04_NUM_03_01 These also [ are ] the generations of Aaron And Moses in the day [ that ] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai .
04_NUM_03_02 And These [ are ] the names of the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn , And Abihu , Eleazar , And Ithamar .
04_NUM_03_03 These [ are ] the names of the sons of Aaron , the priests which were anointed , whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office .
04_NUM_03_04 And Nadab 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 .
04_NUM_03_05 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
04_NUM_03_06 bring the tribe of Levi near , And present them before Aaron the priest , that they may minister unto him .
04_NUM_03_07 And they shall keep his charge , And the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation , to do the service of the tabernacle .
04_NUM_03_08 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 .
04_NUM_03_09 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron And to his sons : they [ are ] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_11 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
04_NUM_03_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 ;
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , saying ,
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD , as he was commanded .
04_NUM_03_17 And These were the sons of Levi by their names ; Gershon , And Kohath , And Merari .
04_NUM_03_18 And These [ are ] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families ; Libni , And Shimei .
04_NUM_03_19 And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram , And Izehar , Hebron , And Uzziel .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_21 of Gershon [ was ] the family of the Libnites , And the family of the Shimites : These [ are ] the families of the Gershonites .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_23 the families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward .
04_NUM_03_24 And the chief of the house of the Father of the Gershonites [ shall be ] Eliasaph the son of Lael .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_29 the families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward .
04_NUM_03_30 And the chief of the house of the Father of the families of the Kohathites [ shall be ] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_33 of Merari [ was ] the family of the Mahlites , And the family of the Mushites : These [ are ] the families of Merari .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_35 And the chief of the house of the Father of the families of Merari [ was ] Zuriel the son of Abihail : [ These ] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward .
04_NUM_03_36 And [ under ] the custody And charge 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 ,
04_NUM_03_37 And the pillars of the court round about , And their sockets , And their pins , And their cords .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_42 And Moses numbered , as the LORD commanded him , all the firstborn among the children of Israel .
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_44 And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,
04_NUM_03_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 .
04_NUM_03_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 ;
04_NUM_03_47 thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll , after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [ them ] : [ the shekel [ Is ] twenty gerahs : ]
04_NUM_03_48 And thou shalt give the money , wherewith the odd number of them Is to be redeemed , unto Aaron And to his sons .
04_NUM_03_49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over And above them that were redeemed by the Levites :
04_NUM_03_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 :
04_NUM_03_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 .