Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Numbers:
Chapter 3
1. THESE
also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD
spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and A-bi-hu, El-e-a-zar, and Ith-a-mar.
3. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4. And Nadab and A-bi-hu died before the LORD, when they offered strange
fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no
children: and El-e-a-zar and Ith-a-mar ministered in the priest's office
in the sight of Aaron their father.
5. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6. Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the
priest, that they may minister unto him.
7. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8. And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
9. And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are
wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10. And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to
death.
11. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12. And I, behold, I have taken 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;
13. Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn
in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
14. And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15. Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by
their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number
them.
16. And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was
commanded.
17. And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath,
and Me-rar-i.
18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;
Lib-ni, and Shim-e-i.
19. And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and I-ze-har,
Hebron, and Uz-zi-el.
20. And the sons of Me-rar-i by their families; Mah-li, and Mu-shi.
These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their
fathers.
21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the
Shim-ites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22. Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the
males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of
them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23. The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
24. And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be
E-li-a-saph the son of Lael.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. And of Kohath was the family of the Am-ram-ites, and the family of
the I-ze-har-ites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uz-zi-e-lites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28. In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29. The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
30. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the
Kohathites shall be E-li-za-phan the son of Uz-zi-el.
31. 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, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32. And El-e-a-zar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the
chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the
charge of the sanctuary.
33. Of Me-rar-i was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mu-shites: these are the families of Merari.
34. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two
hundred.
35. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Me-rar-i
was Zu-ri-el the son of Ab-i-hail: these shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
36. And under the custody and charge of the sons of me-rar-i 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.
37. And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords.
38. But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even
before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and
Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge
of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death.
39. All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all
the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40. And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males
of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the
number of their names.
41. And thou shalt take 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.
42. And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
43. And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old
and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two
thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45. Take 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.
46. And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,
which are more than the Levites;
47. Thou shalt even take five she-kels apiece by the poll, after the
shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty
ge-rahs:)
49. And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is
to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49. And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above
them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50. Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a
thousand three hundred and threescore and five she-kels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
51. And 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 commanded
Moses.
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