And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, (3:14)

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 (3:15)

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded (3:16)

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari (3:17)

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei (3:18)

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel (3:19)

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 (3:20)

Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites (3:21)

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 (3:22)

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward (3:23)

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael (3:24)

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 (3:25)

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 (3:26)

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 (3:27)

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 (3:28)

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward (3:29)

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel (3:30)

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 (3:31)

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 (3:32)

Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari (3:33)

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 (3:34)

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 (3:35)

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, (3:36)

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords (3:37)

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 (3:38)

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 (3:39)

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 (3:40)

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 (3:41)

And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel (3:42)

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 (3:43)

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (3:44)

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 (3:45)

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; (3:46)

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:) (3:47)

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons (3:48)

And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: (3:49)

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: (3:50)

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 (3:51)

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