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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 .