6944} wherewith they minister{H8334}{(H8762)}, and the hanging{H4539}, and all the service{H5656} thereof.
Numbers 3:32
And Eleazar{H499} the son{H1121} of Aaron{H175} the priest{H3548} shall be chief{H5387} over the chief{H5387} of the Levites{H3881}, and have the oversight{H6486} of them that keep{H8104}{(H8802)} the charge{H4931} of the sanctuary{H6944}.
Numbers 3:33
Of Merari{H4847} was the family{H4940} of the Mahlites{H4250}, and the family{H4940} of the Mushites{H4188}: these are the families{H4940} of Merari{H4847}.
Numbers 3:34
And those that were numbered{H6485}{(H8803)} of them, according to the number{H4557} of all the males{H2145}, from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, were six{H8337} thousand{H505} and two hundred{H3967}.
Numbers 3:35
And the chief{H5387} of the house{H1004} of the father{H1} of the families{H4940} of Merari{H4847} was Zuriel{H6700} the son{H1121} of Abihail{H32}: these shall pitch{H2583}{(H8799)} on the side{H3409} of the tabernacle{H4908} northward{H6828}.
Numbers 3:36
And under the custody{H6486} and charge{H4931} of the sons{H1121} of Merari{H4847} shall be the boards{H7175} of the tabernacle{H4908}, and the bars{H1280} thereof, and the pillars{H5982} thereof, and the sockets{H134} thereof, and all the vessels{H3627} thereof, and all that serveth{H5656} thereto,
Numbers 3:37
And the pillars{H5982} of the court{H2691} round about{H5439}, and their sockets{H134}, and their pins{H3489}, and their cords{H4340}.
Numbers 3:38
But those that encamp{H2583}{(H8802)} before{H6440} the tabernacle{H4908} toward the east{H6924}, even before{H6440} the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150} eastward{H4217}, shall be Moses{H4872}, and Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121}, keeping{H8104}{(H8802)} the charge{H4931} of the sanctuary{H4720} for the charge{H4931} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}; and the stranger{H2114}{(H8801)} that cometh nigh{H7131} shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
Numbers 3:39
All that were numbered{H6485}{(H8803)} of the Levites{H3881}, which Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} numbered{H6485}{(H8804)} at the commandment{H6310} of the LORD{H3068}, throughout their families{H4940}, all the males{H2145} from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, were twenty{H6242} and two{H8147} thousand{H505}.
Numbers 3:40
And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Moses{H4872}, Number{H6485}{(H8798)} all the firstborn{H1060} of the males{H2145} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, and take{H5375}{(H8798)} the number{H4557} of their names{H8034}.
Numbers 3:41
And thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8804)} the Levites{H3881} for me(I am the LORD{H3068}) instead of all the firstborn{H1060} among the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}; and the cattle{H929} of the Levites{H3881} instead of all the firstlings{H1060} among the cattle{H929} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
Numbers 3:42
And Moses{H4872} numbered{H6485}{(H8799)}, as the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} him, all the firstborn{H1060} among the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
Numbers 3:43
And all the firstborn{H1060} males{H2145} by the number{H4557} of names{H8034}, from a month{H2320} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, of those that were numbered{H6485}{(H8803)} of them, were twenty{H6242} and two{H8147} thousand{H505} two hundred{H3967} and threescore and thirteen{H7657}{H7969}.
Numbers 3:44
And the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Moses{H4872}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},
Numbers 3:45
Take{H3947}{(H8798)} the Levites{H3881} instead of all the firstborn{H1060} among the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and the cattle{H929} of the Levites{H3881} instead of their cattle{H929}; and the Levites{H3881} shall be mine: I am the LORD{H3068}.
Numbers 3:46
And for those that are to be redeemed{H6302} of the two hundred{H3967} and threescore and thirteen{H7657}{H7969} of the firstborn{H1060} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, which are more{H5736}{(H8802)} than{H5921} the Levites{H3881};
Numbers 3:47
Thou shalt even take{H3947}{(H8804)} five{H2568} shekels{H8255} apiece by the poll{H1538}, after the shekel{H8255} of the sanctuary{H6944} shalt thou take{H3947}{(H8799)} them:(the shekel{H8255} is twenty{H6242} gerahs{H1626}:)
Numbers 3:48
And thou shalt give{H5414}{(H8804)} the money{H3701}, wherewith the odd number{H5736}{(H8802)} of them is to be redeemed{H6302}, unto Aaron{H175} and to his sons{H1121}.
Numbers 3:49
And Moses{H4872} took{H3947}{(H8799)} the redemption{H6306} money{H3701} of them that were over{H5736}{(H8802)} and above them that were redeemed{H6302} by the Levites{H3881}:
Numbers 3:50
Of the firstborn{H1060} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} took{H3947}{(H8804)} he the money{H3701}; a thousand{H505} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} and threescore{H8346} and five{H2568} shekels, after the shekel{H8255} of the sanctuary{H6944}:
Numbers 3:51
And Moses{H4872} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} the money{H3701} of them that were redeemed{H6302}{(H8675)}{H6306} unto Aaron{H175} and to his sons{H1121}, according to the word{H6310} of the LORD{H3068}, as the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Moses{H4872}.