Numbers Chapter 3
3:1 | These also [are] the ![]() ![]() |
3:2 | And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
3:3 | These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest' office. |
3:4 | And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest' office in the sight of Aaron their father. |
3:5 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
3:6 | Bring the tribe of ![]() |
3:7 | And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to ![]() |
3:8 | And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of ![]() ![]() |
3:9 | And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of ![]() |
3:10 | And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to ![]() |
3:11 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
3:12 | And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of ![]() ![]() |
3:13 | Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the ![]() ![]() |
3:14 | And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, |
3:15 | Number the children of ![]() ![]() |
3:16 | And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. |
3:17 | And these were the sons of ![]() |
3:18 | And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. |
3:19 | And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. |
3:20 | And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the ![]() |
3:21 | Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites. |
3:22 | 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. |
3:23 | The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. |
3:24 | And the chief of the ![]() |
3:25 | 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. |
3:26 | 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. |
3:27 | 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. |
3:28 | 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. |
3:29 | The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. |
3:30 | And the chief of the ![]() |
3:31 | 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. |
3:32 | 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. |
3:33 | Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari. |
3:34 | 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. |
3:35 | And the chief of the ![]() |
3:36 | 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, |
3:37 | And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. |
3:38 | 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 ![]() ![]() |
3:39 | 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. |
3:40 | And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of ![]() |
3:41 | And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:42 | And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of ![]() |
3:43 | And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. |
3:44 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
3:45 | Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3:46 | And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of ![]() |
3:47 | Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) |
3:48 | And thou shalt give the ![]() |
3:49 | And Moses took the redemption ![]() |
3:50 | Of the firstborn of the children of ![]() ![]() |
3:51 | And Moses gave the ![]() |