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* Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai : * And these are the names of the sons of Aaron : Nadab the first-born , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . * These are the names of the sons of Aaron , the priests who were anointed , whom he consecrated to minister in the priest 's office . * And Nadab and Abihu died before LORD when they offered strange fire before LORD in the wilderness of Sinai , and they had no sons . And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest 's office in the presence of Aaron their father . * And LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * Bring the tribe of Levi near , and set them before Aaron the priest , that they may minister to him . * 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 . * And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting , and the charge of the sons of Israel , to do the service of the tabernacle . * And thou shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons . They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the sons of Israel . * And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons , and they shall keep their priesthood . And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death . * And LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * And I , behold , I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the first-born who opens the womb among the sons of Israel . And the Levites shall be mine , * 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 . They shall be mine . I am LORD . * And LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , saying , * Number the sons of Levi by their fathers ' houses , by their families . Thou shall number them , every male from a month old and upward . * And Moses numbered them according to the word of LORD , as he was commanded . * And these were the sons of Levi by their names : Gershon , and Kohath , and Merari . * And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families : Libni and Shimei . * And the sons of Kohath by their families : Amram , and Izhar , Hebron , and Uzziel . * And the sons of Merari by their families : Mahli and Mushi . These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers ' houses . * Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites , and the family of the Shimeites . These are the families of the Gershonites . * Those who were numbered of them , according to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred . * The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward . * And the ruler of the fathers ' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael . * And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle , and the tent , the covering of it , and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting , * 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 of it . * 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 . * 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 . * The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward . * And the ruler of the fathers ' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel . * And their charge shall be the ark , and the table , and the candlestick , and the altars , and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister , and the screen , and all the service of it . * And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be ruler of the rulers of the Levites , [with ] the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary . * Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites , and the family of the Mushites . These are the families of Merari . * And those who were numbered of them , according to the number of all the males , from a month old and upward , were six thousand and two hundred . * And the ruler 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 . * And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle , and the bars of it , and the pillars of it , and the sockets of it , and all the instruments of it , and all the service of it , * and the pillars of the court round about , and their sockets , and their pins , and their cords . * And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward , before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise , shall be Moses , and Aaron and his sons , keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel . And the stranger * All who were numbered of the Levites , whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of LORD , by their families , all the males from a month old and upward , were twenty-two thousand . * And LORD said to Moses , Number all the first-born males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward , and take the number of their names . * And thou shall take the Levites for me (I am LORD ) instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel , and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the sons of Israel . * And Moses numbered , as LORD commanded him , all the first-born among the sons of Israel . * And all the first-born males according to the number of names , from a month old and upward , of those who were numbered of them , were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three . * And LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel , and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle . And the Levites shall be mine . I am LORD . * And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the sons of Israel , who are over and above [the number of ] the Levites , * thou shall take five shekels apiece by the poll . According to the shekel of the sanctuary thou shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs ), * and thou shall give the money , with which the odd number of them is redeemed , to Aaron and to his sons . * And Moses took the redemption-money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites . * He took the money from the first-born of the sons of Israel , a thousand three hundred and sixty-five [shekels ], according to the shekel of the sanctuary . * And Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons , according to the word of LORD , as LORD commanded Moses .

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