Num 3
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Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that YHWH spoke with Moses
in mount Sinai.
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And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he
consecrated to minister in the priest`s office.
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And Nadab and Abihu died before YHWH, when they offered strange fire before YHWH,
in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered
in the priest`s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may
minister to him.
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And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the
tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the
children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to
him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and
the stranger that comes nigh shall be put to death.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead
of all the first-born that opens the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites
shall be mine:
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for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the
land of Egypt I hallowed to me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine
they shall be: I am YHWH.
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And YHWH 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: every male
from a month old and upward shall you number them.
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And Moses numbered them according to the word of YHWH, as he was commanded.
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And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and 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, and Izhar, 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 according to their fathers` houses.
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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these
are the families of the Gershonites.
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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.
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The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
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And the prince of the fathers` house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son
of Lael.
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle,
and the Tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
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and the hangings of the court, and the screen 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.
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And of Kohath was 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.
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According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward.
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And the prince of the fathers` house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan
the son of Uzziel.
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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 screen, and all
its service.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites,
[and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are
the families of Merari.
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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.
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And the prince of the fathers` house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son
of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.
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And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle,
and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all the
instruments thereof, and all its service,
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and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their
cords.
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And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward
the sunrising, 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 comes nigh shall be
put to death.
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All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment
of YHWH, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty
and two thousand.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel
from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
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And you shall take the Levites for me (I am YHWH) instead of all the first-born among
the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings
among the cattle of the children of Israel:
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and Moses numbered, as YHWH commanded him, all the first-born among the children of
Israel.
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And all the first-born males according to 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.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the
cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am
YHWH.
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And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born
of the children of Israel, that are over and above [the number of] the Levites,
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you shall take five shekels each by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shall
you take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
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and you shall give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron
and to his sons.
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And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were
redeemed by the Levites;
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from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three
hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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and Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word
of YHWH, as YHWH commanded Moses.