rsv Numbers:3:12-40-41

rsv@Numbers:3:12 @ "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,

rsv@Numbers:3:13 @ 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."

rsv@Numbers:3:14 @ And the LORD said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,

rsv@Numbers:3:15 @ "Number the sons of Levi, by fathers' houses and by families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number."

rsv@Numbers:3:16 @ So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

rsv@Numbers:3:17 @ And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merar'i.

rsv@Numbers:3:18 @ And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shim'e-i.

rsv@Numbers:3:19 @ And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel.

rsv@Numbers:3:20 @ And the sons of Merar'i by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.

rsv@Numbers:3:21 @ Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shim'e-ites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

rsv@Numbers:3:22 @ Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was seven thousand five hundred.

rsv@Numbers:3:23 @ The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,

rsv@Numbers:3:24 @ with Eli'asaph, the son of La'el as head of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.

rsv@Numbers:3:25 @ 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,

rsv@Numbers:3:26 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:27 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:28 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:29 @ The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle,

rsv@Numbers:3:30 @ with Eli-za'phan the son of Uz'ziel as head of the fathers' house of the families of the Ko'hathites.

rsv@Numbers:3:31 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:32 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:33 @ Of Merar'i were the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merar'i.

rsv@Numbers:3:34 @ Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was six thousand two hundred.

rsv@Numbers:3:35 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:36 @ 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;

rsv@Numbers:3:37 @ also the pillars of the court round about, with their bases and pegs and cords.

rsv@Numbers:3:38 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:39 @ 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.

rsv@Numbers:3:40 @ 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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