Numbers:3:14-39
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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai ,
saying ,
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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 .
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And 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 Merari .
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families ;
Libni ,
and Shimei .
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And the sons of Kohath by their families ;
Amram ,
and Izehar ,
Hebron ,
and Uzziel .
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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 .
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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites ,
and the family of the Shimites :
these are the families of the Gershonites .
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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 .
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The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward .
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And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael .
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward .
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And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel .
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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 .
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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 .
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Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites ,
and the family of the Mushites :
these are the families of Merari .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ,
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And the pillars of the court round about ,
and their sockets ,
and their pins ,
and their cords .
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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 .
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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 .