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The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai ,
in the tent of meeting ,
on the first day of the second month ,
in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt ,
saying ,
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Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel ,
by families ,
by fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
every male ,
head by head ;
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from twenty years old and upward ,
all in Israel who are able to go forth to war ,
you and Aaron shall number them ,
company by company .
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And there shall be with you a man from each tribe ,
each man being the head of the house of his fathers .
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And these are the names of the men who shall attend you .
From Reuben ,
Eli '
zur the son of Shed '
eur ;
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from Simeon ,
Shelu '
mi-el the son of Zurishad '
dai ;
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from Judah ,
Nahshon the son of Ammin '
adab ;
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from Is '
sachar ,
Nethan '
el the son of Zu '
ar ;
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from Zeb '
ulun ,
Eli '
ab the son of Helon ;
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from the sons of Joseph ,
from E '
phraim ,
Eli '
shama the son of Ammi '
hud ,
and from Manas '
seh ,
Gama '
liel the son of Pedah '
zur ;
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from Benjamin ,
Abi '
dan the son of Gideo '
ni ;
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from Dan ,
Ahi-e '
zer the son of Ammishad '
dai ;
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from Asher ,
Pa '
giel the son of Ochran ;
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from Gad ,
Eli '
asaph the son of Deu '
el ;
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from Naph '
tali ,
Ahi '
ra the son of Enan ."
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These were the ones chosen from the congregation ,
the leaders of their ancestral tribes ,
the heads of the clans of Israel .
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Moses and Aaron took these men who have been named ,
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and on the first day of the second month ,
they assembled the whole congregation together ,
who registered themselves by families ,
by fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward ,
head by head ,
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as the LORD commanded Moses .
So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai .
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The people of Reuben ,
Israel '
s first-born ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
head by head ,
every male from twenty years old and upward ,
all who were able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand five hundred .
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Of the people of Simeon ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
those of them that were numbered ,
according to the number of names ,
head by head ,
every male from twenty years old and upward ,
all who were able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred .
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Of the people of Gad ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of the names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
all who were able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty .
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Of the people of Judah ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred .
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Of the people of Is '
sachar ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Is '
sachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred .
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Of the people of Zeb '
ulun ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Zeb '
ulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred .
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Of the people of Joseph ,
namely ,
of the people of E '
phraim ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of E '
phraim was forty thousand five hundred .
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Of the people of Manas '
seh ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Manas '
seh was thirty-two thousand two hundred .
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Of the people of Benjamin ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred .
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Of the people of Dan ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Dan was sixty-two thousand seven hundred .
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Of the people of Asher ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred .
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Of the people of Naph '
tali ,
their generations ,
by their families ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
according to the number of names ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war :
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the number of the tribe of Naph '
tali was fifty-three thousand four hundred .
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These are those who were numbered ,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered with the help of the leaders of Israel ,
twelve men ,
each representing his fathers '
house .
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So the whole number of the people of Israel ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
every man able to go forth to war in Israel --
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their whole number was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty .
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But the Levites were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them .
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For the LORD said to Moses ,
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Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number ,
and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel ;
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but appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony ,
and over all its furnishings ,
and over all that belongs to it ;
they are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings ,
and they shall tend it ,
and shall encamp around the tabernacle .
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When the tabernacle is to set out ,
the Levites shall take it down ;
and when the tabernacle is to be pitched ,
the Levites shall set it up .
And if any one else comes near ,
he shall be put to death .
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The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies ,
every man by his own camp and every man by his own standard ;
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but the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony ,
that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the people of Israel ;
and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony ."
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Thus did the people of Israel ;
they did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses .
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron ,
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The people of Israel shall encamp each by his own standard ,
with the ensigns of their fathers '
houses ;
they shall encamp facing the tent of meeting on every side .
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Those to encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies ,
the leader of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Ammin '
adab ,
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his host as numbered being seventy-four thousand six hundred .
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Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Is '
sachar ,
the leader of the people of Is '
sachar being Nethan '
el the son of Zu '
ar ,
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his host as numbered being fifty-four thousand four hundred .
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Then the tribe of Zeb '
ulun ,
the leader of the people of Zeb '
ulun being Eli '
ab the son of Helon ,
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his host as numbered being fifty-seven thousand four hundred .
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The whole number of the camp of Judah ,
by their companies ,
is a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred .
They shall set out first on the march .
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On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies ,
the leader of the people of Reuben being Eli '
zur the son of Shed '
eur ,
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his host as numbered being forty-six thousand five hundred .
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And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon ,
the leader of the people of Simeon being Shelu '
mi-el the son of Zurishad '
dai ,
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his host as numbered being fifty-nine thousand three hundred .
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Then the tribe of Gad ,
the leader of the people of Gad being Eli '
asaph the son of Reu '
el ,
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his host as numbered being forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty .
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The whole number of the camp of Reuben ,
by their companies ,
is a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty .
They shall set out second .
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Then the tent of meeting shall set out ,
with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps ;
as they encamp ,
so shall they set out ,
each in position ,
standard by standard .
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On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of E '
phraim by their companies ,
the leader of the people of E '
phraim being Eli '
shama the son of Ammi '
hud ,
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his host as numbered being forty thousand five hundred .
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And next to him shall be the tribe of Manas '
seh ,
the leader of the people of Manas '
seh being Gama '
liel the son of Pedah '
zur ,
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his host as numbered being thirty-two thousand two hundred .
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Then the tribe of Benjamin ,
the leader of the people of Benjamin being Abi '
dan the son of Gideo '
ni ,
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his host as numbered being thirty-five thousand four hundred .
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The whole number of the camp of E '
phraim ,
by their companies ,
is a hundred and eight thousand one hundred .
They shall set out third on the march .
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On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies ,
the leader of the people of Dan being Ahi-e '
zer the son of Ammishad '
dai ,
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his host as numbered being sixty-two thousand seven hundred .
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And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher ,
the leader of the people of Asher being Pa '
giel the son of Ochran ,
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his host as numbered being forty-one thousand five hundred .
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Then the tribe of Naph '
tali ,
the leader of the people of Naph '
tali being Ahi '
ra the son of Enan ,
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his host as numbered being fifty-three thousand four hundred .
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The whole number of the camp of Dan is a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred .
They shall set out last ,
standard by standard ."
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These are the people of Israel as numbered by their fathers '
houses ;
all in the camps who were numbered by their companies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty .
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But the Levites were not numbered among the people of Israel ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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Thus did the people of Israel .
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses ,
so they encamped by their standards ,
and so they set out ,
every one in his family ,
according to his fathers '
house .
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These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai .
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron :
Nadab the first-born ,
and Abi '
hu ,
Elea '
zar ,
and Ith '
amar ;
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these are the names of the sons of Aaron ,
the anointed priests ,
whom he ordained to minister in the priest '
s office .
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But Nadab and Abi '
hu died before the LORD when they offered unholy fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai ;
and they had no children .
So Elea '
zar and Ith '
amar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father .
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And the LORD said to Moses ,
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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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They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting ,
as they minister at the tabernacle ;
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they shall have charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting ,
and attend to the duties for the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle .
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And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons ;
they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel .
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And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons ,
and they shall attend to their priesthood ;
but if any one else comes near ,
he shall be put to death ."
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And the LORD said to Moses ,
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Behold ,
I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel .
The Levites shall be mine ,
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for all the first-born are mine ;
on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt ,
I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel ,
both of man and of beast ;
they shall be mine :
I am the LORD ."
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And the LORD said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai ,
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Number the sons of Levi ,
by fathers '
houses and by families ;
every male from a month old and upward you shall number ."
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So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD ,
as he was commanded .
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And these were the sons of Levi by their names :
Gershon and Kohath and Merar '
i .
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families :
Libni and Shim '
e-i .
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And the sons of Kohath by their families :
Amram ,
Izhar ,
Hebron ,
and Uz '
ziel .
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And the sons of Merar '
i by their families :
Mahli and Mushi .
These are the families of the Levites ,
by their fathers '
houses .
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Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shim '
e-ites ;
these were the families of the Gershonites .
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Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was seven thousand five hundred .
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The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west ,
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with Eli '
asaph ,
the son of La '
el as head of the fathers '
house of the Gershonites .
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle ,
the tent with its covering ,
the screen for the door of the tent of meeting ,
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the hangings of the court ,
the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar ,
and its cords ;
all the service pertaining to these .
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Of Kohath were the family of the Amramites ,
and the family of the Izhar '
ites ,
and the family of the He '
bronites ,
and the family of the Uzzie '
lites ;
these are the families of the Ko '
hathites .
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According to the number of all the males ,
from a month old and upward ,
there were eight thousand six hundred ,
attending to the duties of the sanctuary .
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The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle ,
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with Eli-za '
phan the son of Uz '
ziel as head of the fathers '
house of the families of the Ko '
hathites .
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And their charge was to be the ark ,
the table ,
the lampstand ,
the altars ,
the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister ,
and the screen ;
all the service pertaining to these .
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And Elea '
zar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites ,
and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary .
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Of Merar '
i were the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites :
these are the families of Merar '
i .
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Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was six thousand two hundred .
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And the head of the fathers '
house of the families of Merar '
i was Zu '
riel the son of Ab '
ihail ;
they were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle .
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And the appointed charge of the sons of Merar '
i was to be the frames of the tabernacle ,
the bars ,
the pillars ,
the bases ,
and all their accessories ;
all the service pertaining to these ;
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also the pillars of the court round about ,
with their bases and pegs and cords .
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And those to encamp before the tabernacle on the east ,
before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise ,
were Moses and Aaron and his sons ,
having charge of the rites within the sanctuary ,
whatever had to be done for the people of Israel ;
and any one else who came near was to be put to death .
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All who were numbered of the Levites ,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD ,
by families ,
all the males from a month old and upward ,
were twenty-two thousand .
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Number all the first-born males of the people of Israel ,
from a month old and upward ,
taking their number by names .
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And you shall take the Levites for me--I am the LORD--instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel ,
and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel ."
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So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel ,
as the LORD commanded him .
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And all the first-born males ,
according to the number of names ,
from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three .
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And the LORD said to Moses ,
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Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel ,
and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle ;
and the Levites shall be mine :
I am the LORD .
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And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel ,
over and above the number of the male Levites ,
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you shall take five shekels apiece ;
reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary ,
the shekel of twenty gerahs ,
you shall take them ,
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and give the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed to Aaron and his sons ."
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So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites ;
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from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money ,
one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels ,
reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary ;
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and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron ,
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Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi ,
by their families and their fathers '
houses ,
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
all who can enter the service ,
to do the work in the tent of meeting .
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This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting :
the most holy things .
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When the camp is to set out ,
Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen ,
and cover the ark of the testimony with it ;
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then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin ,
and spread over that a cloth all of blue ,
and shall put in its poles .
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And over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue ,
and put upon it the plates ,
the dishes for incense ,
the bowls ,
and the flagons for the drink offering ;
the continual bread also shall be on it ;
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then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet ,
and cover the same with a covering of goatskin ,
and shall put in its poles .
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And they shall take a cloth of blue ,
and cover the lampstand for the light ,
with its lamps ,
its snuffers ,
its trays ,
and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied :
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and they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of goatskin and put it upon the carrying frame .
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And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue ,
and cover it with a covering of goatskin ,
and shall put in its poles ;
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and they shall take all the vessels of the service which are used in the sanctuary ,
and put them in a cloth of blue ,
and cover them with a covering of goatskin ,
and put them on the carrying frame .
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And they shall take away the ashes from the altar ,
and spread a purple cloth over it ;
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and they shall put on it all the utensils of the altar ,
which are used for the service there ,
the firepans ,
the forks ,
the shovels ,
and the basins ,
all the utensils of the altar ;
and they shall spread upon it a covering of goatskin ,
and shall put in its poles .
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And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary ,
as the camp sets out ,
after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these ,
but they must not touch the holy things ,
lest they die .
These are the things of the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry .
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And Elea '
zar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light ,
the fragrant incense ,
the continual cereal offering ,
and the anointing oil ,
with the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it ,
of the sanctuary and its vessels ."
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron ,
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Let not the tribe of the families of the Ko '
hathites be destroyed from among the Levites ;
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but deal thus with them ,
that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things :
Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden ,
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but they shall not go in to look upon the holy things even for a moment ,
lest they die ."
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The LORD said to Moses ,
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Take a census of the sons of Gershon also ,
by their families and their fathers '
houses ;
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
you shall number them ,
all who can enter for service ,
to do the work in the tent of meeting .
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites ,
in serving and bearing burdens :
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they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle ,
and the tent of meeting with its covering ,
and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it ,
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 entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar ,
and their cords ,
and all the equipment for their service ;
and they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them .
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All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons ,
in all that they are to carry ,
and in all that they have to do ;
and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry .
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This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting ,
and their work is to be under the oversight of Ith '
amar the son of Aaron the priest .
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As for the sons of Merar '
i ,
you shall number them by their families and their fathers '
houses ;
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
you shall number them ,
every one that can enter the service ,
to do the work of the tent of meeting .
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And this is what they are charged to carry ,
as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting :
the frames of the tabernacle ,
with its bars ,
pillars ,
and bases ,
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and the pillars of the court round about with their bases ,
pegs ,
and cords ,
with all their equipment and all their accessories ;
and you shall assign by name the objects which they are required to carry .
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This is the service of the families of the sons of Merar '
i ,
the whole of their service in the tent of meeting ,
under the hand of Ith '
amar the son of Aaron the priest ."
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And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Ko '
hathites ,
by their families and their fathers '
houses ,
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
every one that could enter the service ,
for work in the tent of meeting ;
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and their number by families was two thousand seven hundred and fifty .
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This was the number of the families of the Ko '
hathites ,
all who served in the tent of meeting ,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses .
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The number of the sons of Gershon ,
by their families and their fathers '
houses ,
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
every one that could enter the service for work in the tent of meeting --
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their number by their families and their fathers '
houses was two thousand six hundred and thirty .
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This was the number of the families of the sons of Gershon ,
all who served in the tent of meeting ,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD .
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The number of the families of the sons of Merar '
i ,
by their families and their fathers '
houses ,
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
every one that could enter the service ,
for work in the tent of meeting --
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their number by families was three thousand two hundred .
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These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merar '
i ,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses .
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All those who were numbered of the Levites ,
whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered ,
by their families and their fathers '
houses ,
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from thirty years old up to fifty years old ,
every one that could enter to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting ,
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those who were numbered of them were eight thousand five hundred and eighty .
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According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were appointed ,
each to his task of serving or carrying ;
thus they were numbered by him ,
as the LORD commanded Moses .
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The LORD said to Moses ,