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The Fourth Book of Moses: Called Numbers, Chapter 3
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These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that
the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
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And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
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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's office
in the sight of Aaron their father.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Bring the tribe of Levinear, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister
unto him.
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And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
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And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the
service of the tabernacle.
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And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they
are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
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And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put
to death.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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And I, behold, I havetaken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the
firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel:
therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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Because all the firstborn
are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and
beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
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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.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the
males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take
the number of their names.
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And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of
all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the
Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children
of Israel.
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And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
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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.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take the Levitesinstead of all the firstborn among the children 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 those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel,
which are more than the Levites;
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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:)
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And thou shalt
give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,
unto Aaron and to his sons.
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And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and
above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
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Of the firstborn of
the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and
threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to
his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
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