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Now these [are] the records of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. |
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And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
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These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests. |
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Nadab and Abihu had died before the LORD when they offered profane fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father. |
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: |
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"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. |
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"And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle. |
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"Also they shall attend to all the furnishings of the tabernacle of meeting, and to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle. |
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"And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they [are] given entirely to him from among the children of Israel. |
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"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death." |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: |
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"Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine, |
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"because all the firstborn [are] Mine. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I [am] the LORD." |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying: |
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"Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above." |
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So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. |
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These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
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And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. |
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And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. |
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And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses. |
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From Gershon [came] the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these [were] the families of the Gershonites. |
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Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above -- of those who were numbered [there were] seven thousand five hundred. |
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The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward. |
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And the leader of the fathers' house of the Gershonites [was] Eliasaph the son of Lael. |
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The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting [included] the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, |
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the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which [are] around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all the work relating to them. |
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From Kohath [came] the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these [were] the families of the Kohathites. |
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According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, [there were] eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary. |
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The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle. |
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And the leader of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites [was] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. |
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Their duty [included] the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the screen, and all the work relating to them. |
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [was to be] chief over the leaders of the Levites, [with] oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary. |
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From Merari [came] the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these [were] the families of Merari. |
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And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, [were] six thousand two hundred. |
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The leader of the fathers' house of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail. These [were] to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. |
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And the appointed duty of the children of Merari [included] the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all the work relating to them, |
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and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords. |
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Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, [were] Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but the outsider who came near was to be put to death. |
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All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, [were] twenty-two thousand. |
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Then the LORD said to Moses: "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. |
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"And you shall take the Levites for Me -- I [am] the LORD -- instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel." |
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So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded him. |
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And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: |
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"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I [am] the LORD. |
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"And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are more than the number of the Levites, |
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"you shall take five shekels for each one individually; you shall take [them] in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs. |
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"And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons." |
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So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites. |
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From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five [shekels,] according to the shekel of the sanctuary. |
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And Moses gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
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