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⥃The Sons of Aaron ^{[ Leviticus 10:1–7 ]}

[1] These also [are] the generations² of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the Lord spake³ with Moses in mount Sinai. [2] And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.⁴ [3] These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests⁵ which were anointed, whom he consecrated⁶ to minister in the priest’s office. [4] And Nadab⁷ and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

⥃The Duties of the Levites

[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.⁸⁹ [7] And they shall keep¹⁰ his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the¹¹ 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.¹² [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.¹³ [10] And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall¹⁴ wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger¹⁵ 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;¹⁶¹⁷ [13] Because¹⁸ all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day¹⁹ 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.

⥃The Numbering of the Levites

[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.²⁰ [16] And Moses numbered them according to the word²¹ of the Lord, as he was commanded. [17] And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon²², and Kohath, and Merari.²³ [18] And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.²⁴ [19] And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.²⁵ [20] And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.²⁶

⥃The Gershonites ^{[ Numbers 4:21–28 † 1 Chronicles 23:7–11 ]}

[21] Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.²⁷ [22] Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old²⁸ 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.²⁹ [24] And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael³⁰. [25] And the charge³¹ of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the tabernacle, and³² the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging³³ for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, [26] And the hangings³⁴ 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 cords³⁵ of it for all the service thereof.

⥃The Kohathites ^{[ Numbers 4:1–20 † 1 Chronicles 23:12–20 ]}

[27] [¶]And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites.³⁶ [28] In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand³⁷ and six hundred, keeping³⁸ the charge of the sanctuary. [29] The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.³⁹ [30] And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. [31] And their charge [shall be] the ark⁴⁰, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars⁴¹, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging⁴², and all the service thereof. [32] And Eleazar 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.⁴³

⥃The Merarites ^{[ Numbers 4:29–33 † 1 Chronicles 23:21–23 ]}

[33] [¶]Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.⁴⁴ [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.⁴⁵ [35] And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall⁴⁶ pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward⁴⁷. [36] And [under] the custody and charge⁴⁸ of the sons of Merari [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.

⥃Moses and Aaron

[38] [¶]But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward⁴⁹ the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping⁵⁰ the charge of the sanctuary for the charge⁵¹ 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 Aaron⁵² numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand.

⥃The Redemption of the Firstborn

[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.⁵³ [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.⁵⁴ [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.⁵⁵

[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.⁵⁶ [46] And for those that are to be redeemed⁵⁷ of the two hundred⁵⁸ and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are⁵⁹ more than the Levites; [47] Thou shalt even take five shekels⁶⁰ apiece by the poll, after the shekel⁶¹ of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) [48] 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 [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:⁶² [51] And Moses⁶³ gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord⁶⁴ commanded Moses.

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